Conversation with a 7 year old boy

I volunteered in Brooklyns class today and I took Travis with me. When it was time for him to eat I went in the adjoining room and used my nursing cover (AKA Hooter Hider). One of the boys walked through the room as a short cut to the bathroom and he stopped to talk on his way out. This is how the conversation went:

Boy: Hi.

Me: Hi.

Boy: Is he sleeping?

Me: No, he is eating.

Boy: Oh. Does he like to be covered when he eats?

Me: Not really, but I use this for modesty.

Boy: Oh, I know why! Because if the sun gets on it the food will dry up. Right?

Me: Ummmmm, sure.

I didn't seem like he knew much about what was happening under the cover and I sure didn't want to be the one to explain it to him. On his way back in from the bathroom he stopped again:

Boy: Can I see Travis?

Me: No, he's still eating.

Boy: Oh, okay. Bye!

Me: Bye.

I left you Daddy...

This evening was so nice out...it cooled down enough that we were able to go out a bit before bedtime. Jon was working on the misters for my deck(Yay!), while Brook fed branches to the goat and I sat and watched all the animals playing together....it was a very peaceful evening.

Brooklyn ran past Jon on her way to get something from the house and then stopped and came back and said, "I left you Daddy!" Jon and I looked at each other and shrugged because, well, she's our daughter and she can be quite strange sometimes. She saw our look and decided to explain: "My heart is on the left side of me and so I left you means that I love you." Then she skipped off towards the house while Jon and I laughed and shook our heads.

I totally "left" that kid!

I love you more...

If you were a fly on a wall in my daughters bedroom last night you would have heard:

Mommy: "Goodnight Brooklyn, I love you."

Brooklyn: "Goodnight Mommy, I love you too. I love you more than a sleeping bag!"

Mommy: "I love you more than a sleeping bag and a pillow!"

Brooklyn: "I love you more than a sleeping bag, a pillow, a ring and a fan!"

Mommy: "Okay, you have to go to sleep or we will be doing this all night!"

Chatting over cheerios

I am not a breakfast person...I get up, make coffee and then usually I don't eat until lunch. This morning when I poured Brooklyn her cereal, I decided to sit at the table with her and have a bowl myself.

She is very chatty in the morning and thankfully I had a pen and paper handy to take a few notes about our conversation.

Here are my favorite bits:

Brooklyn: "God was dancing and He crashed into my stuff and woke me up and I was like, 'Oh good gracious!'"

Brooklyn: "My friend Morgan told me that if you don't brush your teeth at night and in the morning, they can fall out of your forhead. That's really creepy, huh Mom!"

I think I may eat breakfast more often:)

Cars and dreams...bet you didn't know.

I walked by Brooklyns room this morning while she was getting ready for school and she had the biggest smile on her face. She said, "Mom! Do you know why I am smiling?" And I said, "No, why are you smiling?" She said, "Because I had a dream about Justin and that makes me smile!" (He is a boy from her school that she likes one day and then doesn't the next depending on if they played together or not) I told her that we were running late, but that I would love to hear about her dream in the car on the way to school.

When we finished getting ready and got in the car I asked her to tell me all about her great dream. She tried to tell me, but then she said, "I can't really remember in the car like I can in the house. Cars steal dreams. They really do Mom."

Oh man! I had to try so hard not to laugh:) I love being the Mom of a five year old girl.