This post is severely overdue. In fact, I've missed so many cute, sweet sayings that I could fill a whole notebook. They just come so fast and often now and I can't keep up. I try to say to myself...remember that! And I never do. Life moves and I have to chase it :) Anyway, here are some really cute things that Nathan has said the past two weeks. {December 2012}
1. Nathan stepped on some Lego pieces at Caden and Christians' house and it punctured the bottom of his foot. The next day, I asked him how his foot was and he said, "It's pretty better. It's gettin' there. It's gettin' there."
2. We were reading a book called A Walk to the Park. The last page has a picture of three little boys, playing with boats in the city pond. One of the boys has his hand in the water. Nathan asked why the boy was doing that. I answered that I don't know. So, he responded, "Maybe [he's reaching for] a cookie, or a pretzel, or a sandwich." These were totally random, as we had just woken up and were reading in bed. Not even a morsel of breakfast had we eaten, yet less lunch foods!
3. Dave and Nathan went shopping for a Christmas tree by themselves. Dave was culling the trees and setting aside the "bad ones," as he noted to Nathan. Well, along came another family with a little girl. Nathan went up to the little girl and said, "These are the bad ones!"
4. Nathan asked me to read to him...here's how he asked, without a breath in between: "Mommy, will you read to me? Mommy, I don't know how to read. Mommy, you do great."
5. Nathan brought a big stack of books into the living room. He could barely carry all of them without dropping. He said, "I got enough. Nough, nough, nough."
6. We were watching the Polar Express movie. I commented how it was the first movie he'd ever "watched," because he was very interested in it and watched a large portion of it last year at Mimi and Granddaddy's house. He asked, "when I was a baby?" I said, "You were almost a big boy." He lowers himself by bending his knees a little bit. Then he says, "Like this?" We laughed and confirmed. Then, he said, "Watch me grow." He went up on his tip toes. :) His little ankle popped. He heard it and commented, "Sometimes it do's that," as he makes a popping noise with his mouth/tongue.
7. "I gotta get a book for homework." He gets this from Caden and Christian.
8. He was being adorable and I told him, "I could just eat you up." He says in return, "You don't have a big mouth!"
9. Soon to be naptime, he says to me, "It's not time to go to bed right now. I want to do a couple of things...liiiikkkkeee...puzzle-ling, reading, aaaannnd, puzzle-ling."
10. We rode the Schwinn for the first time and while pedaling he said, "I'm gonna race like the wind!" Then, after racing, he slowed and said, "My legs are gonna fall off."
11. I had instructed him to sit down and eat. A little while after the command, he says, "Mommy, I gotta stand up. My bootie's got a little itch. I gotta get it out. That's okay."
12. We were at Panera and he eyed some beautifully decorated Christmas cookies in the bakery section. He told me, "I want those [cookies] tomorrow when I grow up, okay?"
13. I put gel in his hair and spiked it up. He normally hates to have his hair gelled, but somehow, I got him to not flatten it down. Anyway, later, he said, with no other conversation around the subject of hair, "My hair looks silly. My hair looks crazy."
14. We had a long day and we had missed his nap that day. He fell asleep on the way to the park. I woke him up. He didn't want to get up, even though it was the park. I said, "Don't you want to play at the playground?" He groggily slurred, "No, I'm just tired. My eyes are resting." Finally he agreed to wake and play, as we only had an hour before dark. He said, "I'm gotta open my eyes first." He rubs his eyes. Then he said, "There."
15. We were at Macy's. He saw some manequins with no heads. He loudly and passionately exclaimed, "Look! They don't have any heads!!!!" Then he went over to them and touched their belly because they were modeling sports bras and exercise bottoms. He got a kick out of touching their bellies.
16. While at Macy's. I was shopping a clearance rack. He stood at the end of the rack and looked at the big red sign with white letters spelling out "clearance." He stood there and pointed and said each letter, "C, L, E, A, R, A, N, C, E." I had to help him with one or two. He did the same thing in the car after the mall. He had some crayons and wanted to color. I did n't have any paper for him to color on, so I offered an empty Banana Republic shopping bag that was white with the exception of the black letters. He started spelling out B A N A N A R E P U B L I C. I had to help with only a couple of letters. He is amazing!!! We've only worked minimally on his letters. Then, when at the park, there was a tic tack toe game {large, where the letters spin around} and he started singing the alphabet song!!! He is so smart!!!! :)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sweet Sayings
I have collected quite a few sweet sayings from Little Bear the past few weeks. These are pretty much from the past 2 weeks, I'd say.
Today, while staying with Miss Esther, Nathan sneezed three times in a row. After the third time, he said, "That's annoying!"
This was a while ago, so there's a possibility I might have recorded it previously. Just in case I didn't, I will share here. When washing his hands, he almost knocked over the crystal vase and he said, "That wouldn't be good."
Nathan was taking out all of the batteries that were in a package of batteries. He started counting them. He made it through ten and then proceeded in a different scale...ending his count on "eleventeen."
We got a Hess firetruck at a garage sale. He loves it. It has buttons you can push and different sirens will sound. One button only activates the lights, causing them to blink. Nathan commented that the lights were blinking, "like eyes." Isn't that so smart?! Making the correlation between blinking eyes and blinking lights. It just blows my mind! Still playing with the fire engine truck, Nathan made some other entertaining observations. On each side of the truck, Hess has placed it's logo, which is just it's name in green lettering. Nathan pointed to each logo, or sign, as he referred to them, and "read" to me what the signs said. He was so emphatic. Nathan said, "Mommy, this one says, "water. hose." And he said it just like it was puncutated with a period after each word. The other signs he read to me were:
"Put. That. Fire. Out."
"Drive. the. Wheel."
"Climb. Up. That. Ladder."
Recently, Miss Esther and Nathan were playing and Nathan was singing one of his favorite songs, "Little Red Caboose." He knows many of the words and it is so enjoyable to hear him strike up a tune anywhere, anytime. Miss Esther told Nathan that he sings that song well. His response? "No, I don't. I'm lame."
Miss Esther took Nathan to the countryside mall to ride the train. While climbing into his seat, he told Miss Esther, "I'm gonna climb on board." Then while riding the train, he commented to her, "This train really moves!"
While driving home one day, Nathan and I had a little conversation that went like this:
Nate: Are you going fast?
Me: Yes, I'm going fast.
Nate: A police is going to chase you.
Me: Why?
