kids say the darndest things

We were lying in bed this morning, all four of us, when we heard a looooong loud noise. John David said, "You hear that? I hear a helicopter!"

Me, "That was just Daddy. He tooted."

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Yesterday we were driving back from our Thanksgiving trip to King of Prussia. We stopped off at KFC for lunch. While David was in line ordering, John David was standing in his chair and not listening to my repeated requests to sit down. When I stood up to move and sit next to him, he tried to sit down really fast but missed his seat and fell to the floor. I braced myself, half expecting his head to crack open. The women seated next to us gasped audibly.

He jumped up and complained, "I hurt my penis Mommy!"

That gave everyone a good laugh. Never a dull moment around here! :)

Six Months :)

Rex had his six month check up and shots on November 8. As you can see he weighed 21 lbs 5 oz, which puts him in the 99th percentile for weight. I forgot to ask how tall he was but I remember she said it was in the 95th percentile. He can roll over in both directions, sit up independently, move toys from one hand to the other, has started squealing and babbling, and tries very hard to crawl. He can move several feet by himself on the floor but it's not true "reciprocal" crawling, as an occupational therapist would say. ;0)

Recent Videos

Rex eating a Mum Mum.

Playing catch with Daddy. Usually when I play catch with him he says, "I'm doing bay-ball! I'm doing bay-ball!" [Baseball].

And, for what it's worth, I had several more videos to post but ONCE AGAIN my computer is mysteriously not connecting with my digital camcorder even though it just uploaded these two videos without incident. It has a mind of it's own, it seems.

Circus Circus

Two weeks ago we took the boys to the circus. They had so much fun. John David loved it and even Rex sat in my lap with a huge smile bouncing to the rhythm of the music. Several days afterwards John David ran to the door and said, "C'mon Mommy, let's go to the circus! Go see tigers and elephants. Get cotton candy!"

$#*! my kid says

John David has been saying some hilarious things lately.

He has learned that he cannot open items in our grocery basket until we pay for it first. When he gets a toy or is allowed to hold onto something we are buying, he sometimes has to be reminded, "Don't open it. We have to pay for it first." So at Target last week we were standing in line when he reached inside my purse, pulled out a Mum Mum for Rex that I had stashed there, held it up in front of everyone and said, "Mommy! You have to pay for it first!"

I froze. Oh the horror!

Luckily the cashier knew I hadn't stolen it and said to John David, "Oh you don't want to pay for it twice, that would be silly."

Phew.

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Several weeks ago we were at the library and John David found a toy train named Percy (a friend of Thomas the Train) in the play area. He played with it the entire time we were there and when it was time to leave he didn't want to put it back. Finally, I wrestled it away and set it back down on the train table. Ever since then, he has told Daddy that "Mommy threw Percy."

For the record, I did not throw Percy. I did not toss Percy. I did not do anything that could have even been construed as throwing.

But John David loves to say, "Mommy threw Percy."

Last week when we took Rex to his six month check up, Dr. Kim asked John David how he was doing. He told her, "Mommy threw Percy."

Sigh.

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John David's had a love affair with dog food for a long time. We always feed Dolly after he goes to bed and I try to pick up her dog bowl before he comes downstairs in the morning. But sometimes he gets his hands on it and munches it. I tell him, "That will make your tummy hurt." He doesn't care.

So a few nights ago he was sick and throwing up. I was nursing Rex and he crawled up into my already crowded lap and said, "Mommy it hurts inside my tummy," and two seconds later he threw up all over me, Rex, himself, and the couch. He managed to get vomit all down my bra. Blech! Poor pumpkin ended up vomiting a total of 8 times in the next few hours. He sat limp in my lap at one point, looked up at me and said sheepishly, "Mommy, I eat dog food."

Ahahahaha! He thought all that dog food finally caught up to him. Alas, it was definitely not the dog food. David had the same virus earlier in the week and later in the evening I got sick suddenly as well. Must have been some 24 hour bug because we both felt better the next day.

But the question remains---will he eat dog food again?

don't let Cooper pop it

I've been meaning to write this down since it happened.

Rewind first: A few months ago, John David wanted to take a bouncy ball outside to play and I told him "no" repeatedly because I knew our neighbor's dog Cooper (a lovable yellow lab) could get his teeth around it and pop it. But....you know how kids can be. They can just wear you down and you get tired of sounding like a broken record!

Well, I got tired of this daily battle so when he snuck it outside I didn't bother doing anything except say, "Don't let Cooper pop it." In a matter of minutes, Cooper got ahold of it and popped it. Tears ensued, and I thought, "Mmmm hmmm, told you so." He cried and cried.

Experience is the best teacher, right?

All of a sudden he seemed to understand what "Don't let Cooper pop it," meant. He repeated it over and over to himself.

Cooper got John David another ball a few days later and guess what? He keeps it in the house without any nagging from me. :) He plays happily with his ball in the house and every time he asks me to get it down from the shelf he says, "Don't let Cooper pop it."

So that was a few months ago. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. We went out to breakfast at Pamela's. They have a sparkly rainbow disco ball hanging from their ceiling. John David pointed to it and said, "What's that Mommy?"

Me, "A disco ball."

John David sighed, "Don't let Cooper pop it."

Halloween Fun

The day before Halloween we had a party in the backyard. It was just an excuse to let all the kids have another chance to dress up and have fun. We played Pin the Smile on the Jack-0-lantern, Pass the Pumpkin (like Hot Potato), and The Mummy Game (wrap up partner in toilet paper). John David didn't participate in any games. I guess he's just not old enough yet. I dropped the ball on taking pictures so we don't have very many.

The boys were dressed as a knight and dragon. I was Baby Jaguar (Diego's sidekick) because the original plan was to dress up as Diego characters. We were never able to find one for John David. I thought I'd be able to make it the Diego costume myself but couldn't find what I needed for that either. So we defaulted to the Costco store bought costumes. Dang! I would've been a princess to go with our family "theme" but it was too late. David was a redneck sporting a Billy Ray Cyrus mullet.

On Halloween night we walked up the street and went trick or treating on Forbes. The businesses down there pass out candy to the kids. John David had fun. On the way home, there was a house decked out in paper lanterns, with a man dressed up as a gorilla playing spooky keyboard music on his front porch. He had speakers set up to blast the music down the street. It was pretty cool. David tried to get John David to walk up the stairs to get candy out of the bucket but he kept saying, "I'm scared! That's scary."

Our Frankenstein cake. The best part was the purple cake on the inside. :)

John David and Henry hanging out by the candy. (Of course).