Deep Thoughts by: Carter McCoy

I ask Carter "What are you thinking about?" quite a bit.  For the longest time his response didn't make much sense.  Like, he'd just make something up. Or say that he saw something.  Because let's be honest, if you really shared what you were thinking about when someone randomly asks you that, it be a really strange answer.

But lately, there've been some good ones:

"Finking bout Mommy's hair."

"Finking bout pooping."

"Finking bout zwork."  (Daddy's work.)

The best is when he presents what he's been thinking about all on his own.  2 Year Old logic, is probably my favorite thing all day long.  He'll be quite for a while, you can tell he's thinking.  Then he uses a "sometimes" or "Some people" statement.  BEST EVER:

• While riding his bike, he stopped to share:  "Sometimes rocks are broken.  Sometimes rocks are okay!" 
• While fetching our laundry from the cleaners:  "Some people say ESS.  Some people say Ugh."  The second is how he responds positively to a question.  I have to encourage him to say "yes" so people can understand him.
• While looking at a picture of the Queen with a scowl and Michelle Obama with a smile:  "Some people are nice.  Some people are mean." 
• "Sometimes it rains.  Sometimes it's dry."
• "Sometimes nastics swing on bars.  Sometimes NOT."  (Gymnastics??  Really?  He hasn't even seen much?  Not sure where that came from?!)

It takes like 3 minutes to get these out and for me to completely understand what he said.

Finally, he's given us some insight into what he imagines being a brother to be like:

While walking UP a slide:  "Gorman (Corbin) say, wow Cager, so cool walking up slide!"

While playing Diggers and Dumpers:  "Gorman will say, Cager playing backhoe is so AWESOME!"

I hope he's as big of a hero to this guy as he imagines.  Ha ha!