Typical Van

I got Van a wooden car today for being good while I was shopping. Or something that resembles good anyway.

This is us in the store
Van: "RAWR!!!"
Me: "Van! that is too loud. You have to be good remember?"
Van: "Oh.
Is this too loud?
Is this too loud?
Is this too loud?
Is this too loud?
Is this too loud?"
(in his defense it sounded like he was genuinely asking.)
Me: "Van stop, you have to be good if you want to get your car and that means being quiet."
Van: "I am being good now. Can I have it?"
Me: "You have to be good for the whole trip"
Van: "I have to be good for the whole trip!? Mama what's a trip?"

Anyway, in the end he more or less earned it. He stayed in the cart anyway and told me I looked pretty when I tried on dresses. Here he is with it.

He says, "This is my new favorite toy ever that I just picked out." then he drives it around on his lap and adds, "and it's so drivable!"

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Yesterday I made a chocolate cake. This morning I was drying my hair when Van comes into the bathroom to talk to me. 

"Van" I say, "you have been in the chocolate cake"

"What?" he asks incredulously. I can tell he's trying to decide if there is any way I could know that so he knows how to respond. He decides to the go with the defense of smiling. 

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And being no trouble at all,

 here is baby Esther, helping me with my shopping.