I love “almost 4yrs old.”.

It’s first thing in the morning. Not even half way through my coffee yet. I don’t usually blog this early but I just had to blog this little snippet to give a giggle. It’s been one of those mornings  where when I woke up and my blankets were just so. Perfectly wrapped around me. I wasn’t too hot, or too cold. My pillow was just right too.  Rain pittering on the window. Most mornings I wake up to Carter yelling to get out of his room   so he can get his morning drink of orange juice. I swear it’s his equivelant to coffee because he can not go without it and it has to be right when he wakes up. He can’t function without it.  Anyway, back to me laying in my bed, basking in the cozyness, listening to the rain drops on the window.  I’m thinking ”ohhh… this is so lovely!!!  Everything is quiet, I’m going to enjoy this for as long as I can until everyone wakes up”.  I roll over and get even more comfortable. 

Then I hear  whispering in my room. Now Cooper is always the first one up so he just comes to our bed and we put on the cartoon channel until everyone else wakes up. We’re usually 20 mins  behind him.   But this monring when I opened my eyes it was quiet. No Cooper beside my bed. No Cooper in my bed.  But I hear whispering . I listen, trying to not let him know I’m awake and I hear him saying “I’m bigger than Carter! I am NOT afraid of the dark! I’m bigger than Carter! I am not afraid of the dark!” and he runs as fast he can into my bathroom, grabs a tissue and runs back out.  Then triumphantly (sp?) but quietly as to not wake anyone he whispers to himself “Yes! I did it.  I’m a big boy”. 

I giggled to myself and relished that moment.  And when he got to the side of my bed I greeted him with “good morning my big boy” and the smile on his face that he just conquered a fear was absolutely priceless.  I love moments like these.

 

Now I’m off to drop them at nursery school.  Hope you all have a good day :) .

Published in:  on February 27, 2009 at 8:22 am Comments (2)