Doctors

Sitting in the living room...

Legend - "Mommy, you and Daddy stay here at home. I am going to the doctor. I have a head ache."
Me - "Okay. See you later."

Legend does a lap around the kitchen and comes back.

Me - "Feel better?"
Legend - "No. The doctors can't help me."
Me - "They didn't give you medicine?"

Legend - "They didn't make me better. They just think they're better than me."

To Share

The kids are just finishing lunch and Kayla is enjoying the chocolate bunny crackers her mother packed for her.

Legend - "What's that, Kayla? Mommy, what Kayla has?"

Me - "Those are crackers like your chocolate fish crackers, but they are shaped like bunnies."

Legend - "Kayla, you share with me? Please?"

Kayla is silent while she munches her crackers.

Me - "Kayla doesn't have to share with you. Those are her lunch that her mommy packed for her. If you are still hungry, I can get you something else..."

Legend hops down from his chair and sidles up to Kayla - "Maybe I look at it?"

Kayla holds up a cracker so he can see it.

Me - "Kayla, you may share if you want to, but you don't have to. It's up to you."

Legend smiles and nods encouragingly - "Maybe I smell it?"

Kayla holds the cracker toward Legend so he can smell it.

Legend smiles more broadly and nods at Kayla, clearly expecting her to hand it over now.

Kayla slowly and solemnly places the cracker in her own mouth, eyes wide watching for Legend's reaction.

Legend, simply - "Okay."  He hops back to his own chair, fully accepting Kayla's decision. 

He is full of surprises.

When I Grow Up

Legend, Cody, and I are on our way walking to an appointment with my midwife.

Legend - "Where are we going?"
Me - "We are going to the midwives'."

Legend - "I like midwife."
Me - "You do? You've never met them yet, but I am sure you will like them."

Legend - "I wish I was a midwife."
Cody - "It's a very difficult field for men to break into, I presume."

Pants

Me - "Legend, pick out some pajamas."
Legend digs through and picks a red robot shirt, which I help him to put on.

Me - "Okay, now pick your pajama pants."
Legend leaps away from the pajamas - "No 'cause pants make me nervous."

Gas and Money

We are in the car driving to preschool.

Legend - "Vrrroooom! Vrrroooom! Uh-oh! Stop Mommy! We're running out of gas. We gotta go get gas."
Me - "We put gas in yesterday; we've got lots of gas left."

Legend - "Gotta go to the gas station. Put the hose in and the money goes down, down, down, down, down, down, down the hole, all gone. The money goes down, down the hole. Gone."

Yes. Very perceptive.

Milk

Legend is watching a kids' show about animals.

Legend - "Mommy! That baby cow is drinking from his mommy's bum!"
Me - "He is drinking milk from his mommy's teats. Lot's of animals do that. The mommy makes milk in her body and feeds it to her baby; even humans do that. It is the best food for babies."
Legend - "Only babies? Not boys, like Legend."
Me - "That's right. Only babies."


3 days later...

Legend and I are snuggling on the couch before bed time.
He abruptly jumps off the couch and lifts up his shirt to show his chest.
Legend - "Mommy, don't you want to drink milk from my boobies?"

We're learning.

Big Scary Guy

Legend, Cody and I are at the pool on Thanksgiving Monday, so it is a little busier than normal. We are happily swimming around and around the river run.

A large, bald, bearded, tattooed man and Legend nearly collide.
Cody - "Watch out, Legend."

The man jokes - "Watch out for the big, scary guy!"
Legend is offended - "I'm not a scary guy! I'm a happy guy!"

I don't think the man realized that his own description (large, bald, bearded, and tattooed) easily matches Legend's own completely not scary daddy. Of course Legend wouldn't assume the man was calling himself scary!