Smooth Operator

i shake my head when i think about how Ozzy seems to know just what to say to either melt my heart or make me laugh. 

when my mom came to visit, ozzy greeted her at the door, throwing his hands up to the sides up his face, and squatting slightly in a repose of delighted surprise, and exclaims, "Grandma!  I'm SO happy to see you!" 

when i dropped him off at preschool this morning he asks tentatively, "mommy, will you stay with me?"  i told him i was very sorry but i had to go clean up the basement, but i'd be back very soon to pick him up.  and he answers bracingly, "okay, mommy.  i'll be a very good boy until you get back." 

and when i come to pick him up from preschool, his sweet face brightens up with a big happy smile and he comes running at me at mach speed, throws himself into my waiting hug and says, "I missed you so much!  I love you so much!" 

to mimi, when she's ignoring him b/c she's too engrossed in a book or game to notice him, he beseeches so plaintively, his little voice sounding so aggrieved, it makes me want to cry, " mimi!  please!  pleeeeeaaase play with me!  i like you so much!  i want you to play with meeeee!" 

he'll also quickly turn to a joking mood whenever anyone asks him a question...like his dad, he turns everything into a joke.  and of course i love it, even when he's being a little stinker.  guess you could say i have a soft spot for funny guys... that's why i married his dad.

  

Look out!  He's a smooth operator!