Me Made Over

I had the great priviledge of spending this week with Aaron, alone. Usually, it is two boys in tow who play, fight and use each other for company. But this week, it was just Aaron and me.

I have always known that Aaron is more like me than Isaac. Isaac is his Dad done over,but not until this week did I know how much Aaron really is like me.

He is drama laden. He plays dramatically and he lives dramatically. He is very linguistic and remembers songs and sayings that he has only heard once and he repeats them with the right intonation and dramatic emphasis.

This week he came up to me and asked if he could have a cereal straw because all you have to do is "Sip, Dip and Munch" then he told me it was "part of a a days balanced breakfast". Hmmmm... where have I heard those lines before.

He also very seriously told me that we would have to get our "new item" while supplies last. I just stared at him for this, because the t.v. wasn't even on at the time and I couldn't figure out what the item was.

Next, I came into a room where he was all alone, but he was talking. He was adamantly pointing at the table and saying "You're just a kid like the rest of us, quit being our mom." It took only seconds to recognize the last Avatar episode he had watched.

I have also gotten used to hearing Earth! Wind! Fire! Water! yelled through the house as he brandishes his ninja swords and sabers. Aaron relives every story he sees or hears. I vividly remember doing the very same thing. I was Princess Leia hiding from Storm Troopers and for a while I replayed a scene from Magnum P.I. in which I was a psychotic woman with two personalities. I loved that scene and if I knew which episode it was on I would find a way to download it.

I think my favorite resaying of Aaron's is Edmund saying "You bowled it" from the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. Often ,when something goes wrong, we will say "You bowled it" to one another.

Yes, Aaron gets the drama honestly. And I am glad to join in.