Boys in the 'Burgh: December 2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

More wagon rides

Sorry, I just noticed the video I posted earlier is a little blurry. Here is a better one.

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Wagon fun

Santa gave Rex a little red wagon. Perfect for pulling toys around. And little boys! He's either pulling all his presents around the house or John David is giving him rides.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Several nights ago John David loved the Statue of Liberty made out of holiday lights. Now he is seeing her everywhere. On billboards. At the grocery store. On graffiti around town. He's pointing her out everywhere we go. I had no idea she was all over the place! He told me today that he wants to be the "Snachoo of Cliberty" (his pronunciation continues to evolve) for Halloween. "Hmmm," I said.

"But, Mom, I want to be The Steelers Snachoo of Cliberty."

The Steelers, as in The Pittsburgh Steelers football team.

Awesome.

Spoken like a true Pittsburgher.

So how would I go about constructing that? Paint her black and gold? Put the logo on her chest?

inside the mind of a 3 year old

Yesterday we were driving somewhere and John David asked me, "Mom, can Daddies fall?"

"Yes, anybo---" Before I could finish, he cut me off and said, "Not my daddy."

"Yes," I tried to explain, "Anyone can fall down, it's just an accident."

"Not my daddy. He's expensive."

Too funny. I take that to mean he values his daddy and thinks he's a real treasure. And infallible, apparently.

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I posted this on Facebook already but I wanted to write it here in case anyone missed it.

A few mornings ago I woke up with John David next to me in bed. He said, "Mommy, I'm hungry." I asked what he wanted for breakfast. With enthusiasm, he said, "A corn dog!" I told him that didn't sound like a breakfast food so he said, "Hmmm, let me FINK." [think]. After a brief pause, he sat bolt right up in bed and said, this time with conviction, "A corn dog and COFFEE."

Thursday, December 22, 2011

a random question

John David crawled into bed with us in the middle of the night last night (as he frequently does). He's like a ninja. We never wake up or even see him. We just wake up and he's usually on Daddy's side of the bed. Clearly, John David has figured out who the hard sleeper is because I will usually wake up and put him back to bed.

Anyway. This morning I woke up and David had already gone to work. John David was lying next to me. First thing out of his mouth was, "Where's Daddy?"

"At work," I told him.

Next question. "Did he wear underwear today?"

I wondered why on Earth he would ask something so random. "Yes, Daddy always wears underwear."

When David came home, I told him about John David's funny question this morning.

David laughed and said, "You know what? My underwear were missing this morning."

Every night, David lays out his clothes and puts them in another room so he doesn't wake me up getting dressed after taking a shower. But this morning, he couldn't find his underwear so he had to sneak back into our room to pull a pair out of the drawer.

So after I relayed this story, David asked him, "Did you take my underwear?"

John David curled up into a ball and started giggling. "Yeah!"

"Where are they?"

More giggles.

"I threw 'em on the floor!"

I guess it turns out random questions aren't so random. :)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

More boots

The boots saga has ended. This morning I ordered Rex his very own pair of rain boots. Target's on-line store was sold out of almost everything because they had a special---buy one, get a second pair 1/2 off. So I got Rex a pair of yellow monkey boots and got John David a pair of Thomas the Train boots in the next size up. Daddy will be thrilled (not).

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

broken heart

Rex got his heart broken today. While the boys were at Parent's Morning Out, I ran some errands and found some inexpensive rain boots at Target. John David has been needing some rubber boots to run around in while playing outside. The backyard is muddy and he's been getting his shoes all filthy AND tracking mud into the house. So I came across these green frog boots at Target. I considered buying Rex an identical pair but decided he could just take the ones John David had grown out of, despite the fact that they were STILL two sizes too big for Rex.

After I picked up the boys from PMO, we got home and John David gasped when he spied the new green boots inside the Target sack. "Mom! You got me some new boots! Thank you." He was so surprised and happy. Rex's little face lit up too and he started checking all the bags, looking for his pair. He couldn't find them and looked up at me with questioning eyes, so I told him, "I didn't get you any." He understood exactly what I meant and his bottom lip jutted out, he scrunched up his face, and started bawling. Big huge tears! He was so hurt. He looked at me like, "How could you?"

I grabbed his cowboy boots and started to put them on his feet and he JUST KEPT BAWLING. He looked at me like, "This is no substitute."

Then, after dinner, for the second time today, I had to run back up to Target for some last minute ingredients so I'd have everything I needed to make treats for a Christmas party tomorrow. I thought I'd pick up a pair of the same boots for Rex while I was there....but.....they didn't have any left. Nothing in his size. Not the green ones. Not any color. Nothing. So then I drove to another Target across town. None in his size there either. Whomp whomp. :o(

Oh, and this was John David's outfit that he put on to "match" his new boots. Blue swimming trunks and a brown t-shirt. It was probably 45 degrees outside. :) I don't think he wanted anything like PANTS covering up his super cool boots.

Monday, December 19, 2011

a lovely evening

We went to the Hartwood Acres Celebration of Lights tonight. It's a 3+ mile drive of Christmas lights in a park. It's really beautiful and fun. We've enjoyed going every year since John David was born.

Last year Rex was clueless but tonight he smiled and kicked his legs. Occasionally he ooohed and aaaahed. So cute.

John David sat in the back seat commenting on everything he saw.

"I see H for Harper!" (He's into letters and likes to know what everyone's name starts with. When we are out driving around he'll report what he sees).

"Look! That says, "me," Mom!" Whenever he sees the letter "J" he says that.

One of the displays was of the Statue of Liberty. As we drove up to it, he said, "Oooh, I like that! Look at that king!" We told him it was the Statue of Liberty.

Later, we all went to McDonald's for an ice cream sundae. David asked him, "What was your favorite thing at the lights?"

John David thought about it and answered, "The red race car and the Kachoo of Libidity." [The Statue of Liberty].

As we were eating our ice cream, John David noticed that I didn't top mine with peanuts. He passed me a full packet of crushed peanuts and said, "Here Mom, you forgot yours."

"I don't want any." (I never put nuts on ice cream).

He said, "Oh, but Mom, you have to. It makes it SO GOOD."

With that, I decided to try it, and what do you know?

He was right. You can't go wrong with sweet and salty.

After eating their treats the boys got up to play and John David said, "C'mon Rex. Come here Rexy!" and motioned with his hands for Rex to follow him. Rex stood there looking apprehensive so John David hopped down and ran back for Rex's hand. Then he held Rex's hand all the way into the tunnel to climb up into the play structure together. It was so sweet.

Room service

This video was taken while on vacation in Colorado. John David picked up the phone and "ordered" some items. You can hear him say, "Ummmm, I want some muffins. Uhh, I want a waffle. Um, I want cereal. Umm, I want popsicles. I want a muffin. Ummm, thank you. Buh-bye." We have no idea why he would order food on the phone. The only thing I could think of, is that a few days prior to that, David used a phone at a hotel to order some BBQ before leaving to go pick it up himself.

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Rex crawling

This video was in the summer of 2011. Rex used to crawl everywhere. Through the grass. On concrete. On gravel. Up and down stairs. I had to show him how to go downstairs properly but it too him awhile to prefer my way. His poor little knees were heavily calloused but now that's all behind us.