Just Like Daddy

Every morning we have basically the same routine, the boys get up, and the boys and I eat breakfast while Aaron gets ready to go to work/school. Aaron puts on his backpack and his bike helmet and his shoes, and then kisses us all goodbye. As soon as he's out the door, Linc asks "Where Daddy is?" And I say, "He had to go to work, go watch him out the window." And Lincoln climbs up on the back of the couch so he can see out the window and he watches until he sees Aaron go by on his bike.

I never really thought much of this, until just recently. Tonight, Aaron left to go home teaching. I was busy feeding Ivan and Lincoln was playing, but I wasn't really focused on what he was doing. All the sudden I hear him saying "Go work, go work." I looked up and he was wearing Aaron's shoes, Aaron's bike helmet, and he had gotten on his bike and was riding around the living room saying "Go work, go work."

I just cracked up. So I got out the camera. You can't hear very well because Ivan wasn't too happy about having his meal interrupted, so I'll narrate for you here. In the video I ask Linc what he has on his head, and he says "Hat" which is what he calls Aaron's helmet. Then I ask what he's wearing, and he says "shoes", so I ask him if he's wearing his shoes or Daddy's shoes and he says "Daddy's". Then I ask him what he's riding, and he says "bike". Then I ask where he's going, and he says, "work". At that point the helmet fell of his head and the strap was around his neck, so we had to end the interview early.