Pow!

"Pow" he said as his little mighty fist went in the air. We smiled at him and then at each other. What was this new karate move our familiar boy displayed? Our smiles to each other were knowing smiles...for our boy... amused, surprised (where did he learn this under our watchful eye), and a joy for him, love.

Delighted at what he saw reflected in us, the "pows" continued for our pleasure and his....

(new hoop we bought at a garage sale)

The morning after he turned 3, we woke in the big bed. Without words, he hugged and held into my neck. His little arms just held on and I stayed, feeling big and small at the same time. Nothing else mattered for those minutes, a bit of heaven on earth!

"You are eating it?" I ask, "Why?" "Because I want to", he replies. A good response for a boy who uses his taste sense interchangeably with his sight and hearing senses. To figure out what something is about, he will often taste it. Not always a great choice, but one that discovers!

I love our boy so very much!