Sweet Lex

Lex is so sweet.  Here are a few things that make me smile.

At bedtime tonight I was laying with him and he started rubbing my eyebrows, back and forth.  Weird.  I asked what he was doing and he said, “Rubbing your eyebrows.  Mom, they are so soft!”

After crossing off a few days on his calendar, Lex walked into the kitchen and said, “Mom, I’m sorry my writing is so wobbly.”  So cute.  Alan says that is from a Winnie the Pooh book.  Lex has told me several times that his writing is too wobbly.  I keep telling him to just keep practicing.

Also at bedtime tonight I was laying with him and after a few minutes he asked if I wanted to get under the covers.  I said no thank you.  Several minutes, and much coughing (we both have serious coughs lately!), Lex said “Mom, you really should get under the covers to keep your chest warm.”  I tell him regularly to zip up his sweatshirt to keep his chest warm to help his cough get better.  So cute to hear him echoing back, and being so concerned.

I love him!!

Fall leaves

I like reading other people’s blogs and sometimes I discover “new” art projects that remind me of what we did growing up.  Tried and true art projects that seemed to have slipped my mind (like many things do!)  After reading about this leaf project on Simple Kids I decided to give it a go with the kids.  We have no shortage of leaves to work with!  They enjoyed it, especially the running around outside and hunting for “soft” (not dry, crinkly) leaves.  Lex excitedly taped the final results to the window and I tried to get them to pose for a picture, but this is the best I got.  At least he’s smiling :)  (The butterfly in the middle is an old project that Lex won’t let me take down.)

"Posing" with their art project

"Posing" with their art project