This afternoon my son asked if he could, "have some Charlie Brown candy". It took me a few minutes to figure out what he meant.

"Peanuts?" I asked.

"No"

Then I realized, "Oh Peppermint Patty?"

"Yup!"

I think I may start calling them that from now on :-)

I walked in on my son weighing himself in our bathroom today. He said, "Woah! I gotta slow down, I am eating too fast!" I asked him where he heard that and he said, "Daddy, when he saw a 2 and a 0 on the scale he said, "Woah, I gotta slow down and stop eating so many cookies." (Please note, I got permission from Daddy to post this anecdote.)


Oh course, she wanted to get in on the action as well. I figured I should chronicle this, b/c not many girls actually WANT to get on the scale, then actually allow a camera present and then SMILE during the process... ah, to be young!!

My son's birthday is approaching and I asked him earlier this week who he wanted to invite to his party. After hearing the list of the usual people he said, "There is this girl in my Sunday School class that is my friend. She laughs at my jokes and thinks it's funny when I put a banana on my head. Can I invite her?" After further talk I figured out who he meant and added her to the invite list. My hubby and I thought his definition of a friend was rather comical... someone who laughs at his jokes.

A few days later this friend came up again and I asked him about another friend he has that is a boy. I wanted to know if he laughed at his jokes. I was trying to determine if laughing at your jokes was a criteria for friendship in his world. I learned that it was a criteria for friendship with a GIRL. Today we went to playgroup. He was so excited to see his buddies. But when the girl arrived both my son and his bud were following her around the entire time. I watched and observed as they chased each other and climbed things and went down slides, and rode swings... sure enough, she did laugh at his jokes. He even let her wear his goggles. The thing that made me happiest was that they all played so nicely together, taking turns pushing her in the swing. They are much to young to let a girl interfere with their friendship. I am so thankful for the innocence of youth. I hope some day WAY in the future, when my son grows and finds a girl to marry that he finds someone who will laugh at his jokes. :-)

My son woke me up this morning at 6:15. Usually when this happens it is so that he can tell me he has to go potty. Today we had the following exchange, "Mommy." "Yes," I replied very sleepily. "I am wearing red." "Yes, you are, go back to bed." "OK." He went back to bed until 7. Not sure why he felt the need to tell me that at 6:15 this morning, but I did get a chuckle out of it as I rolled over and went back to sleep. I am just SO THANKFUL he did not wake his sisters up with his urgent fashion report. I would not have been chuckling then.