December 19, 2015

You just came inside looking for a long rope. Emily sent you on the mission because you two are playing in the backyard and the ball and rope combo you had already wasn't long enough. After I brought up some issues you walked away and when I asked where you were going you said, "I am going to tell Emily she has to come up with another idea." haha you do not sound like a 4.5 year old

November 18, 2015

It is about lunch time and we just came in the kitchen and you said, "can I have a side? I am going to have a side." I asked you what a side is and you said, "a side is a fing (thing) that you also eat for your lunch or your dinner - or your breakfast. That's what a side is."

You chose a clementine.

November 6, 2015

Today we were driving in the car and you (with exasperation) said, "I keep forgetting to throw my wrappers away!" We talked about you clearing out the couple that had collected in your car seat just yesterday so I responded with a frustrated, "Everett..." but you quickly said, "it wasn't ME! It's my brain!"

October 30, 2015

This morning you had the opportunity to choose anything you wanted to take for share at school. After a little thought you showed me that you were taking a Croc - one of your dirty rubber shoes! When I questioned whether or not you were really going to take your shoe you said, "yeah, they are gonna laugh."

Are you going to be the class clown??  uh oh

*When I went to pick you up after school Miss Connie said how hard they all laughed when you shared your Croc and that you introduced it "this is my dirty Croc." She and her daughter and her daughter's friend (visiting from college) went on and on about how funny it was. I guess your plan was a success. :)

October 28, 2015

Today I decided to revisit the whole 'picking up after a dog thing' and said to you, "Everett, if we had a dog you would need to pick up the poop." Your reply, "Noooooo, (grossed out) I don't want to have to wash my hands every day!"

October 27, 2015

Today we were driving and I saw a woman cleaning up after her dog. It prompted me to say to you that when you (meaning anyone) have a dog, you have to clean up after him/her. You were grossed out and said that you were going to have a wife that would do that. (haha, dear me)

October 11, 2015

Walking in to the kitchen from the family room...

Everett: Mama, is Eliza awake yet?
Me: No
Everett: Awww, but I want her to be awake!!!
Me: Why?
Everett: Because I wuuuuuuuv my baby!

September 18, 2015

"Mama, when I'm a daddy guess what I am going to do for my kids.

I am going to let them play on my phone whenever they ask me."

*We'll see about that, little guy

September 17, 2015

Mama: Everett what was your favorite part of today?
Everett: When Emily came home from school.

August 31, 2015

Today you were sitting at the table and sounding out words for your own book. You asked me for help on which letter says /w/ and then after I said "W" you went on sounding out "wuv." So cute!! And now I understand your confusion. You hear /l/ from us but /w/ from yourself.  :)

Later, at bedtime, we were talking about your book and what it is going to be about because the first part was "I wuv California." You said that you were going to write "I wuv when Emily calls me Bubba. … and then I will put a period (cut off your thought to ask) is that a sentence?" After I said that it was indeed a sentence you said, "good, then I can put a period at the end!"

You are so smart and always paying attention to what Emily is doing and the things we talk to her about.

August 31, 2015

While playing Uno...

Everett: Mom, did you know that God shuffled the cards with you?
Mama: No, he did?
Everett: Yes, because God is always with you.

July 25, 2015

Today we went to the $2 theater to see Home and during the movie the dialogue goes as follows...

O: "9 mistakes and you're out (of the group)."
Tip: "How many mistakes have you made?"
O: "62..."

Immediately after O said that, you said very matter of fact, "that is more than 9."

July 15, 2015

Tonight when I was tucking you in bed I asked if you had a hard time before bed and got in trouble. I asked, "why were you crying?" Your response, "because Daddy wuins (ruins) my life. He makes me walk too much."

Oh the drama you are picking up from your big sister!! You never want to walk when it is to a place you don't want to go.

June 20, 1015

Today we drove around to 3 neighbors' houses trying to find the owners of some extension cords that were borrowed for movie night in the park last night. As we left the 3rd house still with all of the cords you said we couldn't go to everyone's houses because "if we have to drive around to everyone's houses to ask it would take all day!"  Then you asked if the "Merlot's ummm, Venice's, (pause) their family" were at the party. When I said that they weren't at the park you said, "then we wouldn't have to go to their house because the cords couldn't be theirs."

*smart boy

May 22, 2015

Today I asked you to fill my pill container with my 3 vitamins.  As you put in the first vitamins you counted 1-7 and as you started in with the second vitamin you just counted on instead of starting at 1 again.  I was just tying my shoes and at the end you said to me, "7 plus two more 7s is 21!" It is becoming very apparent that you love numbers and are paying attention to them at all times.

