My Kids Never Stop Surprising Me

just today, my teenager helped his dad move some of my daycare play equipment. One of the pieces is a castle.....& my son decided he was going to play King with my toddlers. What a riot! He's almost 15 & is taller than I am......& he was popping in/out of the castle, blocking the little kids, & fighting over/egging them on. My DH & I were hysterical .....he barely fit thru the openings & finally had to jump off of the top because the kids were swarming all over him! I'd say the babies won......

& then he went inside & resumed his shopping for his 1st car. What a contrast of choices! Teenhood can definitely be a time of split personalities!

Usually my 4 year old bosses my 3 year old around like a little drill sergent. But today at dinner I told my 3 year old to have 3 more bites if she wanted dessert, and because she was SO overtired she started crying. My 4 year old dropped her garlic toast, did the slow turn to glare at me and demanded "WHAT did you do to my sister?". I about fell out of my seat. I explained that I just told her she needed to eat more or no dessert. So she comes back with "You tell her she CAN have dessert RIGHT NOW Mama!" LOL

I was surprised by her passionate defense of her sister. I mean, they always hug each other when one gets in trouble...but this was too much! After my husband and I stopped laughing we told her she cannot talk to mama and daddy that way, and she apologized. But that LOOK! It was too funny.

My son just came home from preschool and said that he learned to count to zero. He was so excited and I was trying so hard not to laugh! All night he's been counting to 10 and he starts at zero. It's so funny.

We were in the car the other day and I said something about how the car in front of me was driving so slow, so my son asked me if I was talking to myself. I said no, that I was talking to the car in front of me, and he said Okkkaaayyy in that voice that clearly meant he didn't believe me. I was laughing so hard I could barely see the road! Kids are funny that way.

I also love how my son will find these random things and then they become crucial pieces of his Thomas train tracks. He held onto a candy cane box because "It's the most perfectest place for the engines to sleep!" Or a twist tie on the bread wrapper because it was cargo for the train. It goes on and on. I'm sure I could find Christmas in our junk drawer!