Letters to my Son ~ April 2014

Little Mr.,

You are one fun little guy. You are always wanting to play. And when it is bedtime, I often hear you say, "But, I didn't get to play!" You are such a good little boy and can entertain yourself for hours. This past Christmas, you were all about superheroes. So I knew that we just had to do a superhero shoot for you. These are a couple of your costumes, but I'm hoping to get the rest too. 

You are always so cautious in new situations or when you are out of your comfort zone. Every single Sabbath, you cling to Momma. During all the activities in your class, you drag me with you. You miss out on the fun stuff, like riding in the boat, and you'd LOVE that....just because you are too scared to do it by yourself. You lack the confidence. Today you went to the farm with  Ms. Ilka. I heard rumors that you clung to her like glue. You even missed out on the horse ride because you were too nervous!

I hope that you can gain confidence. Next year, you will start school. You will be there in your class without Momma...or Sissy. And you will learn to be your own person. You will grow and change in so many ways over the next year and that makes me happy and sad all at once. 

There are thousands of memories of you each month that I just want to hold on to and never forget. Like today. I was talking with Aunt Karon on Skype and you told her that when you were born, you came out of Momma and saw that she was different. But that you decided to stay with her. You have a crazy, fun imagination. You invented your own theme park called Disney World Jr. that was full of dinosaurs and in your imagination, it was so real that you kept asking us when we were going to go there. And like the holeguy you tell stories about too. You tell some real whoppers!

I love that right now, whenever we are telling Bible stories, you are willing to share. That wasn't the case not so long ago. But now you always ask if you can tell Peter cut off the ear. It's the story you are obsessed with. You go around the house wearing a belt over your shirt and have swords hanging off of it. You love watching that on our Bible video too! And I love that when you pray, you have changed up your usual prayer of, "Dear Jesus, thank you for this day." and have now added, "And please be with Jasmyn (our kitty) and help her feel better (although I'm not sure what's wrong with her...you say it's because she "throwed up"). 

I love watching you run and play. And I love watching your reaction as you watch movies and just laugh and sing along. I love watching how you actually role-play the movie as you are watching. You literally play along with the story line. Either with toys or just by acting it out. And when it's over, you want to play the story from that movie again and again. Right now, you are really loving the movie Frozen and watch it just about every day. And you also like the new Veggie Tales Outer Space one too. 

I love how you try your hardest to stay awake after bedtime so you can come and snuggle with me when I go to bed. But I also love to find you sound asleep in your own bed and realize I will have my whole side of the bed to myself. I like to see how peaceful you are while you are sleeping. 

I love how you talk to me about God and Heaven. And how you ask me questions about all that stuff. I love how I am your favorite person in the world, because I know that won't always be the case. But for right now, I am so glad that I am your world.