Nate: Because you need tickets.
Me: Why? What do you know about tickets?
Nate: Because you're going too fast.
What's interesting, though, is that I've learned that he thinks tickets are good. Whenever we are playing and he is pretending to go fast, he'll say that he needs tickets. I pretend to hand him some and he cheerfully says thank you. ;)
Another short, but sweet conversation:
Me: You want some water, Nay Nay?
Nate: Yes. Of course.
When I ask him random questions and his answer is 'yes, I am,' He says, "Yes I ma'am."
He says yes ma'am to everyone...regardless of whether the other person is a boy. Just the other day, he was talking to Granddaddy on the phone and he was asking Nathan a lot of questions. Nathan manner-fully answered, "yes ma'am," to many of them.
Again, we were driving one day and we had a little conversation: {It has been raining quite heavily and as a result, there were big puddles in the road.}
Me: Look at the splashes those cars are making!
Nate: You car go there. {meaning, he wanted me to drive over there so that our car would make big splashes.}
Me: You want to go there?
Nathan: Yes.
Me: Okay. We turn onto the road, but the puddles were on the roadside opposite of ours.
Nathan: Are we on the splash road?
Nathan came up to me to give me a big kiss. After he grabbed my face and pulled my lips to his, he said, "That was a lovely kiss!"
A few times last week, Nathan helped me cook. I let him pour in the flour, cheese, salt, pepper, and help me stir. He got a hold of the pepper and was wanting to sprinkle some. I warned him not to put any on the food without Mommy's help. He thought for a brief second and then said, "Mommy, help me, please."
Last week, Fig Newtons were on sale. Dave loves them and we haven't bought them in a while. So, I got a couple of packages. Dave wasn't home yet from golf and Nathan was getting hungrier by the minute while I was making dinner. He grabbed the Fig Newtons and asked to have one. I told him those were Daddy's, but that he might share with him when he gets home. Dave called. Nathan talked to him on the phone. The first thing on his mind to talk to him about was those Fig Newtons. He asked if he could have some? If Dave would share with him. Dave had no idea what he was talking about. Nathan walked over to the counter, looked up at the package, {maybe even patted it, I can't remember totally} and said, "These right here. Can I have some of these?" He couldn't understand that Dave couldn't see them on the phone!!!!
Nathan was sitting closely with me. We were talking ever so gently to each other. Here is some of our conversation:
Nathan: Do you like roaches?
Me: No!
Nathan: Do you like ladybugs?
Me: Yes.
Nathan: Do you like spiders?
Me: No. I do not like spiders.
Nathan: They probably tickle.
While saying that last line, Nathan was nodding his head and tilting it, in his special little way. And all the while, he was talking so gently. So when he said that last line, he was almost like an adult trying to empathize with some one. It was so cute.
Often, I will check the weather by sticking my head out the front door. Lately, it's been overcast and I have a hankering for some fall crispiness. So, I've been checking to see if the overcast weather has brought a slight chill. {it hasn't!} Anyway, I told Nathan one time that I was going to check the weather. I commented that it was a beautiful day. So, a few days later, I got up to go into the kitchen. He must've thought that I was headed to the front door. He says, "Are you going to check the wedder? It's a beautiful day for the wedder?" Sooo sweet!!!
Nathan finished playing trains and asked me this: "Mommy, I want to watch DVD...is that a good plan, Mommy?" So innocent and sweet and impressionable. I always say, "does that sound like a good plan? Or, that's a good plan." :)
Here are some pictures from a visit we made to the Seminole City Park to feed the ducks. This is one of my all time favorite things to do with Nathan. This day, he really enjoyed collecting sticks and throwing them into the water. I have so many more pics to post, but these are all I have today. I'll work on the rest from this little outing soon and post.
Today, while staying with Miss Esther, Nathan sneezed three times in a row. After the third time, he said, "That's annoying!"
This was a while ago, so there's a possibility I might have recorded it previously. Just in case I didn't, I will share here. When washing his hands, he almost knocked over the crystal vase and he said, "That wouldn't be good."
Nathan was taking out all of the batteries that were in a package of batteries. He started counting them. He made it through ten and then proceeded in a different scale...ending his count on "eleventeen."
We got a Hess firetruck at a garage sale. He loves it. It has buttons you can push and different sirens will sound. One button only activates the lights, causing them to blink. Nathan commented that the lights were blinking, "like eyes." Isn't that so smart?! Making the correlation between blinking eyes and blinking lights. It just blows my mind! Still playing with the fire engine truck, Nathan made some other entertaining observations. On each side of the truck, Hess has placed it's logo, which is just it's name in green lettering. Nathan pointed to each logo, or sign, as he referred to them, and "read" to me what the signs said. He was so emphatic. Nathan said, "Mommy, this one says, "water. hose." And he said it just like it was puncutated with a period after each word. The other signs he read to me were:
"Put. That. Fire. Out."
"Drive. the. Wheel."
"Climb. Up. That. Ladder."
Recently, Miss Esther and Nathan were playing and Nathan was singing one of his favorite songs, "Little Red Caboose." He knows many of the words and it is so enjoyable to hear him strike up a tune anywhere, anytime. Miss Esther told Nathan that he sings that song well. His response? "No, I don't. I'm lame."
Miss Esther took Nathan to the countryside mall to ride the train. While climbing into his seat, he told Miss Esther, "I'm gonna climb on board." Then while riding the train, he commented to her, "This train really moves!"
While driving home one day, Nathan and I had a little conversation that went like this:
Nate: Are you going fast?
Me: Yes, I'm going fast.
Nate: A police is going to chase you.
Me: Why?
Nate: Because you need tickets.
Me: Why? What do you know about tickets?
Nate: Because you're going too fast.
What's interesting, though, is that I've learned that he thinks tickets are good. Whenever we are playing and he is pretending to go fast, he'll say that he needs tickets. I pretend to hand him some and he cheerfully says thank you. ;)
Another short, but sweet conversation:
Me: You want some water, Nay Nay?
Nate: Yes. Of course.
When I ask him random questions and his answer is 'yes, I am,' He says, "Yes I ma'am."
He says yes ma'am to everyone...regardless of whether the other person is a boy. Just the other day, he was talking to Granddaddy on the phone and he was asking Nathan a lot of questions. Nathan manner-fully answered, "yes ma'am," to many of them.
Again, we were driving one day and we had a little conversation: {It has been raining quite heavily and as a result, there were big puddles in the road.}
Me: Look at the splashes those cars are making!
