I picked up Conner's spring portraits from school today. Scott thinks I'm pretty silly for choosing the cap & gown option, but I think it's cute.
Looking at this picture reminds me of Conner's ongoing comments regarding college. Even this morning. On the drive to school he told me that he put his money bank in his cowboy boot and that he'll be bringing it to college with him. It all began a couple months ago when we were talking about him going to kindergarten next year. Then he asks, "what's after kindergarten?" 1st grade. What's after 1st grade . . . and so on. I told him, "and then after 12th grade you'll go to college." After a pause he asked, "what's college?" The conversation continued with me explaining that there are colleges all over the country that he can choose to go to, and that he'll go all by himself -- he won't be living with mom & dad anymore, but he can come home to visit. He asked me what the colleges names were and after I listed off a ton he said that he wanted to go to Yale.
The next few weeks were filled with random (almost daily) moments when he would come up to me with a hug & sweet smile on his face & say, "mom, I'm going to miss you when I go to college."
I think it's so cute when he talks about his college life. Now he has begun talking about "his kids", telling us that he's going to bring his kids to visit us every saturday. Currently there is no wife or mother in his visions of the future, but I'm sure that will all come in time.
