Dino in Space

Dear Sawyer,

Last night, you requested a made-up bedtime story so I began telling you one about a dinosaur who loved space, found a working spaceship in the middle of the forest one day, stepped inside and accidentally sent himself on a trip to the moon. I was describing the interior of the rocket when you said, "Wait, did the dinosaur have a space suit?" Then your eyes got really wide, you looked really concerned and you begged, "Make him have a space suit!" So of course I did--he found one in a storage closet! How sweet is it that you wanted to make sure the dinosaur had oxygen! And how perceptive that you caught that tiny missing detail in the story!

Love,

Mom

Hamilfan

Dear Sawyer,

At the beginning of July, we watched Hamilton and loooooooved it! Like so many others who saw the show, we were enthralled with the music and couldn't get enough. I downloaded the original Broadway cast recording the day after we watched Hamilton and literally listened to it every day for over a month. By early August, I had reached my saturation point and started listening to the other songs on my iPad again but it's mid-August now and you are still obsessively loving all of the Hamilton songs! At this current moment while I'm writing this blog post, you are sitting in MuiMui's rocking chair, holding my iPad and listening intently to "The Adams Administration." For weeks, you have been carrying my iPad all over the house while listening to the soundtrack and you have heard the songs so many times that you can recite so many lyrics by heart! You are especially good with "Alexander Hamilton" and "Aaron Burr, Sir" and can recite more words from memory than I can! I love it!

Love,

Mom

A Song for Mama

Dear Sawyer,

Perhaps you will be a songwriter when you grow up because you are always making up songs now! They are usually about trucks or dinosaurs but you came up with a really special one today and sang it for me:

I love my mama, I do I do.

I love my mama and she loves me.

I love my mama, I do I do.

I love her even when it's raining!

There were several more lines but you get the gist. It is my most favorite song ever!

Love,

Mom

Cute Mistakes

Dear Sawyer,

At dinner tonight, you were telling us about The Ugly Duckling and said, "He was ugly so he hided" and "He became beautiful when he growed up." Your older siblings corrected your grammar and said it's "hid" and "grew." As a former magazine editor, I especially should correct your incorrect pronunciations but as your mom, I want you to hold onto your baby talk for just awhile longer!

Love,

Mom