You and I read together every night... I really love that.
You and Papa are so close, and AJ adores you.
You are a trooper on our long international journeys. These are not for the faint of heart!
You love your cousins so much.
I love this picture of you and I. You can't know how much I love you.
Your Aunt Amanda ADORES you, and you love her, too!
You and Daisy are good buddies.
You really enjoyed finally get to meet your Uncle Levi this past Christmas.
Iddy, I always enjoy going to parent/teacher conferences for you because they always have such nice things to say about you. That makes me very proud. It seems like you are very respectful in school, hardworking, and just enjoyable. We never hear anything else from any of your teachers. I know that you don't enjoy school very much, and neither did I at your age, but you are doing such a good job navigating the academic, social, and emotional challenges that come with growing up. You are struggling a little in math, but the teacher thinks it is only because of what you missed when we were in the US for those three months. He feels like once you have caught up on those concepts, you will be a very strong math student. You have been working very hard to catch up on the things you have missed. You and Papa play basketball together almost every day after school. You are very athletic and coordinated. You don't love video games and phones and tablets all the time. You like to be outside... you like to be with your family... you love to listen to music. The other day you said that you realized that the kind of music you listened to really affected your mood, and you were going to try to start listening to really good music. I was really proud of you for having that wisdom. Over your midterm break you spent some time with your family in Kisumu and with Israel. They all seem to love you and look up to you so much. Sometimes I wonder if it feels like a lot of pressure to you to have people looking up to you in that way, but you handle it very well. You are very generous, quick to give what you have to others, and you are concerned about the well-being of others. This morning Anyango wasn't waiting for Papa to take her to school so you and Papa went to check on her. You hate to be late, but you were more concerned about making sure she was okay. You kiss your sisters every night and tell them you love them. They have no idea how lucky they are to have you as a brother!
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