Nate: You car go there. {meaning, he wanted me to drive over there so that our car would make big splashes.}
Me: You want to go there?
Nathan: Yes.
Me: Okay. We turn onto the road, but the puddles were on the roadside opposite of ours.
Nathan: Are we on the splash road?
Nathan came up to me to give me a big kiss. After he grabbed my face and pulled my lips to his, he said, "That was a lovely kiss!"
A few times last week, Nathan helped me cook. I let him pour in the flour, cheese, salt, pepper, and help me stir. He got a hold of the pepper and was wanting to sprinkle some. I warned him not to put any on the food without Mommy's help. He thought for a brief second and then said, "Mommy, help me, please."
Last week, Fig Newtons were on sale. Dave loves them and we haven't bought them in a while. So, I got a couple of packages. Dave wasn't home yet from golf and Nathan was getting hungrier by the minute while I was making dinner. He grabbed the Fig Newtons and asked to have one. I told him those were Daddy's, but that he might share with him when he gets home. Dave called. Nathan talked to him on the phone. The first thing on his mind to talk to him about was those Fig Newtons. He asked if he could have some? If Dave would share with him. Dave had no idea what he was talking about. Nathan walked over to the counter, looked up at the package, {maybe even patted it, I can't remember totally} and said, "These right here. Can I have some of these?" He couldn't understand that Dave couldn't see them on the phone!!!!
Nathan was sitting closely with me. We were talking ever so gently to each other. Here is some of our conversation:
Nathan: Do you like roaches?
Me: No!
Nathan: Do you like ladybugs?
Me: Yes.
Nathan: Do you like spiders?
Me: No. I do not like spiders.
Nathan: They probably tickle.
While saying that last line, Nathan was nodding his head and tilting it, in his special little way. And all the while, he was talking so gently. So when he said that last line, he was almost like an adult trying to empathize with some one. It was so cute.
Often, I will check the weather by sticking my head out the front door. Lately, it's been overcast and I have a hankering for some fall crispiness. So, I've been checking to see if the overcast weather has brought a slight chill. {it hasn't!} Anyway, I told Nathan one time that I was going to check the weather. I commented that it was a beautiful day. So, a few days later, I got up to go into the kitchen. He must've thought that I was headed to the front door. He says, "Are you going to check the wedder? It's a beautiful day for the wedder?" Sooo sweet!!!
Nathan finished playing trains and asked me this: "Mommy, I want to watch DVD...is that a good plan, Mommy?" So innocent and sweet and impressionable. I always say, "does that sound like a good plan? Or, that's a good plan." :)
Here are some pictures from a visit we made to the Seminole City Park to feed the ducks. This is one of my all time favorite things to do with Nathan. This day, he really enjoyed collecting sticks and throwing them into the water. I have so many more pics to post, but these are all I have today. I'll work on the rest from this little outing soon and post.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Sweet Sayings
Yesterday morning, Nathan greeted me with, "Good Mornin', Mommy!" He was so expressive. The he followed it up with, "Let's play, Mommy!" Then, he rolled over and said, "I like that picture now." The same canvas print that he a few weeks back had commented that he didn't like because it had too many flowers. I asked him why he liked it now, but he never answered. It was such a wonderful start to my day :)
Then, last night when it was time to pray, Nathan went first. He said, "Thank you for Tim Tebow." Awwww! So precious! We're all thankful for him and his heart and it's so neat that Nathan thanked God for him and didn't even realize what he was doing. Then he continued to thank God for the my sun, my ps-ghetti, my sky, etc. I love to hear him pray. :)
Then, last night when it was time to pray, Nathan went first. He said, "Thank you for Tim Tebow." Awwww! So precious! We're all thankful for him and his heart and it's so neat that Nathan thanked God for him and didn't even realize what he was doing. Then he continued to thank God for the my sun, my ps-ghetti, my sky, etc. I love to hear him pray. :)
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Sweet Sayings
These all happened this week or last week. {last week of August 2012}
1. Football was on. Not Tebow's team. One of the teams was running the ball and gaining yardage. Nathan says expressively, "Stop him! Stop him! Stop him, Tebow! Stop playing games!"
2. Nathan and I were playing trains. He has one that is a milk freight car. It was looking like it had the possibility of coming off the tracks. I mentioned that if the milk spilled, somebody wouldn't be happy about it. I was referring to him, as he is a milk-aholic. I think I explained to him that because he liked milk so much, he wouldn't be happy about it if it spilled over. Well, a few seconds later, Nathan accidentally tipped the milk car off of the tracks. He looked at me and said, "I'm happy of that," meaning that he was not upset that the milk tipped over.
3. Our washing machine had to be repaired. Two men came to fix it. Nathan was not shy at all with them. He said, "Hey, Mans! You want to play ball?" and "What you doin', Mans?" I love that he made it plural. It was so cute. Unfortunately, the men didn't give him the time of day and didn't appreciate his adorable-ness.
4. Nathan had two great nursery experiences at church last week, once in the am and once in the pm. He was happy, no crying, etc. Then, later that night, when we put him to sleep, he told Dave, "I missed you at the nursery." :( and :)
5. For some reason, Nathan's bike helmet has made itself inside. He put it on this morning and said he was a fireman. I said, "Hello, Fireman Nathan." He wore it for a little while, but when it came to eating breakfast, he wanted to take it off. He asked me to take it off and then he said, "I'm still Fireman Nathan."
6. We recently started watching "The Berenstain Bears" on TV. It is the most wholesome, respectful, lesson-teaching show! So glad we discovered it! Anyway, the song is one that will stick in your head. So, we watched it one morning this week and later in the day, while I was doing some dishes, I called out to Nathan, "You know what song is in my head, Nathan? The Berenstain Bear song is stuck in my head." He came over to me at the sink. He looked up at me, with seeming purpose. He cocked his head, the way he always does. Then he said, "It's not on your head, Mommy." Just as serious as anything!!!! I was laughing and it made me laugh later time and time again! So cute!
7. We were painting. I started painting objects that started with letters and then I would paint the letter. Then, I would ask Nathan what letter that was. Some he knew, some he didn't. I happened to draw two things that started with the letter "A." This is how the conversation went:
Me: Nathan, what is that?
Nathan: Apple.
Me: Yes! Apple starts with the letter A.
{I paint something else that started with A and I can't remember it now.}
Me: Nathan, what's this?
