Heading into Dairy Queen the other day Nicholas sees the big plastic ice cream cone that sits at the end of the drive-thru. “What does that say Mommy?” I said, “It says Dairy Queen on it.” He points to the red sign beside it and says, “No, the sign that says No…” I said, “Oh, that says No Entry” Nicholas looks up at me and, fearing we were breaking the rules, says “oh… are we enting?”
We were heading out today for a hike and because 3 year old Nicholas is a wonderer I wanted to dress him in as bright of clothes as possible in case he went off the beaten track. So we were standing at his dresser and I pull out his red shorts and put them at his feet. Then he watches me pull out a red shirt and toss them on top of the shorts. His comment was this, “Oh! A red shirt and red shorts! It’s an outfit!” Then he danced around the house with both of them on singing, “I have an outfit… I got an outfit…” I couldn’t help it… I winced. He was just a little too happy about having “an outfit.” LOL!
I was in the kitchen and the boys were downstairs playing games on their computers. I could hear them decide that they wanted a vitamin. Nick came upstairs and said, “Mommy, did we have our bear vitamin today?” I told him he didn’t and opened the bottle of brightly coloured bear shapes. I shook out a few on my hand and held it open for Nicholas to choose. He took two orange bears and toddled off downstairs with them. What happened next was I heard my own words come out of the mouth of my oldest son.
The conversation:
Nick: Here’s your vitamin.
Bryn: NICK! I said I wanted a PINK one. ARRG! You never listen… you NEVER listen Nick. How many times did I tell you I wanted a pink one? Three times Nick! THREE TIMES! And what happens? You get an orange one. You never listen Nick.
Pause for dramatic effect…….
Nicholas: (who had been on his computer the whole time) Yay! I won! I came in first!!!!
Bryn was right. Obviously, Nick wasn’t even listening to his rant about not listening!
