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Happy Birthday to our little guy. TLC turned 4 today (well, yesterday now). I just finished writing him a letter*--something I do on birthdays for each of my kids--and so some thoughts are fresh on my mind.

Dear TLC,

Here are a few things you do that make me smile (or that one day I'll smile about):

• I can always find you climbing somewhere to get something you want.



• You love to help me make chocolate chip cookies--more than any of my kids.



• You love to watch sports on TV with your dad. You even have matching Pirates and Utes baseball caps.



• Your face creases to one side (like Popeye) when you're telling me a funny story or something silly that you just did.



• You come up to me several times a day and say, "Mommy, you know what I did-ed?" and then tell me what you did (usually it's something silly, and told with your Popeye mouth).



• You really like me to look right at you when you are talking to me--you remind me to be a better listener.



• You let me squeeze you when I really need a good hug.
  
  

*By the way, I know it's a horrible thought, but in case I die before my children reach 18, my plan has been to write them a letter each year on their birhtday and give it to them as a gift. Recently, I moved all the letters over to Google Documents because I started worrying that I'd lose them otherwise...in fact, somehow I lost TLC's first and RVC's 2nd letter when we switched over to a new computer, which kills me. While I'm thinking about it, let me just say that I would love for someone to make sure that my kids get these letters if I'm not around.