He gets the I'll-talk-to-anyone-I-think-might-be-listening gene from Grandma. He has no concept of strangers. Or boundaries. Or just being quiet for a minute so I can think straight.
And his favorite topic of conversation? Any guesses?
The Wii. More specifically, Wii games, or game. The boy eats, sleeps and breathes Super Mario Galaxy II. And he talks about it obsessively. I should state, for the record, that perhaps the reason he is so vocal about his love for SMGII all day long is that he's not allowed to actually play it all day long.
AAHHH! That family rule is the bane of his young existance.
So he makes the best of it and just talks everybodies' ears off at every opportunity. Like, at church, "Teacher did you know that I have SMGII?" Or at the store, "Well, Mom/Dad I got to the 10,000th level of SMGII." Or during everyone else's conversations, "Did you know....Hey did you know...Hey...HeyIhaveSuperMarioGalaxyIIfortheWii!" and he gasps for breath after quickly managing to get that all out.
Now, I'm not complaining, mind you. He is, after all, only 4. I think it's kind of a hoot. I'm actually glad to see that he can stick with something longer than 3 seconds.
One time at church, during the sacrament he
It went a little something like this, "Deesus died on da twoss DIYASAA TWAI-----N! DIYASSA TWAI--------N!"
So he can be serious. Like earlier this evening we had the following conversation:
T1: Mom, will you marry me?
Me: (not sure I heard him right, clear in the other room)Oh, Thing 1, do you want to marry me?
T1: Mom, you're already married! To Dad.
Me: Yeah, that's true, I am.
Silence
Me: You know, Thing 1, in a few years you'll meet someone else...
T1: When I'm eight? will I be married then?
Me: Well, like in 20 years, you'll like someone even more than me and that's who you'll want to marry.
T1: Who is it?
Me: We'll just have to wait and see.
T1: Is it Grandma?
Me: Well, Grandma is already married, too.
T1: She is?
Me: Yeah. To Grandpa.
He looked absolutely stunned. And for once, he was speechless.
