Sunday Six

Moments I want to remember from this week:

1. I loved, loved, LOVED how Jack flew across the room to me when I came home from a three day conference. The moment was made a hundred times better when he started saying, "Mum, mum, mum, mum..." over and over again. Made for a happy me!
2. I made a few videos for the boys, which Isaac played at dinner while I was gone. They were simple videos in which I told them I loved them, to be good for grandma, and how many days it would be until I came home. After they watched the first one, Isaac sent me this message: "The boys loved the video. Jason wanted to watch it several times and commented, 'Mommy loves me!' with a big smile on his face. Shawn was talking back to the phone and said, 'I love you, mommy!'" Awww...
3. I love how literal everything is at this age. Our conversations often go like this (with variations due to whichever idiom I've used): Me while pointing to his stomach: "Did that hit the spot?" Jason: "Yeah. Um...wait..." (he looks at his belly) "Which spot was it supposed to hit?"
4. Jack found a lemon off of our tree on the ground. He picked it up and immediately put it in his mouth to chew it.

   

   80 year old in a toddler body...

   Afterward, he threw the lemon, chased it, and continued to throw it until it was a sufficient distance away from him. Clearly, he was not a fan!
5. All of our boys are polite, but Shawn is our boy with mega manners. He regularly uses "excuse me" when he's trying to get some one's attention and is all over "please" and "thank you" like no body's business. Friday afternoon he was enjoying a chocolate coin. He offered it to me like the sweet young man that he is: Shawn: "Mommy, do you want to have some?" he followed that with a quick, "Say no, okay?" :)
6. I posted this on Facebook, but I wanted to add it here. This is the commentary from the boys watching the Olympics (wrestling):
   
   J: So we want the blue guy to win?
   Me: Yes, he's from the USA. We want him to win.
   J: Uh oh. That red guy looks like he wants to win, too. How come they both can't win?
   S: Yeah. How come?
   Me: Well, that's not how it works...
   J: In my games everyone would get a medal!
   S: yeah!
   Me: (happy sigh)