Today, Dennis was very particular about what he wanted to eat. He cried when we wouldn't make biscuits for him this morning (don't feel bad for him--we made them for supper tonight). And for his afternoon snack, he asked for nuts. I managed to find a bag of trail mix and offered to pour it into a bowl so that he could pick out what he wanted. He said "no, only pour the nuts in the bowl--you need to pick out all the other stuff." I told him I'd pour it all into a bowl and he could eat the nuts. He wasn't happy. He again insisted that I do the picking. I was busy painting at the time, so I exasperatedly told him that he could pick out what he wanted. I told him "you're not a princess." Without missing a beat, he replied, "no, I'm not a princess. I'm a KING. How dare you not pick out the other stuff!". But he said this last part with a smile and happily took the bowl of trail mix.
Tonight, after reading a lesson in his primer, we talked about the antique words he was learning (lad, nag). I told him a lad was a boy and he immediately said "and a nag is a girl, right?". Laughter ensued. Then he said "oh yeah, I mean it's a horse." He might have been right the first time. The funny part was that we aren't sure if he meant to say it or not. If he didn't mean it, he DID know why it was funny.
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