Simon Says:

Love that photo of Simon - WOW! - he looks so much like your photos of Chris!

I *love* that he is thankful for cheese. He is the best. :)

I don't even know what to say. I don't have a word yet, your post about Simon about tears to my eyes and I just love reading your blog. It's like a personal inspiration. I don't know how you hold it all together. My son is being diagnosed w/adhd and I have days where I just sit and cry and how you pull through what you have on your plate is amazing to me! God Bless you and your family. Simons right too, Thank God for Cheese...

I really love reding about Simon. Thank you so much for sharing such an important part of your life with us.
Anilu

Aaaah, the magic of children and their tiny little souls. Love it. Got some unexpected joy from one of my own children yesterday in the form of a song and a quote. My 2 year old sang a song in the car yesterday called "Mary Had a Little Man..." and on the way home from work last night, she was pretending to be Santa and was speaking in a very deep voice and said "Ho! Ho! Ho! Verrrrryyy Christmas!" Unexpected smiles and bits of laughter are so very very good.

Like many others, I love hearing your little Simon updates. Truly heartwarming. Thank you for sharing.

ali.. that is sooo totally utterly cool!!!!!

Oh Ali being a Mom myself I know that Simon's progress must fill your heart with joy! So happy for you! My boys are in Grade 10 and 12 and I am entering into a different stage of "Mothering". My oldest will be leaving home in a few short months and I'm not having an easy time with this concept. So for this and many other reasons I have chosen my word for the year as "CHERISH"..... cherish the times we have, cherish the memories, cherish the relationships

That is so cute!! Ali,Diana and i were having a giggle fest last night about the Little word, we came up with some good ones. this morning I decided that my word would be "Good". It is a little word that means so much. Have a good day!!

That is so wonderful, Ali! So sweet!

My little boy is a big Diego fan so I had to laugh! If he could talk more he would he was thankful for those first two also!
But what a sweet prayer! And those big brown eyes... how do you say no to him?!!
Still thinking about the one word for this year.

Oh...those big brown eyes...that is awesome!!!!
peace
Kim

Since I won't be around on Monday to post my word I'll share it with you now. My word is CONTENT. I actually have been thinking about this since reading my issue of the AEzine and when I just read your post about Simon it came to me. I want to be CONTENT with who I am and what I have. Thank you so much for sharing Simon's progress. I love to hear how well he is doing.

Ok, this totally brought tears to my eyes. Love it!!! Go Simon:) Coupled with the picture...priceless!

i LOVE Simon!

Ali!
Simon rocks. You rock! I love how you look at life and I love sitting down to have coffee in the morning and catch up with you.
My word for this year is: GO the explanation for that is on my blog.
Thanks. Thanks for everything you contribute to the world. I am taking my FIRST scrapbooking class in a few weeks. INSPIRED by you.
Kal

Yea for Simon! You and Chris are wonderful, patient parents! My word is "ORGANIZE"! If I don't I will slip under the ooze of too much stuff and drown or just disappear! I immediately ordered the laser cut word from www.thecardladies.com. Thanks, Ali for getting me on track!

How precious! Kids are great. They are such equalizers.
My word is the same as Lynne's: Freedom. Freedom from boundries. Freedom to think out loud. Freedom from censorship. Freedom to grow.

my son, griffin, is obsessed with santa too. he's still making "christmas trees" out of legos hoping to convince santa to come back sooner than next christmas.
my word this year is *enjoy*. I have the hardest time enjoying the process and not stressing about what is constantly needing to be done.

These photos just make it worth being a mum the love we feel is unexplainable.