Out of the mouths of babes...

So, Adam is a big fan of the PC game, Hot Wheels 2. It's truly one of his favorite games. So when he lost it, we took a little vacation to drama city. He diligently searched the house for it for two weeks. When it didn't show up, he started praying that Heavenly Father would help him find it. After a week and a half of that, I decided it would be okay if I answered his prayers on this one. I ordered a new copy from Amazon.

The day it arrived, I handed him the package and told him he could open it. When he saw what was in the envelope, he let out a big, happy gasp of excitement. In a high pitched, breathy, breaking voice he said "Hot Wheels 2. Oh I missed this so much. Thank you so much Mommy. I've even been praying I would find it!" Surprised at the high emotion he was displaying, I asked him if he was crying. (We were in the car and I couldn't really see his expression). "Yes mommy," he said "tears of joy." I was so touched by his sweetness and sensitive display of emotion. These are the moments that you savor.

...then again...

Later that night, I was having a conversation with my friend Kirsten, and I was describing the families that would be joining our family for Easter dinner (knowing they already had dinner plans, we had invited Kirsten and her family for our traditional flashlight egg hunt). Adam was in the room as I was describing the dynamics of the other families. Speaking about Sally Nash (Adam's BF Cohen's mom), I said "Well, she's Chinese-American, very funny, bright, quite dedicated to her kids." Little sweet Adam piped up (remember how sweet he was a paragraph ago?) "Yeah, and she's HOT." Laughing, and somewhat embarrassed (and earnestly hoping he didn't truly understand what he had just said) I said "Do you know what that means?" "That she's really pretty." Okay, he knew.

Never fear, he now knows that phrase is too big for his little mouth.

And just for fun, I thought I'd share a portion of a blog posting that my friend Amanda's sister, Livvy posted. Tristan is Livvy's son.

Tristan: "Dear Heavenly Father..."
His plastic Dinosaur: "Rar rar rar rar rar..."
Tristan: "NO! You have to say the words!"

Tristan: "Dear Heavenly Father..."
His plastic Dinosaur: "Rar rar rar rar rar..."
Tristan: "NO! You have to say the words!"

His plastic Dinosaur: "I can't say the words! I am a Dinosaur!"

Until next time...