Nathan: {whatever it was}
Me: Yes! It starts with A, too. Hey, A, A. {Pointing to A for apple and A for whatever the other thing was.} Same, same.
Nathan: {looks down and away and softly says}You're killin' me, Mommy.
Ahhh hahaha! I was laughing. This, of course, is a line from The Sandlot "You're killin' me, Smalls."
8. Nathan says as he lays on Pip, "I'm enjoying Pip."
9. I was in the laundry room doing laundry and came to check on Nathan in the living room. He was sitting on the floor. I asked him if he was okay. He said he was and, "I was just playing baseball." Then he pretended to pitch with a pretend ball and glove. So, I pretend to swing with a pretend bat. Then he makes a really funny face, almost like something smelled bad kind of face. Then he says, "I was just playing with Squints...Go away, Mommy, please." {Squints is a character from The Sandlot movie.} So, I went back to laundry. Later I check in with him. "I'm still playin' with Squints." He was still sitting on the floor. I think he was pretending that a cardboard box was the fence. Anyway, the whole thing was funny and kind of weird. He was acting funny.
1. Football was on. Not Tebow's team. One of the teams was running the ball and gaining yardage. Nathan says expressively, "Stop him! Stop him! Stop him, Tebow! Stop playing games!"
2. Nathan and I were playing trains. He has one that is a milk freight car. It was looking like it had the possibility of coming off the tracks. I mentioned that if the milk spilled, somebody wouldn't be happy about it. I was referring to him, as he is a milk-aholic. I think I explained to him that because he liked milk so much, he wouldn't be happy about it if it spilled over. Well, a few seconds later, Nathan accidentally tipped the milk car off of the tracks. He looked at me and said, "I'm happy of that," meaning that he was not upset that the milk tipped over.
3. Our washing machine had to be repaired. Two men came to fix it. Nathan was not shy at all with them. He said, "Hey, Mans! You want to play ball?" and "What you doin', Mans?" I love that he made it plural. It was so cute. Unfortunately, the men didn't give him the time of day and didn't appreciate his adorable-ness.
4. Nathan had two great nursery experiences at church last week, once in the am and once in the pm. He was happy, no crying, etc. Then, later that night, when we put him to sleep, he told Dave, "I missed you at the nursery." :( and :)
5. For some reason, Nathan's bike helmet has made itself inside. He put it on this morning and said he was a fireman. I said, "Hello, Fireman Nathan." He wore it for a little while, but when it came to eating breakfast, he wanted to take it off. He asked me to take it off and then he said, "I'm still Fireman Nathan."
6. We recently started watching "The Berenstain Bears" on TV. It is the most wholesome, respectful, lesson-teaching show! So glad we discovered it! Anyway, the song is one that will stick in your head. So, we watched it one morning this week and later in the day, while I was doing some dishes, I called out to Nathan, "You know what song is in my head, Nathan? The Berenstain Bear song is stuck in my head." He came over to me at the sink. He looked up at me, with seeming purpose. He cocked his head, the way he always does. Then he said, "It's not on your head, Mommy." Just as serious as anything!!!! I was laughing and it made me laugh later time and time again! So cute!
7. We were painting. I started painting objects that started with letters and then I would paint the letter. Then, I would ask Nathan what letter that was. Some he knew, some he didn't. I happened to draw two things that started with the letter "A." This is how the conversation went:
Me: Nathan, what is that?
Nathan: Apple.
Me: Yes! Apple starts with the letter A.
{I paint something else that started with A and I can't remember it now.}
Me: Nathan, what's this?
Nathan: {whatever it was}
Me: Yes! It starts with A, too. Hey, A, A. {Pointing to A for apple and A for whatever the other thing was.} Same, same.
Nathan: {looks down and away and softly says}You're killin' me, Mommy.
Ahhh hahaha! I was laughing. This, of course, is a line from The Sandlot "You're killin' me, Smalls."
8. Nathan says as he lays on Pip, "I'm enjoying Pip."
9. I was in the laundry room doing laundry and came to check on Nathan in the living room. He was sitting on the floor. I asked him if he was okay. He said he was and, "I was just playing baseball." Then he pretended to pitch with a pretend ball and glove. So, I pretend to swing with a pretend bat. Then he makes a really funny face, almost like something smelled bad kind of face. Then he says, "I was just playing with Squints...Go away, Mommy, please." {Squints is a character from The Sandlot movie.} So, I went back to laundry. Later I check in with him. "I'm still playin' with Squints." He was still sitting on the floor. I think he was pretending that a cardboard box was the fence. Anyway, the whole thing was funny and kind of weird. He was acting funny.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sweet Sayings
This is all from this weekend...August 11 and 12, 2012
Nathan was playing with his Noah's Ark wooden toy from Mimi and Granddaddy. He has just now figured out how to construct it himself and then march the little animals inside. I showed him one time how to build it and he got it!! Well, after he was good on his own, building it and having the animals go in, I went to empty the dishwasher. He called me in and said, "Mommy, your turn!" So, I said, okay. He disassembled his ark so that I could take a turn at building it back up. He started putting it back together himself, though. So, I just enjoyed it, watching him switch parts from his right hand to his left hand so he could place them in the right notch. Then, after about 3 pieces, he looked up at me and said, "I forgot. It's your turn." It was PRECIOUS! I told him that was okay and I liked watching him do it, or something to that effect. So, he kept on building. :)
The past couple of days he'll be looking out the window of the car and will say, "That's strange." One time he was talking about a truck. There was nothing strange about it. The other occasions that he said it, I had no idea what he was talking about. It must be something I say. In the car, I guess.
We went to the mall after church on Sunday. I wanted to go to a specific store, but had no idea where in the mall it was. So, right after we walked in, we stopped at the directory board. Looking over the map, I said to myself, "Now where are we?" I was looking for the "Your are Here" star. Nathan casually answered me, "We're at the mall!" :) Hahhaha!
Something else just hit my brain...these things didn't necessarily happen this weekend...just lately. He likes to park in the shade. And usually when we are walking back to our car he will comment on how we parked in the shade. It's just funny to me. Secondly, when we are walking in parking lots, he looks to find the train tracks. These train tracks he refers to are the crossing lines painted on the asphalt. You know the white slanted lines, contained in an outlined rectangle, for crosswalks? He pretends they are train tracks and we commonly will say "choo choo," or "there's Brendam Docks," which is a Thomas the Train reference.
