Landon at 4

Landon turned 4 in February - I can hardly believe it. Since I am terribly behind in photos I thought I would start by doing a little "What I love about you" for each of the boys. I hope you enjoy this. They are not in any specific order - just how I thought them out. For my precious oldest son ~ Mommy and Daddy love you ~ Thank you for our last 4 years ~ Even when I think Landon will drive me crazy - it is good to have these thoughts of the happy, silly and sometimes truely ridiculously funny times....

What I Love About You!

• How your favorite color is orange and EVERYTHING is based around that! You use to like pink, but have since told me it is a girl color.
• How you eat off of a pink plate although your first preference is a breakable plate which you always want the same color as daddy.
• How you are so overprotective of your brothers (unless they are bothering you).
• How when you want to play alone you make an excuse for Zach - "Zach you go finish eating. or my favorite, "Mommy, Zach wants to watch a movie."

• How when you see something new you want you seem to understand you can't have it now and say "Maybe I could get that my next birthday. That good mom?"

• How you can sit and put so many puzzles together all by yourself and love every minute of it.

• How you are so loving

• How you say "I want to snuggle with you mommy"

• How sweet you can be when you are watching after your brothers.

• The way you say "That's ok" at the times when I think you wouldn't". Like if I accidentally spill something or maybe bump into you.

• The way you hold your thumb down with the opposite hand to tell people you are "this many" and then precede to tell them right away "But, I will be 5 on my next birthday". You started preparing for next year the day you turned 4.

• How you always hold my hand when I ask you to
• How you truely fear and have a drama scene when you think your toys are going to go down the drain in the tub.
• How when I drop you off at school or somewhere else you ask me to pray with you.
• How you have already decided that you will have an orange house with (I think) 5 cars, a boat, and RV. You know all the colors you want and have given me permission to visit you and even park by your car.
• How you love alligators.
• How you always ask Why? and because of that we have explained so many things to you - to include water treatment plants, death, safety, medical, etc. - of course in 4 year old terms.
• How you clap your hand on your leg (like in calling a dog) when you are asking me to "come here"

But, my new favorite...

• How just two days ago you were brutally stepping on a toad to kill it so it could, in your very words, "Die and see Jesus".