Sometimes He Just Cracks Me Up!

After school today, Nicholas wanted to play Star Wars. He told me he was Luke Skywalker and I was Obi-Wan Kenobi. How did I get to be the old guy and not Princess Leia? So we ran around the living room fighting pretend bad guys with our light sabers. Then he said that we were the little Jawas so we squatted down like the little guys that they are and we walked around making silly noises. Then he said that we were special Jawas because we could transform into Sand People. So he told us to transform and now we were Sand People (bad guys) and we ran around fighting pretend good guys. Suddenly, he said, "Now we are normal people again because I have to go potty. Star Wars people don't go potty so now we have to be normal people until I finish on the potty then we can be Star Wars people again." He just cracks me up!

After our play time, it was snack time. Now, I know he is four years old but sometimes he still likes me to play with him to get him to eat his food. Yes, sometimes I overindulge him. He likes to eat broccoli but he loves it when I hold a piece of broccoli upright and pretend that it is a tree. Then the tree says, in a high-pitched voice like most trees would use, "Oh, I'm a lovely little tree just enjoying this beautiful day. I sure hope that a giant doesn't come along and eat me. La Ti Da Ti Da!" Then Nicolas, of course, pretends to be the giant and he eats the little tree up as the tree cries out, "Oh no! It's the giant. He's eating me. Please someone save me!" Gulp! Well today for our snack I gave him some thin slices of turkey that I had rolled up. He decided that he wanted me to hold up the piece of turkey and he would play the giant. Ok, now that was just too silly, even for me! Somehow broccoli trees are fine but turkey trees just don't do it for me!