Nocturnal

"Mommy, I want to be nocturnal. I want to play all night." Gavin wishes as he is laying his head down on his pillow. We have finished reading 2 books and our worship. 

I kiss his forehead and turn on his music. (ever since he was born I have always had music playing in his room.) I tell him I love him and walk out the door.

I load the dishwasher, that took all of 5 min, and then go and check on my baby. 

Yea, he is soooo nocturnal.

Dinner Conversation

It was supper time. I had prepared a breakfast meal of grits and eggs for supper. We sat around our table and were eating. Not much conversation because we had been with each other all day and there was really nothing to speak of. Only the scrap of spoon or fork on the stoneware dishes broke the silence.
"Scuse me."
Now, me thinking that my son was trying to get my attention replied to this attention grabbing comment, "Yes?"
"I was not talking to you, I was talking to my fart."
Daddy almost lost his mouthful of grits all over the table.
I guess we need to tell him that he is not apologizing to his fart but to those around him.


Yes I know some people don't like the word "fart" but yet it is used daily in my house especially between the two males.

Dirt

Playing in the dirt is the best thing next to being at the beach and playing in the sand there. Gavin loves to "cook" and make patties and cakes and pies and drinks and soup. He is so creative when it comes to this. He will get a handful of white sand from our driveway and use that has salt. He uses flower petals as vegetables. He will use vines as pasta and leaves as herbs. And of-course there always needs to be an abundance of water.
Today he made cupcakes. Awhile back I had given him some old pots and pans and an old muffin tin to play with outside. He has discovered that filling up the muffin tin with his creations and then swiftly turning it over on the ground will result in a cupcake shaped mound. I now have many of these around my backyard.

I believe that is a blueberry cupcake he said. We have little berry shaped seeds the Popcorn Tree in our backyard drops and he uses them as well to make his yummy treats.
Then he wanted to pose. This boy sometimes loves the camera and other times he wants nothing to do with it. Today he wanted to put on a show.

I love this boy so much. My heart is full.

Garden Talk

My son has picked up on the love of gardening.
We started seeds in his room and every morning he wanted to peek. And when they were ready to place in our garden he was so excited that little seeds could become yummy food.

We planted on St. Patrick's day this year. See the shamrock on his cheek?

He placed his cucumber and pea plants

While he was working he was talking to them.

"Grow big and strong and make yummy food for my belly."

"It's OK. The sun will keep you warm and I will give you water if you get thirsty."

Yep I have a gardener in the making.