Learning curve

I'm not amazed that he wrote his name by himself.  A lot of three year olds can do that.  And he does have three of the easiest letters to write.  The only way it would be easier was if it started with an "X" instead of an "E", but that would be weird.

No, what I am amazed at is that this is the first time he has ever written it.  Or even attempted it.  And that he sat down and did it completely by himself, with no guidance and no example in front of him.  I actually accused Myka of writing it.  So then he did it again.

And I'm baffled by the fact that the only instruction he has had in writing these letters, other than me guiding his hand over the magnadoodle during church once in awhile, is that two evenings ago I wrote his name with highlighter three times and had him trace the letters with a pencil while we were "playing school".

So while it took him 8 months to learn to swallow food, it took him all of 5 minutes to learn to write his name.  Either we are getting better at this or we should have started with the hard stuff first.