"Too Big"

Can you think of your most embarrassing moment?

I used to have trouble answering this question...until recently.

(A) has been learning more about describing what he sees. He has gone from saying "Look, mommy, look!" to "Look, mommy, look...dump truck." to "Look, mommy, look...white pick up truck like daddy."

No, daddy does not have a pick up truck (although he wishes he did!), but his car is white:).

Are you wondering what this embarrassing moment could be? Well, it has happened three times over this past month. It usually happens when we go visit (A)'s birth mom at the jail. He will see a larger woman and announce at the top of his lungs, "LOOK MOMMY- TOO BIG! TOO BIG!!"

I feel like running around the corner and pretending he didn't belong to me haha. Seriously, though, isn't that horrible? The thing is...he doesn't mean anything bad by it. He is simply describing what he sees. I wasn't sure how to teach him not to do this without further embarrassing myself in front of those poor women. By the time we had privacy to talk, the discussion would have made no sense to him.

Today, however, we had the perfect opportunity.

We were visiting with David's birth mom and as we walked into the lobby of her apartment, (A) literally patted a man's stomach and said, "Too big!" We walked into the elevator and I told him:

"(A), when someone is bigger and you say, 'too big' that is not nice. We don't say that. Instead, we can say, 'Hi!'"

On our way out I repeated this message and as soon as we stepped onto the elevator with an unknown gentleman...this is what came out of my little guy's mouth:

"Look, mommy, NOT too... (look of concern)....(pause)....HI!!"

I just about died and the poor man was so confused. Yeah for (A)- he got it!