Short Stuff

5/24/13

Colin's belly button: "Beh Boo-Oh!"

He locked himself in the bathroom tonight.  JR asked him "Were you stuck?"  He replied "I stuck"  Sounds a lot like "I stink"

He has an unreasonable love for graham crackers.  He asks for them constantly.  We bought a box at the grocery store today.  When we got home he took it off the table and tried to open it with his teeth (where did my children learn that?).  When that was unsuccessful he brought it to the counter to put with his older box, apparently happy that he won't run out anytime soon.

5/28/13

We think Colin said his first sentence this past weekend.  He was standing on the chair in the dining room looking out the window when he said "I see a doggie!"
So we came to look, but there was no doggie.
So now we're not sure if he was just trying out words he knows or if he was saying something completely different not related to doggies.
We might count it, I don't know.

Kaida learned an entire song and can sing it all the way through without help.  I swear we haven't been watching that much Wonder Pets.

 

Today I called JR to ask if he wanted us to pick him up early since we were out.  I said "All right, I'll call you when we get to the bridge."
Kaida asked me what bridge and I told her the one near Daddy's office.  She asked "The yellow one?"  I said yes (many of them are yellow).  Then she said "The one that goes under the bridge?"  It's a bridge with two levels so while her description was original, it was accurate. 
It gets better though. 
Then she said "And we come home on top!"  Yup, outbound traffic is on the top level of the bridge.
As soon as she can reach the pedals she can go pick him up!

Brilliant Baby!

In the last couple days Colin has picked up a few new phrases and a song!  He's brilliant.

The song is Bob the Builder.  We sing "Bob the builder.  Can he fix it?  Bob the builder.  Yes he can!"  Then Colin sings "Ba ba ba-ba, ba ba ba!"

Yesterday I told him "I need a shower, 'cause I stink.  I stink.  P.U."  He immediately started telling me "You stink!"  I kind of think no one else will be able to hear it but it's hilarious.  He did it again today while we were changing his diaper.  Except he said "I stink."  It's funny 'cause it's true.

While we were emptying the dishwasher today JR handed him a plate and told him to give it to me.  He gave it to me and said "Here you go."  Like, who even taught him that!?  Brilliant!

I should probably see about getting him into a gifted preschool class :-P

Short Stuff

5-14-13
We had Perogie Kielbasa skillet with Haluski for dinner tonight.  I gave Kaida some Haluski and then asked her if she wanted a piece of kielbasa. 
"No, I'll have some of that chicken."  She proceeded to happily eat 2 or 3 slices of kielbasa (epic proportions for her).

5-15-13
This morning Kaida brought in a book to read to me in bed.
"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.  Jack fell down and got hurted..."
She also read me a coupon she found this afternoon.  It was remarkably similar to The Night Before Christmas.

She has really been amazing me lately.  The "reading" thing is fun.  But she also recognized the number 8 when we were at the store on Monday.  And at dinner the other night she thanked JR and then said Gracias as well!

Colin has started calling his lovey Dee-Dee.  When we can't find it we wander around calling "Oh Cutie!  Where are you?"  And he says "Oh Dee-Dee!  Dee-Dee?"  He also has the most adorable Thank you and has started saying "Mal" for milk.
And he loves Graham crackers and had a melt down today when we ran out.  Guess what, Ritz are not a reasonable substitute, I should have known.

Mother's Day Portraits

We had some pictures taken on Mother's Day.  They came out really cute.