I did not witness this first hand, but I just had to add it here before I forget.
Last night I went to my "cardio dance" class at the YMCA. This is the first time I've gone at night. Anyway, Connor stayed home with Brian.
Yesterday was our first day of snow flurries. It was actually pretty wet stuff and being the first snow of the year, I wasn't very hopeful that it would "stick". It rained/snowed off and on throughout the day....only a trace of accumulation at all. I must say that this does not disappoint me. I am NOT ready for a big dump of snow yet. We'll have the next several months to deal with it. But I do love playing in the snow and Connor is SO excited for the fluffy white stuff that it makes the beginning of winter much more tolerable....I think I'm even looking forward to it. :)
It gets dark so early now that none of us had even noticed that the snow had picked up a little in the evening. When I left for the gym, Connor saw it and wanted to go out and "play" in the snow. Brian told him they would go outside and he went to get his shoes on. After B was all ready to go, he couldn't find Connor. He was calling his name and looking around the house....no Connor. Then he heard a faint, "Am down here." (I guess if he is talking he doesn't feel the need to say "I"!) He went downstairs (all by himself) into Brian's workout area and was bringing up a very large gray sled. He was
serious about really wanting to play even though you could very easily still see the grass through the snow. :)
I'm not sure how Brian convinced him otherwise, but I'm confident they did not go sledding down the grass at 7:30 last night in the pitch dark.
However, they did build the first snowman of winter 2011. It is really a snowball snowman and was just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. I didn't get a great picture of Connor with it because I didn't want him sitting on the wet steps in jeans, but this will do. (will add as soon as I get it off my camera)
The second that I walked in the door Connor excitedly started telling me to look at the snowman! (what?!) In my mind I just thought he was confused. I should have known better. He doesn't get confused about much. This whole little scenario has simply warmed my heart. Of course we love our little guy, but it is situations like these that we will think about for years to come and just smile.
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Another short Connor story.
A few days ago he was playing with his Cars cars. He picked up Fillmore and told me that it was "just like Mommy's car". Fillmore is hippie bus from the movie. Again, I thought he was confused. He brings the car over to me, "See, Mom. [pointing at the VW symbol on the front of the car] It is just like your car." My man knows his cars. He does the same thing when he sees another Volvo out somewhere...."that looks like Daddy's car". The color or model does not matter. He goes for the logo. Atta boy. ;)
