Idiosyncracies

As many of you may know (those that do not are likely victims) I have a knack for identifying those little things people say or do unknowingly...idiosyncrasies. I don't think I have many hugely identifiable ones. Brent would argue but then he would argue that my name is not my name. But I have noticed that Michael has several.

My current favorite pops up quite frequently in conversation. He is very verbose these days and our conversations verge on adult - more so than I'd like. He's not even 4 and I find myself pondering his thoughts. He'll start new parts of conversations with "Well, you know..." dragging the well and know out. "Well, you know mommy sometimes people get pulled over for speeding." "Well, you know it's not dark out yet so we should go to the park." "Well, you know I always like Macaroni and Cheese." Usually these conversations are in the car as he has time to look around and form new thoughts. One day he says..."Well, you know I've been very quiet back here. I deserve a treat." So I have to ask myself if I'm feeding this? Did I tell him that if he's quiet in the car that he'd get a treat? I don't recall and I can't think of why I'd tell him that. I'm blaming Brent since I get blamed for Michael's often timely use of colorful terms.

More sooner than later I hope...