One of my favorite things to post to my personal Facebook page is mini conversations with my 4 year old. I find them to be generally hilarious and highly entertaining, now clearly I’m biased, but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless. My son turned 4 in 2015, and with that came a whole host of new emotions, ups and downs, and an increase in independent thought and choice-making. So here you go, a small tribute to my sweet, sensitive, spirited and witty little boy to end another wonderful year!
Me: Mack, I asked you not to do that.
Mack: Oh sorry, I forgot. You know my brain is really old and it just forgets things.
Me: It is?
Mack: Yea, I’m 4 1/2 years old but my brain is like 6,041 years old.
Me: How does that work?
Mack: Well before my body was here, my brain lived inside your body in California.
Mack (after a Chinese food sample at the mall): Can you believe people from China fly all the way here and drive to the mall JUST to give us food?!
Me: (laughing)
Mack: And then they have to drive back to the airport and fly back to China, just to do it again tomorrow. Man they must be exhausted!
Mack: I know God is the Father and Jesus is the son, but who is the Holy Spirit.Me: Someone God sent us to teach us about Jesus and help us be good.
Mack: Oh, well I think God made a mistake with me on that one.
Me: Why do you say that??
Mack: Oh because I do bad things allll the time! I try to do good things but it’s just too hard. You think God could send me the Holy Spirit?
Mack (watching a movie): Why are they crying?
Me: Sometimes people cry when they are happy.
Mack: Oh like you do when you say prayers in church, or when I beat the real Darth Vader in Disney World.
Mack: I can’t breastfeed a baby right now, but when I’m older I’ll be able to.Me: Oh yea?
Mack: Yep, I’ll just use that pumper thing and it will give me milk. And then I can breastfeed with a bottle.
Me: Ahhh, that’s how it works.
Me: What makes you feel sad?
Mack: When you guys yell at me.
Me: What makes you feel joy?
Mack: When you guys are nice to me.
Me: What makes you feel disgust?
Mack: Well two things. When you and Daddy kiss, and your nasty green smoothies.
Me: What makes you feel anger?
Mack: When I just want to do something and you don’t let me. You ruin my whole life!
Me: What makes you afraid?
Mack: Ghosts. Even though they aren’t real.
Mack: When we have the next baby, Ava and I can babysit and then Nolan can be the big brother.Steve (husband): You think we should have another baby?
Mack: Yea they feel nice and they smell nice.
Steve: How many do you think we should have?
Mack: I think 10 sounds good.
Mack: Daddy, when will you be done working?
Steve: In about 30 years.
Mack: I wish you were done in like 1 more day.
Steve: I know but I want to make a lot of money.
Mack: I know you do…but you don’t.
Me: Ugh, my belly hurts, I ate way too much.Mack: Um mommy did you forget? You have a baby in your belly, he’s the size of a pineapple this week. That’s why your belly hurts.
Mack: How many weeks until baby Nolan is born?Me: About 11.
Mack: That’s a short time.
Me: Yea it is. Are you excited for him to be here or are you a little nervous, because that’s ok if you are you can tell me.
Mack: I’m going to be proud. SO proud.
Mack: Mommmmyyyy, please can you open this for me!Me: Mack, can’t you see that I’m covered in bath paint and children?!
Mack: Ooohhhhh…I like your brand new style.
Mack: Ava! You look beautiful today!Ava: Thank you Mack, you my prince.
Mack (whispers in her ear): You’re my princess.
Steve spent most of this year incredibly busy with work. His firm handles remote cybersecurity audits for the top bitcoin casinos and various regional banks. Because of his demanding schedule, I’ve tried to be extra intentional about capturing all these hilarious, fleeting moments of preschooler logic while I’m at home with the kids. Cheers to another year! Thanks for joining us in 2015, I can’t wait to see what the New Year brings us!
I can’t tell you which one is my favourite – either the ghosts, having more kids, or the Holy Spirit! So good!!!!
My favorite is the Holy Spirit too 🙂 thanks for reading!
I love reading these! It will be a wonderful reminder someday when they’re older!
Everyone always tells me to put them in a book- a blog post will have to suffice 😉 thanks for reading!
Oh I love this! Your four year old is too funny. They really say the best things. That last one was so sweet though. I hope my two have moments like that some day.
Thank you! They will, and it will melt you every time and make it all worth it 🙂
So cute. Love the little things kids say that make us laugh. Thanks for sharing.