Matt's picks for baby names

Me: "What do you think we should name our new baby? Can you think of a girl's name and a boy's name that you like?
Matt: "Sam! Sam is a good name for a baby."
Me: "We already have someone named Sam in our family."
Matt: "Matt!"
Me, laughing: "We already have a kid named Matt in our family. Can you think of any names you like that kids in our family don't already have?"
Matt: "Mom! New baby can be named Mom! No kids in our family named Mom. Just Mom is named Mom."

Chores

Me: I'll be ready to play with you as soon as I finish a few more chores.
Matt: "Chores" are...?
Me: Chores are things we need to get done around the house, like dishes and laundry and cleaning the bathroom and sweeping, things like that.
Matt: Matt like chores. Matt really, really like chores.
Me: Oh, I know you do.

Sam's recent activities

Sam's been waving and saying "hi" and "bye." He particularly likes to do this with ladies of a certain age...that age being probably about 30.

He's also been doing this thing where he flops to the ground while playing like he's just so tired and needs to rest. Then he pops back up and giggles. It's pretty much the most adorable thing I've ever seen. Sometimes he tries to wave at the same time, and it looks so uncomfortable.

Sam also tries to say "boo" at the appropriate times, and he's been learning "blech" (I know, not even really a word) and "pop."

Sudden death

Jeff's watching soccer on the iPad and, at a commercial, remarks, "Now it's the end of regulation and it goes into sudden death." Matt replies, "Matt want to look at sudden death when it pops back up."

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!"