See Point One

A few things:

1. I am feeling IMPATIENT with my son recently. Could it be that I have actually lost some of my patience reserve or has he become more patience-zapping? Either way, sorry son.

2. I have been feeling like there's an echo in my house, but it's just my three-year-old repeating what I say. Periodically, he goes on an echoing crusade, following me around and mimicking me. It's kind of cute, but I have a vision of me losing my mind because of it in the future (see point one).

3. The boy has also recently taken to correcting me, his dear mother, the one who birthed him. Anytime I make a mistake, stutter or forget a word (which unfortunately seems to happen often), he takes great pleasure in correcting me or pointing out my mistake. Example:

Me: "Jude would you put your car... er, boat away please?"
Jude: "You said car!" (self-righteous chuckle)
Me: "Ha ha, I know... I meant boat." (silently annoyed, see point one)

4. Layla has begun screeching and protesting when something that she is playing with/chewing on (one and the same currently) is taken away. She is quite vocal and I believe that she is already learning things from her brother, things I don't necessarily want her to.

Excuse me, I have to go take my son's head off (again, see point one)...