The things that Ben teaches me.

The third time Ben said something to me this weekend that made me go "hmm," I decided that I needed to start writing this down.

Lesson #1. All bad food is cooked by the devil.

Ben: "Mom, this isn't so bad!" as he eats his potatoes for dinner.
Me: "yeah, Ben. Everything I cook is good. I never cook bad food. Everything I cook is always delicious." (keep in mind I'm going for the brain washing/mind over matter/ hypnosis thing here)
Ben: "The devil does. He makes food that's bad."
Me: Just staring at him just blinking not knowing what to say with Josh snickering in the kitchen.

Lesson #2. You can't kill his spirit.
Ben likes to play dress up with superhere costumes like spiderman, power rangers, batman, ninjas....
Ben: Enters with a spiderman costume on and says, "Dad! I'm a power ranger with the spirit of a spider! Look at me!" As he strikes a ninja pose.
Josh: Jokingly, "ew! A spider--somebody kill it!"
Ben: seriously, "No dad. You can't kill my spirit." and he walks off.

Lesson #3. I'm starting to show.
Out of nowhere sometime this afternoon....
Ben: "mom, your belly is really starting to get fat!"
Me: stunned, "what?"
Ben: points to my stomach and says "Right there where the baby is growing"

So there you go. All this wisdom comes from my six year old son.