I just adore him. Of course, I adore ‘A’, too, but I want to take this time to share just a few of the many reasons why I not only love my son, ‘R’, but I LIKE him as well.
‘R’ loves all things of beauty, especially in nature. He is the first one to mention someone’s beautiful garden, or lovely house. He will point out flowers and trees; items I often never give a second glance. He is constantly bringing in buttercups, dandelions, forget me nots, and colored leaves from our yard. He even found a five leaf clover on his own!
He will endlessly watch an insect or spider, and adopts potato bugs as pets. Here is a picture of a dead moth he found on the window sill. He kept it with him for a good part of the day, gently caressing it, and stating how beautiful it was.
My favorite bouquet…please note the colored leaf as well. I get ALOT of those.
He is still in what I call the "puppy" years. You know, the awkward, clumbsy phase where they end up with so many scrapes you lose track of how and where they got them. He also has a habit of wiping his nose upward with his hand, creating a smudge on the tip of his nose. It’s the classic ‘R’ look.
He STILL has an obsession for cars and will constantly call out car brands when he see them. He does it with such a passion and enthusiasm, you’d think he ‘d won a car for himself. He also will repeat the car until you acknowledge that he saw it. (HERBIE! (VW Bug), JEEP! HONDA! CHEVY! CONVERTIBLE! MUSTANG!…)
Whenever ‘A’ is injured, ‘R’ is the first one over to give him a hug.
‘R’ and ‘A’ both love to play with Legos and draw. They entertain each other by creating fire stations and police stations in Legos, and create (<sigh>, OK, I will say it), violent drawings of princes, knights, and kings killing the "bad guy" or "bad dragon". They enjoy drawing stabbings with swords and when I try to encourage them to draw something less traumatic, they assure me it’s just pretend, or that it is just a little "poke" and "the bad guy did not get hurt, but went to jail."
He is such a joy to be around and I feel so blessed to be his mom!