T, you are our Montessori kid.

You are three, three and a half, and are often the most helpful child in the house.

Not “helpful” in the sense that you are capable of more, but in the sense that you are more conscious of the needs around you and look to see what needs to be done.

No knock against H and T, I think this is all a 100% product of schooling.

Learning Tree always felt like teachers barking at an uncontrolled classroom.

While all of you went to Learning Tree, the short time you have been in the TAS Montessori School has changed your disposition.

As I understand it, the Montessori methods are built on a few simple pillars:

• Hands-on learning.
• Mixed-age classrooms
• Uninteruppted work time
• Independence

Plain and simple, your teachers will not do anything for you that you can do yourself.

And this is evident!

Mom and I carved pumpkins yesterday.

Kneeling on the vinyl floor, I muttered to myself about not having the knee pad we use to bathe y’all.

A moment later, I looked up, and you had gone to the other end of the house without anyone asking and were handing the pad to me:

Here you go daddy.

I love you.

-Dad