ben: momma, when i'm as big as daddy will i still live with you and daddy and will max still live with you?
me: well, probably not ben. mommmy and daddy don't live with our parents anymore. you and max will probably have your own houses.
ben: nooooo. i want to still live in this house.
me: well, if it's God's will for you to still live in this house when you're daddy's age, that's fine with me.
ben: (looking upwards) God, can i still live with my parents when i'm my daddy's age?
(i was REALLY curious as to what was going to happen/be said next.)
ben: (very matter-of-factly) God said yes. (and then he walked out of the kitchen.)
driving home tonight from a wonderful evening with friends and family ben had several cute/funny things to say.
ben: momma, i'm really missing my data. (the way he says da-da sounds more like data because he runs it together.)
me: i know buddy. it's hard when daddy works so much. we can pray for daddy that he has a good night at work. and i'll pray for you to be strong, buddy.
ben: thanks momma. do you really miss your husband?
me: yes ben, i do.
a little while later, ben was chattering away and i really wasn't listening until he said, "oh, i'm sorry momma. i won't ask anymore questions. you need to focus on driving. right?"
and still yet later (because of course he couldn't just fall asleep like max)
ben: mom, i really want an attic at our house like in the penguin movie.
me: well, our upstairs can kinda be like an attic. would you like it if we pretend it's an attic.
ben: no. an attic needs to have a ring, with a string, that you pull down and steps come out. then you go up the stairs and there's a huge telescope there.
me: hmmm. i don't know about that, ben.
our life is never dull.
but i wouldn't have it any other way. i think. ; )
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I love Ben. I loved observing him tonight and listening to him talk. You've got one amazing guy there Mary. :)
ReplyDeleteNever dull. Very cute, Mary. Isn't it fun to hear what they have to say? I love it.
ReplyDeleteHere's another "cutie" one...Gemma stands on the ceramic tiles (thank goodness) in our bathroom after our shower (still naked) and all of a sudden she is peeing. She looks at me and says, "I'm spillin' mommy, I'm spillin'!" And I thought she was ready to potty train. HAHA, we'll get there.
I enjoyed this post.
I understand where you're coming from completely. Melanie talks almost constantly in the car, and once after replying to her comments I said "Melanie, you talk a lot." to which she responded "Yeah." Then a couple days later when going somewhere in the car again she was feeling really chatty again and after a long soliloquy she said "Mom, I talk a lot!"
ReplyDeleteAnd Melanie likes the 3-2-1 Penguins video at the end of our Veggie Tales as well. She calls it "The Boy and Girl Movie" though. I think aside from Mary Poppins and Cinderella it may be the only movie she watches that predominantly features humans.
I love Ben, and I'm so impressed with how much of his conversations you remember! Most of ours go in one ear and out the other, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteI love you little sis. I have a request. I've grown weary of the Max in a wig facebook profile picture. When I return to facebook in April, could the third picture of Ben with a mustache be your new profile photo? Its a crackerjack photo.
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