My Genius Son

Toby blew me away tonight. Sarah was out so I was running solo. They boys were hyper but doing good. I turned my back on them and they ran out of the room happily laughing, but I was getting tired. So I came out and yelled, "Toby-Noah, get back in your room right now or your gonna get a spankin!" The boys continued to run wild around the table and in a moment of weakness as they both were smiling at me I relented from the spanking and grabbed them both by their legs and carried them upside down to their room. They giggled with delight. When we got back to the room I put Noah in his bed then Toby in his. When in his bed Toby looked at me in the eyes with great respect and began to reason with me. He said, "Dad, you didn't need to raise your voice at us. We were just playing and weren't trying to make you mad, ok?" I was kneeling next to his bed completely dumbfounded at how clearly he was communicating to me with not just his words but the seriousness and respect he showed non-verbally as well. Eye Contact, inflection in his words, and it was like he was speaking from his heart to me. What the heck. My kids blow me away.