REAL coversations with Trevor

As opposed to the imaginary conversation I had a week back with "Kermie".

The boy has always had a very vivid imagination, and up until a month or so ago, it was pretty much just role playing from movies and TV shows he would watch. But it has now evolved into wanting to tell made up stories about what he wants to do, or what he saw someone else do. As well as at least once a day he will end up in a very elaborate song that he makes up. I've learned that as long as I bop along to the song or make like I'm dancing, he just continues singing and making up lyrics.

Another thing he has really stared doing, that I'm kind of surprised he hasn't done this earlier, is starting those "why" questions. Although they aren't the ones I've heard other kids ask. Like if a parent asks their child to do something, and the child will respond with "why?", I get the question out of no where this morning, "Mommy, why do the lights light up?" And no, I cannot answer with "Because they just do." He wants the long, drawn out explanation of how it is electricity that comes from the wall, goes into the plug, and up to the light which is turned on, etc. It is really cool to hear him just absorb all this information too. For some reason, he's not interested in TV and movies right now. He is much more interested in reading books. By himself and having me or another adult read them to him.

Possibly tied to this, or may just be another development thing, he has really become interested in understanding that letters make words and that he is starting to train himself how to make letters on his own and form words. He's always had that pre-reading identification of certain symbols and even some words that we see often like Target, McD's, Dairy Queen, etc. but now if we are traveling in the car, any place he sees a street or a city limits sign, he wants to know what it says. Of course it is also big if he ever sees a water tower way off in the distance that he isn't familiar with.

So I'm hoping that this big development in the past month or so is what has been contributing to his crazy sleeping habits and having difficulty listening to his parents. And of course this fun time would happen right before #2 comes in where I already feel guilty taking time away from the time we spend together. Ug....if you haven't heard it before, it's HARD to be a parent!