Samuel and Auntie Sarah

Today I had a date with my best sweetheart, Samuel. It was somewhat of a belated birthday celebration, to which I was late upon arrival. He had been up, dressed, and ready to go for hours. Fortunately, a four-year-old grasp of time is forgiving and he didn't hold it against me.

We stopped by Goodnight Room, which left us both surprisingly unimpressed, and then hit up Borders. Samuel picked out a retro-looking space blaster gun and a Wallace and Gromit dvd (no, I'm not trying to force British things on him...yet).

At lunchtime, he was feeling adventureous, and when I asked him what he wanted to eat, he replied, "Japanese noodles." We compromised and went to the sushi bar (complete with conveyer belt!) across the street. Samuel patiently sat through a chopstick lesson, but opted for a fork, with which he used to eat rice, kitsune tofu, egg, and takoyaki (that's an octopus dumpling for you greenhorns out there). He proclaimed the latter his favorite. That's my boy.

Next was a trip to the gelatto shop. Never one to waste a good dessert, he demolished a small cup of the m&m flavor.


Shooting me with the blaster :(



I'm astounded by how articulate and intelligent this kiddo is, as well as his incredible elephant's memory. When we were discussing my time in Japan, he asked if I had felt sad there. I told him yes, because I was away from him, my friends, and family. He then asked if I was sad like Rose. Rose? I wondered. Yes, he replied, like Rose on the beach. That's when I remembered back to about two months ago; I had been showing him some video clips of Doctor Who on Youtube. He had been fascinated by the sad goodbye scene at the end of season two. What a remarkable kid!

But then, he's had my heart wrapped up in his little fingers from the first moment I laid eyes on him ;) Can't wait for more of these moments with Jude and Juliet too!