American Bearby

My little Dare is growing up! Growing up FAST! Some of the things that he says just melt my heart. Take the other night for example. Jaycee and Darren were in the kitchen eating their dinner at the table. Jaycee called out for me saying that she had to go pee pee. (I swear she conveniently waits to go pee until she is already buckled in her seat :) I go to the table, unbuckle her in her booster chair and take her out. Darren looks at Jaycee as serious as can be and says "You can do it Sissy! Make Bubba proud!" Not only did it melt my heart, it got me cracking up. What a little man to say something like that. So Jaycee is done and headed back to the table, climbs into her chair and says "I did it!" Darren said "I am so proud of you! Give me a five!" I tell you, the two of them have quite the bond. They are pure entertainment and anyone that knows them can definitely vouch for me on that one. Although I don't always write down the hilarious and sometimes incredible things that they say, I have to share that Michael and I had been teaching Darren about America as we passed by a community that had the American flag waving in the air. It spiked Darren's interest. How do you explain to a 4 year old that he lives in the United States of America, as well as his home, that he is American and the flag symbolizes that? Well, I don't know either but we did. So after I picked the kids up yesterday after work, Darren sees an American flag blowing in the wind. Apparently our little conversations have stuck because he tried to explain to me that he was American. It went something like this:

Darren: "Hey mom, there is the American flag, see it?"

Me: "Yeah Dare! I see it."

Darren: "Mom, that's the American flag, where I live. I love flags. Did you know that I am an American Bearby?"

Me: "You are my what?"

Darren: " I am your American Bearby! That means I am your American boy! And you are my American Mama, Dads an American boy and Jaycee is an American sister!"

Me: silence. One, the kids is just way too smart! Two, I just love that kid. All I could do was smile. After all, he was right!