The Man Purse

So Raleigh has been doing and saying some of the funniest things lately. He is totally into boy things such as cars, guns, swords and such but I think he kind of confuses different gender traits. For example lately he has been obsessed with money. He had a bunch of coins in his piggy bank and he dumped them out and put them in a bucket and proceeded to carry it around the house for days. Then one day he got into my closet and found my old camera case and dumped the money in it. He came down the stairs all proud of himself and says "Look mom, now I have a purse just like you." He would carry "his purse" everywhere if I let him. If he sets if down somewhere and can't remember where he has put it he'll say "Mommy, where's my purse?" Then last Sunday at church his sunbeam teacher comes up to me and says she has a really funny story to tell me. She proceeds to tell me that the week before they were going to role play the story of Moses and they were assigning the kids different parts when Raleigh quickly raises his hand and says "I want to be the mom." and then also in class they were talking about colors and he says his favorite color is pink. Just to dispell any questions, no Raleigh does not have any girl toys and no I don't think he is going to have gay issues. He already is taking after his Dad and liking girls at WAY TOO YOUNG of an age but that is a story for another day. I think he just spends so much time with me that he wants to be just like me. Oh how I hope and pray that he will grow out of this before other kids start to make fun of him.

Raleigh with his "man purse" and cars