A "Writer" in the Family Now Too?

This is TJ's first real story. As I mentioned, he is really picking up the reading skills. Seemingly, he is picking up the writing skills as well, for a 5 1/2 year old, that is.

This one in particular was just to hard not to share.



As TJ tells it:
--The Daddy in green is coming home and he has groceries in his hand and he is really angry because there is a wasp in the house. And the mommy is in the house and she is upset because she is trying to get the wasp out of the house.--

Now, here is what all the letters mean, and you have to "read" the 2nd and 3rd lines first, and then the 1st line since he ran out of room.

DE = The
YS - wasp
E = is
YN = in
M = my
H = house
N = and
DT = that (dat)
ME = man
S = is
RD = really
MD = mad

In all honesty, for those who have not had young kids in quite some time, the teachers really encourage this type of writing and seem to be impressed with how quickly he is tackling writing stories. He is at least trying to sound everything out. And at least he has Daddy as the one doing the grocery shopping...