Cute Baby Saturday - Tea Time

Want some tea, momma?

Here you go! It's yummy!
Are you full?

I love you, momma!

More Conversations with a 4 Year Old

Jason and his dad were in the bathroom. Isaac was keeping him company during yet another trip to the potty.

While he was on the pot, Jason began playing with the two firetrucks--a white one and a yellow one--he had brought with him. For a bit he had the two trucks driving around covering the various fires he imagined around the bathroom, but then he decided it was time for the trucks to go back home to rest.

"The mommy truck is tired. It needs to go back home to go to sleep." He grabbed the yellow truck and started pushing it away.

"No. This isn't the mommy firetruck." he said as he shoved the yellow truck aside.

"It's not?" Isaac asked.

"No. This is the mommy firetruck." he stated as he picked up the white one. "It looks more like mommy!" Isaac laughed at that. (Isaac told me later, he thought the boy had a point.)

"And this one," Jason said with a smile as he held out the yellow truck, "is the daddy firetruck."

He grabbed the two firetrucks and pushed them both toward "home."

That's me on the left, complete with gray blond hair!
True to form, Isaac gets to have the luxurious dark hair...

Wait a Minute...

What is that there?

Showing off his bottle holding skills. He's so proud of himself, :-)
In case you didn't notice, he's reminding everyone that he's #1.

No, that isn't milk you're seeing in his mouth, those are teeth! 9 teeth and counting...

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Reading

Shawn is sneaking his mommy's magazine (He's like me. He doesn't care what he gets to read as long as he can read!)

Ah ha! Finally, I've got it!

Hm...if I use this product, will my hair look like that, too?
Hey, mommy! You should get this stuff.

Ooooo...
What else is in this thing?

Oh hey, mommy! I'm not doing nuthin'!

More Conversations with 4 Year Olds

S: "Here, drink this tea."
M: slurp
S: "And this one"
M: slurp
S: "Drink one tea (slurp), two tea (slurp), three tea (slurp)...ten tea (slurp)"
S: "Are you full?"
M: "Yes, I'm very full."
S: "Now I'm going to throw a pie in your face."
M: "..."

He then laughed hysterically at his joke.

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Jason was playing with his fire engine, flashing its lights and playing its siren. He pushed it over to where I was sitting on the couch.
J: Sigh. "I'm sorry I'm late. Do you need some help?"
M: "Yes, I'm stuck in a tree. Please help me get down."
J: "Here you go, ma'am." He pretended to extend his ladder up to the couch so I could climb down.
M: "Thank you, Mr. Fireman!"
J: "Your pleasure!"

It was such a grown up conversation until he got to that last line. It made me crack up!

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While he isn't a 4 year old, Jack had a fun night of talking, too. He has this fascination with our blinds. No matter what I do, I can't seem to keep him away from them. Him always breaking the blinds when he pulls them off of the hooks is getting pretty old.

Tonight, he was at it yet again. Each time he'd make a reach, I'd give him a stern, "No, Jack." He'd stop and give me a high pitched response before he'd go back to reaching. (It's hard to describe the sounds he was making, as they weren't exactly words and still not exactly grunts either.)

We did this exchange a few times. His responses were always the same high pitch, but they continued to get longer each time.

After about 6-7 times, I distracted him to some other toys and the "conversation" stopped.

The more I've thought about it, the more I swear the boy was already talking back to his mother! I think I'm going to have to watch this one...

Our Life By the Numbers - Due

16 - today is the big boys' estimated due date, had they arrived at term
81 - how early they were in days
91 - days Shawn spent in the hospital
100 - days Jason spent in the hospital
9 - days until Shawn's Homecoming Day! (I think we're going to have ourselves a little celebration just for him.)
18 - days until Jason's Homecoming Day! (And another celebration!)
1543 - days ago they were born
293 - days ago Jack was born. How can this be?
75 - days until Jack turns 1 year old! Gulp.
1,000,000 - times I ask myself each day how I got so lucky to be the mom to these boys

Caption It Sunday - Jack in the Box

This picture definitely needs a cute caption.

Any ideas? Write a caption for the picture and leave your suggestions in the comments below. (Don't forget to leave your name, too!)

10 extra credit points and bragging rights to the best one!

Back story: Jack has a great time selecting the toys he wants, so I've been leaving his toy box out for him. He also is getting pretty good at scooting himself around backwards. Here, the two loves meet...

Jack in the box :-)

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Last week's winner is... Dar with "They just don't make these 8 oz. bottles like they used to in my big brothers' day." 

10 extra credit points heading your way, Dar!

They just don't make these 8 oz. bottles
like they used to in my big brothers' day.