AJ's "Babies" Experience

A couple days ago we were watching the documentary "Babies" together. As we sat on the couch watching a new mom cradle her baby, AJ burst into tears. My first reaction was that he pinched his foot or something, so I turned to help him and saw his eyes fixed on the tv screen, huge tears running down his face. I heard a very heartbroken cry coming from my little boy. I held him while he cried and until he became distracted by something else in the movie, but I wondered the whole time: "Is he remembering that moment with his birth mom? Does he know that he didn't really get a moment like that at all and he wishes for it?" It was a very strange moment. What do you think??

Double Domination

(If I hadn't heard this with my own ears, I don't think I would have believed it!)

Aidyn and AJ were playing in the hallway with plastic hangers, Captain Hook-style. As they "fought" and giggled up a storm, Aidyn suddenly grabbed AJ's hanger and held them both up in the air, declaring, "DOUBLE DOMINATION!!!!"

Book Shop

Aidyn: "Wanna come to my book shop, Mama? It's really cool. I have a lot of books for sale and I wanna sell them to you."
Me: "Ok, baby, I'll be there in a minute, I have to finish..."
Aidyn: [interrupts] "Well, it will be closed when you get here then."
Me: "You can't keep it open a few more minutes for me?"
Aidyn: "Nope. Sorry."

Guess closing time is closing time, huh?

Angry Words to Miss Abbey

Aidyn loves her babysitter, Miss Abbey. Aidyn does not always love doing "homework" which is her name for daily reading or writing together that Mommy requires. Miss Abbey had to bear the brunt of Aidyn's anger the day she said, "This is NOT funny. This is NOT cool. This is NOT fun. I DON'T like this. I will NEVER do this again. And this IS NOT HILARIOUS!!" But, as Abbey texted me the story later, it kinda was hilarious!

Road Block

While drawing with sidewalk chalk, Aidyn declared:
"Here's the road and all the sidewalks. And this [points to a cube that she tried to draw] is a roadblock. Get it? It's a block. On the road."

Addicted to Water

Me: "I think I'm addicted to orange juice."
Aidyn: "Well. You can't be addicted to water or else you'd get wet!"

Joke

Aidyn's joke that she says she made up:

What do you tell a plate of turkey-shaped cookies?
"I'm gonna gobble, gobble, gobble you up!"