I’m not selling him to the Gypsies…today anyway

Forgive me while I get a bit misty here, but my 3-year-old finishes up his very first year of school shortly…and I’m in awe of the guy. AWE I tell you!

Today he informed me he does “not believe in wet grass.”

He also walked around the house saying “I wish…I wish…I wish…”

And when I finally prompted him about exactly what his little mind was wishing for he said,

“I wish I could fly, Mommy.”
“Fly? That sounds like fun. Where would you go?”
“Up to the sky. And I would touch a star. I would pull it down. And I would give it to you.”

Sniff. Sniff. Sniff.

He is also my favorite gardening companion, as his sister mainly eats the dirt. Today I let him loose with the camera outside in his little patch of land and something, well…Honestly something magical happened.

Judge for yourself:


The Count has a kindred spirit in Ms. Bella of Ninja Poodles…she takes some great photos too.

13 thoughts on “I’m not selling him to the Gypsies…today anyway

  1. Belinda

    AWWW! I was just looking at those gorgeous upward-leaf shots, and about to post how I was all in favor of the preschooler camera work, and then I saw where you linked to Bella’s photos. I really need to let her at it outside, not that everything is blooming! Today, she figured out how to work the camera on my new cell phone. Which, ahem, *I* hadn’t yet figured out.

  2. Dana

    He’s brilliant, Erin. I love a child’s perspective. So honest and intelligent. He must get this from his beautiful mom.

    The Count will be a master photographer. I’ll hire him. The goob that did our family pictures messed up. The Count is in!

  3. Christina

    What beautiful pictures – he’s got quite a talent there.

    (And he’s a smooth talker, too. Did he get that from the Kaiser?)

  4. Violet the Verbose

    Wow, awesome! I didn’t even see the ladybugs until I read all the comments and went back and clicked on it. How cool is that! It’s SO cool to see what the Count sees.

  5. shay v.

    He’s such a talent! I love little boys… they are so sweet sometimes – and can melt their mommy’s hearts. Too sweet. I can’t wait to see the good and bad that comes with my boy during the “3’s” – so far, the two’s have been a wonderful and sometimes hair-pulling adventure. From your posts, I think the three’s will be the same… I can’t wait!

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