Jedi Mind Trick

Gerald:  Can I have cwakers?
Rachel:  Do you want a cracker?
Gerald: Ok!

Gerald:  whakjedaghlidankj pool.  osadhnaiewfhe pool.
Rachel: Do you want to go to the pool?
Gerald: Ok!

Gerald: peana budder an jelly sanwich.
Rachel: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
Gerald: Ok!

He's got talent.

He's been busy lately.  We removed the side of his crib at the beginning of the month.  The first couple nights, he repeatedly got out of bed.  Robbin stood outside his door and would walk him back to his room.  He would hold his doorknob.  Gerald eventually stopped trying to leave the room and just went to sleep with no trouble.

Then this week he started turning his light on, but staying in the room.  He gathers up things in his room and bringing them in his bed.  Two nights ago, he pulled all his books and puzzles into the bed.  I went in and told him to go to sleep and turned out the light for about the fifth time.  The final time, I unplugged his lamp.  Twenty minutes later I hear a crash and Gerald cry out..  He is wedged underneath the adult sized chair in his room saying very calmly, "My head hurt."  I have no clue what could have possibly  led to him being in this position or what made the crash.  Last night, he got out all of the pajamas from his dresser.  I went into his room and he was crying big tears.  What's wrong?  "It's not the race car."  A red polar fleece of his with a dog sled on it had made its way into the pajama drawer.  Gerald mistook it for his red fleece race car pajamas and was very distraught.  (The race cars ones were in the hamper in the hall.)  There was no consoling him.

He also went back to MDO last week after a month break.  His friend Bowie greeted him with a hug.  At which point his friend Maura came over and hugged Gerald as well and then not so subtly straight armed Bowie out of the hug.  It's nice to know Gerald is well liked.  When I picked him up he excitedly told me he "Sat on the star on the carpet" (during story time) and "walked ????? gym ???? green rope.  green rope.  green rope."  He walked to the gym in line holding the green rope.  This is a big step.  In the young toddlers, they put all the kids in a 6 person stroller to take them to the gym or playground.  Gerald and Maura were too large for the stroller so they got to ride in a red wagon.  But in the 2 year old class., you get to walk in a line holding the green rope.

Also this week, his dinosaur pajamas graduated to being T-rex pajamas.  Good job Dinosaur Train.  He has much more of his books memorized than Robbin or I realized.  This became apparent when he started to recite them, complete with title page and author, at the dinner table.

I really need to work on my phrasing to avoid those Jedi mind tricks.