The Times My Kid Surprised Me Today

When I told him his blocks had to be cleaned up and put away before we could leave for Ottawa. We cleaned them up together and once we were all done he said aloud "blocks put away so we can go to Ottawa? CHECK!"

When he got excited about the free plush toy in the box of pull-ups and it was Lamie from Doc McStuffins. "She has a pretty skirt. She has a perfect bow. Look at her eyelashes. They're beautiful."

When we got an oil change today and I suggested we get a car wash. "No I don't think that's a good idea. It's scary. The car is clean." He then proceeded to run a finger down the window and then flip it over to see how clean it was. "See it's kinda clean."

When he opened a new Lego kit with his cousin Alex. Then in the first few seconds while Alex started reading the instructions Declan went ahead and built half the helicopter by himself. "Here Alex!"

And finally when he beat his cousin Alex 6 to 2 in their first round of Memory. I guess he understands the game now.