Luv u.

On Wednesday night Simon said the following while watching American Idol and eating an apple before bed:

"Luv u apple."

"Luv u mom."

"Luv u cars."

"Luv u slide."

On Thursday night Mom, Simon and I ventured down to the Goodwill to see what treasures we could find. As usual Simon made his way back to the toy secton, chanting "toys." He spent some time checking things out, looking through the piles, seeing if there was anything he could not live without. When I told him it was time to go he didn't grab anything (I had told him we were going to the dollar store to get bubbles). But, as we were walking back through the store he spotted something. A game. Mouse Trap. Still in the box. He picked it right up and started walking toward the door. Alrighty then. For $1.99 you can't beat whatever we might find inside the box.

When we got home we opened it up and all the parts were there. Somehow he could tell that there was something in there he would love.. A marble and a slide - among other cool pieces to set up the game. But to him, it was all about the marble going down the slide.

He had a tough time going to be Thursday night because I took the marble away. He woke up early to play with the slide and marble. On the way to school Friday morning I told him that he was going to have to leave the marble and the silde in the car. His response:

"Luv u slide."

"Luv u marble."

"Luv u mom."