Have I told you about Lex
lately? How sweet and amazing he is? How wonderful and lovey he
is? How very, very fortunate we are to have him?

For about a week we’ve been playing a silly
game. He says, “Mom, do you know who I love most?” and I
proceed to make silly guesses… “Mickey Mouse?” Each guess is
sillier and makes him laugh more. After three or four guesses
he says, “It’s you mommy!!” and he runs over to give me a hug.
Then I say “ooohhh, I’m such a lucky mommy!” We do this so
often that sometimes I can’t even make breakfast because he
gives me so many hugs! Eve likes to play too, but her version
is more like, “Who I love best? You!! Ooo, such a lucky mommy!”
all in one stream. :) Yesterday he decided that he also loves
Eve and Dad most too. So the game now ends with “I love you
most! And dad. And Eve!”

After bath tonight I sent them
into the living room to pick stories while I put the dirty
clothes in the laundry. I do this most nights and I usually
return to find them both playing. Tonight I came into the
living room and found them sitting together in the chair and he
was reading a story to her. He told me that he was going to
read her all of the library books for bedtime stories. I, of
course, grabbed the camera and made a movie of him reading. I’m
sure you’re all bored of movies of him reading by now, but I
love to hear it. I love his voice. I love how he reads. After I
put the camera away I asked if I could sit with them and Lex
decided we all needed to move to the couch, with him in the
middle. He read us three stories and then Eve got too crazy and
I had to put her to bed. Sadly she isn’t very good at going to
bed these days, but Lex was super sweet and read stories to
himself while I tended to her. After awhile I told her I had to
go take care of Lex (left her crying in her room). We played
with his trains until the clock chimed (our life revolves
around clock chimes) and then he went right to bed. I was
dealing with her for quite awhile and he stayed calmly and
quietly in his bed. I think it took him awhile to fall asleep,
but he was just soooo sweet!

I’m so
proud of the nice person he is growing in to. We are all so
lucky to have him in our lives.