Evan

There is only so much a camera can capture in the life of a seven year old boy....

** climbing on his favorite playground **

** a new face -- now contorted with hands **

** always loving on the kitties -- I mean always **


** brooding boy self-portrait **

** FLYING!!!!!!!!!! **

But I really need to get better at documenting what the camera can't capture, since the older he gets, the more internal all his changes become. Here are some things you don't see with a camera...

** doing math all the time in his head. He started out playing around with small numbers (two, four...) and is now onto sixes and sevens: "Three sevens is 21. Two sixes and a three makes 15. Two sevens and a six is the same as two tens." Yeah. Amazing. I know.

** practicing the art of 'farting with his armpit' and cracking up wildly when his dad shows how he can do it too :-) Powerful bonding moments.

** learning to play the big brother role well -- entertaining Chloe, taking turns peacefully, suggesting ways to get along, compromising when needed, making her laugh when she starts to get angry or frustrated... such a difference even from just a few months ago.

** hugging me and holding me around the neck and staring at me, promising he will never want to move out. Ever. That he will live here. With me. And Dad and Chloe too. "I'll just never stop loving you so much."

** helping others when he sees a need: holding the door, running to find something, clearing a path on a cluttered floor, opening things, closing things.... anything that makes him feel useful and appreciated. And he is. And we do.

I love this kid.