Monkey

Tonight, while tucking him in, Gordon told me, "I think that I am part monkey. I can squeeze very tightly with my arms and my legs. I'm only missing the tail and the fur."

I told him that he gets his "Monkey-ness" from his dad's side of the family.

Where the Wild Things Are

We are watching "Where the Wild Things Are". When Max runs away, Gordon looks at me and said, "That must have been terrible for his mom."

Tears of Joy

Tonight Gordon told me, "Mom, sometimes when I go to bed, I cry tears of joy because I think I have the nicest family in the world."

Favorite Ending

Gordon said, "They say the world will end in five billion years. That's really sad because that's my favorite number."

Garfield

Gordon is memorizing the US Presidents and was practicing them in a little song before he went to bed last night. Ellis listened intently as Gordon was singing them. When he finished, Ellis said, "I like how they included Garfield."

Faces

Last weekend we went to an art exhibit. They had a metal bust with a beaded skirt on display. I was looking at it with Gordon and he said to me, "Mom, can you see the face in this?" I asked him what face.  He pointed at the breasts and belly button and said, "Eye, eye, mouth." I said, "I can see how you see that but look at it this way, breast, breast, belly button." He looked at it for a minute and said, "Yeah, but I just see a face." and walked away.

Beautiful

Last night when Gordon was ready for bed, he gave me a hug and said, "Mom. I hope that when I get married, I can marry a girl that is as beautiful as you."  I hugged him back and said, "You might even marry someone that is more beautiful than me."

He took a step back and looked at me like that wasn't even possible and said, "Really?".