Thursday, July 05, 2007

milestones


Our darling little Maxidoodle is a challenge like we've never faced. It would be hard to count how many times a day I must force myself to take a deep breath before dealing with his latest antic. We are constantly saying that he is incredibly blessed to be so cute and so funny.

But for all his trouble-making prowess, his newfound belligerence, and his lack of self-control, he is still one of the sweetest little creatures on the face of the earth. He's affectionate, and happy, and just plain adorable. And it is a wonderful gift to see the world through his 4-year-old eyes from time to time.

He put the biggest smiles on our faces the other day. Rich was talking with him about starting kindergarten in the fall. He was telling Max that he would still be 4-years-old when he started, but he would turn 5 pretty soon after that. You could see something dawned on him as his eyes grew large. "That's a whole hand!" he said in something that resembled awe.

9 comments:

Jean said...

I love this! What wonderful thought processes! It's put a smile on my face on an otherwise plain morning. Thanks!

gail@more than a song said...

A whole hand! How cute!
And that pic is so cute too.

Annie said...

He is just adorable, what a cute way to look at his age!
Izzy will be a whole hand soon too!

marianne said...

oh, how dear!

Anonymous said...

Oh Debi! That is just too precious!! The picture is adorable! What he said and the expression is just so cute! What a sweet little guy!!

kreed said...

He couldn't be any cuter!

Dawn said...

What an adorable picture!! I think that is just about the cutest thing I've heard. I'm going to have to share that with my kindergarten teacher friends :)

take care,
Dawn

Unknown said...

Hee hee! Oh my, he IS adorable! I fear that's the reason my children get away with as much as they do, too :-)

Jane said...

just found you through Carrie's blog... Love Max's view of five years old! Have a GREAT day!