The little things...

Someone on my Mommy board asked us to share some things about the kids that they wouldn't know. So....I want to share the little things.

Justin....

He remembers EVERYTHING! He remembers everywhere we’ve been, every toy he has played with, where everyone lives. I will try to get rid of a toy and 10 months later he will ask for it. He never forgets.

Has a great sense of direction. He always knows where we are headed and that he's been to a place before. He'll always say things like "I want to go back to where we got the ____. You know, near _____."

He gets so freakin excited about so many, many, everyday things and gets so happy about it. When people show up at the house, he gets crazy excited. He jumps and jumps and yells and yells. He gets so happy. He loves when Grampy and Grammy show up. He loves when Grandma and Aunt Rosemary show up.

He always doing very kind things for Sarah and always wanting to share with her. He always wants to bring her toys and snacks to make her happy. So cute.

Will turn down cake and cookies to eat raw veggies. Loves his green peppers, broccli, cauliflower and carrots.

Tells Sarah all the time that he loves her and calls her Sweetie. (as in “come her Sweetie!")

His project at school today was to tell them what he was thankful for. Each kid had a feather that they drew on and Mrs D (she is back in his classroom as of today.) wrote what they were thankful. Justin's said "Justin is thankful that his sister loves him so much."

Justin loves to still about about his "Repair shop." It is his bedroom. lol He'll talk about it all the time. "We're gonna have fireworks at my repair shop." "We're gonna have to take that into my repair shop." And he still refers to his tools by the names on "Handy Manny." His favorite "friend" is Squeeze, his wrench. He constantly talks about squeeze and refers to squeeze as a she. Not sure why.

He has to watch every train that goes by our house. He gets so upset if he has to miss it. He'll even delay going potty to see the train. Some times he doesn't want to actually watch the train though. We finally had to tell him he doesn't need to watch it. So now, sometimes, he'll run to the window, see the engine and a few cars, and then turn and say "Oh yeah, Daddy said it's ok if I don't want to watch the whole train" and then go back to whatever he is doing. So funny that he thinks he has to watch them.

He also has to watch when people leave our house. He cries if he misses watching them drive away.

Now combine the 2 - we had guests today. They were getting ready to leave when a train went by. He stood on his bed and watched the train, telling them, "Don't leave until I get to watch the train." He seriously thinks he can't miss the train or watching people leave.

Love this kid!