Superhero!

Before I kiss Brennan goodnight, he begs me to tell him a story. There are only a few requirements to his made up mommy stories: Brennan must be the star of the story and Brennan must have his "super secret special superpowers." In other words, Brennan likes to fly in his stories. And so I comply, weaving tales of bravery in which Brennan saves the day by flying to the rescue.

Last night, I walked into the family room and found Brennan standing upright on the edge of the chaise. He stood still, concentrating and slowly brought his arms up like wings.

"B, what are you doing?" I asked

He closed his eyes, smiled and replied, "I'm going to fly Momma. FLY!"

And with that he jumped as high as he could off the edge of the couch. The moment he landed he looked at me with excitement.

"Did you see me? Did you? I flied. I flied!" He pumped his fists into the air with a cheer.

I just hope he doesn't try out his newfound super secret special superpowers by jumping off the top of our two story playhouse in the backyard. It probably doesn't help that I just bought him a superhero cape for one of his Christmas gifts.