Video of Jamie Reading...

Jamie turns 7 soon. 7. SEVEN. As in seven YEARS old. When did that happen? Where was I? I have this... this... this... boy. And he's smart. Like really smart. He scares me sometimes how smart he really is. The things he has learned to do just over the past year and half just freaking amaze me.

Now, before you watch these, you should know that they make me read this book a LOT. So, he knows the "feel" of the book, but he doesn't know the book by heart. I thought it was so impressive that he was reading THIS book that I had to take video of it.

The kids love this book, it always makes me tear up a little if I think about the words too much. I love Dr. Seuss, of course, but this book cuts a little deep for a momma. It's all about letting your kids go and the ups (and yes, the downs) of life and getting stuck in that prickly perch and soaring to new heights and just... just growing up and coming into your own.

I'm glad they have quite a few years before they come into their own, in the mean time, I'll just have to continue to get sappy around his birthday. He's my little man, the one that changed my life forever. And he's cool, he's just so cool to be around. AND he still likes me. *I* am still cool. Sigh, in a few years, I won't be cool anymore, huh?

Anyway, without further ado... the first is him showing off and the second is him reading while Cassie interrupts and acts like a little brat (I love you, Cassie).

And yes, I know how to pronounce BOIL - I was distracted by the genius of my son. Leave me alone *snicker*





Oh, and the book he's reading is Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss.