Since Tommy turns 5 on Friday, I thought I’d do a couple posts on him. Remember how, last year, I decided I was going to let Tommy start making his own sandwiches? Yeah, that kindof fizzled out because the mess was really getting to me. It was just so much quicker to do it myself. But in the past week or so, Tommy has offered to do it while I’m feeding Susanna. And he’s a lot better than he was 9 months ago. I can slice the bread and let him do the rest. He also folded (and put away) all the bath towels for me yesterday while I was running on the treadmill. Talk about multitasking!
This week at Legacy, the speaker said the best way to figure out your young child’s love language is to ask, “How do you know I love you?” So I asked Tommy, and he told me, “That you are with me.”
Me (puzzled): You mean I stay home and take care of you?
Tommy: Yeah.
Me: How else?
Tommy: That you read books to me.
Me: How else?
Tommy: That we play games with each other, like Gulo Gulo or Kids of Carcassonne.
Me: How do you know that Daddy loves you?
Tommy: He plays games with me, like soccer, and we do circuit boards together.
I’d say this kid is a classic Quality Time boy! It makes sense, because I’m a QT girl, myself. This probably explains part of why both of us look forward to homeschooling so much–we get to spend time together!
Lastly, Tommy has come up to me several times in the past week or two and just told me, “I love you, Mommy!” I know he’s going to grow up and get tough and all, but I really hope that he never outgrows telling me that!
Stats and such tomorrow…
Almost 5?? Where has the time gone?? He is looking more and more grown up.