DoDio

I am often asked to describe the personalities of my children. I have frequently thought over who they are, even at such a young age, and figured that maybe it would be fun for them, when they grow up, to read the description that I have given to more than one individual. So although this is open for all to enjoy, this is for the treasures that I am currently borrowing.

Our number two is fondly refered to as dodio (per his request). He is the most boy of the three! He is our early riser, the one up before the sun, who admits to hating sleep, and wishes never to miss a single thing (even when there is nothing to miss!). This boy is more organized than our eldest, but also less sentimental. He colors in the lines and remembers things in a very straight forward way, there are rarely any gray areas with this fella.

This boy is the biggest paradox for us; on the one hand he is the hardest worker in the family and on the other he is the most independant. He loves to do "jobs" in the house. He will fold laundry, organize his dresser drawers, vacuum, or any number of activites that are helpful. He works the hardest and gives the most effort and consideration to his actions. He is very deliberate in anything he does. He doesn't do anything withour thinking it through first, that doesn't necessarily mean he rationally deliberates over every decision, just that he thinks about it first. This means that when he gets up at 5am he is intentional about waking everyone in the house up so that "no on will miss anything"!

He is very serious. We joke often about him being a law-giver, but it is true that he wants everyone to tow the line in what he sees as right or wrong. This is also a great weakness for him as it is impossible for him to live up to his own expectations (I wonder who he gets this from--certainly not me!). He wants to make certain everything goes the way it should go, but this often makes it hard for him to see the laughter in many situations. It also makes him the most guilible. One night when Will worked the graveyard shift Dodio went into bed with him. After Dodio had fallen asleep Will got up to shave and ended up getting rid of his goatee. That morning after Dodio got up and Will came home Kace looked at his daddy in shocked amazement. "where is your goatee, daddy?" "Don't you remember, dodio? You ate it off my chin last night!" "WHAT?!" "You don't remember?" "NO! I DIDN'T, DID I??!!" And even today, he believes that he ate his daddy's beard off in the middle of the night!

He is the most unintentionally funny of all the kids! This kiddo is a mess! He is the most accident prone--remember the broken arm? He doesn't do anything half way! He is the silliest, because he doesn't even notice that he is being silly. He is unlike our oldest in that he understand social mores already, as Big Man could care less what is socially expected of him. I would never have believed that a kid could understand how people know how to work the system, but this kiddo does.

We enjoy just watching this fella! There is rarely a dull moment with him around, even his brothers and sisters get enjoyment from him being who he is naturally. All Boy, Like I said! I know that someday when he believes the Gospel totally and uniquivically this brave little worker will be a true herald of the truth and we are currently trying to tame the beast, so to say! :) And try and mold a little mercy in with the law that he so readily reverts to.