Groovin'

Today Cole was remembering a birthday party we went to a week and a half ago at pump it up. He was telling me how they played a song from Cars (the movie) and he said "I was totally grovin' ".

A little bit

As Chad is helping Cole out of the bath, Cole says, "Daddy you only got wet a little bit. Are you happy? Only one spot on your pants."

Kids of 2010

My son likes to help me cook. I was making pasta with cheese sauce (A.K.A. Kraft Maccaroni and Cheese) and I asked him if he wanted to help put the noodles in. He comes over and tells me, "I paused my book."

Movin'

Cole and I were reading a story while we were waiting for Makaila to finish her bath (for him to go next). He kept squirming around. I might have been more aware of this because the kid was naked. But I asked him why he kept moving. His response was, "I just like to move."

Las Vegas?

We were eating dinner at a deli tonight. Cole looks at the pictures on the wall and tells us those pictures were Las Vegas. The other 3 of us were trying to keep our smirks from turning into laughs as Chad says to Cole "the pictures look like a city called Venice". Then Cole goes, "yeah, in Africa". Again we're holding in the laughs. Next vacation Venice, Africa? Any takers?

Grow up

My son is watching a video where they are talking about what they want to be when they grow up. He looked at me and said, "I want to be a super hero when I grow up." Priceless.

Reading over the shoulder

I never realized how much Chad slightly altered the words of our nightly Bible story until Makaila started reading. She catches him on everything. She say things like, "Daddy, it says SO tired". Or "could not find MUCH food." It is one of those things that is annoying when I'm the reader, but it's kind of funny when it's happening to Chad. Last night the story had the word quiet in it. He was in a very dramatic mood and he too a long pause after reading quiet. Makaila made sure to point out, "There's no comma there." [Insert me trying really hard not to laugh] I guess that is what we get for having a smart daughter who isn't old enough to know to leave things unsaid!

Rhyming dude

Cole is really into rhyming. He's pretty good at it too. Tonight he was telling Makaila that she was lucky. Or he was actually saying, "You're lucky Makaila. You're lucky, tucky, hucky. . ." You can guess where he went next.

Boys

Cole had just finished doing "business" in our back bathroom when Chad came home. As he walked by the bathroom Cole says to Chad, "smell in here". He is such a boy.

Bumps

Whenever we hit a bump while driving Cole likes to say, "Mommy, you hopped me up."

Napping

I am currently listening to a duck quacker as my son is "supposed" to be napping. He usually takes 2-3 naps a week at this point. He has not had a nap for the past 2 days, so today is supposed to be a napping day. After being in his room for about 20 min he comes running out telling me he is a "happy pants". Sometimes as I'm putting him down for nap I tell him to rest so he will be a happy pants and not a grumpy pants. I sent him back to his room telling him he can't come out before I say or he will get a spanking. Apparently he is obeying my "don't leave your room", but he's not too keen on the napping part. Quack, quack.

Boots

So Today I was putting on my boots and Cole says, "Maybe sometime you can get some with handles."

It seems. . .

When smelling my waffles today, Cole says, "Mmmm, that smells good. It seems I might want a bite." It seems he got one.

Kind of good

Yesterday after I had put on some perfume Cole came near me. He told me, "you smell kind of good". Not good, but "kind of" good.

Up and down

I've said before that sometimes my kids can build me up and sometime the reverse is true.

In our family we call passing gas a "toot". The other day I was cooking with Cole and he goes, "It smells likes toots in here. And I think it's YOU".

But today was a good one. I was wearing some flats that I haven't worn in quite sometime that have bows on them. Cole looked down and them and said, "Cute shoes Mommy."

Copying the parents

Don't know what's up with the kids lately, but they seem to be copying their parents. The other night at dinner, Chad was talking and using his hands in an animated way. Makaila was sitting beside me quietly immiating what he did. He didn't catch on at first. When I told him then she took it up a notch in her copying.

Cole also has found joy in a few of my phrases. Maybe because when he says them he always gets a laugh from someone. One is, "Seriously babe?". Oh yeah. He is pretty good at saying it like I do. The other is, "you've got to be kidding me". Sounds funny hearing my words come out of a 3-year old's mouth.

Today's quote

Today Cole is climbing up onto the counter to wash his hands. There used to be a stool there, but it had to be moved to the new toliet so he can reach at "comfort height" to go to the bathroom. So now, in the half bath he just climbs up onto the counter and washes his hands from there. I was watching how he does this and I say, "you're awesome, dude". His response back was that "sometimes" I'm pretty. Compliment or not, you be the judge. Remember, he is only 3.

Fashion

Yesterday I was wearing a cowl-neck sweater (loose turtleneck for anyone unsure) for church. Cole says to me, "Mommy, you have your hoodie on backwards". Nice way to build a mommy up on a Sunday morning.

Embarassing Mommy

Ever been embarassed? You know, you are out in public and your child says something with a normal voice about a stranger who can probably hear it and might not understand the background of the statement. I have 2 good ones from going to the gym. Cole is the "Nudity police" as I sometimes call him. If he sees a male jogging or riding a bike he likes to yell out, "he's nudity, nudity" (a word we never used until his cousins educated him on it). He also may say this if he is just lifting up his shirt to show us his tummy. We were walking into the gym and there was a woman wearing a athletic tank top. It was a little more than a sports bra, but more on the lesser side of work out tank tops. Cole made sure to point out, "she's nudity, nudity". More recently we were getting out of the car (at the gym again) and a woman in the next row was getting a child out of her car. She was African American and had a bandanna tied on her head. Cole saw this and goes, "hey, she's being a pirate!" That is the only thing he has ever used a bandanna for obviously. I am hoping that neither woman heard his comment. Most likely, at least one heard.

Rotten?

Cole and I were in one room and we were leaving it to go make lunch. He goes, "last one there is a cotton egg". I guess the kid doesn't really know what a rotten egg is.