He won a bicycle at school today! They had a summer reading promotion where you got an entry for every book (or chapter of bigger books) read during the summer, and the drawing was today. (I didn't count the list that I compiled for him last night, but he said he had 98 tickets in the drawing--it might have been a slight case of overkill?) There were three bicycles for different things in the promotion, and his was the first name drawn! It is a really nice Mongoose BMX bike that is a tad on the large side for him, but he is so proud and happy and refuses to turn loose of it!
It's even better that his birthday is Sunday--it's like another big present!