Summer's lament

Tonight was the meltdown. I've seen it coming, I've wondered when it would hit. Tonight, with just us home, daddy out, you cried. The tears of the end of a summer. You'll miss the fun things we do. You'll miss the cuddles. The lament of 200 days of school without me.

It breaks my heart and warms my heart all at the same time. I love spending these days with you. I love the unpredictability, I love the adventures. At the same time, I think that part of the fun is that they are unique. 

You love school. You love your friends. We have breaks and weekends and new adventures within school to look forward to.

I love you so very, very much. I cannot wait for next summer. I also cannot wait for the routine of the school year and seeing what you learn and grow to experience next.

Passion

Man, you are becoming quite the bird lover. You seem most interested in Orioles. You love watching all of them in our yard.

Tonight, we were discussing evolution. That led to a discussion on why we might need to evolve. Which led to a discussion on global warming. Eventually we ended up with you being VERY angy that people were hurting the environment, and in turn, harming the birds you love so much.

Not entirely sure of what will come from this. You want to singlehandedly change the world tomorrow. It will be hard to temper that with reality and not squelch your drive.

Hopefully we can at least build some bird houses for the yard, and you can figure out how to move forward from there.

I love your passion. I hope it carries you far.

Sometimes technology isn't your friend

C: "Set a timer for 50 minutes."

Siri: "Ok. 15 minutes and counting."

C: No, 50. Not 15. 50. Five- zero. 

S: The answer is (some number I don't remember)

C: No! That is wrong. 

S: If you say so.

C: Stop the timer. 

S: The timer is paused

C: Set a timer for five zero minutes. 

S: 50 minutes and counting

C: (relieved) Thank you 

You're 7!

And you're such an awesome kid. You open doors for me (cars and buildings). You give the best hugs and kisses. You cuddle. You are funny!

We went to the doctor today. You're 49" tall and 58.6lbs. 68th and 79th percentile a respectively. They declared you perfect. We asked about your nose bleeds. She said to use saline, but you hate that so we will stick with staying hydrated. She didn't see anything in your nose that was troubling. 

One of the best things about our doctor is her garden. In the summer she grows things to encourage kids to pick and try them. You chose eggplant today. One for each kid at home. I can't wait to cook them. 

On babies

As I was doing laundry today...

C: Mom! Nevin keeps pooping and making the hole house stink. Make him stop.

M: Make him stop...pooping? Seriously?

C: Uh. Well, could you at least change his diaper?