Absent minded Hawthorne strikes again

The first thing Hawthorne said to me when I picked him up from school today was, "I had to write sentences because I didn't bring my book to school today."

I found this a little confusing because he got in trouble with me last night for not bringing his book home from school. "Huh?" I said. "How is that possible? Where is your book if it's not at school?"

"It's in my backpack," he said as if this shouldn't be confusing at all. And then a look of realization flashed across his face.

How this child gets through his day is sometimes completely baffling to me, but he's actually had a very good run of things lately. He has made straight A's all year, a piece of his art was selected to be displayed at the district's spring art show, and just last month he won a best in grade ribbon for his science projects and was chosen as one of only 12 students to represent the school at the county science fair. Those are some impressive stats for someone who fills a page with "I will bring my book to school from now on" while his book is sitting right next to him in his backpack.

Happy 10th birthday HF!

First pitch of the season. This year I have to yell "Go Yankees!"
Really, that's just a very uncomfortable thing to say for this Mariners family.

 Of course his science project had to have something to do with him throwing, hitting, or dropping a ball. "The Effects of Temperature on the Bounciness of a Rubber Ball."