I want that....I don't want that.

This little monkey boy

Has just discovered the art of talking........and it makes me giggle to hear the things he says:
"I want that"
"I don't want that"
"I eat"
And he can say his brothers names"yake"is Jake, "arson" is Carson, "chish chin" is Christian

don't you hate it when....

....you wake up abruptly from a perfectly good night of sleep at 3 am because of a traumatic dream.???

I know that one of the side effects of the beta blockers I am taking to help control my migraines is vivid dreams, but do they have to be horrific and scary dreams? All I remember from my dream was that I was driving and I saw this beautiful eclipse (or so I think that is what it was) It was a big, round, bright beautiful moon or maybe it was the sun, not sure.

Then the next thing I realize is commotion on the freeway that I am driving on. Cars are everywhere! People are frantically screaming and scurrying to get out of their cars. I am driving with my kids (of course, because what could be more scary then being worried about all of your childrens safety?)

I am frozen. Not sure what to do. Do I get out of the car? What's going on? Has there been an accident? Is it the jolly green giant? Then suddenly people are screaming and desperately trying to run away from something. Not sure what, maybe it is the jolly green giant? All I know is I want to get out of where ever I am. So I just keep driving, on the median, over curbs, through the bushes, gravel and dirt desperate to drive fast. Of course it's a dream and you can never run or drive fast in a dream....and then I wake up....heart racing, head hurting....and now I will never be able to go back to sleep....so I surf the Internet for the next 3 hours til people start stirring in my house.....looks like I am gonna need a nap today.

p.s.....I was hoping when I read the label about the vivid dreams being a side effect that it would be more like insightful dreams maybe a dream that would inspire me to write a series of teen books and make like a gazillion dollars. Not dreams that wake me up in the middle of the night and leave me sleep deprived with bags under my eyes. And because of my old age I find it impossible to go back to sleep......waah waah waah

things that make me laugh

This boy......and I am not just talking about his teeth, although they are funny

How can a child lose 7 teeth in a just a few months and not make you laugh?? The new growth is taking over his mouth.

He is constantly coming up with funny stories, thoughts, and questions. He delights in asking me the toughest questions, for instance: Who is Heavenly Fathers, Father? Why can't he have a little sister? How come you can never remember your good dreams, but always remember your bad dreams...like the one about the wolf that tried to eat his baby brother. He was beside himself for days. I don't even recall him watching any scary wolf shows.

My favorite is when I happened to over hear him telling his big brothers "well only mommy is allowed to squeeze my bum" (What????? okay, yes I do like to squeeze it, cuz it's so round and cute)

He is the best at retells. Whenever he wants to tell me about a story he read in class, he does so with the utmost of detail and description. So if you need a summary to a movie, book, or show he is your man....and he will make you giggle while doing it. xoxoxoxo