"Mommy, have you ever had an adult in your tummy?"
"No, that sounds uncomfortable! Have you?"
"No. Mommy? Is the baby girl going to be a mommy?"
"Probably some day! We don't know yet!"
"I can't wait for the baby to be my mommy!"
*wakes up out of a dead sleep*
"Mommy! I know what I need! I know exactly what I want!"
"What's that, sweetie?"
"I teeny, tiny. like the smallest red truck. Sooo small. Really, really small. That's all I want."
"Did you see one somewhere? Or were you just thinking about it?"
"I was just thinking about it."
"How small is small?"
*holds fingers sooo close together so there's the tiniest gap of air possible and squints eyes*
"This small. This is how small I want it. Just as tiny as it can be."
J: do you want an owie Frankie?
F: Ya
J: Are you sure? They hurt
F: Ya
J: They hurt and you'll have them for your whole life
There are SO many more awesome things that Joey says on, like, a daily basis, but alas I haven't written even one of them down, so I only remember the ones that stick out from the last two days. I need to start writing down more because I know they'll be so fun for him to look at when he's older.
Also, lately he's been acting SO grown up with just the way he talks. For instance, I asked him if he wanted to play a game with me and he replied,
"Ya, sure. Which game were you thinking of?"
"I was thinking we could play Zingo."
"Sure. I mean, if you really want to, we could play that game." (with hand gestures and a slightly furrowed brow)
"We don't have to play that. Did you have something else in mind?"
"I would prefer to play Uno."
It just felt like I was talking to a way older kid and not a three year old who cries over me not watching him put his pants on and it was sooo weird. I feel like that's a conversation I'll never forget, not because it was remarkable in any way, but because it was the first time I saw Joey as growing up into a kid and not being a toddler anymore.
What else is new with my Joey? He's into trying new things all the time at the park, like climbing to the top of things and he's really observing older kids and trying out things that they're doing. It really amazes me because he's a really cautious kid. He'll try to do a flip over a bar when he sees an older kid do it (like a realllly sad attempt over and over), and ask the kid how they did it and if they can show him again. He's becoming way more outgoing in that way. He'll tell kids things about himself and ask them their names and stuff without me nudging him. It's a totally new experience and I love watching him grow socially! I'm so impressed with his new-found social skills!
Him and Frankie have been fighting a little more lately as she rolls on into the almost two year old age of wanting things her way, independence, and a little bit of attitude. She's so stinkin' cute. It's unreal how sweet and cute she is. And the things she says! And the way she says things with her little raspy voice! She's Joey's little parrot! If he says that blue doggy did something funny and describes it to me, Frankie will chime in and tell me all about what pink bunny did in the exact same way. She's forever wanting to be included in everything Joey's doing and always pats her chest with both hands, saying, "Me, too! Me, too!"
She's the ultimate bedtime staller. Stuart and I FINALLY have a handle on it (I think...) but, it was bad for a couple weeks there. Like, she would scream and freak out at bed time for LITERALLY HOURS and NOTHING we would do would satisfy her because she was just... well, not wanting to go to bed and that's really what her issue was. There was nothing actually wrong. Completely opposite of Joey, she HATES going to bed. Like, ever.
I thought the funniest thing ever was, after being frustrated on and off for hours, I had caved and rocked her to sleep and was just putting her limp, asleep body in bed, when she deliriously raised her hand, started to cry, and said, "Hang nail, mommy! Hang nail!" hahahahahahaha! Joey's OBSESSED with having hang nails, so she figured it would be a good excuse to get out of bed. ohh my gosh, it was really hilarious. I like actually started laughing out loud.
Annnnnnd - what else? We've been doing lots of fun things lately outdoors. I LOVE spring/summer here. There's always so much to do with your kids! Lots of REALLY cool parks that literally cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and are amazing, free, and open to the public, and a bunch of great water places to take your kids (the beach OBVIOUSLY being the number one).
Here are some pics of me and the kids lately:
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