That's all for now :)
Nathan was playing with his Noah's Ark wooden toy from Mimi and Granddaddy. He has just now figured out how to construct it himself and then march the little animals inside. I showed him one time how to build it and he got it!! Well, after he was good on his own, building it and having the animals go in, I went to empty the dishwasher. He called me in and said, "Mommy, your turn!" So, I said, okay. He disassembled his ark so that I could take a turn at building it back up. He started putting it back together himself, though. So, I just enjoyed it, watching him switch parts from his right hand to his left hand so he could place them in the right notch. Then, after about 3 pieces, he looked up at me and said, "I forgot. It's your turn." It was PRECIOUS! I told him that was okay and I liked watching him do it, or something to that effect. So, he kept on building. :)
The past couple of days he'll be looking out the window of the car and will say, "That's strange." One time he was talking about a truck. There was nothing strange about it. The other occasions that he said it, I had no idea what he was talking about. It must be something I say. In the car, I guess.
We went to the mall after church on Sunday. I wanted to go to a specific store, but had no idea where in the mall it was. So, right after we walked in, we stopped at the directory board. Looking over the map, I said to myself, "Now where are we?" I was looking for the "Your are Here" star. Nathan casually answered me, "We're at the mall!" :) Hahhaha!
Something else just hit my brain...these things didn't necessarily happen this weekend...just lately. He likes to park in the shade. And usually when we are walking back to our car he will comment on how we parked in the shade. It's just funny to me. Secondly, when we are walking in parking lots, he looks to find the train tracks. These train tracks he refers to are the crossing lines painted on the asphalt. You know the white slanted lines, contained in an outlined rectangle, for crosswalks? He pretends they are train tracks and we commonly will say "choo choo," or "there's Brendam Docks," which is a Thomas the Train reference.
That's all for now :)
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sweet Sayings
Today, Nathan and I went to the post office, the library, and the park. While at the park he saw a rock and said, "That's a big rock ever!" He meant that rock was the biggest rock ever! He has started saying this often..."ever." But he never uses it correctly, paired with a superlative adjective. It is so cute...I mean, he is the cute thing ever!
Tonight, while praying, Dave prayed first, then offered Nathan his turn. Nathan said, "Thank you for sky, doughnuts, libraries, mommy and daddy, doughnuts." He has never eaten a doughnut and hasn't seen one recently. It was totally random and funny.
Tonight, while praying, Dave prayed first, then offered Nathan his turn. Nathan said, "Thank you for sky, doughnuts, libraries, mommy and daddy, doughnuts." He has never eaten a doughnut and hasn't seen one recently. It was totally random and funny.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Sweet Sayings
8/5/2012
Nathan spilled his bowl of cereal onto the carpet. He didn't mean to, so when I came back to the scene of the spill with a towel in hand, he said, "It was an askident, Mommy."
Nathan recently has enjoyed playing flugtag with his legos. He says, "Let's play Lego Land, Mommy!"
While washing hands after going pee pee in the potty, Nathan almost knocked over the crystal vase on the bathroom counter. He said, "That wouldn't be good!"
Nathan spilled his bowl of cereal onto the carpet. He didn't mean to, so when I came back to the scene of the spill with a towel in hand, he said, "It was an askident, Mommy."
Nathan recently has enjoyed playing flugtag with his legos. He says, "Let's play Lego Land, Mommy!"
While washing hands after going pee pee in the potty, Nathan almost knocked over the crystal vase on the bathroom counter. He said, "That wouldn't be good!"
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sweet Sayings
Today Nathan and I and Jenn and Luke went to the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. It was neat to see the alligators, gar, fish, seahorses, and sting rays. They also had a splash pad area for the kids to run around in their bathing suits. Nathan especially enjoyed a little slide at the water park.
Tonight, when we were reading our devotion, we were learning about what it meant to be blessed. The devo asked if 'you wanted to be blessed?' to which Nathan answered, "No." I said, "You don't want to be blessed?" He replied, "I want to be perfect." I told him he just about was...just like my daddy says to me ;)
Then, when we were saying goodnight, I said, "I love you, Nathan." And he replied without coaching, "I love you, too." It was a first :) <3
Tonight, when we were reading our devotion, we were learning about what it meant to be blessed. The devo asked if 'you wanted to be blessed?' to which Nathan answered, "No." I said, "You don't want to be blessed?" He replied, "I want to be perfect." I told him he just about was...just like my daddy says to me ;)
Then, when we were saying goodnight, I said, "I love you, Nathan." And he replied without coaching, "I love you, too." It was a first :) <3
Friday, August 3, 2012
Sweet Sayings
prayer time:
every night, we try to read the bible, do a devotion, and pray. On late nights, we just get the praying in. Lately, Nathan has started to pray, too. The first time he said, "Dear Jesus," {then he looks up at me and said, 'what the other one?' and I tell him God} "Dear God, mameupaeraksdnfadlkja, madl;jfadfakdmf, mumble mumble mumble, thank you for the sky and the sun. AAaaaaaamen!" Then he said he wanted to pray more some. "Dear Jesus, mumble mumble mumble, mumble, thank you for daddy and mommmy and mom-mom."
Then, last night, he was thanking Jesus for: his dumptruck, his airplane, flugtag, the sun, the moon, the sky, and the sun. It was PRICELESS! I've GOT to get this on video!
every night, we try to read the bible, do a devotion, and pray. On late nights, we just get the praying in. Lately, Nathan has started to pray, too. The first time he said, "Dear Jesus," {then he looks up at me and said, 'what the other one?' and I tell him God} "Dear God, mameupaeraksdnfadlkja, madl;jfadfakdmf, mumble mumble mumble, thank you for the sky and the sun. AAaaaaaamen!" Then he said he wanted to pray more some. "Dear Jesus, mumble mumble mumble, mumble, thank you for daddy and mommmy and mom-mom."
Then, last night, he was thanking Jesus for: his dumptruck, his airplane, flugtag, the sun, the moon, the sky, and the sun. It was PRICELESS! I've GOT to get this on video!
Sweet Sayings
I have so many Nathanisms to share. I've got scraps of paper and whiteboards full of them. I need to write them down before I lose them.
About a month ago:
{July 2012}
Nathan and I were playing baseball with imaginary bats, balls, and bases. We'd take turn pitching and hitting and running the bases. I pitched one and he hit it over the fence. Here's how the conversation went:
Nathan: Over the fence!
