Not a baby, a kid.
DH has a friend who has a totally adorable child. This kid is sharp and goofy and generally fabulous.
This kid's halloween costume? A kitty banana.
Why? Because they had a banana costume, he wanted face paint, and when they asked what he wanted painted on his face, he replied "I want to be a kitty banana, so I need whiskers."
And today, the same kid told his dad that he needs a pen to tuck into his shirt so that he can look more like dad.
Moments like that seem to me to be the total upside of parenthood.
Re: This makes me want a kid
It is. It really is.
Like last night when I was putting Ryan to bed...he told me to check in his ToT bag because a couple of houses let him pick the candy and he picked the Almond Joys for me. Then this morning when I woke up he had put one next to my pillow.
Yeah I cried. It was too cute.
11 months
Like the one's where your child bites through a plastic bag of dried lentils in the store and sends 1lb of them scattering everywhere?
Mother's Day, 2011