Daddy's Conversation with Derek

First thing as his head left the pillow...

"daddy, can i go outside?"
"yes buddy, but lets get some breakfast first."
"but i don't need to eat breakfast"
"yes you do"
"ok, well can i wear these shorts?"
"no, lets get out of our jammy shorts and put on our tough shorts?"
"ok, cause the sun is shining brightly and we are gonna ride on a boat!"
"yeah, we are going to ride on a boat bud."
"yeah!!!! oh, i gotta go potty first!"

Derek wakes up almost every morning asking me if he can go outside. I have to convince him almost every that breakfast IS important and that it has to be eaten. Some  rare days "daddy's special cereal" as he calls it, is put into a receptacle of some kind with a cup of milk as an accompaniment and breakfast takes place on his trike. I'm pretty sure he would park it right next to his bed if we would let him. He is an amazing motivator for anyone when it comes to going outside because he is just like me in that he doesn't like to be inside when he doesn't have to be. The only problem is that he wants to go out as soon as he opens his eyes. I love his use of descriptive words such as when he talked about the sun this morning. maybe he will grow up to articulate his words better than his father. Either way i love being his daddy and can't wait to see what happens tomorrow. As for right now, we have to go get ready for our boat ride.