P Love

Speaking of loving well, my P Doodle is going through the sweetest lovie stage. He loves to hold my hand or tell me that he loves me. His latest trick when he hugs Daddy or me is to say, "Um-um. I'll neva let go!" Yesterday he remarked out of the blue, "Mommy, I love lots and lots of people." And he does. He truly seems to delight in others. He has been known to greet his classmates with loud, 'I Love You's as they arrive at preschool in the mornings.

P is gifted with a sweet spirit and a tenderness that seems to really be in tune to the feelings of others. If one of his siblings is crying about something, P will frequently scrunch his face into a fake cry and say, "I'm so sad they are sad because I love K/R. They are my best fwiend."

He is also quite the encourager and exhorter. Yesterday he told our sitter that she was "good like Annie (our former sitter) and God."

As she was retelling the story to me I remarked, "Wow! That is quote a compliment to Storey and Annie."

P replied, "AND to God!"

The downside to all this precious love and affection, is that it is also his M.O. when he is busted for mischief and disobedience. He responds to my disciplinary tone by lowering his head, looking up with that precious face and saying, "I am sorry. You still love me even when I do the wrong things, right Mommy?"

Boy, do I ever!