Here are some stories and conversations we've had:
Spring 2014
You usually crawl into bed with us at some point during the night. Most of the time, you just snuggle up and go right back to sleep. I thought you had that night, as well, since you hadn't made any noise for about 10 minutes. I was almost asleep, but then your daddy let out a huge snore and you very quietly said "Wow, Gaggy! Motorcycle!"
5-27-14
You: Mama, Deedo ousside?
Me: Yes, Diesel needs to go outside.
You: NO DEEDO OUSSIDE!!!
Me: She has to go outside. She needs to poop and drink water.
You: NO DEEDO POOP!!! NO DEEDO GWINK GUA!!!!
Me: ....
10-5-14
at church, during the sermon
You: *waves to Ms Angela in front of you*
Me: stop that, put your hand down
You: I just have to hi!
10-31-14
You hold your small, neon pink, stuffed dog up to your head like a phone. This is all I was able to write down before you got out of earshot:
"Hello? Hey! Hey Jeff! I'm Timty and dis is mama. Soooo....what time is it? Nine fifteen clock. No, not so much."
11-15-14
You got this popgun for your birthday. At first you were afraid of it (I can't imagine why...it's not like I popped it off near your face or anything), but then Ty and Asa thought it was so cool, so you decided you had to protect what was yours. Now, you /love/ it! Pooh Bear has one, which just makes it better.
When you got it, we told you that it's a "popgun". The next day, you were carrying it around, and I said "is that your popgun?" and you very matter-of-factly replied "no, it's my anger." And that's what you keep calling it. I have watched the Pooh Bear movie to see if they use a word during that scene that might sound like "anger", but they don't. We have no idea why "popgun" = "anger", but we definitely use it to create humorous one-liners.
"Timothy, take your anger outside"
"Don't swing your anger in the house"
"Don't hit the dog with your anger"
"Please take your anger out of the kitchen"
You can see how this is funny, right?
12-8-14
Your favorite songs these days are both by Sandra Boynton, and they both happen to be on different CDs. _Dog Train_ and _Cows_ were getting a lot of playtime in the car, but it was getting really old having to switch CDs every 4 minutes. We definitely weren't going to do that for the 10-12 hour drive to Grandma and Grandpa's house at Thanksgiving. So, daddy made you a mix CD.
The track list is as follows:
1: Cows
2: Snuggle Puppy
3: Dog Train
4: Also Quacked Zarathrustra (aka "ducks")
5: Cows
6: Snoozers
7: Dog Train
8: Penguin's Lament
9: Cows
10: I Will Wait for You
11: Dog Train
Unbeknownst to us, you were watching the readout on the radio and you figured out which number belonged to which song. You started ticking them off on your fingers (up to #5. You still aren't sure which finger belongs to #6), and then started finding numbers in books and telling us which song goes with that number.
Today the church went caroling at nursing homes. Jonah and Luke rode with us, and you chattered on and on to them about cows and ducks and dog trains and penguins, ticking the numbers off on your fingers as you talked. They were very confused. We didn't have the music playing, but tried to explain what you were talking about, that you were telling them about your "muskit" CD, and although they accepted the explanation, it was obvious that they were less thrilled about the musical choices than you were.
You kept going on and on about ducks, and finally Jonah said "Timothy, you know what some people do to ducks? They shoot them."
Luke piped in "and eat them", but you weren't phased. You were convinced that they needed to understand which song went with which finger.
Jonah asked "do you know what a gun is, Timothy?", but you just kept on explaining.
Jonah held up a finger gun. "Timothy, do you know what this is? This is a gun."
Without missing a beat, you pointed at his index finger and said "No, dat's _Cows_." Jonah and Luke were confused into silence, while daddy nearly drove off the road because he was laughing so hard.
Update 1/5/15
Today I texted Terri the following: Please tell Jonah that Timothy is making finger guns and saying "guns guns guns bang bang bang bang!" I know Jonah will be so proud. :)
She responded with: :-D Jonah said "I win!"
The track list is as follows:
1: Cows
2: Snuggle Puppy
3: Dog Train
4: Also Quacked Zarathrustra (aka "ducks")
5: Cows
6: Snoozers
7: Dog Train
8: Penguin's Lament
9: Cows
10: I Will Wait for You
11: Dog Train
Unbeknownst to us, you were watching the readout on the radio and you figured out which number belonged to which song. You started ticking them off on your fingers (up to #5. You still aren't sure which finger belongs to #6), and then started finding numbers in books and telling us which song goes with that number.
Today the church went caroling at nursing homes. Jonah and Luke rode with us, and you chattered on and on to them about cows and ducks and dog trains and penguins, ticking the numbers off on your fingers as you talked. They were very confused. We didn't have the music playing, but tried to explain what you were talking about, that you were telling them about your "muskit" CD, and although they accepted the explanation, it was obvious that they were less thrilled about the musical choices than you were.
You kept going on and on about ducks, and finally Jonah said "Timothy, you know what some people do to ducks? They shoot them."
Luke piped in "and eat them", but you weren't phased. You were convinced that they needed to understand which song went with which finger.
Jonah asked "do you know what a gun is, Timothy?", but you just kept on explaining.
Jonah held up a finger gun. "Timothy, do you know what this is? This is a gun."
Without missing a beat, you pointed at his index finger and said "No, dat's _Cows_." Jonah and Luke were confused into silence, while daddy nearly drove off the road because he was laughing so hard.
Update 1/5/15
Today I texted Terri the following: Please tell Jonah that Timothy is making finger guns and saying "guns guns guns bang bang bang bang!" I know Jonah will be so proud. :)
She responded with: :-D Jonah said "I win!"
12-21-14
We have a Fisher Price Nativity Scene, and when we got it down, you and I talked about the characters. Today, you couldn't find the Baby Jesus.
"Mama, where's Baby Jesus?"
"Where is Baby Jesus?"
"He in da barn!"
"Is he? Did you know he was born in the barn?"
"Yeah, because Jesus is God!"
"That's right. Jesus is God!"
"Mama, where's Bubba Bice?"
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