My oldest son turned five yesterday. He is an amazing little boy. Nothing escapes his notice nor his commentary. We frequently are in stitches over what he says. For instance, in discussing fathers one day, we brought up to him that my mom still has her dad - that is Great-Grandpa. He looked at us with such a puzzled look. We kept encouraging him, "You know Great-Grandpa, we see him every week at church. He is the pastor." Finally the light comes on and he says, "Oh yeah, short man, white hair."

My little pilot loves anything that flies. Helicopters fly over our house sometimes and as soon as he hears them he is either outside looking at it or by the windows searching for it. He will sit through on hour long, military production of the SR-71. This is his favorite plane.

He couldn’t wait to “do” school like his older sister, so with reluctance on my part he is “doing” school. If his attitude was anything else, I would have waited, but he devours what we are learning. I hope he never looses this intensity or desire. He reads the McGuffey readers to me and does writing and math pages. During Bible, he will copy simple phrases that I have on the board. Should you peruse his notebook, do not be alarmed at the number of missiles and rockets. There are also pictures of the patriarchs. I think there is one of Jesus by a rocket. He LOVES flying things. He has recently figured out how to draw helicopters. That might fill up his math notebook.

The Lord is amazing and shows me aspects of Him in my children. My pilot is very tender, intelligent, thoughtful, and quick. The Lord has made him for His purpose. Thank you, my Lord, for such a wonderful child.

This is a picture of the little pilot flying arrows with daddy.