What if..

McKay developed his first "crush" while we were on vacation.
We spent the Labour Day long weekend on the beach in a rental cottage with friends and family.

McKay quickly attached himself to Kara.

One night at dinner, we were on the screened porch, and Kara and a few other's were on the deck. He had been happily dipping everything on his plate in BBQ sauce. He looked at me, and said, "Mommy, do you think SHE wants dip?" I replied, "I don't know baby, why don't you ask her.

He thought for a bit, and squirmed in his seat.

"Mommy, what if she says NO?"

Avon calling

Remember when a cardboard box as big as you were was the best toy EVER?

I figure cutting, painting, gluing and playing mailman will be good for a few nights of tantrum free living.

An Explanation

We went for a walk after dinner today. McKay was a bit tired, so I put him on my shoulders for the second half. We walked most of the way back home, and he wanted to be put back down.

I put him down, we walked around the corner and he stopped.

"C'mon, McKay, let's go home," I said.

"I can't."

"Why not?"

He pointed down. "There's bugs in there."

I looked at the sidewalk at his feet. "Where? I don't see any."

He pointed down again. "In there."

I noticed he was standing kind of funny. "In your shoe?" Visions of ant bites raced through my head for a split second.

"No, in my feet."

I thought about how he'd been sitting on my shoulders and then it hit me. "Does it feel kind of prickly or tickly?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, that happens to me, too, sometimes. When that happens, we say my foot fell asleep. Feels funny, doesn't it?"

I mused all the way home about what an interesting explanation he'd come up with for what he was feeling.

This is the second time he's said something like this. A few months ago, he told Raine "There's a bird in my tummy" when he had the hiccups.

His brain is so cool.

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