And He Said...

Declan crawled into bed with us thins morning. He curls up on his side and faces me then says "I miss my friend Chelsey, Mommy."

Just the cutest. I guess he mus have been having a dream about one of the times they've played together. Talked to Chelsey's Mommy today and we see them in 3 weeks. I told Declan and he was very happy.

Declan didn't want to eat with us so Daddy and I sat down to eat together. Declan walks up to us and asks "So what are we having tonight?" 

And we nearly spit our dinner out of our mouths. "Spaghetti and meatballs. Do you want some?"

As he runs away "NOOOO!"

It was a rainy day. Stuck inside. So this morning we played with Playdoh and watched "The Muppet Most Wanted".

Them Boys

I love coming home to hear from Declan that he and Daddy had a great day. He told me they had lots of fun and they were laughing and giggling when I first got in.

Another heart warming moment was after he'd been in bed for a little while. I heard him calling "Mommy? Daddy?" softly so I went in to check on him. He told me how much fun he had the other day helping at Gramma and Poppa's in the garden. They he said "I have two Gramma's and a Poppa and a Grandpa." He was so happy. Well technically he has a Gramma and a Grandma but all I cared at that moment was that his little 3 year old self recognized that he had them, all four of them in his life and he was happy.

Less Vulnerable

Now, at 3, Declan doesn't seem as fragile. Many of his tears are forced as a means of control and less his heart breaking. He hurts himself and he is fine in seconds. Not all hurts need Mommys kisses.

He banged his arm tonight and said "OUW". I asked if he hit his funny bone. He yells "No. MY ELBOW!" 

Not so fragile.

Now because of this I find it much easier to teach lessons. He was asked to clean up his toy blocks before playing with other toys. He resists of course and after ignoring numerous requests he walks toward a favourite robot/car. Fast thinking and even faster hands I scooped it up and let him know he got it back when he cleaned up his toys.

An extremely reluctant and slower than molasses little boy put his toys away.

And then he got his robot/car back.

Pools Open

On His Face

Car ride home from Kelly's. All three of us in car.

Me: "Did you notice I took his poo diaper out to the curb with the garbage this morning?"

Daddy: "No I hadn't. That's great though. It's insane how bad the poop diapers are in the heat. They're contained in the garbage pail but when I open it then it's like whoosh and just hits me in the face."

Declan: "You had poop on your face? All over your face? Daddy like poops on his face. Daddy likes poop."

Me and Daddy: trying desperately to stifle  our laughter.

Declan: "Why is that funny? Daddy likes poop on his face."

Now I'm concerned this is going to come up in conversation sometime. 

Children.

I Want To Talk To You

Declan woke up happy. He came and crawled into bed with me. Not long after he asked me to take his and Monkeys picture and send it to Daddy.

In the car this evening on our way to Soccer class Declan says "I love you very, very much Mommy." So with that I know I did good today.

About an hour after bedtime Declan called for me to come to his room. I tell him to get back into bed and as he's getting tucked in he says:

"I want to talk to you Mommy. Can you sleep on the floor beside my bed?"

"No Declan."

"Ok. I want to talk to you. I want to bring the cow egg to our new house. I was fishing. No green. No blue. I played with the castle and then my hands get yuck-eee. I drank all my juice then it was garbage. And I poured the water everywhere. There's no Declan bed so I went upstairs, slept in Gramma's bed.  I saw Coach V and we came home and then read super hero book. Gramma read BATman."

I'm tired.

Now he's 80?

After being home for a short while and sitting down to eat Declan gets my attention and asks "How was your day Mommy?"

He's funny.

And awesome.

Tonight we read another of his Super Heor books. The one with Spider-Man and The Avengers. So cool. 

Then he kept begging me to sleep on the floor beside his bed. Seems he missed me today. 

I missed him too.