(This is for all you critics that have accused me of being too serious lately.)
Have you ever noticed how children made from the same gene pool can be total opposites? Take my two boys for instance. Cole, my oldest son at age 11, is somewhat reserved. He likes to stay inside, watch television and play video games. Jacob, the youngest, age 6, is very outspoken and prefers the outdoors.
Jamie Gardner
Worlds apart
Both are very intelligent, yet I already see signs that Cole is gifted in academics while Jacob likes to deconstruct and rebuild. I could potentially see Cole being some type of engineer and Jacob being responsible for building the designs made by his brother.
As stated above, Cole is somewhat reserved and thinks before he speaks. But honestly I think Jacob may have a little touch of what I like to call “Foot in mouth disease”. He says whatever comes to his mind first.
During open houses, at multiple schools for the first time this year, Amy and I went with our boys to visit their respective schools and meet their teachers. With Cole, at Appling County Middle School, everything went real smooth. We had the opportunity to meet the majority of his teachers and felt very comfortable with each trained professional.
Later in the day, we took Jacob to meet his first grade teacher at Altamaha Elementary School, Mrs. Sandy Altman. Mrs. Altman was also Cole’s first grade teacher and he really enjoyed her class. During our introduction of Jacob, I went ahead and warned Mrs. Altman that Jacob is different than Cole, telling her that he is very outspoken (I really believe it comes from his mom’s genetics).
Well let’s just say it didn’t take but just a few days before the foot in mouth disease hit. During class a few days ago Mrs. Altman was asking students to make sentences from a word she would present to them. One of the words used was “pass”. I feel confident in saying that probably most children in the class had proper sentences such as “The quarterback can “pass” a ball to a receiver” or something similar. When Jacob’s turn to use the word in a sentence arrived, this so-called disease kicked into high gear. “Like “pass” gas,” he proclaimed.
Needless to say we are very fortunate to have a great teacher with a great sense of humor. Mrs. Altman told Amy that she couldn’t help but laugh at the sentence.
Again, I believe he received this disease from his mom’s genetics.
Oh by the way, for those that have accused me of “wetting the bed” alluding to the fact that I have been arriving at the office a little earlier; I have not wet the bed since I was a little fellow. I am [yawn], however, having to get up early [yawn] to take Cole to school [yawn].
As stated above, Cole is somewhat reserved and thinks before he speaks. But honestly I think Jacob may have a little touch of what I like to call “Foot in mouth disease”. He says whatever comes to his mind first.
During open houses, at multiple schools for the first time this year, Amy and I went with our boys to visit their respective schools and meet their teachers. With Cole, at Appling County Middle School, everything went real smooth. We had the opportunity to meet the majority of his teachers and felt very comfortable with each trained professional.
Later in the day, we took Jacob to meet his first grade teacher at Altamaha Elementary School, Mrs. Sandy Altman. Mrs. Altman was also Cole’s first grade teacher and he really enjoyed her class. During our introduction of Jacob, I went ahead and warned Mrs. Altman that Jacob is different than Cole, telling her that he is very outspoken (I really believe it comes from his mom’s genetics).
Well let’s just say it didn’t take but just a few days before the foot in mouth disease hit. During class a few days ago Mrs. Altman was asking students to make sentences from a word she would present to them. One of the words used was “pass”. I feel confident in saying that probably most children in the class had proper sentences such as “The quarterback can “pass” a ball to a receiver” or something similar. When Jacob’s turn to use the word in a sentence arrived, this so-called disease kicked into high gear. “Like “pass” gas,” he proclaimed.
Needless to say we are very fortunate to have a great teacher with a great sense of humor. Mrs. Altman told Amy that she couldn’t help but laugh at the sentence.
Again, I believe he received this disease from his mom’s genetics.
Oh by the way, for those that have accused me of “wetting the bed” alluding to the fact that I have been arriving at the office a little earlier; I have not wet the bed since I was a little fellow. I am [yawn], however, having to get up early [yawn] to take Cole to school [yawn].
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