Yes! That's what Brightons like best!

Pancakes are what Brightons like best. Pancakes with honey. He surprised us at lunch by eating paté and St. Marcellin cheese on crackers.

My name is Dr. James Brighton Begole

"Aiden is a gardener and I am a doctor!" Brighton has great fear and respect for medical professionals. Whenever he gets hurt, he makes us reassure him that he won't have to go to the doctor. He likes to listen to the baby inside Florence with a stethescope. He proudly tells people that his name is "Dr. James Brighton Begole."

Aiden wants his milk

Aiden still sleeps in a crib, to keep him out of trouble. When Aiden sees Brighton get up, he yells and yells for Daddy and his milk. Brighton took Aiden's milk this morning which bought me all of 5 minutes extra in the sack.

Here my am!

Brighton is taking on the persona of a motivational speaker, meeting each day with renewed energy and rousting sleepy heads out of bed with loud slogans and songs.

No popcorn for me, I not don't like it anymore.

This time, it was me waking up Brighton with a question, "Would you like some popcorn?" He's sick, temperature of 103, hasn't eaten all day, just milk. So, we offered him some popcorn which is a special snack that he loves. Not anymore. Poor guy.

I make a Pee!

Brighton ran in to tell me this with no pants on. We always make a big deal out of it when he peepees on the potty. But this time, what he actually meant was that he'd drawn a letter 'P' while sitting on the potty. We were amazed. Here are samples of Ps, Rs and Ts.

Trouble is, tch, I not have any orange

This is the major conflict that Ojo and Bear face in Shapes, Sounds and Colors. Brighton likes to say this phrase when facing any conundrum. The 'tch' sound makes it clear that the situation is particularly daunting.

They were not other fireflies, ...

"they were fireworks, sparkling and shimmering in the night." We saw a big fireworks display from Brighton's bedroom window last night. He was pretty impressed, ranking fireworks up there with easter egg hunts and waffles with honey.

You want to sit on the potty with me?

Brighton is getting better with the potty. Yesterday he pee-peed six times on the potty and didn't wet his underwear at all! It's fun to see him so excited about the potty - even at 5:40 in the morning.