TYSON ALONSO WILLSON

Tyson means "high-spirited".

Alonso means "noble and ready; prompt".

I would add the following to describe my #1 boy:

energetic, confident, active, compassionate, one who likes to debate,

loving, independent, creative, willful, a loyal friend, faithful.

"Mommy, how about you and me go to Corktree for dinner. 

You know, so we can spend time together... just the two of us." 

It was the greatest thing I could hear. I had been cooking dinner for all of us and as I looked ahead to the following few days there was no time for going out to eat together. It was one of those times, when the spontaneity of the moment felt so right. So I finished dinner for Tyler and Mylie and Ty and I went to Corktree.... just the two of us.

Ty is one who is full of life. He leaves nothing unsaid or unnoticed. He says what he thinks and wears his heart on his sleeve. Good or bad, appropriate or inappropriate the boy is pure. 

And he has a heart of gold.

The trick has been to show him when to pause, when to let others speak, when to hold that thought.

I think it's his sense of humor that describes him most. 

Eating out with Ty looks a little like this:

We'll sit down to order and he'll use the menu as a hat for awhile. Then, because the table next to us is open, he'll sit there for awhile and talk to me from the other table. He'll play with his straw and make different things out of it all the while talking about his faith. Then, he'll notice something or remember something and skip over to talk about that. 

He'll make faces and want me to take his picture. Then, he'll ask me if I need to go to the bathroom. 

No, I say. He asks me again. No, I say, should I need to? He's got something up his sleeve, I think. 

He wants to trick me somehow. 

Then our food comes and he gets his burger ready. He eats fast and furious, offers me bites and ends up eating about 3/4 of the burger and a few fries. Then, he slumps over in his chair and says he can't move he is soooooooooooooooooooooooo FULL!!

He'll play with the window covering that looks like it will fall on top of us if he continues. I ask him to stop. He forgets and starts to play with it again. I ask him to stop again. OH, I forgot, he says. We talk about school and he makes up jokes. He starts playing with the window covering again. I remind him that I've asked him to stop twice and if I need to ask again we will leave. 

Ok, he says. He seems to remember now not to play with it. I see him freeze when he goes to play with it again. Wow, he remembered!

Still slumped over in his seat, he asks when we can have dessert.

Ahhh, my boy! 

He's only complained of being bored once this summer. I think that is pretty good!

 Out of the two months we've had off, he's been able to be entertained, 

entertain himself or entertain others. 

No time for boredom. 

That's my boy!

and my girl.... she makes Ty a better person every day, a great brother and a loyal family man!

xoxoxo