Road Trip to Tampa

Simon and I rode down to Tampa to see my brother and his wife. It was Simon's first "road trip". He had a blast! Pictures:

On the way home, Simon and I had this conversation:
Simon: "Will you cuddle with me?"
Me: "Of course!"
Simon: "We're cuddling like we're married!"
Me: "We're cuddling like mom and son. One day, when you grow up, you can get married and cuddle your wife like married people."
Simon: "And have kids?"
Me: "You can have kids. You can even tell them to eat their dinner."
Simon: "What!?!? What happens if they say no and pick a fit?"
Me: "Well, what happens when you throw a fit?"
Simon: "I don't know."
Me: "You get disciplined."
Simon: "But they might get sad and cry if they're toddlers. Will you help me with that? You might have to do it because I can't get pregnant, but you can. You already got pregnant with me, so maybe my wife can get pregnant. If you do, though, don't get stressed out. I can help you."

Simon: "I love you to Pluto and back, because Pluto is the farthest away from the sun!"

Simon has a new phrase: "Do you understand my suffering?"

Simon: "I have a millipede named centipede."

Vigorous Kicking

Me: "Good kick! It went really far!"
Simon: "Thanks! It's because I kick vigorously."

Simon: "Wanna see me do a montage?"
He spun in a circle. Hmmm...I don't think he knows the definition of that word yet.

I misplaced my phone earlier. Simon, turning the tables on me, said, "You need to keep track of your stuff. It's not my job to remember where you put everything."
Simon: "That's life. But it's okay;you'll figure it all out sooner or later."
I was having a hard time transforming his robot toy.

A Letter to God

Simon wrote a letter to God. It says, "I love you, God. I will not sin to you and I will love you, God. Love, Simon". He also drew "scenes of Jesus' life": Jesus on the cross, Jesus in the tomb, The empty tomb, and Peter telling Jesus he is God. I love that Simon does these sorts of things!
Simon  grabbed me yesterday and tried to give me mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Aside from scaring me half to death (who expects their kid to grab their face and start blowing?), I got a shot of gummy-bear smelling air right up my nose. We had a long talk about what's appropriate and what isn't, during which Simon explained that he wasn't being inappropriate, he was trying to save my life. Yikes!

Simon: "I made this picture to make you happy. There's Chinese writing on it. See?"
Me: "Wow! What does it say?"
Simon: "I don't know. I can't read Chinese."

Simon has been standing by the front door for the last five minutes. I just asked what he's doing and he said, "I was going to surprise Dad, but now I'm just going to be a gentleman and open the door."

Simon prayed, "Thank you for the possibility to go to the doctor because it's been so long..." I really don't want to be the one to tell him he's going to need shots.

Simon asked me to put red dye in the bathtub so he can swim in the Red Sea. He also wants bubbles because he thinks the water must have been bubbly when God parted the Red Sea. Ha ha!

Simon: ""Never say never". I just said "never" twice!"

Simon: "I'll scare you, okay?"
Me: "Uh..Okay?"
Simon: "Bah! Now you react. Well, scream."
Me: "Simon, I'm not scared because I knew it was coming. You can't tell me you're about to scare me."
Simon: " Oh. Sorry 'bout that. I'm going to try again. Bah! Well, react."