To Lochlan, Four

Loch, you are four years old today.

You love Dr Who, but it also scares you.  You want us to spike up your hair so that you look like David Tennant.

You carry around a "sonit sprewdriver" (sonic screwdriver) that Hollis built for you out of Legos.  Also a little Lego TARDIS.  Mom made you a little red bow tie for part of your birthday.

You still love Thomas and trains, deeply and obsessively.

You are very talkative, and the way you say everything is painfully adorable.  So much so that we have a hard time correcting you. 

Best example:  "Holy Feepin' Pap!"  (uh, Holy Freaking Crap.)  Yes, you learned this from your mother, when we looked at tornado damage in Joplin last year.

My other all-time favorite Loch-ism:  "spwissy."  (Squishy.)

Anytime we drive past a junky-looking place, which is every five minutes where we live and also includes our own place, you ask if that house was hit by the tornado.

You are the only snuggler, out of six.  The others were all affectionate, but thrashy.  You love to get a blanked and cuddle, while gazing up at me through your amazing eyelashes and maybe trying to feel me up a bit.  No, that is not acceptable, but you still try sometimes.

You like for things to be just so.  You get overwhelmed when things don't do what you expect or want them to do.   Lego thingy fell apart?  Meltdown city.

You love to help build and make things.  You dig holes and play in mud, but you like to be cleaned up soon afterwards.

In spite of your cleanliness, you've had a difficult time with the toilet thing.  I think you don't want to stop whatever it is you're concentrating on at the time.

You do not like shorts.  It's difficult to convince you to wear them, and you will always wear your pants and underwear backwards...on purpose.

Your favorite food is "um, tate."  (Cake.)

When I asked you about your favorite food, you talked about "Prismas."

Now I have to wrap this up, because you're talking to me and I have to have a full conversation, not just say "yes." 

We are so lucky to have you and you are adorable and funny and smart and sweet.  Thanks, Loch.