Stahlke Adoption

Postscript to "Misha's Mop"

Last night, we attended an ice cream social at the children's elementary school. Jonathan and I talked at length with Misha's first grade teacher. He's been having some discipline problems, but she also told us how much she enjoyed his big smile and sunny disposition.

Misha himself had told her that he was growing his hair long so he could tie it back "to be like Papa." On the first day that it was long enough for him to wear a ponytail, his teacher greeted him that morning by saying, "Well, it looks like Jonathan Stahlke is coming to school today." She described his smile following that comment as the biggest one she'd ever seen from him.

posted by Stahlkes @ 11:02 AM