First thing this morning, I checked my email and sent a few quick replies. Karston had some questions about my laptop screen. What's this? It's email, Karston. Email Daddy, miss you daddy. Hmm, where did he pick up that email is communication? Does he really know what email is?
Then I started to move back into my office after The Great Water Heater Flood three months ago. The repairs are finally done! Cale was asleep, and Karston was playing and talking to me. (I can safely keep an ear on Karston the Narrator without watching him.) Karston said, Want that! pointing to the picture of Daddy on my desk. Daddy!!! He looked closer. Where Mommy? I took the picture, dear. Where Daddy? He's at work right now. Karston gave me his dark thundercloud frown for a couple minutes, then said Want Daddy, want Daddy home. Then, Want this Daddy!, and showed me the picture in case I had any doubt who he meant. He's very serious about his Daddy.
He's also very serious about helping. I sent him to check on Cale several times while I was in my office, and he came back quickly with the report of baby brudder sleeping. Once Cale woke up, he was hungry of course. Karston asked, What baby brother doing? He's nursing. Yeah, nursing on ta-tas. Then Karston unzipped his romper, pulled his onesie way down, and showed me his chest saying, Karston ta-tas. Then ... Baby brother want Karston ta-tas? Yes, Karston is a very sweet, very helpful boy! I had to explain that only Mommy ta-tas have milk. But I know Karston would help me if he could!
I think Karston just had the easiest nap this year. I was set to tell him it was quiet time, and he should do quiet time in his room when he told me Want bed. I asked him, Do you want to go to bed? Yeah, want to go to bed. He walked to his room, he climbed his ladder, he climbed on his bed, he pulled the covers back, and he flopped down. Sure he made noise and sat up to play for the next ten or fifteen minutes, but I didn't have to do anything! I did check on him after some of the noises, but he wasn't crying so I just rubbed his back. If only all nap times and bed times could be that easy! However, it was so unexpected to me that you can guess this isn't the normal routine of books and snuggles.
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