Mary, Joseph and baby Jes...Riley???

Day or two after Christmas, Brayden and I stopped by my parents to drop some stuff off.  Brayden loves to play with Mimmy's manger scenes.  So he went over and started to play with one.  I asked him who he was playing with and he started to identify the characters.  When he got to baby Jesus he held it in his hands and started to look around the room at my Dad and Mom, my Sister and I.  We coaxed him some more to tell us who the baby was, finally he got this quirky grin on his face and said "baby Riley."  We all laughed, pretty hard and he realized he made a joke.  So he showed us the baby again and said "baby Riley" and laughed to himself, while shaking his head.  I think we will need to review the Christmas story before next year.

Christmas Overstimulation

Brayden had trouble going to bed one night this past weekend.  So as he was screaming for his Mommy, I went into his bedroom to see what was wrong.  I asked him what was wrong and he screamed "Mommy."  I told him that Mommy was busy getting Riley ready for bed and I could help him.  So, I asked him if I could get him something and he responded, "yes."  So I asked "what can I get you?"  His response was "Mommy."  Needless to say, I didn't fall for it and he went to sleep shortly there after.  

Already ahead of the game

Last night I was laying on Brayden's bed as we were putting him to bed.  For some reason he leaned over and bit me right on the chest.  After some quick punishment, I decided it was time to talk to him about what he did.  So I said, "Brayden, you are not allowed to bite, how about when you are about to bite someone you stop and give them a kiss, does this sound like a good idea?"  Brayden shook his head yes, but I knew I needed to reinforce this lesson.  So I asked Brayden, "so what are you going to do when you are about to bite someone?"  He responded with "bite."  So I tried to simplify the question, "when you are about to bite someone, should you bite them, or give them a kiss?"  Again Brayden responded with "bite."  Finally I said to Brayden, "when you are about to bite someone, you think you should just give them a kiss?"  He looked at me for a couple of seconds and said "yeah."  I am not sure if he meant this or not, but I feel like he knew the answer I was looking for and decided to give it to me.