is my nephew Jackson. He received an award in the Young Author's Contest for their parish (county). He won in the category for second grade poetry. I am soooooo proud of him. He went to the awards ceremony last night and read his poem in front of a large audience. I spoke with him when he was on his way to the award's ceremony. It went something like this.
Me: I am so proud of you, Jackson!!!
Jackson: Yeah
Me: Are you going to read your poem tonight?
Jackson: Yeah, in front of hundreds of people
Me: Wow, that's great
Jackson: And it's going to be in the newspaper and on tv
Me: Well, I want an autographed copy of your poem
Jackson: (slight chuckle)
Jackson: When are you going to China?
Me: In about a year
Jackson: A YEAR?!?!?!?!?!?!
Me: Afraid so
Jackson: Well have you picked out your baby yet?
Me: Lame attempt to explain the process without using four letter words
Jackson: Well, when you go will you get me a picture of a panda?
Me: Absolutely
6 comments:
I love kids! Jackson sounds like a great one!
Monica
A year...now that you say that, it makes me depressed!!
However, I just read about a zoo in Guangzou from another blogger (sp?)..you might be able to get the panda pic! I plan on taking our child there..
So cute! I love how kids think.
Jackson rocks!!!
You are so right Mary, Jackson does ROCK!!!
Too funny! Gotta love the way kids think and how he jumped from the China adoption process to wanting a pic of a panda!
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