Milking it

Around 11 a.m., a bee bumped into Matt's eye. No big deal. He cried and then was fine.
Around 5 p.m., this conversation happened.

Matt: Matt's not crying yet.
Me: Why did you say "yet"? Are you planning on crying later?
Matt: Yeah. Bee went in Matt's eye.
Jeff: He's really milking it.
Matt: We are not milking it.

Matt's plans for adulthood

Matt was saying that someday he's going to be 30 just like Mom and Dad. Turns out he's been planning his future. Here are some of his plans.

Matt: When Matt is 30, Matt will be a grownup just like Mom and Dad.
Me: Yep, you will be. You'll have a job and probably a house and a car.
Matt: Matt still live in this house when Matt is 30.
Me: No, you'll live somewhere else, in your own house. Maybe you'll be married. Maybe you'll have kids.
Matt: Matt be married and have kids and live in this house still.
Me: Oh, yeah? Where are you going to sleep?
Matt: In my toddler bed.
Me: Yeah? Where's your wife going to sleep, the girl that you're married to?
Matt: On the carpet in Mom and Dad's room.
Me: If you have kids, where are they going to sleep?
Matt: In my toddler bed with Matt.
Me: Hmm. What about Sam? Do you think he'll still live here when he's a grownup?
Matt: Sam sleep in Sam's crib when he's 30, but we need to pop off the side so Sam's crib is Sam's toddler bed then Sam sleep in Sam's toddler bed in Sam's room.
Me: Oh? What if he's married and has kids, too? Our house will be pretty crowded.
Matt: Matt WANT our house to be pretty crowded.
Me: Where would Sam's wife sleep?
Matt: Right on carpet in Mom and Dad's room right by Matt's wife. Sam's kids sleep in Matt's toddler bed with Matt and other kids. Sam sleep in Sam's room. Matt LIKE our house to be really crowded.

Well, okay, then. It's a plan.

When is morning?

This morning, at about 7:40, I went to check on Matt because he's usually up much, much earlier. When I opened his door, he was sitting up in his bed holding onto his blanket. I asked him if he had been awake for a while or if I woke him up. He said he'd been awake for a while, "just sitting there." I asked why he hadn't said "All done sleepin'! All done sleepin'!" like he usually does (and then we tell him "Come on out!"). He seemed confused. Then I asked him, "Did you think it was still nighttime because it was so dark from the thunderstorm?" He said, "Yeah. And owl kept hooin', so Matt thought it was night. Then owl stopped hooin', so Matt thought it was morning. Then owl started hooin' again, and Matt thought it was nighttime. Then Mom came in. Now it's morning!" 

Logically

At breakfast, right after we prayed, Matt said, "Matt almost said 'woof' instead of 'amen' this time!" I asked, "Oh, why's that?" He answered, "We are all dogs today!"

"All of us are [this animal] today"

Every morning when he wakes up, Matt says, "All of us are pigs today!" Or "All of us are cows today!" "All of us are cats today!"

Sometimes he switches it up, and "Matt and Dad are dogs today! Mom and Sam are sheep!" Then periodically throughout the day, he'll say things like, "One dog went to work. One dog is at home. Two sheep are at home."

It's funny. It will be a little sad when this phase ends.

Baby fever...

...Matt has it.

He's inexplicably convinced that we're going to be getting a new, "tiny" baby, as he says, though we keep saying that "maybe we will never get a new baby." A mom of a girl in his morning-out program just had a baby a few weeks ago, and when Matt saw him, he was so excited; he looked at me and shouted, "Mom'n'Matt take this tiny baby home with us!"

Interview with a toddler

Matt: Read the words [on my shirt].
Me: It says, "New Mom 2011."
Matt: Used to be old mom.
Me: Ha ha. No, I used to be a new mom. Now I'm kind of an old mom... Actually, before you were born, I wasn't even a mom.
Matt: NOW you are old mom. Dad old dad?
Me: He used to not be a dad, either, until you were born. Someday you might be a dad, when you're a grownup.
Matt (so excited): Then Matt carry Sam! Mom click Sam in!
Me: What are you talking about?
Matt: Then Matt pick up Sam in carrier and Mom click in buckle part! MATT carry Sam when Matt is dad. Matt PROBABLY pick black carrier, get it back out of box.
Me: Okay... Sam won't be a baby, though. Someday you might have your own baby.
Matt: Just like Mom! Just like Dad! First Matt is baby. Now Sam is baby. Mom USED TO BE baby.
Me: Yep, I was a baby once, too.
Matt: The mom of Mom is...
Me: Do you remember who my mom is?
Matt: It's Ross!
Me: Ha ha ha. Nope.
Matt: He's my [your] brother.
Me: Yep. And my mom is... DeeDee!
Matt: Dad used to be a baby. Mom used to be a baby. EVERYBODY used to be a baby.