And then your heart explodes

It is amazing how quickly he is growing up, he have actual conversations at the calm points of our day. In the car coming home from a six-hour road trip last month, we couldn't get the first movie to work in our travel DVD player, and instead of losing his shit, he simply said, "maybe we try another movie." I almost cried in the sweetness of this. As if he were saying: "It's fine mommy, any movie will do, it doesn't matter, I love you and love that you are doing this for me." And then my heart exploded...