Sarah Nade

I always liked those Carmen Sadiego names.

But that's not my post...it's about a present day serenade.
Keith's learning addition and rhyming. He's really into both.
Here's how he's singing himself to sleep this very minute:

"Two plus two is four
I like to play with swords
Two plus three is five
I like to bee a hive
Two plus four is seven
I like the seven eleven
(No
wait)
Two plus four is not seven
I don't like the seven eleven
(No
wait
maybe it is)
Two plus four is seven maybe
I like the seven eleven maybe
(Yeah
that's right.
right, mom?
But it can't be a rhyme, right?
so it's wrong,
so two plus four is not seven?)
Two plus five is sumthin'
I like to eat my pumpkin
(No
wait.
I like ice cream.) "

In these moments where his mind is so absorbed in his own little life, I hate interrupting. I feel like an intruder, stealing glimpses of these precious pieces of time and thought. He's so awesome, so sensitive, so smart, so interactive, so tender and vulnerable, so funny, and he loves me so much. He and his sister are the best things Mike and I ever came up with.