Conversations with the Toddler

Some mornings, we ride quietly. 
Some mornings, we pass books back and forth.
Some mornings, we have breakfast in the car.


Some mornings, like this one, we have conversations (and breakfast).

This morning, since he was eating his breakfast in the car (quaker squares and blueberries) he didn't have his 'ra ra' in his mouth.  I particularly love these types of mornings.  We talk all the way to school.  And, he's quite entertaining. 

This morning, Lance left before Easton was up. He woke up singing his name. He LOVES his daddy! So as I was getting him ready I told him 'daddy left early, while you were still sleeping. He had to go to work.' He knows what this means. This happens maybe once a week. So as we're in the car, solving the worlds problems, he says 'Daddy??? Work. Errryee' Yes, Easton, that's right. Daddy had to go to work early. About this time we're passing Honey's house and he says 'honey? work?' 'Yes, Easton honey has to go to work today too.' We then go through the work list...daddy work, mommy work, gg work, papa work, honey work, etc. We get to Ali. He said Ayee work? I said 'no Ali has to go to school like you.'  I think this confused him beacuse he knew Ali wasn't at his school...so I said 'Ali goes to a big girl school'. After much thought, and a few blueberries, he said 'ayee, bi gul kuul' Yep, Easton, that's right! Ali is going to a big girl school.


Next, I was looking in my rearview mirror at him, sitting back there eating his breakfast and smiling, looking out the window, being happy and so stinking cute, and I said 'awwww, Easton, I love you'.  In his little sweet voice, he smiled real big and said 'uh huh!'  I said 'do you love Mommy?' He said 'yesh!'  Lance has been trying so hard to get him to say YES instead of Uh Huh and this morning it clicked.  Then I said "Yaaaaaay!' Then....melt my heart into a puddle of mush... he said 'kish' and leaned his head forward...  he wanted to give me a kiss.  He knew in that moment that we were having a sweet conversation...and he felt exactly the same as I did.  I.LOVE.THIS.KID.

Lastly, we were having a deep conversation about milk.  I had just handed him his milk to drink.  He said 'GG?'  I said 'yes, gg likes milk'...well then we proceed to go through Ronnie and Ayee and dediced they like milk too.  And somehow we made it to Duuuuude, Kappy, Peege & Bet...and low and behold, they are all fans of milk as well.   

I love how he knows who goes together.  Dude is never mentioned without the other 3 and mom is rarely ever mentioned without Ronnie & Ali being brought up. 

Deep conversations folks.  Deep

I absolutely love having these conversations with my son.