All 10 fingers, all 10 toes - redux

Theodore was born yesterday, April 19th at about 3:00PM. Grandson number three for the LWW and me. I am updating my wishlist that I created for his cousin Miles in 2005.

Theo will start school in 2015 or 2016. Here’s what I hope he finds:

1. A place that cares as much about his happiness as his education.
2. A place that cares more about his love of learning than his test scores.
3. A place where he feels safe and welcome and can’t wait to get to every morning.
4. A place that honors creativity more than memorization.
5. A place that has a library full of stories and a librarian who makes them come alive.
6. A place where technology compliments, rather than replaces, playing with blocks, finger-painting, naps, graham crackers, or a teacher’s soft encouragement.
7. A place where he learns to work and play with kids who make not have been given the blessings of a middle-class lifestyle or a fully-functioning body or brain.
8. A place that teaches kindness along with math, tolerance along with history, and conservation along with science.
9. A place where teachers are excited about teaching and passionate about encouraging the passions in their students.
10. A place where his passions are honored and that he gets a chance to learn in lots of different ways from lots of different kinds of teachers.

Mom and baby are doing fine, but Grandma had to be peeled off the ceiling. - Grandpa Doug

Comments

[Pat]

Congratulations! I'm glad the baby is healthy! Now we can pray he will grow up to be wealthy and wise!

[Mary]

Congratulations, Doug! And how lucky he is to have you and LWW as grandparents.

[Jacquie Henry]

Congratulations to your whole family. A baby brings so much happiness to everyone!

[fivbert]

Congratulations.

I think this list should be made into a poster, placed in a frame with the newborn photo, and looked at every day of his life and become a mantra for his parents and grandparents!
I think it would also be a great BD present to every newborn!

[Libby]

Congratulations! He's adorable and your wish list is great--one of the things I like about your blog is you discuss both nuts and bolts and "the big picture."

[Doug Johnson]

Thanks, everyone who responded. Mom and Theo are home from the hospital. Hope to check the little guy out in person this weekend.

Doug

[Gwen Martin]

My neice, Sarah Rose, was born on April 19th, eleven years ago. I still remember being amazed at this precious little lady, coming into a house full of boys. She remains a precious little lady, who can hold her own with the "brothers" while trying to decide which color looks best on her nails. All the blessings on your family.