Flat Pee

Joshua is a funny kid. The other day I walked in on him going to the bathroom and I noticed that he was seeming to analyze something. I thought perhaps it was something maybe a little more profound than the following. I was giving way too much credit to four year olds. The conversation went something like this:

Me: What are you doing?
J: Going pee, Mom (like duh?!)
Me: Oh, well hurry up and pull your pants up.
J: Did you see all of the bubbles I made with my pee?
Me: Wow, that sure is a lot of bubbles.
J: Did you know only boys can make bubbles like that?
Me: You're probably right.
J: Yeah, Mercedes can't make bubbles like that, she has flat pee. Her pee is just flat, huh, Mom?


Here's another story. I'm not sure what this says about the way he sees my relationship with Jon Mark.

J: Mom, when I grow up, did you know that I am going to live with my Uncles?
Me: Well, probably not. Your uncles will get married and have their own kids.
J: Oh, that's right. I almost forgot, I have to marry Maggie someday because she is my best friend and so she will have to be my wife.
Me: Yeah, maybe you'll marry Maggie, or you'll marry some other girl who will become your best friend.
J: Yup, Maggie will be the woman that I have to follow.


Just to document a few other things: Luke has his first tooth poking through and he is up rocking on his hands and knees (he's been doing that for a few weeks now). Mercedes is seriously so funny to be around nowadays. She's at a really fun stage. She likes to shake really hard when she wants us to know that she's scared or that there's "a monster". She tries hard to sound out words correctly because she recognizes that she isn't saying them exactly right. She's very independent and smart. She also loves to paint pictures. Joshua surprises us with his knowledge. He knows Saturn by sight, he'll often explain something complex or tell me a new word he's learned or describe the way something works. When I don't know where he learned something from, if I don't remember teaching him something he knows, his go-to answer is that "Uncle Kevin told me that". I'm not sure if that's true or if he just doesn't really know where he learned it. Sometimes he even makes up silly things and says that Kevin told him that it was true. For instance, I'm pretty sure Kevin didn't tell him that my real name is Gordli.