Because it's all good.
“No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song……because it’s all good.”
Those are the words of Eric Litwin in the book Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes. It’s also the book that Caleb chose for me to read to his class on Thursday to celebrate his birthday. Hard to believe, but Caleb is turning 4 on Saturday!
We are in constant awe of Caleb. His mind works like nothing I’ve seen before. It’s different than Dan’s and it’s different than mine. And while in theory it’s the combination of both of ours, we often wonder where it comes from.It’s analytical. It’s methodical. It’s creative. It’s visual. It’s beautiful. It’s amazing, to say the least.
I have to believe we hold some sort of record for the number of ABC sets found in a given household. I have this visual of lining them all up some night after bed time with a few glasses of wine and taking a picture (future blog post) but I’m too tired these days.
I recently pulled out my phone to show a picture of Caleb and was taken back by what I saw as I scrolled through. Nearly every picture I capture of him is when he is demonstrating something that I think is amazing. Something I don’t think most (almost) 4-year olds are doing. He’s aligning letters is very specific patterns. He’s making the exact shape of the fallen letters from the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree (of which he recently mastered without the book). He’s reading. He’s organizing blocks in a particular fashion.
Below are some pictures of a few that I captured. It brings me to tears because I’m so proud of him. But it brings me to tears because it’s also a reminder that he likely won’t be strapping his skates on to go skating with us on the rink this winter and that he likely won’t engage in all of the sports that his 3 other brothers do (or will do).
But Eric Litwin said it best. “No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song……because it’s all good.”
Thank you for your continued love and support. We couldn’t do this without you. October 24, 2017
