"big as a house"

If you haven't read this book, you will want to.  Long before I knew about my boys, I would tear up reading it.

There are several similar attempts to become something that Momma Bunny can't find

so he gives up and decides to stay a little bunny after all

Yesterday at breakfast Hayden was talking about his favorite subject; himself getting bigger and bigger.  He settled on being big as a house.  Then he puffed out his chest and his cheeks and closed his eyes.  I asked, "Are you a house?"  In a deep voice he replied, "Yes and I don't have any eyes and mouth," squeezing his eyes more tightly shut.  Very distraught I responded to the news, "I don't have any more baby Hayden!    You can't live in our house anymore if you ARE a house.  You won't fit in your bed."  He was very pleased with himself that I was joining in his pretend play and sat up even straighter holding the "house pose".  At this point I started to fake cry, "Waaaaa! I can't have any more snuggles and cuddles from my baby Hayden.  Waaaaa!"  Upon hearing this emotional outburst Hayden dropped the house pose and cocked his little head way to one side with a gentle grin and said in a tone one would use to calm and upset child, "Okay I will no be house only be you big boy Hayden again."  I stopped my pretend crying and grinned with my melted heart and almost cried for real at how sweet my boy is to me.  LOVE that child!  Then we had a very nice big boy and mommy cuddle right there over our porridge.
He will be "big as a house" soon enough.