Lloyd, the chosen one
They boys have really enjoyed playing with the new Lego kits #2 son got for his birthday.
A couple weeks back, #2 son came home and announced he'd changed his name to X. He explained that we were to pronounce his name as "eksssss", with a long emphasis on the S sound.
But then all that changed. He changed his name again, to Lloyd. His normal shy self even started to introduce himeslf to strangers, "Hi, my name is Lloyd". Strangers just thought he was very polite, having no idea this was a new name for him, they just accept him as Lloyd and introduce themself to him. He beamed with pride, he'd officially become Lloyd.
The school has teachers stationed at the drop off area to open car doors for the kids as they exit the vehicles. One teacher asked me, "Have you heard his new name?". Apparently he'd told the people at school, and news had spread.
We opened his backpack to find he has started to sign his school papers with his new name. His teacher makes the kids sound out words, you can see he has not really figured out how to spell Lloyd, but I give him points for trying. He knows that he needs two L, and to capitalize the first.
This is the chalkboard art I did for his B-day party. He requested that I include myself (bottom left) with wine and cheese. He also requested I draw one of his classmates, falling down. Lloyd....
Loyd with his beloved minecraft ocelot. His mother reads him some Magic Treehouse book each night at bedtime.