Observations of a child

Lately, Owen has been arising somewhere between 6:15am - 7:00am.  With my morning workouts, I am usually back from the gym and in the shower by then, or in the process of getting dressed for work.  In order to occupy his time and not cause too much noise, he usually plays quietly in our closet until I'm dressed and we are ready to get breakfast.

 

Today, our conversation went something like this:

 

Me:  "Good Morning big guy.  How was your rest?"

 

Owen:  "It was good.  I dreamed about Tigers and Lions and Alligators." (this is his standard answer about what he dreamed about, though he sometimes substitutes various animals)

 

Me:  "That is good." 

 

 

(Owen looking at me in my towel)

 

Owen:  "Dad, you are all wet and you need to put some pants on.  Where are your clothes?"

 

Me:  "I know buddy, I just got out of the shower and need to get dressed."

 

Owen:  "I still have my jammers on!!"

 

 

(Owen looking around the closet)

 

Owen:  "Dad, Mommy has a lot of shoes.  Why does she have all of these shoes?"

 

Me:  "Well, you have shoes to go outside, and your sandals and Crocs for the summer time, so mommy has shoes for different things too."

 

Owen:  "Dad, you have many shoes too.  But Mommy has many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, MANY shoes."

 

Me:  "I know she does buddy, I know she does..."