Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Birthday

Dear Sawyer,

You are ready to turn 7 soon.  How better to mark this birthday than to lose your first tooth!!!!

It's the one on the bottom.  (The gap between your two front top teeth make it look like you've lost 2 teeth but you only lost 1.)

The two things that remain constant as I look back over the last 7 years are:  Your imagination and your sense of humor.

You have the most vivid imagination.  You love to reenact movies you've seen.  Whenever you come into a room with some dress up clothes on, I just ask "Who are you?".  You tell me and then we go into your story.  Sometimes you are a 'father' dressed in my old robe and a ratty blue fuzzy hat.  Sometimes you are a wicked queen.  I know this because of your evil laugh.  Sometimes you are the huntsman come to save Snow White.  That is when you wear a cape (which you call a TAPE) and have a sword.  Every day it's something new and fun. 

Your sense of humor cracks me up all the time.  Like the time you just watched Hook and we sat down to eat dinner.  You asked if you could say grace.  Silly me thought you wanted to say the blessing because some days you do volunteer to do that.  I said, 'sure'.  So you bowed your head, clasped your hands and yelled "GRACE" and then proceeded  to tear into your food.  Just like the kid on Hook did it!  We still laugh at that one. 

You are an amazing kid.  I look forward to each new day and each new adventure you lead us on.

Love,
Mom