Impressionable

"Don't worry that your kids aren't listening to you; worry that they are always watching you" -UnknownDallen is at such an impressionable age. I really have to be careful around him, with what he sees and what he hears. He picks up on things so quickly and is learning so much every day!! Some of the cute things he has done and said lately I never want to forget are these sweet moments...

*While looking at my earrings Dallen says to me, "Do you have holes in your ears now? Why did you do that? Now, they are going to be there forever!!" HAHAHA. Hope this kid never gets something permanent on his little body.

*While playing with some kids at the park, each kid was stating their age. One girl said, I am 4. The other girl said, I am 6 so I am the oldest. Then Dallen chimes in with all the confidence in the world, "Yeah, and I am the 3-est!!" There is no telling that kid that he isn't old enough to do anything.

*Usually when I have to tell Dallen "No" to something, he says to me, "Mom, you have to take turns being the boss". If there is one concept that Dallen just hasn't figured out yet, it is why he has to listen to me and why there are different rules for adults than there are for children. I have a feeling this one is going to take a long time to understand.

*Most of the time when Dallen takes attitude with me, I can hear myself in every word!! The other night when I was telling Dallen he HAD to stop talking and GO TO SLEEP (it was like 11 o'clock at night) he points his finger at me and says "see that right there, that's yelling. Don't do that"!! Oh my teenage toddler.

*Speaking of a teenage toddler, Dallen says and does things all the time that he is lucky are still cute at the age of the 3 because they won't be so when he does them as a teenager. Like when I pull him out of bed literally 5 minutes before church starts and the first thing he says to me, "Mom, you can't wake people up when they are sleeping!!"

I am going to have my hands full with little Mr. Attitude, but I wouldn't trade him for anything. He is constantly cracking me up with his little Dallen-isms and I just love absolutely everything about his little personality.