Conversations with a Toddler

A Friend in Jesus

Justin was getting Ethan ready in the morning to go to the YMCA's childcare so we could go workout.
Justin, "Ethan let's get ready.  We're going to the Y."
Ethan excited, "I go to the Y, play with my friends!"
Justin, "Ethan, who are your friends at the Y?  What are their names?"
Ethan, thinking, "Josh.....Jesus....and Lucas"

Well, I'm glad Ethan considers Jesus a friend and hey, the Y is a christian organization so why not.

 

Gender confusion

In the parking lot of a local grocery store.

Ethan, "Mom, I'm a boy.  I'm a boy like Daddy."
Me, "Yes Ethan, that's right.  You are a boy like Daddy."
Ethan, "Mommy, You a girl"
Me, "That's right Ethan.  Mommy is a girl"
Ethan, "Claire's a boy.  Claire's a boy like Daddy."

Oh no!  How devastating!  I hope Ethan didn't think this entire time that he had a little brother.

Me, "No Ethan, Claire's a girl like mommy."
Ethan, "No mommy.  Claire's a boy.  Claire's a boy like daddy."

Great, my 2 year old already thinks he knows more than me.

Me, "No Ethan, Claire is a girl like mommy."
Ethan, trying to understand, "Claire's a girl?"
Me, "Yep, definitely a girl like mommy"

Ethan, shouting to everyone in the parking lot, apparently assuming everyone was as confused as he was about the situation and he needed to do them a public service, "CLAIRE'S A GIRL! CLAIRE'S A GIRL LIKE MOMMY".

Thanks for clearing that up for the random strangers Ethan.

Postcard Greetings

We went to the zoo over the weekend with Ethan's Pappy & Gma and they bought him some zoo postcards.  At home we decided to let Ethan "write" postcards to his other grandparents about his zoo trip.  I asked him about the zoo and what he wanted to tell his grandparents, then wrote it all down on a couple postcards and mailed them out.  Here it is....