calvin was two and a half last sunday. he is growing so quickly right before my eyes. he loves the word 'why?" at the moment. i mean seriously loves it. he is so curious about how things work and why things are the way they are. sam started having little talks with him as they snuggle off to sleep. these talks consist of calvin saying "talk to me about ______" and then sam talks about whichever subject calvin chooses and calvin inserts about 100 whys. last night i got the chance to snuggle with him and he asked me to talk to him about football. football? i gave it my best shot, but after a few unanswered "why's" calvin changed his mind and said, "ummm talk to me about daddy." that i could do. these talks have spilled over into our everyday conversations. calvin found a cicada shell the other day and looked at me and said, "talk to me about cicada's." then came the why's...
he has been a wonderful big brother. he is so gentle and loving to maeve and he has so many plans to do with her and things to teach her when, as he puts it, "she grows bigger and bigger and bigger".
he is very into the crystal that hangs in our kitchen window making rainbows while we eat breakfast so for his half birthday he wanted a rainbow cake. luckily i remember seeing one here. he loved making it and eating it! sam put one too many sticks of butter in the white cake recipe so it sorta tasted like a big sugar cookie... fine by calvin.
happy half birthday calvin!
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Gotta love the "Why?"
ReplyDeleteOMG that rainbow cake site is awesome! Did you really see it before, or did you look it up after Calvin asked for one? Not that I am doubting you, it just seems like an uber-mom move to say: "Why yes son, I know where I can make you a rainbow cake!"
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