from ‘goos and gas’ to ‘decided to instead of.’

As my daughter lay in my arms in bed this morning i woke up and i sang her a song, the way we start every morning ‘good morning good morning hello how are you good morning good morning, oh i love you’ she looked at me and said GAAA. I was so very impressed with her response, because the look in her eyes and the smile on her face said 100 words. which got me to thinking, Children are incredible. I wonder if anyone else has made this realization before? I know right but really.

It all started the night before. We had gone to a good friends house for dinner and a play date, we left our house late, and returned home late. It for the most part was a successful day out until near the end when I was tring to get out the door with a baby in a sling who kept spitting up and a preschooler falling asleep as i went to drag him for the walk home. Although I could write an entirely different post on that situation it all lead up to me calling in for surrender and getting a ride from my father (Thank g-d for Grampa)

when in the car the conversation that amazed me, what got me to thinking how Incredible children really are and how much my egg/fetus/baby/toddler now preschooler can comprehend went a little something like this..

“How’d dinner go buddy?”

“It went well drampa, we went for dinner but i choose not to eat mine”

“Oh no why no?”

“we decided to go jump on sally’s moms bed instead of eating dinner even though we went for dinner, i didn’t eat mine. “

“that sounds like fun I hope your not hungry”

“No i’m fine, it was a good idea because i had fun”

OK OK OK, is it just me or is this HUGE language skills for a three year old, I’m talking 3 years and 3 months old. how did we get to this point?

Ive always made effort to talk to my children. I dont mean a-is for apple, I mean actually talk to them. I talk to my son as I would anyone else. I dont bring speech down to a child level, I say it as it is and as I would to an adult. I also think in my circumstance being a stay at home mom has defiantly benefit my son for this reason exactly. He has had three steady years of one on one time with me. I at times go days without adult conversation or contact my son defiantly is my confidant and go to man for a decent conversation most days.

To say the least I was very impressed and proud when I heard his explanation of his night. Im happy to know he makes these connections. Way to grow son :)