Me: yeah, its history, gone, forget about it {Sandlot references}
Nathan: Here's another ball. A purple one. {He reaches from the arm of the couch to get this "ball" to hand to me}
Me: A purple one, huh?
Nathan: Yeah.
Me: Where'd you get a purple ball from?
Nathan: From the couch!
Me: {laughing} From the couch?!
Nathan: {referencing one arm of the couch} One didn't have any, but the other arm of couch did. {Then he goes, "see?" as he hands me an imaginary ball.
This whole scenario cracks me up because everything about what we were playing was imagined...right down to the balls, bats, bases, and where the ball goes. Yet, he finds a purple ball on the COUCH! Like, it is so normal. In the midst of this imaginary game, he references the couch. It just cracks me up!
July 2012
Nathan and I were at JoAnne's Fabric and we passed by some magazines for kids. One of them had a picture of Nemo. Nathan emphatically said, "Like at the pet store!!!!!!!" as he pointed at the magazine with Nemo. It was so cute because we had recently been to the pet store where clown fish were being sold.
July 29, 2012
Nathan and I were at the grocery store. We had talked about going to the playground or park, but we ran out of time and I needed to go to the grocery store. Still, he had a grand time. He got to ride in the shopping cart that has the race car wheel, eat cheese and snacks, look at other boys and girls, and just talk with me about anything. I think he loves going to the store. Anyway, I was putting him back in his carseat after putting the groceries in the trunk and this is how our conversation went exactly:
Me: Did you have fun in the grocery store with the race car cart?
Nathan: No, I didn't have fun. It wasn't the playground, so, I didn't have fun.
July 27, 2012
We had gone to Wednesday night church as a family. Nathan went into the nursery like he owned it. No tears, no fears. It was a first for us! We were so excited. On the drive home from church, we were asking him if he had fun and if he liked it:
Dave: Did you like the nursery?
Nathan: Yes. I didn't like the nursery.
Dave: Why not?
Nathan: Because there too many people.
Dave: There were only, like, 5 people there!
Nathan: Maybe I don't like 5 people.
July 27, 2012
We have the big canvas of Nathan sitting in the field hanging on our wall in the bedroom. I love it! Nathan and I were slowly waking up one morning and he was looking at the picture, contemplating it. He said that there was 1 white flower. And more yellow flowers. Then this dialogue follows:
Nathan: I don't like that picture.
Me: Why?
Nathan: Because.... {he trailed off without completing his reasoning}
Me: Why don't you like that picture, Nay Nay?
Nathan: There's too many flowers.
{a few minutes pass}
Nathan: I'm gonna get it {meaning, the picture} all gone, and you're gonna say, 'Hey! Where my picture go?'
{a few minute pass and he's ready to get out of bed and trying to get me out, too}
Nathan: Come on, Mommy or Get up, Mommy. I'm gonna show you somp'in cool.
August 3
I was folding clothes. Nathan was playing "flugtag" with every toy in his toybox. I asked him if he would play me a song on the piano. He said, "I can't, Mommy. I'm working right now. Not today. Tomorrow."
July 2012
We let Nathan come into "big church" with us, trying to teach him that he has to be quiet and sit still. Once we got in the pew and got settled in, the preacher started preaching. Nathan says to me, "He not bein' quiet!"
July 2012
"Smile at me, Mommy." He looks up at me, squinches his eyes, and gives a fake smile. He does this when he knows I'm not pleased with his behavior. Mostly, when I'm expressing how unhappy I am that he went pee pee in his underwear instead of the potty.
One consequence to his pee peeing in his underwear instead of the potty is sitting on the time out chair, in the corner. He is not allowed to talk, or time gets added on. He has realized that if he tells me he has to go pee pee while sitting in time out, I will let him get up and go. Once he does, he says, "I don't have to do anymore time. You happy." At first, I was letting him out of his time out sentence, because I didn't want to give mixed signals of time out when he told me he had to go pee pee. Then I realized he was totally playing me!!
And that's something else he's caught onto...making me happy. If he does something wrong and I get onto him, he will come kiss me and will say, "That make you happy?" What a booger!!!
He's also started saying, "I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Forgive me, please?" Which is what I've tried to teach him when apologizing...it's so cute that he is starting to do it on his own.
That's all I can think of/find right now...hopefully I won't save them up for so long now!!
About a month ago:
{July 2012}
Nathan and I were playing baseball with imaginary bats, balls, and bases. We'd take turn pitching and hitting and running the bases. I pitched one and he hit it over the fence. Here's how the conversation went:
Nathan: Over the fence!
Me: yeah, its history, gone, forget about it {Sandlot references}
Nathan: Here's another ball. A purple one. {He reaches from the arm of the couch to get this "ball" to hand to me}
Me: A purple one, huh?
Nathan: Yeah.
Me: Where'd you get a purple ball from?
Nathan: From the couch!
Me: {laughing} From the couch?!
Nathan: {referencing one arm of the couch} One didn't have any, but the other arm of couch did. {Then he goes, "see?" as he hands me an imaginary ball.
This whole scenario cracks me up because everything about what we were playing was imagined...right down to the balls, bats, bases, and where the ball goes. Yet, he finds a purple ball on the COUCH! Like, it is so normal. In the midst of this imaginary game, he references the couch. It just cracks me up!
July 2012
Nathan and I were at JoAnne's Fabric and we passed by some magazines for kids. One of them had a picture of Nemo. Nathan emphatically said, "Like at the pet store!!!!!!!" as he pointed at the magazine with Nemo. It was so cute because we had recently been to the pet store where clown fish were being sold.
July 29, 2012
Nathan and I were at the grocery store. We had talked about going to the playground or park, but we ran out of time and I needed to go to the grocery store. Still, he had a grand time. He got to ride in the shopping cart that has the race car wheel, eat cheese and snacks, look at other boys and girls, and just talk with me about anything. I think he loves going to the store. Anyway, I was putting him back in his carseat after putting the groceries in the trunk and this is how our conversation went exactly:
Me: Did you have fun in the grocery store with the race car cart?
Nathan: No, I didn't have fun. It wasn't the playground, so, I didn't have fun.
July 27, 2012
We had gone to Wednesday night church as a family. Nathan went into the nursery like he owned it. No tears, no fears. It was a first for us! We were so excited. On the drive home from church, we were asking him if he had fun and if he liked it:
Dave: Did you like the nursery?
