The Stickel Family: A 5 year olds sensitivity & helpfulness

I'm daily amazed by Tyler, but the other night just about blew my socks off! My parents are out of town, and my grandma called about 9:30 Saturday night saying my grandpa was in bad shape and needed to get to the hospital asap, but refused an ambulance. Needless to say, we jumped in the car, and were on our way. Through a short series of events Happy (as Tyler calls him) decided to go ahead and call the ambulance. We got to their house and I raced inside while Joel and Tyler waited in the car. They loaded him into the ambulance and my grandma and I got back in our car and followed the ambulance to the hospital. We were trying to talk about Happy, and what had happened, and I think intuitively, Tyler sensed the concern, worry and tension in the car. His entire life, he will do anything to make me happy, and when I'm sad or upset at something, he does whatever he can to make me feel better. So during our trip to the ER, he kept interrupting our conversation and wanting me to see his leapster, or color a picture on it with him, or show me how to work a game, anything to keep my mind busy, and not think about Happy!! We were all worried about how Tyler would react seeing his great grandpa in an ambulance with tubes and wires, but he was more concerned about us!! What a great little guy!! So thoughtful and caring! I love it!!!

Yesterday, it was decided today would be 'cleaning day'. We werent going to leave the house, had no plans to go anywhere, except to check grandma & papa's mail, and we were just going to 'veg' at home, and get some laundry and cleaning done. They day had gone pretty much exactly as planned. In the afternoon Tyler said 'Im bored'. I said, well you can go play legos or something, I need to clean the bathroom. He jumped up and said 'can I help?!?!' I dont really know any 5 year olds that would gladly put on big yellow gloves and clean the bathroom! He did the bathtub, rugs, etc. He didnt want to stop until it was all done!! He's so awesome! I'm so blessed to have this little guy!!! :)