Our New Court Jester

My four year old son has been a laugh a minute recently, and I just had to share. Today, I walked into the bathroom after he finished his business and caught him putting a sanitary napkin into his underwear. He "wanted to be like Mommy." After explaining to him that he was a boy and that big boys don't wear pads, he said, "Oh well.", pulled his pants up, and went on his way--still wearing the pad. I prompted dh to have "a talk" with his son this evening after he got home, and now he's happy to be a big boy like Daddy and not wear pads.

Later this afternoon, we were sitting at the kitchen table and the baby was eating peanut butter and jelly, while the boy was having a mug of hot chocolate. He had come inside a few minutes earlier after working on the car outside with Daddy. He complained that he was "too cold and sick" and of course declared that hot chocolate would cure him. Happy to oblige, I made him a cup and warned him not to let the baby near it since she is allergic to it. He asked me, "Why can't Miney have chocolate?" I told him that it has milk in it and would make her sick. He reminded me that she eats chocolate cookies, and I responded that these were a very special type of chocolate cookie that doesn't have milk in it.

Suddenly he said, "I'm special. Miney can eat me. No. . . wait a minute." He had such a hilarious look on his face at this point, because it was like he truly hadn't thought the whole thing out real well, and suddenly, it dawned on him. Then he said, "She can't eat me. I'm disgusting. I have blood and guts." Isn't that just like a boy? Silly little man!