Friday Funnies

To preface these next two "funnies" courtesy of Aiden, we live in a townhouse development.  Aiden's room is on the front side of the house.  Even when it's gorgeous outside, I tend to keep his windows shut.  The first reason ~ security, yes, I am so paranoid that someone would sneak into his window and scoop him up...ok, so his room is 3 stories high, but still, ladders can extend that high.  The other reason, well, keep on reading.......
One spring day, while he was attempting to nap and when I still had a monitor on in his room, I hear some rustling around through the receiver.  I then hear "Hey lady, don't walk on our sidewalk!" very loudly through the monitor.  So I can only imagine how loud it was coming from a window.  I go upstairs, open his door and ever so nicely ask him to please refrain from yelling out of his window.  Embarrassed and hoping "the lady" didn't stop and write our house number down for some reason, I go back to my household duties.  Not 5 minutes later, I hear something else.  This time, it's a bloodcurdling yell.  "HELP ME, SOMEONE HELP ME!"  I wonder to myself why he is doing this, as I tripped trying to get up the 2 flights of steps, open his door more forcefully and sit down on his bed next to him.  "Aiden, you can NOT scream out your window".  "Mommy, why not?  I am just trying to make some friends".  "Buddy, we can go to the playground and try to meet some friends if you want".  Bless his 3 year old heart.  Thankfully, our neighborhood is full of children, so I only hope that my son is not the only one screaming crazies during nap time.  I prayed and prayed the remainder of that afternoon and night that a car topped with sirens didn't pull into my driveway, and happily my prayers were answered.  Needless to say, he has never done anything like that again.  Now, he will just stand at the various windows, wave and say hi to ANYONE walking by.  More serious stranger discussion in our near future, I believe so.  He also has asked me earlier this week "Mommy, why is a cab in our neighborhood? We aren't a city!" Out of the mouths of babes.
Smiling,
Ashley