W+M=L

Schroeder winking at me as I fold laundry

Wm loving Schroeder as he plots his escape

Wm and Steve went to Warren this weekend.  Before he left, I gave Wm a hug and told him I'd miss him while he was gone.  So, before he'd go to bed, he insisted on drawing something for me.  And it was the sweetest thing ever.

At the top is a self portrait (so I could "see him while he's gone") and he wrote, "XOXOXO love while I'm gone." Then he drew a heart with W+M=L in the middle. I asked him what that meant and he said, "William+Mommy=LOVE." Then he drew another heart with "hug me" written in it and an arrow saying, "I'm right here."  He told me that if I get scared being alone, I should look at that and it's a hug from him to me.  So…he's pretty much an angel.  Of course, when he got home and I told him he needed to fold his laundry and he'd had enough iPad for the day, I think he may have wanted to rescind the picture.