ten year old Seth

So i'm the long term sub for one of the Paraprofessional Aides at the elementary school across the street from my house.

There is a boy named Seth, who is "ten years and ten months!" old. He's in one of the classes i help, and i absolutely adore him. I'm a sucker for dark curly hair and this sweet boy has a whole head of it. He's got that awkward stockiness that boys have when they're about to get taller. He's really bright, he just has to take a little more time with his math than the rest of the class.
which also gave him a soft place in my heart, because i'm the same way and i hated feeling stupid in classes when i took so long on my math.

Today i was helping Seth with the word problems on his Unit Test, and the poor boy just has a really hard time diving fractions. But seeing his determination melted my little heart and wanted to wrap him up in a hug and tell him how great he was doing before we moved on to the next problem.

And when he finally finished the problem, he was just so proud of himself! i wanted to cheer. i gave him a high five and told him that he had worked really hard. He beamed and said, "thanks Miss Hansen" and hustled to his desk to put his things away before lunch. It was adorable and I've only been his aide for 3 hours out of the past 2 days, but this little kid has me in the palm of his hand.