We told the boys today about our plan to take a family vacation next month to Sea World.  Jonathan was super surprised and excited - talking about everything we'll see and do.  Seth was pleasant but didn't really say much.  With how much he loves marine life (especially orcas, dolphins and sharks, and knows every last fact about all of them,) I was expecting him to be ecstatic!

Jonathan was celebrating and we were all talking about it, and Seth asked, "Who will be our babysitter?"  "What?"  "Who will be our babysitter?"  (Small pause, while I realized what he was thinking, and then, "....Oh, Seth, no, no, you're coming with us!"  And then Seth was ecstatic.  Poor little boy!  He was happy for us to be going, and thought he was just going to have to stay home!!  It made me laugh and broke my heart all at the same time.  So after he figured out he was going to Sea World too, the land of his dreams, his little happy smile was as wide as it could go, with eyebrows up and eyes open wide, bouncing a little on his seat at dinner and clapping his hands.

Love that kid.