gingerbread house

Cana had a great idea to make a gingerbread house with Connor this year.  Having made them before, I wasn't even a little interested in doing it with them, (as anyone who has done one should know) but since Michaels was clearing them out for $2, I figured I would let her have at it.

Needless to say, it didn't go as she planned...

reading

Connor is getting better and better at reading every day.  He and Matt have been practicing reading a little bit everyday.  He's moving into reading 6 and 7 letter words now, which is awesome!  He still has a hard time figuring out which sound vowels make, but he's learning.  We are so proud of him!

photo shoot by dad

Matt had some fun playing around with the camera with Connor a few nights ago.  Here are some of the shots

love

Connor came home from Party City on Saturday with a heart shaped sucker in his hand and gave it to me. He told me "Mama, I got this for you so you would always know I love you with all my heart" 

talk about melting my heart. 

for the next 24 hours, he must have asked me a dozen times, "why aren't you eating this?!?"  Matt had to explain that the sucker meant more to me because he gave it to me than the candy it contained. 

my literal boy

An example of how literal my son is:

Connor: When you're dead you go under the ground.
Me: Yes, they put your body underground.
Connor: Your body?! Not your head?! 
Me: Yes, your head too.
Connor: Both of them?! Do they cut your head off and put it next to your body?!
Me: No, its your whole body.
Connor: Do they cut off other parts like your arms and your legs?
Me: No.

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"mom, i love you even more than chocolate...and that's A LOT!"

literal

So I'm making some cupcakes and Connor asks if he can have some of the batter. I told him no, because I could still see food on his plate.  So he goes over to the table and positions his water bottle in front of the food so that I wouldn't be able to "see" the food on his plate anymore.

love

yesterday we were in the store and I told Connor I would buy him some little thing that he had asked for.  He looked at me and said, "I love you so much Mom.  Before I only loved you a little, but now I love you a lot."