Yesterday, Wesley proudly came home with a giant red blending badge worn around his neck.  This badge is awarded when a child is able to blend beginning consonants with the endings:  an, iz, eb, ic, ub, etc.  The cutest thing is that even though Wesley has gotten pretty good with his phonics and such, he still had a very difficult time curling his tongue to pronounce the letter ‘R’.  So he’ll say things like alweady? wight? I think it’s cute now, but I certainly hope he outgrows it by the time he reaches middle school.