He's a delightful creature to have around. He has his moments, like we all do, and occasionally, he'll tell me he is just having a very bad day. However, usually you can count on him being a happy, helpful, loving, creative, sensitive, busy, intuitive, curious, compassionate, and delightfully silly little boy. he's easy to have around.
The other day I caught him a grass hopper which he lovingly named Hoppy. About 20 minutes later he came out and declared that Hoppy was loose in the house and he couldn't find him. I'm not sure what Hoppy eats when he's loose in the house but we found him 2.5 weeks later alive and kicking. Thankfully, upon finding him, Stuart was happy to humanely release him back to the wild.
He collects sticks and rocks and arranges them on my front porch.
He comes up every morning to snuggle in bed with Ryan and I for a few minutes.
Lately he's been quick to tell me thank you and that he loves me. The other day, when I made him a cold drink with ice he sincerely exclaimed, "Thanks Mom! You're the best Mom ever."
When I returned to him after being gone all day so I (with my baby sidekick) could take Alison to the hospital he said, "Oh Mom. I had so much fun playing I forgot to miss you." He's certainly growing up and while I miss the littler boy who didn't want to go to preschool because, "but I just wike staywing home wif you," I see glimpses of the person he could grow into and it makes me smile. Love my Stuart.
(PS I didn't get any pictures of Stuart. I think he was too busy playing under that fountain in the background most of the day.)
He's a delightful creature to have around. He has his moments, like we all do, and occasionally, he'll tell me he is just having a very bad day. However, usually you can count on him being a happy, helpful, loving, creative, sensitive, busy, intuitive, curious, compassionate, and delightfully silly little boy. he's easy to have around. 
News: This summer I've banished my computer, partly because it doesn't work right now and partly because I want to spend more time hanging out with the most important people in the world. This is wonderful news for my kids but bad news for my blog. I'm still taking pictures and while I hope to occasionally (a weekly post would be nice) get on to share, plan on things being somewhat quiet until the fall. 
