It's funny to watch my son grow up. He's only 3, but man he changes every day. It's funny to watch him try to problem solve. It used to be that he couldn't look at a problem from a different angle and find a solution - but now he has a solution (or suggestion) for every problem:)

Last night we were driving home and he had a cup from Arby's, and somebody (ok, it was me) had shown him how to play music by blowing into the straw. As we drove down the road, we were serenaded by his pepsi-straw music. But he wanted us to be able to see him, not just listen to him. I think the conversation went something like this:

"Dad! Dad! Look at me! Look at me Dad!"

Me (not looking): "Wow, buddy that's great."

"Dad! Look at me! Look at my eyes!" (Apparently, his mother uses that one a lot)

"Aiden, I can't look at you right now because I'm driving."

"Dad! Dad! Stop driving!"

"Aiden, we're going down the road. I can't stop the car on the road."

silence... then,

"Dad? Can we find a parking lot?"


seriously, his 3 year old brain has to be working overtime here. Fortunately, this entire conversation happened as we were already on our street, so he only had to wait a couple minutes for my undivided attention.

You have to give the kid credit, he is certainly tenacious:)