Wow. He was just 3 feet tall, rapt with wonder at the power and variety of stinkamotives (steam locomotives), carrying a duck and a penguin. Now he's taller than I am, sometimes smarter, and much more self disciplined. He's always been a little man, like that line from
It's A Wonderful Life , "you were born older". He's into history, reading, movie making (stop motion with Legos). He is a born shepherd, loves being in charge and making sure everyone is in line and doing what they're supposed to. It gets a bit wearing on his younger brothers, but he is usually a pretty gentle guy and they also know they can turn to him for safety. He has always asked the hard questions, from "momma how can you be happy on earth when we've got babies in Heaven" to " how come you're going faster than the speed limit". He combines his dad's love of facts with my over confident "I'm right because I am" personality, which has made homeschooling him..... oh, let's call it interesting. Talking him into anything he didn't think of, or out of anything he did, is more than I'm am capable of most times, which leads us to believe he will either be the President or the guy
leading the coup. I do love his strong personality though. He is my Samwise Gamgee(Lord Of The Rings reference). Steady, loyal, loving, gentle, my right hand man. I hope he always stays strong in what he believes but has a teachable heart. I hope he learns that failing a few times doesn't mean failure. I hope he's gentle with himself, like he is with his little sister. I hope he grows up to be much like his dad, but always his own man. I hope he learns long division, and the difference between an island and a peninsula. But most of all, I hope he always knows how glad I am to be his mom and how much having him has changed me closer to who I want to be.
Wow. He was just 3 feet tall, rapt with wonder at the power and variety of stinkamotives (steam locomotives), carrying a duck and a penguin. Now he's taller than I am, sometimes smarter, and much more self disciplined. He's always been a little man, like that line from It's A Wonderful Life , "you were born older". He's into history, reading, movie making (stop motion with Legos). He is a born shepherd, loves being in charge and making sure everyone is in line and doing what they're supposed to. It gets a bit wearing on his younger brothers, but he is usually a pretty gentle guy and they also know they can turn to him for safety. He has always asked the hard questions, from "momma how can you be happy on earth when we've got babies in Heaven" to " how come you're going faster than the speed limit". He combines his dad's love of facts with my over confident "I'm right because I am" personality, which has made homeschooling him..... oh, let's call it interesting. Talking him into anything he didn't think of, or out of anything he did, is more than I'm am capable of most times, which leads us to believe he will either be the President or the guy 
leading the coup. I do love his strong personality though. He is my Samwise Gamgee(Lord Of The Rings reference). Steady, loyal, loving, gentle, my right hand man. I hope he always stays strong in what he believes but has a teachable heart. I hope he learns that failing a few times doesn't mean failure. I hope he's gentle with himself, like he is with his little sister. I hope he grows up to be much like his dad, but always his own man. I hope he learns long division, and the difference between an island and a peninsula. But most of all, I hope he always knows how glad I am to be his mom and how much having him has changed me closer to who I want to be.
