Tough Questions

Kids. They just make you wonder what's been going on when you're not with them. They things coming out of their mouths.

Declan's new favourte saying:

"What the heck!?"

Who says that? Seriously. Not in our house.

Then today I'm getting in the shower and Declan insists on hurt hanging out in the bathroom. Then when I get in he walks out and closes the door behind him.

"Declan! Leave the door open!"

"NO!"

"Declan leave the door open."

"No I want it closed!"

I get out of the shower and step over to open the door while saying "Declan I left the door open for a reason."

To which he replies. "I said to close the door! I don't wanna smell you!"

What!?!

Where did he learn that?

Weird.

Today he was killing me with questions too. Hard ones. I don't know the answer or just not how to tell a 3 1/2 year old.

Today he asked why Darth Vader is sick without his helmet.

I remember he is sick but not why. Daddy was at work so hopefully Declan remembered to ask Daddy later.

Then "Why does the sun go up and the moon goes up and then they go down?" I didn't know how to answer him. Great question but how do I explain with out a model of the solar system and aside from saying Earth is the "very best planet" I don't think he has a clue about this stuff at all.

For me...I just want to know why he's in a big boy bed and he's still sticking out.

Oh and lastly Declan got another Lego because he tried a bite of chicken finger.

He hated the chicken finger. Big surprise.

Costume Plans

Declan has been quite clear and consistent. Any time you ask he says that he wants to be Batman for Halloween.

Cool.

Then on the drive to Kelly's this morning he says he loves Darth Vader. He "missed him so much" while he was gone. 

"Maybe I can be Darth Vader."

"You want to dress as Darth Vader?"

"Yes."

"But I thought you wanted to be Batman for Halloween?"

"Oh ya, I DO want to be Batman for Halloween. Then Darth Vader....for Christmas."

"You want to be Darth Vader for Christmas?"

"Yup."

New Bed

The convertible crib/daybed now leans, in pieces, against the wall in the spare room. My little monkey excitedly welcomed his new Big Boy bed. He has lots of room to stretch out. No more little feet sticking out the side. Daddy set it up for him and he couldn't wait to show me when I got home from work. Just one more confirmation that my baby is gone. He's full kid now. 

And if you look ever so closely, Darth Vader made it home safely and is tucked up closely to Declan's pillow.

News from the Lego Hospital

So it's official.

Declan is an old soul.

Daddy and Declan looked at all the sheet sets at Walmart, super heroes, minions, cartoons and my Declan walks past them all and asks for white sheets.

He has brand new white sheets for his big boy bed.

He wanted a white comforter too but Daddy said we'd wait because he's still holding out to see if Declan ever changes his mind and wants something little boy for his bed.

Now about 6 months ago Declan broke the hand of his Lego Darth Vader. He was sad. I assumed we could replace the arm one day so I scooped up all the pieces and saved them. We told Declan Darth had gone to the Lego hospital. He'd ask about him once in a while but mostly we'd all forgotten about it. Today he said (sadly) "I want Darth Vader to come back from the Lego hospital." Just then I remembered I will be near a Lego store tomorrow and could pick up a replacement arm. We let Declan know that we'd head from the Lego Hospital and that Darth was recovering and could be home tomorrow evening. Not long after, Daddy showed Declan a picture he'd received of Darth from the hospital.

Declan was losing his mind he was so excited. 

Seriously, I want to be 3 1/2.

New Sheets

The In just a couple days Declan will be getting his big boy bed. This afternoon Daddy and Declan did some errands and they had planned to hit Wal-Mart to look for new sheets.

Daddy told Declan to think about what kind of sheets he'd like. He told him he could have Super Hero sheets if he wanted, perhaps Iron Man. Whatever type he wanted he could pick.

Declan said he wanted white.

"Big boys don't have super hero sheets. They have white. So I'll have white sheets."

Wow.

So tomorrow Daddy and Declan will make it to Wal-Mart and we will see what Declan chooses once he's seen his options.

Oh and how could I forget? When Daddy got Declan dressed in the morning he dressed him the same. My boys were twins in jeans and a dark polo. When they visited Daddy's work in the morning everyone was getting a kick out of Daddy's Mini version.

Sneaky

Declan nearly always says he doesn't want a nap. Today was no different. He mildly protested. We told him he had about 10 minutes to play until we would head upstairs.

Now nap time and bedtime are the same routines. He brings monkey and MaMa monkey, bunny (the blue bear), Pooh Bear and a chosen toy to bed. The toy changes. We read two stories while he drinks some milk before we give hugs and kisses and then it's lights out.

After the 10 minute warning from me he disappears. 

"Where's Declan? Did he go upstairs?"

"Ya. I heard him. I'll go check on him in a minute."

I head up the stairs and call "Declan, what are you doing?"

He replies "I don't know" which means he's doing something he thinks he shouldn't. I walk into his room to find him in bed hiding his phone on which he's playing Star Wars video games. He knows he can't take it to bed. He is smiling and hiding the phone but the volume is on so I could hear it. So smart and sneaky.

Then it was nap time.

No phone or video games.

He did bring some Star Wars Lego to bed though.

Love His Mind

Drove down for a little morning visit with Poppa. On the drive Declan mentioned the cottage so I asked if he liked the cottage. He told me yes. Then he told me that Chelsey takes his toys. "She's a taker."

I responded with "yes she is. Always has been. She used to take your snacks too."

A little while at Poppa's and I encouraged Declan to tell Poppa what he told me about Chesley. He walked up to Poppa and said "Chelsey is very beautiful and she takes my toys."

How adorable. No prompting by me on how cute Chelsey is. This was all Declan. Just the cutest that he thinks this about his little friend.