The first few days of kindergarten I worried that Huck’s shy, introverted ways were going to keep him an awkward loner for some time.  I needn’t have worried, for now whenever we run into a classmate (especially a girl) I witness Huck as a popular, outgoing child.  He refers to his “best friend Nakayla” and clearly plays a lot with Yared, Autumn, Oriana, Isabella, Emelia and Gabriel F, his matching sneakers buddy.  And speaking of Oriana, when he says her name (which is often) he rolls the “r” in the most beautiful sound you ever heard.  When he really gets going he begins rolling the “r” in every word he comes across, including words that don’t have an “r” in them at all.

Here’s Huck with Oriana at the Little Red Lighthouse Festival sharing a hayride together.  Oh dear.