Special kid blogging

Sorry for the lack of material thus far today -- hopefully the seven posts from yesterday have kept my loyal readers (both of you) occupied -- but I drove up to my son's school this morning for his awards ceremony.

"Sinfonian, Jr." (not his real name), a second-grader, received the Principal's Award for scholastic achievement and a Citizenship Award for, well, basically being a good kid.

I'm very proud of him ... and I think I'm actually more proud of the Citizenship Award than of the award for his work. I know he's smart, but I also know it's not always instinctive for him -- really, for any 7-year-old -- to be helpful and kind and considerate. The fact that he's doing so makes me feel very good and very proud.

Unfortunately, meetings this afternoon will keep me away from blogging till tonight ... but thanks for indulging me this morning.