Of course children pay attention more than we realize. Of course they understand and remember more than we'd like them to sometimes. Of course we don't really think about all this too much until a child (and usually your own) says something to remind you of their amazing little sponge brains.
Every evening, after dinner, we try to sneak in a few minutes of CNN between Legos and running around the house 'hiding' and playing with Sammy. We've been news junkies since the primaries, really. Fast forward to last night - we just picked up a copy of Disney Pixar's "A Bug's Life" (used from Ebay, cheap!) and Sam wanted to watch it for a second time. He really enjoys it, and I think it's fine. We watched most of it together, and toward the end, Sam turned to us and said, "Now it's your turn, Mommy and Daddy." Puzzled, we asked what it was our turn to do. Without missing a beat, Sam replied, "It's your turn to watch - to watch CNN!"
Another sweet Sammy moment: I recorded It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! a few nights ago. He is watching it as I type. A couple of minutes ago, I heard him say, "He's crying" and I looked up at the part where Schroeder is playing sad piano for Snoopy (the flying ace), who sniffles and wails. I looked back at Sam and he was crying too! I comforted him, but I couldn't help but smile, it was just the cutest thing.
2 comments:
that's really funny about The Great Pumpkin - Ryan was upset watching the part where Snoopy cries, too. He kept asking me why Snoopy was upset. It's nice that we're raising such nice, sentimental little boys!
awww, i love those Sam Stories. You should write a book about what you learned about the world through your son's eyes. Beth could be a guest contributor and I could be on the promotion side of things.
A new GL&P project!
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