I was getting Pete out of the bath tub tonight and I asked him if he was ready to get out. I began outstretching one of his favorite bath towels. He stood up perplexed, gazing down towards the bath water watching it dripping slowly from his little finger tips and he softly mumbled. It sounded like "I have to pee"...I said, " Oh you have to pee? Well that's ok, step out and go ahead in the potty..." then without looking at me or correcting me he said in a slightly louder voice "black eyed peas" ...I smiled and about said silly but before I could utter a word he then said it again adding on to it even louder than before with a serious face still gazing down towards the floor as he was about to step out of the tub."BLacked Eyed PEas and Black eyed Poop ! " I hesitated a moment and digested the words in my head. I briskly asked, "What did you say?" He then raised his head toward me without looking me in the eye but smiling and repeated with great enthusiasm and enunciation, "BLACK EYED PEAS and BLACK EYED POOP !! ". Suddenly I couldn't refrain myself and started laughing- still not looking at me he started to giggle as he put his little leg over the edge of the tub to step out into the towel. I wrapped it around him tightly and kissed him lovingly on the cheek. I squatted down to his level and placed my hand gently on his chin guiding his face towards mine. I looked at him in his wondrous big blue eyes and said, " wherever did you hear that?" He said- "From me of course". I said, "you made that up?" He said..."yes mom, who else would me be?" I kissed him again and just hugged him ever so tightly and smiled.
Who can't help but to love that big blue eyed dimple cheeked precious precious boy. I love the random things my children come up with...the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
photography by me (stacie hadley, who else would me be after all... lol) :)
