Tattle-Telling on Daddy

Skyler is amazing us at his story-telling abilities lately. Laron will come home & Skyler will tell him a story about something that happened that day & I am just amazed at how accurately he can describe what happened & how many details he says about it. Like, the other day we went to the park & this is what Skyler told Laron about it when we got home & I told him to tell Daddy what we did today. “We went to the park & I walked on the cement & went boom & got an owie on my knee & Mommy sang me “I am a Child of God” & then we ate lunch & then we walked on the grass & then we played on the park.” Wow!

Laron’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks, & I can already tell that I’m going to have to be careful what I tell Skyler, because secrets are no longer safe with him… For example, last night after I tucked Skyler into bed & was telling him a final good-night at the doorway before leaving, Skyler suddenly became quite chatty, obviously trying to prolong his inevitable destiny of going to bed. One thing that he said was this: “Daddy let me ride with my knees on the car-seat,” he confessed with a smile. “Oh he did, did he?” I said with a raised eyebrow. “And he didn’t buckle up my seatbelt,” he replied with a sense of excitement, “But I held on real tight!” That inevitably led us into a conversation about how dangerous it is to ride in cars that way (which we’ve had several times before… LARON!). Later that night when I was talking to Laron, I slyly mentioned to Laron that Skyler tattle-telled on him today. Laron immediately got a guilty look on his face & busted up laughing (a little nervously, I might add )… He knew what conversation was coming! But it just made me realize how many details Skyler can remember nowadays & how big he is getting. Kids sure grow up in a hurry! One minute you’re trying to decipher their grunts & points into common English, and the next, they’re tattle-telling on their daddy.