Surprises Me

So I was just telling a friend a couple days ago that Joel had absolutely zero interest in trying to write his name, and that is true... today was the first time ever that Joel has attemped to write any letter. He just never has any interest and always gets upset when I ask, even when I try to do it in fun types of ways, so I don't push it. I know, I know, he is not even 4 years old and it's no big deal if he is not interested in writing letters yet, but still... a mom has to try right!? Hence... I was shocked today after a couple times of tracing over some dots that I made (and earning a tiny reward of one mini flavored marshmellow), that he did this totally by himself. You can see under the "J" that he started out with dots and then traced over it. Looks great to me!