Missing teeth? Not me.

Here's Vito's first grade picture and some of his early art work. He gets in his first fight (that we know of) in this grade and it requires a conference with the teacher. We lose our cat Smokie and I'm struck by how hard he takes it. My Great-Grandfather passes away and Vito is very upset by that also. He seems to know instinctively that they are gone forever without any explanation from me. We must fire a babysitter and Vito's Aunt agrees to watch him instead. We are so lucky to have family available to care for him.