In the last 2 weeks he's scrapped both elbows while scootering, skinned his knee (twice), got a rope burn on his neck from trying to do a flip on one of those spider web looking things at the park, split his chin open from diving into a kiddie pool (and removed the glue they use to close it 3 hours after we left urgent care), and at one point, had me convinced he might have a concussion from a separate scooter accident.
He has also bent the curtain rod in his room from trying to "be a monkey" on his curtain, covered out lighter colored dog in mud so that she would "look like our other dog," found chewed gum at a mall and proceeded to play with it, and colored all over my white countertops, just to name a few.
He's also shared every snack he has with his sister, even the good stuff like cookies and brownies. He's told me I'm pretty at least 20 times. When he sister gets out of the car for school, he yells, "Raegan! Remember you're fab-lee-ous!" He'll hold the door for strangers forever, literally I have to peel him away sometimes. He won't enter a building first if there is a girl with him, "Please mam, ladies first!" He strikes up conversations with strangers, asking them who they are, where they come from, and making sure to point out the parts of their story that he thinks are super cool. He cries for hours when TV characters lose friends or animals get hurt, he's still heart broken over what happened to the dinosaurs.
He is the more mischievous child I know. Constantly causing me to questions everything I know about being a parent. Keeping me on my toes, trying to learn new and interesting ways to teach and discipline.
But he has also taught me so much about what it means to love people. REALLY love people. He sees others in a way that I don't think most choose to. He looks beyond the surface and really digs, he wants to KNOW people and I've seen so many light up and breathe easier in his presence. He has one of the kindest, most compassionate hearts I've ever known in a child and has an understanding for empathy that I don't think I've even accomplished yet in my adult years.
I am so thankful, honored really, to get to be this dude's momma. I am excited to watch him grow and continue to learn from him. He has been one of the greatest gifts to our family and I am so excited to celebrate him today at his preschool promotion! Kindergarten, we're coming for ya!
