I'm a Big Boy Now

"Kai, could you please hang up your jacket on the coat hanger?"
"Uh.... yeah!" trying to get the loop on his jacket onto the hook on the coat hanger.
"You're doing a great job trying so hard. Do you need help?"
"No!" he moved the jacket away from my reaching hands, "I can do it!"
-- Oh, ppppttthhhh! Excusez-moi!


At the breakfast table, Kai was sharing his Cheerios with me.
"Mommy want some Chee-yo-yo?"
"Yes please." I put my palm out.
"No, Kaikai feed mommy."
Then he shoved one in my mouth, "Chew chew chew, mommy."
-- You did it to yourself, Kate!


While we were drawing...
"Mommy, Kaikai want a rion."
"You wanna draw a lion?"
"No, Mommy draw it."
"Oh, okay. Is it a biiiiig lion?"
"Uh.... no! It's a tiny little rion."
"How little? Like.... (drew a small circle) this little?"
"Uh..... no. (eyebrows knotted staring at my small circle) Here! I'll show you!"
He took the pen from my hand and drew lines all over the page, "Just like this!"


While reading a book about sea creatures...
"Wow! Kai, did you know that jellyfish has no heart, no eyes, and no brain?"
"I know!" (in a "Duh~" kind of tone) Then he pointed at the picture of a jellyfish, "Wrook at the picture, mommy! Wrook at the picture!" He leaned forward, moved his index finger all over the jellyfish's body and said slowly, "No.... eyes....."
-- Man... this kid's so gonna get beat up in school!


In the car...
"Wrook, mommy! Wrook at Kaikai."
I turned around and saw that he had put his sunglasses upside down on his face. I laughed, "What did you do that for?"
"Cause Kaikai's silly.... Kaikai put his sungrasses upside down.... silly."
-- Okay, maybe he won't get beat up in school 'cause he's such a ham as well.


Bill and I were talking in the car. All of a sudden,
"Stop, mommy. Stop talking daddy. Kaikai talking to daddy now."
-- Such a little tyrant he is, especially when it comes to his daddy!


We've been talking to Kai about mommy's upcoming stay at the hospital and the reason for it. Each time we brought it up, it didn't seem to register. Kai just didn't seem to understand.
This morning at breakfast, Bill said to Kai, "This is the laaaaast day you'll be an only child.... the last day without a little sister, Kai!"
Kai turned to me and said (almost too excitedly to my liking), "Mommy going to hospibal?"
-- So he understands! This kid understands everything!


"Daddy, wanna say 'yeah'?"
"To what? What am I saying yes to?"
"Daddy, say 'yeah'!"
"To what? What do you want?"
"Daddy's Pad Pad...."
-- Wow!!! The kid just got a new title: "Master of Manipulation"!!!!