Nathan: Yes. I didn't like the nursery.
Dave: Why not?
Nathan: Because there too many people.
Dave: There were only, like, 5 people there!
Nathan: Maybe I don't like 5 people.
July 27, 2012
We have the big canvas of Nathan sitting in the field hanging on our wall in the bedroom. I love it! Nathan and I were slowly waking up one morning and he was looking at the picture, contemplating it. He said that there was 1 white flower. And more yellow flowers. Then this dialogue follows:
Nathan: I don't like that picture.
Me: Why?
Nathan: Because.... {he trailed off without completing his reasoning}
Me: Why don't you like that picture, Nay Nay?
Nathan: There's too many flowers.
{a few minutes pass}
Nathan: I'm gonna get it {meaning, the picture} all gone, and you're gonna say, 'Hey! Where my picture go?'
{a few minute pass and he's ready to get out of bed and trying to get me out, too}
Nathan: Come on, Mommy or Get up, Mommy. I'm gonna show you somp'in cool.
August 3
I was folding clothes. Nathan was playing "flugtag" with every toy in his toybox. I asked him if he would play me a song on the piano. He said, "I can't, Mommy. I'm working right now. Not today. Tomorrow."
July 2012
We let Nathan come into "big church" with us, trying to teach him that he has to be quiet and sit still. Once we got in the pew and got settled in, the preacher started preaching. Nathan says to me, "He not bein' quiet!"
July 2012
"Smile at me, Mommy." He looks up at me, squinches his eyes, and gives a fake smile. He does this when he knows I'm not pleased with his behavior. Mostly, when I'm expressing how unhappy I am that he went pee pee in his underwear instead of the potty.
One consequence to his pee peeing in his underwear instead of the potty is sitting on the time out chair, in the corner. He is not allowed to talk, or time gets added on. He has realized that if he tells me he has to go pee pee while sitting in time out, I will let him get up and go. Once he does, he says, "I don't have to do anymore time. You happy." At first, I was letting him out of his time out sentence, because I didn't want to give mixed signals of time out when he told me he had to go pee pee. Then I realized he was totally playing me!!
And that's something else he's caught onto...making me happy. If he does something wrong and I get onto him, he will come kiss me and will say, "That make you happy?" What a booger!!!
He's also started saying, "I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Forgive me, please?" Which is what I've tried to teach him when apologizing...it's so cute that he is starting to do it on his own.
That's all I can think of/find right now...hopefully I won't save them up for so long now!!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Sweet Sayings
Mama emailed this to me. This is from when they came down to Indian Shores for vacation the week before Memorial day 2012.
| "We were waiting in the car in the Publix parking lot for Grandaddy and Aunt B to get a few things. Nathan wanted to go with them, but it was raining pretty hard, so we stayed in the car. Nathan started crying. So to get his mind off of going into Publix, I asked him "where does the rain come from?" He stopped crying and said "from the clouds". He paused one or two seconds, then said "way up high". He was so precious when he said it." |
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sweet Sayings
Oh, today is just FULL of Nathanisms and it's only 1:15pm. While Nathan is napping, I better get these in before the paper gets too full or I lose it.
1. I can't remember specifically what craft we were doing, but we were doing a craft and I commended Nathan on his good work. I said, "You're doin' good Nay Nay." He replied, "I'm doin' good me."
2. Nathan wanted to "flugtag" the crayon box off of the coffee table. I told him not to. He was trying to convince me that it would be okay if he did it softly. He said, with the sweetest little eyes, might I add, "sof-ily."
3. When pouring his milk this morning, it was coming out in gulps. You know, glub, glub, glub. Nathan noticed this and said, "The milk bumpy."
4. We painted some flowers, cut them out, and stuck a pipe cleaner in them to make a bouquet of flowers. After we finished, Nathan was holding all of them in a bunch. He said, "I hold tight to them. No one gonna get them."
5. Nathan was either stacking blocks or the Connect 4 Tokens {isn't it sad that only a few hours have passed and I seriously can't remember?!} He said, "I'm building it special for you, Mommy." Awwww...melted my heart!
6. I'm pretty sure he was stacking blocks on this one. He said, "I messed it up." I said, "That's okay." He said, "Mmmm Hmmm." :) He gets this mmm hmm from Caillou, I'm pretty sure.
7. Nathan's been getting his fair share of spankings when deserved. And in the last couple of days, he's played spankins. I'll be on my belly playing whatever game we are playing. He loses interest and decides to spank my bottom. He says, "Spankin's or I'm spankin you." Something along those lines. So, I pretend to cry. I say, "I don't like spankin's. Hold me, Daddy." {I say this because he always wants me to hold him after he gets his.} So, he hugs me and pats my back {just like I do to him to comfort him.} Then, while patting me, he softly and so sweetly says, "It be okay. It be okay."
8. Yesterday, we got a new-to-us washer and dryer. {our washer has been slowly dying. and the dryer had a little life left, but this was a great deal.} Anyway, a nice man delivered it and Nathan was not shy in talking to him one bit! He called him "Man." He continually said things, like, "What you doin', Man?" or "Where are you, Man?" The man was very nice and replied to him, describing what he was doing or saying, "I'm right here." The man asked Nathan how old he was and Nathan said, "Good." Then he man said, "How old are you?" Nathan said, "Two." It was so neat the way he talked and interacted with him.
9. Nathan earned a cookie for going pee pee in the potty today. While he was enjoying it, he held it up and said, "Just like at church." Church nursery offers cookies. He then said, "I cry at church." I asked him why. He said, after thinking for a brief second, "I want Daddy and Mommy." I explained that we were at big church and we are always going to come back and get him. It was a real, true conversation. One that he put thought into and everything. So precious.
1. I can't remember specifically what craft we were doing, but we were doing a craft and I commended Nathan on his good work. I said, "You're doin' good Nay Nay." He replied, "I'm doin' good me."
2. Nathan wanted to "flugtag" the crayon box off of the coffee table. I told him not to. He was trying to convince me that it would be okay if he did it softly. He said, with the sweetest little eyes, might I add, "sof-ily."
3. When pouring his milk this morning, it was coming out in gulps. You know, glub, glub, glub. Nathan noticed this and said, "The milk bumpy."
4. We painted some flowers, cut them out, and stuck a pipe cleaner in them to make a bouquet of flowers. After we finished, Nathan was holding all of them in a bunch. He said, "I hold tight to them. No one gonna get them."
