My Logan....

we had our first parent/teacher conference last week. (i still can't believe i'm a parent)....anyway, he's doing great! top of his class...very helpful...and apparently amazing behavior. i'm so glad he is at school, cuz we all know that is not always the case at home! she asked me how he had learned to read because his reading level was incredibly high... i was telling andy about it, and he just smiled at me, said "you're so amazing...spending so much time teaching him his letters and sounds and reading". i looked up and said "i didn't teach him anything!" he laughed, but i'm serious! i could be ranked world's worst mom ever, but i won't take credit for something i really didn't do! he learned his letters and sounds from the letter factory and word factory (two great educational videos), and we bought him a little dry erase board that had the letters on it for him to practice writing. and andy did all the reading teaching! NOT ME!! but i'm still the proud mom!

after i picked him from school, we had about an hour before my teacher meeting, so we went to the mall for a short date. we got a pretzel and icee...and then went to barnes and noble to eat it and talk. as we talked, we pulled chunks off the pretzel and would eat and talk. i noticed the pretzel getting smaller and smaller, but logan still tore a small part off each time. i was expecting him to just eat the whole thing at some point, but it finally got down to a really small bite, and he still tore it in half and left a bite! he looked at the last bite sitting there...and then walked away...
mom: 'don't you want that last bite?'
logan: 'no' (as he casually shrugs his shoulders)
mom: 'why not?'
logan: 'cuz i want you to have it'
mom: 'why?' (i was very touched, but generally curious)
logan: 'because! you are my mom!' (he seemed to be getting annoyed that i was asking questions)
it was such a sweet and generous moment. i forced a hug on him, and then i took a small bite, and handed him the other....do i have a great kid or what? :)