From the mouth of Miles

Posted on Saturday~February 21, 2009

Have I mentioned lately how great Miles is? Have I said how crazy I am about him? Or have I just been whining about temper tantrums and stalling at bedtime? Either way, I have to say that the things this child says alone could keep me going for weeks on end. He's so bright and happy, thoughtful and vibrant. I'm so glad he's ours.

He says it like it is:
Miles and Daddy were playing together and suddenly Miles says disgustedly,

"EW! Your breath is NOT tasty! It is so STINKY."

He has dreams:
"Mommy, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I don't know, honey...whatcha thinkin'?"

"We should start a BAND. In our basement! Isn't that a great idea???"

"Yes it is, I wanna be the drummer."

He knows what he wants and sells me on it:
"Mom, maybe you could go get me some chapstick. My lips are SO chapped....and so are my teeth AND my tongue!"

Remember when he said that when you mix ketchup and mustard together it makes good happen? Well, here's his take on what happens when you mix Miles and Asher together:

Walking away from where he's been playing with his brother, he looks frustrated and says in a huff, "Asher's making bored happen."

He makes me want to have faith like a child:

He's contemplating something and looks so deep in thought I think I can't get his attention. Then he says, "I think God sends help for our world, like superheroes."

And I say, "Do you mean like angels or actual superheroes?" He looks surprised by me bringing up angels, almost like he's shocked to hear that I know about them. He pauses and says, "Yeah angels. Like the one that comes to be with Asher."

He's always ready to simply be a kid. And imagine:
"Mommy, if a dinosaur ate you, before you went down it's throat, it would chomp you with sharp teeth and keep you in it's cheek and I would have to come and save you with my side kick who is very Asher and I would WAP and BOOM and then he saw another man with a rope and he tied the sidekick up and then he tied horses up and he was furry and boomed to a fairy..." (I typed that as he was saying it or there would be no way I would remember.)

Miles, you rock.