May 21, 2015

This morning we were leaving CVS when I told you that you were a good helper in the store.  You asked if you would get something and so I gave you a kiss.  You said that you wanted a treat and I questioned why a kiss from mama wasn't a treat.  You said, it was a treat but a "3rd treat."  You said you wanted a "1st treat" like a lollipop.  I didn't know you had you own tiered treat system.  haha
By the way, after you had a lollipop and I lamented ranking below a lollipop you were quiet for a minute and then told me that actually a kiss from mama is a 1st treat and a lollipop is a 70th treat!  Sweet talker...

May 21, 2015

Today we were driving in the car and you said, "Mama, that guy on the side of the road has to go tee-tee because he is dancing around!"

It was a man waiting for the bus and he was either listening to music or "hearing" it in his head and he had air guitar going and everything but was mostly just tapping and moving to a beat.

May 17, 2015

This evening as we were driving over to your team party at Coach Ben's house you said, "What number is Coach Ben's house.  I wonder if it is a 1 and a 9 (like ours, 19)."  I said no, that from memory I thought it was something like 25702 - it has a lot of numbers not just two.  Your reply, "Oh! So it is like Mrs. Campbell's house with a lot of numbers!"  (Your swim teacher, Mrs. Campbell's, address is 28852 and you read it aloud the first day of swim - 6 days prior to this conversation.)

April 13, 2015

I am trying to get rest time built back in to our schedule because it is hit or miss lately and after I left the room I heard you crying. I went back in to find you laying there with an angry sad face and when I asked you what was wrong you said, "my nap is worse than a nightmare!!"

March 23, 2015

Tonight as I was tucking you in bed you asked if you and Emily could play on the iPad in the morning.  I asked you if Emily was going to share fair with you and you said, "Yes!"  Then you told me that she was going to go first and I asked why she always gets to go first.  You said, "because I WUV her!!"

*I told you what a great and loving brother you are and as I tucked Emily in I asked her if she knew how lucky she is to have such a wonderful brother and she told me that you are going to get to go first every time now.  :)  I love to see your love for each other.

March 2, 2015

I was standing by the changing table (pack n play) in the kitchen and lamenting that there weren't any diapers downstairs.  You heard me and said, "Diaper Man is ON the job!  I'll be back in a nanosecond!"

February 11, 2015

This evening I was nursing Eliza while you were in the bathroom.  I could hear some different noises (like cabinets being bumped/shut) that didn't seem necessary for what you were supposed to be doing so I called out and asked you what the noise was.  You responded, "I'm breathing out and in.  That's what I need to do."

*You do have more labored breathing than normal because you are congested and you said this in all seriousness - adorable

February 11, 2015

This evening you were getting ready for bed all by yourself so that you could impress Daddy when he came home.  You proudly showed me that you were all dressed in your pajamas and so I asked you if you had gone to the bathroom.  You said, "yes."  -PAUSE-  "I forgot to flush the toilet."

Not true!  You hadn't gone, but you are smart enough to come up with an answer for why I might not have known you had gone to the bathroom.  Boy, oh boy!  I called you out on your dishonesty and a few minutes later, as you were going to the bathroom, you told me you were so sorry for lying.  At least you did apologize without a long discussion or any prompting??

February 7, 2015

Today you said to me, "I see hair on my arms!  That means I'm gonna grow up to be a daddy."

February 3, 2015

Mama: Oh, Everett, February 19th is pink day at school.  What are you gonna wear?

Everett: Pink

February 2, 2015

Telling me about using adult toothpaste...

We didn't have it (kid toothpaste) downstairs so Mimi and Papa said, "fine, you guys use human toothpaste."  So they got out the human toothpaste and then he (Papa) put it on the toothbrush and brushed it all over my mouth!!  He got some water and stuffed it all over my face.  I did NOT like it!!"

February 2, 2015

I love that you refer to adults as "humans."  You don't have "adult" solid in your vocab yet I guess.  haha

February 2, 2015

Today you were reflecting on the time that Mimi and Papa were at our house taking care of you and Emily (just after Eliza's birth) as you were explaining when you had used our toothpaste. I guess the set up is that Mimi and Papa had your toothbrushes downstairs and you said, "we didn't have it downstairs (your kid toothpaste) so Mimi and Papa said fine, you guys use human toothpaste. So they got out the human toothpaste and then he (Papa) put it on the toothbrush and brushed it all over my mouth!! He got some water and stuffed it all over my face! I did NOT like it!!"

I love your description of events. I love how you say human in place of adult and I can imagine exactly how it all went down with the vigorous brushing and the large cupped hand of water. Made me laugh.

January 15, 2015

Today you were in my room talking to me when you suddenly took a few steps back and stood just inside the bathroom threshold.  It seemed strange how you just stepped over there at random and I must have given you a funny look because you said, "I stepped into the bathroom because I wanted to say poop."  (and you had in fact just said poop after stepping in)

I asked you if Mrs. MacDonald says that poop is a bathroom word and that you aren't supposed to use it except in the bathroom and you told me yes.  Then you proceeded to say a few extra "poops" for good measure.