Name Changing

Last night, my son and I were sitting on the couch when he said, "Mommy, when I am five, I want to change my name to Drake."

Me: "Why?"

Son: "It is cool."

Me: "But I love your name it is the coolest name ever."

Son: "I have an idea. I will keep three names: H.A., H., and Drake."

Me: "I don't like Drake. I love the your name H."

Son: "You don't like Drake? Then how about Josh?"

"Why are those the truths?"

When my son is told why some things have to be done certain ways, he then asks, "Why are those the truths?"

He means, "Why does that have to be that way?"

Dump Cookies

My son said that for snack at preschool he had cookies and "white milk."

Son: I took the cookies and dumped them into the white milk. It is sooooo yummy. I wish you could have had some, mommy.

Me: Thank you, dear son.

Son: I am just joking we had a healthier snack at school, but I do wish I can eat cookies with white milk, so that I can dump them into the milk.

My son meant to say "Dunk" instead of "Dump."

Buttoning Pants!

Saturday, March 22, 2008, my son has learned to button his pants without any assistance. He was so excited about his new skill that he either showed or told family members about it.

I wanna be 55!

My son for the last few days has been saying that he wishes he was 55. Not 5, but 55. I asked him why? He said that because that is a cool number.

I told him, "Love, I want you to be four, five, six,..." and I counted up to 55. Then I added, that I wanted him to live a long, happy, and healthy life, more than 100!

I know he doesn't understand the concept of being 55 years old. I am gonna remind him about this when he becomes older.

Do They Get Room Service?

My son and I were driving past some apartments when he said to me, "Mommy, do those apartments get Room Service?"

I said no. They are apartments not hotels. He had said that because they were huge apartment buildings. In his view, they looked like hotels, he had seen on television.

Use Parental Controls

I have recently installed two different types of parental controls on our computer and television because my son would see things I feel weren't age appropriate and showed too much violence. (No, I am not a fan of Caillou or Barney either).

So, every time he tries to get into Power Rangers and other Cartoon Network cartoons, parental controls on the television and computer kicks in. He would say, "Computer (or TV) why won't you let me watch Power Rangers!"

"Mommy, the computer (or TV) won't let me watch Power Rangers. Why not?" he would ask.

I would tell him that the computer or TV don't want him to watch bad things. They will give him bad dreams.

He accepts that for now.