Things Little Boys Say

Similar to Things Little Boys Do, and to be quite honest, Things Men Do, this topic continues to mystify me.

Here are several examples of things Carlitos has said in the past month or so that, while mostly painfully cute (in his mother’s opinion, at least), still bewilder me each time.  I mean, seriously.  Where does he get this stuff?!?

1.  While in line to pay at the grocery store he is being incredible helpful.  He keeps offering to help put things on the conveyor belt, asking the cashier “How she do” and generally acting as though that halo has been polished very recently, if you know what I mean.  The cashier and the lady behind me start oohing and ahhing at this child that is apparently straight out of Pleasantville, when the cashier says to him, “Oh, you are just SO adorable!”

His retort?  “I’m not adorable!  I’m an American!”

Obviously, because this was all some freakish scene from small-town America circa 1953, the lady behind me stopped laughing long enough to tell me I just had to send that in to Reader’s Digest!

2.  The other day my best friend was over for dinner.  As we are sitting around the table he looks up at her, out of the blue, and says, earnestly, “How was your Thanksgiving, Tia Autumn?”  I nearly died.  And you know he got dessert that night!

3.  While hugging Xavi he says, quietly, “I will always potet {protect} him.”  And then, while still hugging him, he whispers in Xavi’s ear, “Xavi, you’re the best brother in the world.”  Thankfully, like a cat, I have many lives, because the kid is killing me lately.  I mean, how much can one mom’s heart take before bursting?

Carlitos must have also been concerned about my bursting heart, so he, uh toned it down a little…

4.  This morning at breakfast I did something.  I actually have no clue what it was.  However, it apparently affected Carlitos because he looked at me and said, “Mommy, I really like you, but…”  and then shook his head.

I had to physically cover my mouth to keep from exploding in laughter because I don’t necessarily want to encourage this line of conversation in a 3-year-old.   My husband looked at me once he could raise his head without laughing and said, “You know where he gets that from, right?  You totally say, ‘Carlitos, I really love you, but right now you (fill in the negative behavior that needs to be stopped this instant)’ ”

Um, so then why is he all ‘I really LIKE’ instead of ‘I really LOVE’?!?

And I love how I get credit for number #4, but not #1, 2 and 3.

Whatever.  We both know where he learned a love for soccer so strong that he screamed “I want my soccer shirt!” for 60 straight minutes the other night even though I told him it was dirty.

And we both know where he got that snoring problem , too…I’m just sayin’