Jackson Moments

It's well known that all parents think THEIR kid is the funniest, cutest, most clever, etc. BUT, in my case it's really true! :) For example, today when I dropped off Jackson at Amber's (friend/babysitter) house he was cracking us up!
Amber's little girl is 3 and she's the epitome of "GIRL", dramatic, chatty, needy, charming, and so cute. But, she also knows exactly how to get Jackson's attention.
Anyways, Jackson is NOT a morning toddler (if there is such a thing) and he's pretty mellow in the mornings and wants to drink his juice and watch cartoons. So, Haily decides she needs to sit RIGHT next to him, poke him once or twice, then sit on him when her other clever, yet irritating actions were being ignored. Finally, Jackson scrunches up his face and says (dramatically) "I need my space!" (Who says that at 2 yrs?). Amber had been telling Hailey to give Jackson his space and Jackson completely agreed with her. Of course, once Jackson fully wakes up he is chasing Hailey, poking at her, and of course all of the sudden he just NEEDS to play with her Dora figurines because he knows it bugs her--so it goes both ways, but is still pretty hilarious to watch.
Another funny thing is that Jackson has either just found/realized his gag reflex, or it just became ultra sensitive, I don't know. All I know is that lately, when we get up in the am, if I get anywhere near him, or try to kiss him before I brush my teeth he literally starts gagging and says, "Mama stinky! Go brush teeth!" And he really won't get near me until I do! I started to feel bad, but then I felt better when he did it to Chris, and Linda when she stayed over night. He REALLY dry heaves too, I don't think it's fake. In addition, we got another dog recently (I'll talk about that more fully later) and, long story short, she is a rescue dog that was living in bad conditions and needs some serious TLC, including a bath.....every day for 6 months probably. BUT, she is so sweet, and the smell is a lot better since I have bathed her ( I promise I did before she got near the house!). So, in keeping with the same topic (dry heaving), Jackson won't go near her and if he accidentally gets too close he starts dry heaving until his eyes water and he screams "MAMA!! STINKY (gag) STINKY! (gag) EWWW!" (BTW, I promise she doesn't smell THAT bad, if your wondering). The dog also sleeps literally all day except for about 20 min, so Jackson just doesn't know what to think. I'm pretty sure he thinks she's an old smelly rug, (not a dog), because ever since we got her (a week) he points to her about 10 times a day and says "What that?", I say, "It's our dog, Roxy", he looks confused and says "Ohhh.....Roxy a dog?", and I say, "Yep, Roxy's a dog", and about a half hour later we have the exact same conversation, and so on for a week now if you get my point.


So, the question up for discussion is....can a person fake gag reflexes and watering eyes? Could this be drama or is it real?