Well, of course no news on my Prius yet. I said we had some slightly good news, and I get crushed with worse news. I need to be more Eeyore-ish. Maybe I won’t be disappointed.
Regardless, I am very grateful and in love with my family. Erik went and spent the day with Brandon’s mother today, and on the way home he recounted his entire day for us. He can actually tell you everything, and with detail as well. How much he has grown amazes me and Brandon and we enjoy being parents more and more everyday. It is truly rewarding. So I don’t want anyone to think with all the complaining about how much God hates me means that I am not grateful for how extremely lucky I have gotten with my little family. I am even overly attached to my dogs – a feat we never thought possible. They’re my kids, and I even miss them when I don’t see them all day. Ah. Weird, but good.
Another thing to be grateful for, today, however hard it’s been for me because of my need to do non-stop schoolwork, Brandon and I got to watch first hand Erik putting a puzzle together. Ok, I get that it doesn’t sound interesting, but watching him blows our mind. The level of comprehension this boy has is amazing. He isn’t good with counting, or learning things by singing, but his hand eye coordination and problem solving skills are…well…intense. We have been buying him progressively harder puzzles, and tonight we bought him a 60 piece that was for ages 4+. He had it put together in under 15 minutes with no help or persuasion. He had the major parts put together in under five, but the hard parts (with no distinct differences in the pieces) took him an few extra minutes. Brandon and I were watching him, and Erik was picking out combinations at around twice the speed we could. And he is 3. We truly enjoyed it. We are going to buy him a 100 piece one next. We know he can do it, just how long…
Sorry for the lack of aggression or playful banter that usually define my posts, but I’m exhausted and uncreative. It’s midterm week, and my mind is being put on a workout envious of zumba. And I wanted to share my story about Erik because of however uninteresting, I have it documented for myself. Yes, I admit this is my selfish post.
Deal.
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