No Mom, That Is Me!

Yesterday, while I was in our office unpacking or something, Levi found Dan's scrapbook from when he was little. It has all the school pictures he had taken growing up. Levi sat down and opened it and excitedly said," Look mom! There are pictures of daddy in this book!" I replied with something like, "Yup, that is daddy's special book of pictures of just daddy when he was little." Levi looks at me with this confused look on his face and says, "Nuh-uh mom, look I am in this book too," as he is pointing to a picture of Dan when he was in Kindergarten or First grade. I laughed pretty hard. He was so certain it was him and you could not change his mind. Levi is so much fun and says the funniest things. He is starting to become such a good helper and loves to be big brother. This morning Zack was going down the stairs and Levi was telling him not to go down there. In frustration he says, "Mom! Zack is not listening!" Then he turns to Zack and says, "Zack come up the stairs, you are not listening. That is naughty. One. Two. Three....." I cut him off at that point to explain that he is not mom:) He loves to play with other kids and loves when Zack wants to play with him. I am so glad he is at that age where they will play together. Levi loves to play outside. He loves tackle football with his cousins, and loves to play baseball with us. He loves to ride his bike around our cul-de-sac and the duck pond. Since we moved we have started his reading lessons, sort of. He can again sound out S, M, A, T, and E. He loves to do puzzles now, and of course cars are still a big hit. He has started a chore chart since our move as well, so he can learn to help out. He is practicing making his bed, sets the table every night for dinner, and picks up his toys before bed. I think it has been good for him and he actually enjoys helping out for the time being. He still loves to help me cook. I think it is because he knows he can sneak some sooner. He helped me make fudge last night. He is such a sweet kid and many times throughout the day he will just yell out, "Mom?" which I reply with "Yes Levi?" and he says"I love you mom." It melts my heart every time. He does say it a lot when you walk in on him using the restroom. That makes me laugh every time:) Last night he was scared and came out of his room not wanting to be alone. He peeks around the corner and says, "Mom, will you come snuggle with me for awhile?" How do you say no to that cute face and to the opportunity to snuggle with any chance his busy body will give me. Such a sweet kid and we love our Levi Squivi!