A good morning.
March 31, 2008He ate both waffles.
He examined his sticky fingers and said, "I need to wash up."
He wanted to brush his teeth and wash without me, as a surprise.
"When I come out, you say, 'How did your teeth get so white?' and 'How did your hands get so clean'?"
He forgot that he needs my help squeezing the toothpaste. I came in, for a second. I had to pretend I didn't do that.
He jumped out of the bathroom and did jazz hands at me.
He stood on my bed, carefully brushing his hair, while I got dressed, and explained to me how he likes his hair done.
"You have to have your hair off your forehead, so you can look beautiful," he explained.
He brushed my hair. "You have a big forehead so it's easy for you to look beautiful."
Then he said he was going to show his Dad how beautiful he looked, and he ran downstairs.
Reader Comments (43)
My daughter (who is only 2), likes to ask me if I have brushed my hair and when I say yes, she pets it and says it looks 'so pretty'. And that's how she earns her keep.
Big brains are beautiful. ;-)
That is beautiful all by itself.
What a character.
What a great post.
However, I am a little dismayed to realize that when my 3.5 year old is 5 years old he will still be directing everything my husband and I say. Our morning: "Daddy, how about if you say, That's a nice lion (my son is pretending to be a lion). Can I have that lion, Mama?" "And Mama, you say, no, that's my lion, Grandpa gave it to me." "And Daddy, you say, Can we share him?" And Mama, you say, no, I don't want to share!" Etc. Etc. All day long. Helps him work out stuff in that little head of his, I'm sure, but it is sooo tiring. But cute. Yet tiring.