compliments feel so good

if you haven't ever had a 4-year old boy compliment you, you'll have to experience it sometime. it's rather awesome. it's been a few days, but i'm still enjoying the feeling. what's kind of embarrassing is that it wasn't for anything particularly substantial this time. 

i was buttering his bread, and he said to me, "mommy, you're a good butter-put-er-on-er. you're good at that." 

i like to slather it on thick and evenly across the slice. so, yes, i guess i am a good butter-put-er-on-er, if i do say so myself. 

also, these days, he remarks how certain parts of his body are getting larger, like his head, or his one hand, or his toes. it's really really cute.