From the mouth of a 4 year old

So I had a not so good day today and wanted to brighten it by jotting down some things from the mouth of my 4 year old.  He never ceases to amaze me!

So it is no secret that my children are adopted.  God has blessed us and entrusted us to take care of these boys and to raise them in a God-centered house. They both are amazing boys with very different personalities...very different!  I have one child that is on the go constantly, who is very athletic, likes to get dirty, and loves his momma and I have one child who is very sensitive and emotional, could sit and watch hours of tv if we let him, would rather play video games than throw a ball, and wants to be like his daddy.

Now that they are getting older I have been talking more about their "birth"moms and  their adoption stories as a whole.  I  have shown them pictures of their "birth moms" and explained their situations.  Jackson is the most curious when he sees pregnant women and asks "why don't you have a baby in your belly mommy?"  I had to explain to him that I can't have babies in my belly so mommy and daddy "adopt" and take care of kids whose birth mommies and daddies aren't able to take care of them.  I told him that him and his brother are special because mommy and daddy hand picked them to be ours and that makes them special.

Fast forward a few months to a normal day.  We are driving in the car to some not important destination listening to the radio when Jackson says, "Mommy I am glad you picked me."  I had to ask him what he was referring to.  He told me when he was a baby he was glad that I "picked" him to be my baby.  He told me that he loves that I am his mommy and that he is a part of this family.  Let me tell you that I just about fell out of my chair and ran right off the road.  That just about melted my heart right there!  If you don't think that your children can understand things you are completely wrong and when you think they are not listening they really are and they know how to turn an uneventful day into a day you will never forget.

Then being the 4 year old he is the next day he was playing and he packed his little rolling suitcase and told me he was leaving because "daddy said he didn't want me here anymore" (we all know that is completely untrue!).  He proceeded to take his favorite toys and head to the screen door to make sure I knew he was serious about leaving.  He got about 2 steps out the door when I asked him where he was going to go and that mommy and daddy would be very, very sad if he left us.  He broke into tears and said "Just kidding mommy.  I couldn't leave you. I'm your baby." We both had a few tears in our eyes at that point.  And I thought my oldest was the emotional one!

I wanted to put these into words so that I would always be able to remember them (even though I don't think I will forget them.)