The Golden Dragon

On Friday night we went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant near our house. The first thing Gideon did was to point to the Buddha statue and scream, "Shrek!" After that his attention was arrested by a dirty tank filled with crabs. "Yucky, yucky gross fish!" "Yucky, yucky, ew." Gideon was shrieking this so loud and for so long (despite our best efforts) that everyone around us was smirking or laughing and a man at a nearby table said, "That's really bothering him, isn't it?" Ahhh... the beginning of parental embarrassments.

Gideon's Sunday Nap

Gideon's Justification

When Gideon hit me on the face this morning, I yelled "Gideon!" in a surprised and angry way.  Gideon took on an explanatory, isn't-it-obvious tone and said, "I'm being mean."

Today's Gideon Quotes

This morning I was trying to clean out Gideon's nose when he very politely said, "All done please."  Later in the day Gideon was whining and throwing a semi-tantrum about me going to the bathroom.  When I got out of the bathroom I said in exasperation, "Gideon, what are you doing!?!"  He immediately stopped crying and replied, "I'm being a wah baby!"