Packing Away

Last weekend we took the trek to Sesame Place and met up with another very special two year old, someone Giovanni likes to call "Gace" This little girl is very special as not only is her name easy to say but also someone who he gets super excited to see whenever her name is mentioned or if he sees her cheery face pop up on mommas computer screen. With this being said Giovanni wasn't told where we were going or who we were going to see until the day or two before....and what we heard was:

"Meomanni go see Gace and Elmo! Today momma, yes?
"No Giovanni, tomorrow we will"
"No momma, I see Elmo and Gace today!!!!"

After this went on for almost an hour,  it was luckily nap time and hopefully the end of this conversation for the day. Oh boy did I underestimate the mind of this smart little boy of mine, he woke up from a long nap (2.5hours) asking "We see Gace momma! It morrow!"

Well as some may not know, Giovanni is a very strong willed child and doesn't give up easy on anything he really wants whether it be cookies (what we call yogurt covered pretzels) to seeing someone he really wants to see at that time. While this is a great drive to possess, it's not always appreciated at this stage of the game when he doesn't fully understand of 'not right this minute but in a hour' type of conversation. Let's just hope that this amazing quality stays with him throughout his entire life because there isn't always enough of that surrounding us. But back to the matter at hand....Giovanni was determined to go see her and tried to escape to go wait in the car and wait to we were ready to drive.

Trying to distract him, I asked if could help me pack clothes and toys so when needed we could change if we got dirty and such. Thinking that would keep his mind to playing with toys once he started "packing", I went to my room right next to his and started to pack my suitcase and Steven's clothes as well. After about ten minutes of not hearing anything from his room (usually he's very verbal and singing when no one is around), I went to peek in and see what he was doing and making sure he wasn't completely destroying his room and OH MY what did I find....This smart little two year old of mine had empty almost all of his dresser, toy box, and diaper bin into a suitcase and was sitting on trying to close it. REALLY! WHEN DID HE BECOME THIS SMART AND WHERE DID HE LEARN THESE THINGS!!!!

"Vanni, what are you doing?"
"I pack uitcas to see Gace and Elmo..." said in a tone that meant duh mom.
"Ummmm don't you think that's too much stuff for a trip?"
"No momma, I share cars and diapers. I go to beach need coes."

By this time I can no longer hold a straight face and start crying from laughing so much and then it hit me at how much I really did underestimate this vivacious two year old of mine...

Next to come.....The visit...