Many of you know that I would not consider myself a morning person. I can't remember very many days of my life that I ever just popped right out of bed and loved getting up. (I'm sure it doesn't help that I rarely get the amount of sleep that I should have) I also can't remember ever waking up and laughing the minute I opened my eyes. Well, that has changed now. Every time I replay this morning in my head I laugh.
To set the stage you must know a few things. Isaac and Grace had spent the night at Grandma's house and so Luke was the first kid up this morning. Now, up until the past few weeks we would double gate Luke's room so he could not wander off and get into things (OR OUT OF THE HOUSE!!) while we all slept. However, Luke has been getting better about not getting into stuff and has mellowed out a bit. Chris has been doing school work very early in the morning as well so he is up and awake if Luke were to try something sneaky. So, we've been testing out not doing the double gate thing at night. Luke has done wonderful I must say. He's almost to the point where I am starting to think he may have graduated from gate school! Woohoo!
So, as I mentioned this morning Luke was the first one up. He came into my room and woke me up. When I opened my eyes, I saw the cutest little boy ever. He had his alligator pj's on, his blanket in one hand, and a huge 3 foot long flag in the other hand and was holding it at about a 75 degree angle. He sees me open my eyes and says very seriously, "Mommy....eat." I started laughing at the sight I was seeing. Of course he wants to tell me again that he wants to eat. He says this every morning over and over until I get out of bed and make him breakfast. So he says, "Mommy....eat." I got up right away as I was laughing and said, "Ok Luke, we'll go eat." He giggles and gets real excited and says, "Yay!!!" I don't know what possessed him to grab the flag that morning. It was supposed to be for our home school room. The kids must have gotten a hold of it and were playing with it. The thing is about as big as he is. I don't think I'll ever be able to take the image of my 2 year old son holding a flag, a blanket, and a very serious face saying, "Mommy...EAT!" Guess it was probably one of those moments you had to be there. But the best part is....I got to wake up laughing! :-)
P.S. (Maybe tomorrow I can post a picture on here of what I saw) :-)
