Heartfelt gratitude
Last night, Shelby had a hard time falling asleep. Might have had something to do with the fact that he, for the first time, actually swam under water at the pool (hooray!) just before we came home & went to bed. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it’s just crazy summer-time bedtimes (or lack of them). Who knows. He didn’t fall asleep until 11:15p, after an hour and a half of calling me into his room for one thing or another every 5-10 minutes (while I was in the kitchen trying to sew), and after a move to my bed, where I ended up staying with him for 15 minutes until he calmed down enough to finally give in to sleep.
Tonight, as I was sitting by them, as I usually do, for a few minutes after I put the light out, Shelby sat up & started rummaging around in some toys that were by his bed. He said, “Oh, yeah, that’s right. I forgot that I wanted to give you something.”
He found an art kit & opened up one of the drawers in it, pulling something out.
He reached his hand out to me & said “Here, mom, I wanted to give you this because you were so nice last night”.
It was a tiny golden heart. Looks like it might have been part of a teensy frame, or the rim to the face of an inexpensive watch, or maybe it fell off of a gumball machine necklace. I don’t know where he got it. But, it was so sweet, so thoughtful. He’s a great kid.
Awwwww…he’s the sweetest thing!
Comment by Robin — July 14, 2006 @ 1:24 pm