Cute Josh Moments

1. Tonight- while putting Josh to bed.

Josh: "Grandma Chris will be here when I wake up!"
Me: "Yes. Yes, she will."
Josh: "She's not very far away now, huh?!"
Me: "I think she's on the airplane right now."
Josh: "Why didn't she drive this time?"
Me: "Because sometimes driving takes too long."
Josh: (after a brief moment of thought, and sounding a bit incredulous) "Planes are faster than cars?!"
Me: "Yes. Planes are faster than cars."
Josh: (laughing) "You're silly Mom!"

Cars certainly feel faster than cars- and planes don't look all that fast when you see them flying through the air- so I guess hi disbelief in the fact is understandable.

2. This happened about a week and a half ago when Josh woke up in the middle of the night with a nightmare. Normally when this happens I ask him if he wants to talk about it- but he never does. This time I didn't ask.

Me: (While snuggling with him in his bed, trying to get him to calm down.)"It's okay Josh: It was just a dream."
Josh: (between strangled cries)"I wanna talk about it!"
Me: "Okay. What happened in your dream?"
Josh: (Struggling to get the words out between gasps and moans) "Dad....Dad turned me into a chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (howl)
Me: (trying to sound sympathetic while also holding back a laugh) "Josh, you know Dad would never turn you into a chicken" (and thinking- as IF HE COULD?!)
Josh: "I know, but it was still sc...sc..sc...SCARY!!!!!"

3. I LOVE Josh's curly hair- but it is so hard to keep looking cute- especially the longer it gets. It really only looks good for about 2 hours after he's just washed it. The other day I decided it was getting way to unruly and so bribed him into letting me cut it. I was only going to trim it, but he was being so cooperative that I figured, "Hey- it's summer. I'll just go ahead and go really short." We did this while Jake wasn't home. Later when Jake came home:

Jake: "Woa!!! Who's this kid?"
Josh: "It's ME. JOSH."
Jake: (Very serious)"You sound like Josh, and you're wearing Josh's clothes- but YOU ARE NOT JOSH!"
Josh: (Getting a little worried, and very confused.)"It's me Dad! I'm Josh."
Jake: (Jake smiling now)"No. You can't be Josh...SOMETHINGS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU"
Josh: (Getting the joke now, and rolling his eyes)"It's just different hair Dad!!!"