What have we done?

OK, so as you know Josh is now about 4 1/2. I have started to notice all the things I have done to make him "abnormal." For example, once when I was SUPER tired,  I tried to find my sisters house in Ann Arbor and of course got lost. ( I mean who the heck can find their through Ann Arbor if they don't lived there??)  I then called Jeff for help and because I was super tired I possibly overreacted. So now, any time we go somewhere Josh ALWAYS thinks we are lost and that something awful is going to happen. He tells me things like, "this isn't the way" or "where are we?" He gets terrified all the time that we are lost. We have also started our grill on fire (more than once) and so now Josh is scared of grilling, of boiling, of steaming, of anything with heat. Today I was boiling a whole chicken for chicken and dumplings and I had the lid on the pot, so steam was coming out of the steam hole. He ran into the bedroom where I was cleaning and almost in tears begged me to come and check on the chicken because it was smoking. He thinks all things with steam are on fire and any place he doesn't recognize means that we are lost forever. I have made my son afraid. I guess I really need to take Jeff's advice (when I was lost) and KEEP IT TOGETHER more, so that Josh can grow up secure in his travels and when people are cooking!

Josh is a teenager?

So in the last two days Josh has some interesting statements. Yesterday at church he fixed his hair and said to me, "Mom, I am gonna fix my hair so it looks real good." "Then Hailey will see it and marry me!" He was participating in story time in front of the whole church yesterday and when asked if he thought the people who lost everything in Hurricane Sandy were sad he said quite clearly into the microphone"NO!" The boy asking him the question replied "well, they were." He then asked Josh if he thought those people wanted to give up. Again, into the microphone Josh replied "NO!" Today a nurse called Ian hot stuff, Josh replied "He's not hot stuff, he's just stuff" She the asked Josh if he was hot stuff. He replied "yes" then changed his mind and said "No, I am cold stuff." He told me that I would be on TV someday. I asked "why" he said "because you make the best tacos." He then jumped up and said " these tacos got SWAG!" He told me he didn't like Justin Biebers because he's not pretty. He love going to pick Brianna up at her friend Madison's because he can go right into their pantry and help himself to a snack and a juice box! He now thinks that at every house we go to that he should be able to walk right in and help himself! He has had a great summer. He has enjoyed the park, the beach, and playing in the hose. He wants to go to daycare in the fall but still doesn't want to go to school. ;) Hope you have enjoyed family and friends the last few months! Much love to you all.