Connor

I thought I would do a little highlight of each of my kids, starting with the youngest.

Connor is a cute little toad who loves to do anything he isn't supposed to do. He is thrilled that as the youngest there are always other kids to entertain him and bow to his slightest command. He is quiet and careful by nature but loves to watch all the wild crazies!

Connor has carved out his own little spot in our house and loves his routine but he is a homebody who has trouble staying comfortable for long anywhere else.

Music is Connor's big thing; he has a good sense of rhythm like all the others but he is fascinated by all kinds of music. It started with bluegrass and rock and roll but has moved to include everything from classical to silly kids' songs.

'S', 'T', circle, 'P'.

Just before I took the girls out to lunch on Saturday I was sitting in the front room with John who was playing some music for me to listen to. Jack gets very annoyed when his dad's music interferes with his own internal soundtrack. He came in the room, turned to the wall and started writing letters with his finger. As he did it he named his letters, S, T, circle, P and then turned around and looked at John and said 'Stop'. He is working on learning the letters in his name at school but they said they haven't discussed the word stop. But then they would have taught him to say 'O' instead of circle! I am just fascinated when I can get a glimpse of how he works things out in what must be a very confusing world to him. Here is an example of him writing his own name at school, it has taken us years to get him to hold a pencil for more than three seconds.