The Booger Wall and other Tales
I have been wanting to share a tale about Coleman and his room, (it's legendary with all the neighborhood children), it's... the booger wall! At night, when Jono tells Coleman a bedtime story, Coleman wipes his boogers on the wall above the pillows. (It's a don't ask-don't tell situation if Jono also wipes his boogers on the wall.) It has grown over the months and the story of its existence has spread. Rosie brings her friends into Coleman's room so they can all scream about how gross it is. Bud brings his friends into Coleman's room so they can say how cool it is. Bud has also taken Coleman into his primary class before it starts to tell the kids all about it. I didn't put the photo on my blog because it was too yucky!
Coleman continues to crack us up with his non-stop talking. The other day he stopped just long enough to say, "Listen, I can hear my eyeballs." Coleman and Bud were playing football and Coleman got hit in the nose with the ball. He took a deep breathe and exclaimed, "Don't worry, I can still smell!" He likes me to give him a piggy-back ride up the stairs. He holds on tightly around my neck and instructs me to hold him with "two hands on the bum". One day, mid-ride he said to me, "Piggy-back rides are the bomb!"
We ran errands last week and I was in the Toys R Us return line when I realized Coleman had disappeared. I took a lap around the store calling his name. An employee saw me and asked to help. I yelled, "His name is Coleman, he's four years old, wearing a black coat." Immediately, on the intercom came, "We have a code Adam, lost four year old, black coat, named Collin". After running all around the huge store, I found Coleman back where I started, explaining to the security guard his name was Coleman, not Collin!
I just got a new calling in the primary, I am in the presidency. During my first sharing time, Coleman was so happy to have me there, he ran up to hug me and kiss me on the lips--twice! He was recently the Special Speaker in preschool and gave a presentation all about golf. Parents are not invited, but the teachers told me he was awesome! He explained how you use each club,
scoring, fixing ball marks, marking the ball, and cleaning the ball. I'm sure he loved being able to talk and talk and talk. Last week it was his turn to be the class president. He was so excited! He got to point to the calendar to show the day, date and month, and he was a line leader. Oh, the great life that Coleman lives!
