The Logic of a 3 Year Old.

I love these pictures of Spencer because they tell you so much about him. He's sleeping with his spider man hat because he insisted on wearing it to bed! As he does much every night. He wants to sleep with things like any normal kid would, however, he wants to sleep with things like his truck, or his train, or helicopter. One truck he insisted on sleeping with was about the size of his torso! Can't be comfortable or cuddly!!!
The next is one I had to get!! Sporting a mini "crack" because he put his pants on himself backwards! but insisted on them staying that way. He's eating lunch and as you can see instead of the water that I gave him, he now has carrot water which he always frequently does little things like that.
And I just love the last one. Always demanding that "I wanna hewlp you!"

So it was our neighbor's birthday the other day, and they brought some left over red velvet cake for us. Naturally the children were very excited, so I split it up, and I gave Brenna her share, and me my share, and spency his share, making sure to leave some for Amber. We finished our cake and I made sure to put Amber's piece up higher on our.... (high counter? Lunch counter? Breakfast Bar?) whatever you want to call it!!! so that NO ONE would get to it. And then....... I went to the bathroom, a daring and dangerous move! And yes. I'm sure you can guess what I came back to, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this story. Yes, there he lay on the floor next to the ....... tall counter. He lay on his back with his arms spread wide. The piece of cake consumed. When I came he stared with his head turned away and a distant look in his eyes. I stood for a moment looking at him. Laughing inside at the way he was not acknowledging my presence. "Spencer, did you eat that piece of cake?"
His response was distant and kind of dreamlike.
"No," he continued slowly " Brenna did... it was a long time ago."
Still laughing even more inside! "Brenna didn't eat the cake," as I observed the evidence on his mouth, I put him in time out and told him why he went in there. A few minutes later I went in to get him out and we had the routine conversation,
"Spencer, Why are you in time out?"
"Uhh..... Because I hit Brenna." his default answer.
"Nooo....."
"Uhh, because I took the cake and I ate it just like cookie monster, like this," and he continued to demonstrate how he shoved the cake in his mouth and gobbled it up, a pretty good cookie monster imitation. Now really trying not to laugh out loud!!,
"That's right. Do you know why else you're in time out? Because you lied. Do you know what lying is? It's when you say something happened that didn't really happen."
"Oh! like this, I'm sorry that didn't really happen." He said with an apologetic demeanor. I was laughing so hard inside! The logic of a 3 year old!
The other day I read him the Gingerbread Man story for nap time. He liked it and told me that he wanted to make cookies like that and I said ok we can make cookies like that, but then he said, "No, I don't want to make cookies like that! Because then we will have to find them and catch them! I don't want cookies like that!" I assured him that we wouldn't make our cookies run away. He still didn't like the idea, but wanted different cookies. We will have to try around Christmas time. Last year when we were driving on a trip, he was trying to take a nap and the sun was in his eyes and he said "Daddy, turn the moon on! Turn the moon on daddy!"
He is all boy and soooo headstrong! but when there's no whining involved he's a really cute kid! He loves, no, he INSISTS on always helping! In the kitchen, whatever you're doing!! He's always dragging a chair over to the counter, the sink, emptying the dishwasher! He's always got a plan and he's always busy! All the while I'm saying NO!!!! WAIT!!!! NOT....... but it is cute..... if you can just get past the inconvenience of it and see his good intentions of helping and learning and experiencing. He is absolutely curious!