This is Juden being a tiger. It was taken a few months ago on a really pretty day when he and I were playing together. He is growing up so fast - can't believe that he is already 3 years old!

One of the things that I want to do in my life is be available for my kids and grandkids. My maternal grandparents died before my oldest brother was born and my paternal grandparents I didn't get to know very well. I was envious as a child of people who talked about spending time with their grandparents and doing things with them. So, my heart desire is to really know my grandchildren.

Juden spent the day with me this week (no pictures were taken of this event) and it was so cute that I wanted to share it. He's doing very well with his potty training and as we were involved in playing with toys, he suddently jumped up and said he needed to go to the potty. So I jumped up with him and he sat down on the potty. He got this thoughtful look on his face as he stared down at the floor. The bathroom floor is tile with small black and white patterns. He turned up to me and said, "Mimi, where are the triangles?" I thought for a minutes, trying to figure out what he was asking. He looked down from the potty at the pattern in the tile and then I saw the shapes of squares and rectangles. And I thought to myself, "Wow! Isn't he brilliant!"