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She has been since May 3rd. It has been a challenge to get her to buy into this concept. Most conversations on the subject have proceeded as follows.
Me: Hey Merritt did you know that you are four years old now?
Merritt: No, I'm three.
Me: You turned four a couple of months ago.
Merritt: No dad, I'm only three, I'm not big enough to be four. See (stretches to her tip toes and reaches her hands as high as they can go), I'm not big enough. I'm only three.
Me: Merritt, are you afraid of being four?
Merritt: I don't want to be four.
Me: Why not?
Merritt: I want to be a little kid.
Me: You are still a little kid when you are four. Merritt you are always going to be my little kid. Even when you are five, even when you are six, even when you are sixty, you are always going to be my little kid. I love you so so much and I'm so proud of you and I'll never not be your daddy.
Merritt: ...
Me: So are you ready to be four now?
Merritt: I'm going to beep your nose now. (squeezes my nose) Beep.
And with that she turns on her heel and begins to play.
She isn't the only one that has come up with some memorable lines. This conversation happened between William and his mother several weeks ago late at night.
Beth: Are you ready to go to sleep yet big guy?
William: Yeth (he has a little bit of a lisp).
Beth: Do you want to go lay down in bed?
William: Yeth.
Beth: Wait, are you peeing on me?
William: Yeth!
Every morning that my work schedule allows me to be at home Oliver and I have the following conversation.
Oliver: Daddy, Where'd your glasses go?
Me: I think they are by the elephant (humidifier).
Oliver: Thinking thinking thinking (arms crossed with one finger tapping his chin. Then racing to retrieve my glasses and bringing them to me.) Where'd your phone go?
Me: Can you find it?
Oliver: It's a mystery! (Runs to where my phone is plugged in and brings it to me) I found it!
This exchange has some variety as occasionally Oliver suspects, "bandits" of taking daddy's phone.
I know that I need to appreciate these gems now because before I know it Merritt wanting to practice her "Inja Moves" (ninja moves), will turn into eye rolls. Oliver's bright eyed "Where'd it go?" when failing to hide large objects behind his back will turn into angry stomps into his room. And William's excited high pitched shrieks of joy will turn into passive aggressively ignoring our requests to clean a room, pick up socks, or empty a dishwasher.
I wanted to post these little memories here today because I know that when that transition happens I may need to reread this and remind myself of how adorable they once were.
Not that the older kids have been guilty of this. I'm just taking advantage of the tools at my disposal today.
I will close with one of William's knock knock jokes.
William: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there?
William: Madeleine.
Me: Madeleine who?
William: I"m not Madeleine!
Hilarious.
Cheers,
L&P
