Best Friends

Cash and Kayla are holding hands as they walk downstairs after waking from theirs naps. Cash has awoken with a happy disposition and is pleased that Kayla is by his side.

Cash - "Best friends!"

Me - "Who is?"

Cash - "Kayla and Cash!"

Kayla giggles.

Me - "That is nice, Cash. What about Legend?"

Cash - "Yeah. But he is sleeping."

Apparently one only retains Best Friend status if one is awake and present. 

Hungry

We are coming home from having supper out and going grocery shopping. Legend ate really well at the restaurant and got a free cookie from the bakery at the grocery store.

Legend pipes up from the back seat of the car - "I'm Hungry! Legend tummy Legend hungry!"
Me - "Really? You ate tons tonight!"
Legend - "I wanna snammidge. I wanna eat it all."
Me - "Well okay then."

Reassurance

We are hiking up to the look-out point on Knox Mountain. Some places have loose rocks that Legend slips a bit on, so we hold his hand to help.

Legend takes his Daddy's hand at a flat part.
Legend - "I got you Daddy. I got you. You're safe. You're safe."

A Vegetable's Lunch

We are at the farmer's market grabbing lunch.

Me - "Legend, what do you want to eat?"
Legend - "Vegetables, dirt, water, SUNSHINE!"
He beams with pride.

Last week, we learned about what plants need to grow.

Don't Pee

Legend is newly potty trained and doing very well with it. I still have to remind him often, and when I do I always ask, "Legend, do you have to go pee?" After a "No thank you" from Legend, I always follow with, "Okay, but don't pee in your pants." He seems to benefit from the admonishment.


We are at the park and Legend tears across sand to me at full speed.
Legend - "Mommy! Don't pee on the swing!"
Me - "That's right..."
Legend - "Don't pee on the slide!"
Me - "Okay..."
Legend - "Don't pee in underwears."
Me - "Legend, do you have to go pee?"
Legend gives a quick nod - "Uh-hun. Hurry!"

Too many warnings, not enough action there. But, we made it.

Impressed

Cash and Legend are munching away at their lunches and being a little goofy, as usual.
I am sitting at the table with them, admittedly spaced right out. I must have looked angry to Cash.

Cash - "Auntie. You are not impressed."
Me - "Huh? No no. I am fine."
Cash - "You are impressed?"
Me - "Well, no. But I only say 'I am not impressed' when someone does something wrong."
Cash considers what I have said - "Okay."

A few moments later, Legend starts yelling about who knows what and waving his arms about, spilling his food.
Me - "Legend! Legend! Stop!"
Cash, excited to have the opportunity to show off what he has learned - "Auntie! You are not impressed."
Me - "That's right, Cash."

The World Series

Legend and I took a walk to a park this evening. There was a little kids' T-ball game going on. After a while of playing on the slide and with a rubber ball, we decided to sit in the grass and watch the game.


We sit down just as a new inning starts.
A parent yells - "You can do it!" And there is a little bit of clapping from the row of dedicated parents.
Legend hears this and leaps to his feet, excited. He runs to the fence and screams - "You do it!"
A few of the moms chuckle.

A little girl manages to punt the ball off the T.
Legend is ecstatic - "Good job! You did it!"
The girl's parents yells - "Way to go, Jamie!"

Another child comes up to bat.
Legend is ready, clutching on to the fence.

The kid hits the T, sending the ball about a foot.
Legend screams and claps vigorously - "Way to go, Jamie! You do it!"


After a while of his exuberant cheering...
Me - "Well Legend, it is getting late. Let's go home."
Legend - "No. I wanna play baseball."

A child after his mother's heart.

Grizzly Bears

Preface: I have recently been teaching the kids about BC animals. The first lesson we did was about bears. Legend still talks about Grizzly bears after weeks of other animals. The only other animal he thinks is as awesome is the owl. The kids learned that Grizzly bears eat fruits, vegetables, deer, and fish. Legend often proudly yells "Grizzly bears eat fish!" at random.


I hear Legend moving around in his room at nap time.
I open the door to check on him.

He is just sitting in a corner of his room, banging his foot against the wall.
He looks up as I enter.

Legend - "Mommy! Grizzly bears eat... bears, they eat... eat... Bears eat the special!"
Me - "The special? Are you sure the don't eat fish?"
Legend - "No. Grizzly bears eat the special."

Me - "You're loopy. Please go back to bed."
Legend nods - "Okay."

Huh?

Kayla is part Indian and is learning Punjabi.  Haan Ji is "yes" in Punjabi, but you may just say "haan" to your peers (not anyone older than you). 

At the lunch table,

Me - "Cash, would you like something else to eat now?"

Cash - "Huh?"

Kayla - "Cash, don't say huh."

Me - "That's right. You should say..."

Kayla interrupts - "Say 'haan ji.' You don't say 'haan.' You say 'haan ji' to Auntie Kate."

Cash looks at Kayla, brows furrowed - "Huh?"

Let's try this again.

Me - "Cash, would you like something else to eat now?"

The Attributes of a Lollipop

We celebrated Cash's third birthday this morning. Each kid got a lollipop in his or her goodie bag. They all sat on top of the sand box together to enjoy their treats.


Later, Cash remembers just how awesome that was.

Cash runs up to me, excited - "I ate a sucker in my mouth, in my belly." He opens is mouth to prove the lollipop is gone.
Me - "That's right. Did you like it?"

He begins hopping up and down - "Sucker is good, and yummy, and good in my mouth aaaaannnnddd......"
He searches his limited vocabulary for a word that can capture just how much he liked it.

"And many wonderful colours everywhere."

I'm pretty sure he dug up a phrase he heard his mom say a few times, either that or the sucker was laced.

Hair

Cody is going bald and deals with it by shaving his head.
Legend got a hair cut the other day.

Legend pets my hair - "Mommy big hair. Legend big hair!"

He turns to Daddy and pats his bald head - "Daddy no want hair now?"

Not quite the case, son.

Manners

Me - *Burp* "Excuse me."
Legend - "Good manners, Mommy."