Mr. Sun Is Awake

Dear Sawyer,

Funny things you have said or been saying recently:

- "Waterlemon" (instead of "watermelon"--it's so cute how you switch the two consonants!)

- Sometimes you stand with your hands on your hips or your arms crossed and declare, "I'm a man!"

- You ask me questions but then dictate how I should answer them. Examples: "Mama, can I have a cookie? Say 'yes.'" or "Do I have to nap? Say 'no.'"

- "The man say 'I love you.' The man in the music box." (It took me a beat but I eventually realized you were talking about the stereo; you had heard the man on the Music for Aardvarks CD singing the "I Love You, I Love You" song!)

- "Mr. Sun awake!" (At bedtime, I tell you that you have to go to sleep because Mr. Sun is asleep and that you can wake up when Mr. Sun is awake. So now when you wake up in the mornings, you yell out, "Mr. Sun awake!" to let me know that the day has started and you can get up now!)

Love,
Mom