but an exciting one nonetheless.
Liam woke up this morning wanting a bagel. "Want a bagel, Mama?" he said to me as we snuggled in bed. Each morning he comes to wake me up after Brad leaves for work and we go back to his bed and cuddle & sing until the baby wakes up. Shortly after his request, Beck woke up and nursed and we were off to Panera Bread.
On the way to Panera he said, "Going to school, Mama?" I tried to explain that wouldn't go to school for a few more days. I sensed a meltdown was coming but he handled the news just fine. We got to Panera and got our bagels. One of his favorite things to do now is to hand the cash/card to the cashier in the store. That may seem to be very trivial for some, but it really thrills me to see him do this. I was putting him in the car when he said, "The sky, Mama." I turned around and sure enough the sky was open and blue and just, well, there. "Yes, that is the sky." He then started to label everything in close range; trees, flowers, butterflies (he calls birds butterflies). And I love how he ends each of his phrases with Mama. There were days early on when I wondered if he would ever say Mama...and now he says it all the time. I will never take that for granted.
Later on that afternoon I explained to him that he would be going to Mimi's house. He immediately grabbed my hand and said, "Let's go to the car." Again, I explained that Mimi would be coming to our house to take him in her car. He insisted that we get in our car. Eventually he lost interest in trying to drag me to the car and began to admire the flowers. At one point he started counting them...that was so cute!
I had put a baby swing on the front porch to give back to my mom. Liam approached it several times and considered sitting on it, but reminded himself "That's for baby Beckett." I praised him for remembering and told him he was a big boy.
My mom arrived and when she walked up the driveway he ran to her. He was so excited to see her...he again grabbed my hand and starting saying "Get in the car, get in the car." He knew he was going with her and just could not wait.
He spent the evening with my parents while I taught my last Bradley class. He came home so exhausted that he didn't say much more. There's always tomorrow. :)
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Ask him about the slide at my house. We got out the big blow up water slide. He attempted it, but decided it was safer to swim and eat ice cream. He really liked sitting in the back of Pawpaw's truck when it was in the driveway. He and Ryan slid on the truck bed!
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