Ok, two things Jake said yesterday that I don't want to forget.
First, on our way to playgroup from school, Jake told me that Mrs. Ventura is now going to start waking them up from naptime by ringing a bell rather than by patting each of them on the back (can you imagine how much time she must have been spending patting each kid on the back til s/he wakes up??). I said, "Oh really? Why will she use a bell?"
Jake said, "I don't know, Mommy. I'm not the teacher. I'm just an ordinary kid."
A few seconds later he asked me what ordinary meant. I told him it meant he's like the other kids in his class. Then he said, "Then I'm not ordinary. I have secret superpowers."
Are we overfeeding an ego here??
Second thing: Last night while helping Jake get in his pajamas, I scratched him with my ring. I said I was sorry and he said, "Why do you wear that ring anyway?"
Me: "It shows that I'm married to Daddy."
Jake: "Married?? Yuck."
Me: "It's not too bad when you're married to someone you like a lot."
Jake: "Actually, I already think it's not bad to be married."
Me: "Oh. Is there someone you want to marry?"
Jake: [Thinks hard.] "I don't know. But not a boy. Because boys don't wear lipstick."
Whew. It's a small distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.
First, on our way to playgroup from school, Jake told me that Mrs. Ventura is now going to start waking them up from naptime by ringing a bell rather than by patting each of them on the back (can you imagine how much time she must have been spending patting each kid on the back til s/he wakes up??). I said, "Oh really? Why will she use a bell?"
Jake said, "I don't know, Mommy. I'm not the teacher. I'm just an ordinary kid."
A few seconds later he asked me what ordinary meant. I told him it meant he's like the other kids in his class. Then he said, "Then I'm not ordinary. I have secret superpowers."
Are we overfeeding an ego here??
Second thing: Last night while helping Jake get in his pajamas, I scratched him with my ring. I said I was sorry and he said, "Why do you wear that ring anyway?"
Me: "It shows that I'm married to Daddy."
Jake: "Married?? Yuck."
Me: "It's not too bad when you're married to someone you like a lot."
Jake: "Actually, I already think it's not bad to be married."
Me: "Oh. Is there someone you want to marry?"
Jake: [Thinks hard.] "I don't know. But not a boy. Because boys don't wear lipstick."
Whew. It's a small distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.
1 Comments:
Jake can come up with the cutest things to say! I think he's got a good thing in mind about the lipstick thing. Atleast he's trying to find a woman who takes care of her appearance, LOL.
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