Dear Dreamcatcher

Tonight as I was saying goodnight to Logan he turned to the dream catcher hanging on his bed and said "Dear Dreamcatcher. My dream is to be allowed to watch t.v. every morning and every night. Please make my dream come true.... Oh yeah. Can you also help me sleep through the night? Thanks dreamcatcher!" Not exactly the right concept but worth a try!

Sweetness

The last few days I have been reminded that I have the sweetest child around. From coming to see me "just to pat your cheek mama" to telling me "I sure love you!," I could not be luckier.

Today at nap (the new loft bed is so much easier to cuddle Logan in than the toddler bed - and yes I did curl myself into a tiny ball to cuddle him in the toddler bed), he turned to me and patted my cheek. Pure kindness.

It is hard to remember sometimes amidst the bustle and chaos that is our regular life that the underlying kindness and gentleness of Logan is always there. He is decidedly three sometimes - aggressive, hyper, and challenging.

But, if the kindness and helpfulness I have recently begun to see more often is what four is going to be like, I am in for a lovely year.

Bull Riding with Grandpa

With Grandpa as the Bull. Couldn't be a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

The best of this week

1. This week I decided there would be absolutely no t.v. watching in the evenings. Logan was not pleased with this but it actually resulted in a nice week where he told me about school and his ideas while we ate dinner. There was less whining about it towards the end of the week too which was great.

On Thursday night I had music playing while cooking and then during dinner. Halfway through dinner Logan turned to me and said "you hold me and let's dance while I eat my chicken." Who could say no to that?

2. Logan to me: "Careful sweetie pie. You better hold my hand and follow me. We are about to walk into a parking lot."

3. Wailing at the top of his lungs "I just need one more kiss or I won't be able to make it until morning without you!" - undoubtedly the neighbors love us at 8 p.m. (At least I am not assembling a bed with an electric drill at 1 a.m. like they did last week!)

And, as an extra added bonus, he slept until 6 a.m. every single day this week. That, in itself, my constitute heaven.

So, in the immortal words of Logan - "We are so so so lucky!"

Your mommy's in Napa and you need to take a Nap-a

Last weekend I went to San Francisco and Napa for the weekend while Logan stayed with my parents. We both had a great time during our respective vacations.

When I came home Logan had many "treasures" he had picked up at Nana's house. (Apparently he went around her home with a grocery bag selecting items to bring home including but not limited to an airplane first class package with socks, "sleep goggles" (see photo for demonstration by Logan), miscellaneous tiny books, some unidentifiable plastic objects, and other assorted goodies).

He also came home with some great stories. First, he went to church wearing goggles. Goggles from his pretend tool kit. My parents are brave people. Second, and sweetest, when he woke up on the morning he was coming home he did a happy dance and sang a song to celebrate that he was coming home to me. Once home, he demostrated a bit of the dance and song for me.

And, bonus points to my mom for working "Your mommy's in Napa and you need to take a Nap-a" into her weekend dialogue with Logan. It doesn't get much better than that!

Penguins, Preschool and a Penchant for Words

The teacher from Logan's school shared this with me the other day:

At circle time, the teachers were asking the children "what do penguins do?"

The children before Logan in the circle answered "They waddle," "they eat fish and like to swim," "they're for watching."

Then it was Logan's turn:

"Toy penguins are not real. Real penguins are not the same. American penguins are not the same as other penguins, so they don't match. The South American ones are my favorite because they are so enormous, but dinosaur footprints are more enormous. But, you don't know them (dinosaurs) because they died. Fish is what penguins eat. Penguins eat fish, fish, fish, and shrimp, shrimp, shrimp. Penguins will do anything they want to do. They have their own life. The last thing penguins do is they dress up in pretend clothes and be firefighters. Isn't that silly? Penguins dressing up to be firefighters!"

Then the other children finished with "they bite," "they don't fly," and "they dive."

Needless to say I am raising a talker with a BIG imagination and lots of ideas.

I kind of love that.

For the die hard Logan Fans...

Here is Logan opening up his first Christmas gift of the year. It is pretty cute near the end.