Nick talks from the moment he wakes up until the moment he
drops to sleep at night. Even after we’ve turned off the light and left him
alone, we can hear him chatting away or singing a song he’s made up. He’s taken
the game of “why?” to new levels, relentless in his follow-up to each answer
with another “why?”—it’s exhausting.
So many of his thoughts come out of thin air and, with his
deadpan delivery and amazing comedic timing, he keeps us cracking up. I really
wish I could just have a running transcript of all the things he says in a day.
Not so practical, but I’ve been trying to be better about jotting some gems
here and there. Here are a few from the past week or so…
On multi-culturalism…
Nick talking to Lainey—“‘Duh’
means ‘you should know that already’ in Spanish.”
On taking care of his
things…
“I’m going to break the iPad!” Pauses and smiles. “I’m just being silly. What would we do if the
iPad was broken?”
On physiology…
Nick: I’m not going to grow for 35 days.
Me: Why?
Nick: Because that’s just how my body works.
On keeping it on the sly…
Nick was being too
loud (as always) in a public place.
Lainey: Nick whisper.
Nick: <whispers> So, Daddy doesn’t hear me say the bad
words?
Really, putting these down on paper don’t do them justice.
You need to see his big brown eyes, tiny hand gestures, and impish smile to
really understand his charm. But, I can
see all that when I read these and I know I’ll be happy to have these on paper
one day, when this little guy is all grown up.
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