it's been awhile but need to start recording this stuff...

So it's been 7 months since my world was turned upside down once again by my rollypolly chubster - Mason John. His smile lights up my world. He's such a different kid than KJ - content, but definitely knows what he wants when he wants it. He's big - he's in 12-18mo tops :) 20lbs at his 6mo visit. He grabs.. hard.. mainly my face and hair :) He's a ton of fun - but needs to be tickled and played with hard. (KJ would light and giggle at the threat of a tickle :) He's just a joy and watching him with his older sister is just wonderful... God is So gracious and good.


Anyway - I'm mainly posting because my 2.5 yo KJ and I had a wonderful conversation in the car today on the way home from MOPS and I want to remember her sweet heart forever.

I am taking the liberty to paraphrase slightly :)

Me: did you have fun today playing with the kids?
KJ: Yea..

Me: did you play nice and share?
KJ: No...

Me: Sweetie - you should always share, Jesus is happy when we play nice with others...etc...
KJ: No.. I fight.. I fight with Jacob.

Me: Babes - it's not nice to fight with Jacob - you should share ... blah blah
KJ: I fight dragons...(with a sweet sing-song voice) Hiccup fights dragons

* We have now entered into talking about one of her fav movies -"how to train your dragon"
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Me: You do? Well Hiccup fights dragons because they were bad dragons. If anyone is ever mean or bad you let mommy and daddy take care of it.. you don't fight ...OK?
KJ: (not really listening to ANYTHING I'm saying) Hiccup has a knife... I can use a knife to fight dragons...

Me: No sweetie.. you never play with knives... you can fight pretend dragons, with pretend knives but never for real .. oK?
Kj: (still not really listening) But Hiccup's daddy gave him a knife to fight the dragons...

Me: (I'm running out of how to say anything at this point) that's true KJ, but your daddy and mommy won't give you a knife, and you're not to fight with them... that's just in a movie...

at this point, thankfully, we pulled into the driveway - and the conversation turned to her wanting to play in the rocks and mud and me pulling her inside the house :)

As we ate lunch, we read together "are you my mother" which she pretty much knows by heart... SOOO very smart - it amazes me daily :)
Love my sweet girl