An Echo!

When you become a parent, you often find that your children echo things that you say.  Some good things and some not so good things.

Today while cleaning my upstairs, my son asks me what I am doing.  I told him I'm cleaning.  Then of course you get the whole "why" conversation going.  He eventually leaves the room I'm cleaning and then I find him right behind me as I'm in the tub/shower giving it a good cleaning.  Once again he asks me what I am doing.  I told him I'm cleaning the tub/shower and giving it a good shine!  He says to me "Mommy are you being careful"?  Which I thought was a silly question until it dawned on me that we always tell him to sit down in the tub so he doesn't get hurt.  So I said to him, "yes, I'm being very careful".  Then he says to me "Mommy - you're being careful!  I don't want to lose you Mommy, OK?!"  Which put a big smile on my face and I turned to him and said - "I am going to be very careful because I don't want you to lose me."

I know I tell my kids when I am fearful they will get hurt to "be careful, I don't want to lose you, because I love you so much!"

Its just so sweet and funny to hear the phrases of endearment that I say to my kids, come back at me in the sweetest  and cutest ways.