Rushing in warm weather, please.

My sister found this picture on her computer last night and it makes me miss summer time when Matthew has really blonde hair!! This is another example of how Matthew looooves having his picture taken... Matthew learned how to swim last summer by watching another little girl swim. After observing, he just took off and in no time he was winning olympic metals and what not.
Matthew is very concerned with not breaking the law (yes, he's 5). He is still worried about a Sharpie he stole from a Kinkos two plus years ago. I took him with me to do appraisals an hour away. We had to stop into a Kinkos to send a fax or to pick our noses or something, and half way home, he waved his pirated loot around in the back seat. Ordinarily, I would've taken him back to the store and made him return it and made an example of the whole ordeal so that he would never ever steal again. Well, forgive me for being a tired single mom who had driven all over south west Virginia appraising homes with people who have neighbors with shot guns if you try to photograph their house as a comp, but we didn't go back. Anyways, Matthew still remembers taking this pen and I have to reassure him on a bi-daily basis that yes, Jesus is watching, but no, he isn't going to jail. This morning on the way to school, he wanted to know if Jesus would send kids to jail if they lie... hmm, always such tricky questions. Then, he proceeded to tell me about all the kids at his school who lie, and I really wanted to tell him to just keep it zipped because I'm sure his international pre-school buddies don't want to hear about Jesus. I don't mind him saying that the Dalai Lama said to quit lying or maybe even Buddha!! I'm down with the zen.

Here's a more positive thought for the day-
"Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them. They make others feel better about themselves. They tend to be more humble, more joyful, more likable." - Joseph B. Wirthlin

I like this, and I try to live by this. For those of you read my depressed post on Sunday, I'm taking it down. I should've maybe written that in a private journal.... we all have our days :)