Today is a little bit of heaven. No where to go, nothing to do for a few short hours until I pick up Matthew. Poor guy, he is having a hard time getting back into school. He adores school, but is missing being home too. I am putting a movie on for the kids after school so Matthew and I can have some special time. He came into our room several times in the night wanting to sleep with us. This was fine when he was a 20 something pound 2 year old. Not so fine as a 60 pound over 4 feet 7 year old! I enjoyed spending quality time with Matthew over the break. Here is what he is up to these days:
*One word to describe Matthew is INTENSE! I don't think a better word applies. He does everything passionately. You always know when he is in a room. We have come close to banning him from watching football games as he gets so upset when his team loses (much more often than they win) that he cries and is miserable for the rest of the day! Intensity isn't all good or all bad. He loves us intensely and is definitely a Momma's boy. We are always praying that we can channel that intensity into good works as he gets older!
*One of my favorite things about Matthew is his creativity. He loves to write and illustrate books. He also works on "science experiments" and inventions. He is reading a book by Noah McCollough who is a 10 year old. Matthew asks me lots of questions about how a 10 year old could write a book with a nice cover! Maybe he will do the same? ;)
*He loves to learn. He asked Santa Claus for encyclopedias and geography books for Christmas! He likes to challenge himself and I have had to stop him checking out 5th grade books because he is drawn to the challenge of reading them.
*He takes his big brother job very seriously. Although battling his need to annoy Thomas is a daily task for me, for the most part, he is a loving, caring, teaching best friend to Thomas. He likes to correct his grammar and teach Thomas all the things he is learning in school. It isn't unusual to see them walking hand in hand always talking. Not a day goes by where they aren't playing sports together.
There is no competition with ME. He just loves her and carries her all over the place. She adores her big big brother.
*A funny development with Matthew is his need to be Mr. Cool now. Most of his baby traits are gone and he uses popular words and phrases that he didn't learn from me.
*As "cool" as he is, I know he loves when I baby him and tell him all about "when he was a baby".
Just a glimpse into the life of my Matthew. Just like all my children, I couldn't imagine life without him!
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6 comments:
What a smart, smart kid that Matthew is!! I'm sure he is a teacher's dream!
I was just reading your ME post, too. Your story about her asking strangers what their name is reminded me of something about Landry that I had forgotten at that age. When she was that age and we were out, she would not ask their name but say, "I'm Landry" and then she would extend her arm towards me so I could be introduced and say "and this is Mommy." Glad I remembered that....
Glad I helped jog your memory! The thing that is annoying about that is that she says her name is "Emme" but it sounds like "Amy". Nothing wrong with that name, it just isn't my girl! I am trying to get her to say Mary Beth or Mary Elizabeth. She is now calling herself ME Elizabeth! I am just confusing the poor girl!
It is a little sad how we push our first born to be grown up (not saying you did, but I know that I did). Little boys are so very sweet, it just seems that before you know it they are "little men".
It must be a little intimidating to have one that is so smart!
Well, I'm sorry he is having trouble getting back in the groove of school -- because I'm sure he is his teacher's DREAM!! I love that he is so inquisitive -- put me down for one of those books he will write!!
As far as Mr. Cool -- I remember when my daughter came home from 1st grade exclaiming 'SNAP!' about things and passing it on to 4-year-old brother. It's at that point that you realize exactly HOW parents become out-of-touch. Too much changes while we're changing diapers.
Sarah-
When I was writing that, I was thinking of him saying, "Snap!" He loves that one. So funny.
Today was a lot better. He seems back to his normal little self.
DJG-
It is hard not to push the oldest especially when they like being treated like they are older. I just try to relish the moments when he lets me baby him.
What a great bit brother Thomas and ME have!
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