Silly Things They've Said

The boys' are talking all. the. time. right now. Seriously. All the time. They're trying out new words and repeating everything. I've contemplated calling them The Parrots from now on instead of The Monkeys. Here are a few of the funny things they've said in the last week or so (at least the funny things I remembered to write down).

Jackson, while rubbing Pop Pop's head - "Fuzzy head! Fuzzy head!"

Jackson, to Nick when he put a towel around his waist - "Daddy, you look cute!"

Chase to Nick - "Mommy has a hard time parking now." (Little punk ratted me out!)

I said to Nick that I love it when Chase raises his eye brows, so Chase raised his eye brows several times for me.

Tyler - "Daddy lawning the mow!"

Any of the boys - "Mommy, I be a good boy and stay in bed." Said, of course, when the exact opposite had happened.

Crazy kids keep us laughing with their words and their actions!

 Chase

 Tyler

Jackson

Embarrassing Moment #1

I would like the record to show that I love how chatty the boys have become. It's fun to hear them point things out, ask questions, chatter with each other and repeat each other. That being said, the chattiness resulted in embarrassing moment number 1 for this mom on Saturday. I say "number 1" because I'm sure there will be many, many more to follow in the next few years alone.

Saturday morning I decided to take Chase grocery shopping with me. It had been months since I'd taken one of the boys with me, and last time they were content to just sit in the cart in silence and look around the store. This time was vastly different. Chase was chatting the whole time in the car, and then excitedly pointing things out in the stores. It was fun interacting with him... until we got to Aldi.

Let me back up a bit though and set the stage... Several weeks ago Tyler was sitting on the toilet and Nick was trying to encourage him to poop. Nick thought it would be helpful if he had Jackson and Chase form a little cheering section for Tyler. He gave them each a toy microphone and started having them yell simultaneously "1, 2, 3, Tyler Poop!". This went on for 20 minutes or so and no, Tyler did not poop.

Even now, when Tyler is on the toilet either Jackson or Chase will walk past the door and say "1, 2, Tyler Poop!". Yes, they dropped the "3". So do you see where this is going?

At Aldi the shopping carts are all chained together and in order to get a cart you have to deposit a quarter (which you get back when you return the cart). As we were walking through Aldi, Chase looked down and decided the little chain hanging off the handle looked like a great microphone. He picked it up, held it to his mouth and yelled "1, 2, Tyler Poop!".

Yeah. As I tried to shush him, he did it 2 or 3 more times. Finally he stopped and just grinned at me. As we were just finishing checking out he did it again. The cashier and guy in line behind me looked a little confused and like they wanted to laugh, but they held back. As soon as I got to the car I called Nick to tell him HIS son had just embarrassed me, and we both had a good laugh.

Video Clip of the Week - Talking Time

Let the record show, the boys are 21 months old today! Wow! Where is the time going?! It's hard to believe my little "babies" will be 2 in just 3 short months. I don't think I'm ready for that!

Three months ago at the boys' 18 month appointment I was slightly concerned with the lack of talking the boys did. They each only knew a very small handful of words. The doctor assured me that it was totally fine and that if they weren't talking up a storm by age 2 to be worried. I don't think I'll have to worry.

In the last month the boys' language skills have just exploded including some two word sentences! (New Day, Green Car, More Please, Eat Outside, etc) I caught a few of the boys cute new words and moments on film over the weekend for your general amusement.



What was that last one you ask? Why it was Jackson saying "dot com" along with the Baby Einstein voice! All three of them chime in with "dot com" at the end of each Signing Time DVD and now with Baby Einstein. What will we ever do with these digital age kids?