Twinkle, twinkle, little star

My seven year old was Star Of The Week in his first grade class this week. All of the children wrote compositions about him for writing practice.

A few of my favorite lines from various compositions
He is a grate frind and a good pal.
He is cind and a talited gie.
I teenck he has a good tempr.
He has shiny eis.

But my favorite composition is this one:
You are nice. You are a good frind. You let people get in front of you in Line. You play with everey one.

That one made me

beam
verb
1. To radiate light; shine.
2. To smile expansively.
"beam." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 17 Feb. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/beam