5. Nathan was either stacking blocks or the Connect 4 Tokens {isn't it sad that only a few hours have passed and I seriously can't remember?!} He said, "I'm building it special for you, Mommy." Awwww...melted my heart!
6. I'm pretty sure he was stacking blocks on this one. He said, "I messed it up." I said, "That's okay." He said, "Mmmm Hmmm." :) He gets this mmm hmm from Caillou, I'm pretty sure.
7. Nathan's been getting his fair share of spankings when deserved. And in the last couple of days, he's played spankins. I'll be on my belly playing whatever game we are playing. He loses interest and decides to spank my bottom. He says, "Spankin's or I'm spankin you." Something along those lines. So, I pretend to cry. I say, "I don't like spankin's. Hold me, Daddy." {I say this because he always wants me to hold him after he gets his.} So, he hugs me and pats my back {just like I do to him to comfort him.} Then, while patting me, he softly and so sweetly says, "It be okay. It be okay."
8. Yesterday, we got a new-to-us washer and dryer. {our washer has been slowly dying. and the dryer had a little life left, but this was a great deal.} Anyway, a nice man delivered it and Nathan was not shy in talking to him one bit! He called him "Man." He continually said things, like, "What you doin', Man?" or "Where are you, Man?" The man was very nice and replied to him, describing what he was doing or saying, "I'm right here." The man asked Nathan how old he was and Nathan said, "Good." Then he man said, "How old are you?" Nathan said, "Two." It was so neat the way he talked and interacted with him.
9. Nathan earned a cookie for going pee pee in the potty today. While he was enjoying it, he held it up and said, "Just like at church." Church nursery offers cookies. He then said, "I cry at church." I asked him why. He said, after thinking for a brief second, "I want Daddy and Mommy." I explained that we were at big church and we are always going to come back and get him. It was a real, true conversation. One that he put thought into and everything. So precious.
Sweet Sayings
Today, we were watching Caillou and a commercial came on. It was for stuffed animals that have lights that project stars on the ceiling at night. They have lots of different animals...ladybugs, giraffe, and a penguin. They are made by the same people who made pillow pets. Aunt B gave Nathan a penguin pillow pet and we named him Pip. When the advertisement showed the penguin night light, it posed it right next to the pillow pet, which is larger. Nathan said, " Look, two pip's." But it sounded like "pips-is." It was so cute.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Gainesville Family Reunion {minus Hayley and Dave}
Here are some pics from a recent reunion at the Hartley house in Gainesville. Sadly, it was Grammy's broken hip that brought us together, but at least we made the best of the situation and enjoyed our time together. Blair flew in on Friday the 18th and Misty, Vicky, and I all drove in. It was a full house. We visited Grammy each day we were there, hopefully lifting her spirits, encouraging her, and helping her to be nicer to everyone. Here are some pictures from our visit. These were taken at "The Pit."
Sweet Sayings
It's been a while since I've posted anything on here, so here are quite a few of Nathanisms :)
{These have all happened between Memorial Day Week 2012 and 6/6/12.}
A dog got startled by a big noise...I can't remember what it was...but Nathan said, "He scared from the horn."
He called the beach house we stayed at the "Sandhouse."
The first night at the beach house, Nathan and Granddaddy were talking about the sunset while watching it. Granddaddy was explaining that it was going to go plop into the water, obviously communicating what was going to happen at sunset in "flugtag" terms that Nathan could relate to. Nathan's response: Big splash? with the most innocent, sweet little expression :)
Me: Nay Nay?
NJH: Hmmm?
Me: I'm so tired.
NJH: Are you?
Me: Yes, I am.
NJH: No you're not.
Nathan has been burping A LOT lately. He was with Miss Esther when he let out a good one and then he said, "I have a lot of burps in my throat!"
I was getting Nathan ready for bed on the changing table. He mentioned that he'd like to flugtag off of the table. I said there's no way he could do that because he would hurt his head and I would be very sad. He agreed with me and said that he would break his head and he'd "have to go to hospital to get new one."
Whenever he is doing something that he probably knows he shouldn't be doing or is about to do something he knows he shouldn't, he cocks his head to the side and says, "That's okay," as if trying to convince me and anyone else who is there that it is. :)
While I was at a client's house for photography, Dave and Nathan were playing outside at home and a neighbor and his dog came along. They asked if Nathan could pet the dog and the neighbor said yes. Well, Dave was telling me all about this and I asked him what kind of dog it was. Dave said that it was a big dog, short hair, probably some pit in him. Those kinds of dogs just look dirty and gross to me and so I said, " Oh, gross. Did you wash your hands when you guys came in?" While Dave and I were having this conversation, Nathan was playing "flugtag" with random items off of the desk in the corner. He was immersed in his play, yet was intently listening, because he immediately stopped playing, came over to me, and said, "The dog not gross, Mommy." What a keen ear! I must watch my tongue.
We were driving as a family along Ulmerton road. Dave was on the phone and I was just quiet. I heard Nathan talking quietly to himself. When we passed the road that would lead to Caden and Christian's house, Nathan said quietly to himself, "There's Caden and Christian's house." He is so smart that he even knows where he is on all of these big roads!!!
Miss Esther shared this one with me. Nathan expressed that he wanted to go to Caden and Christian's house to play. And he noted that Ziggy would be there. He told Miss Esther this, "I'm gonna say to Ziggy, "What you doin' Ziggy?" Of course, he had his little head cocked to the side like he does when he was telling Miss Esther what he was going to say to Ziggy. How cute!!
This one also from Miss Esther. When they were leaving Caden and Christian's house, Chik-fil-a is on the way back to our house on the right. Just before they drove by the restaurant, Nathan says to Miss Esther, "I'm hungry." And I can't remember the exact quotation, but he alluded to the fact that Chik-fil-a was right there. What a solution to his hunger problem. It just cracks me up that he knew he might get some chik-fil-a if he said that he was hungry to mom-mom.
After picking his nose, he said, "I got all the boogers out. I got a big one on my nose."
{These have all happened between Memorial Day Week 2012 and 6/6/12.}
A dog got startled by a big noise...I can't remember what it was...but Nathan said, "He scared from the horn."
He called the beach house we stayed at the "Sandhouse."
The first night at the beach house, Nathan and Granddaddy were talking about the sunset while watching it. Granddaddy was explaining that it was going to go plop into the water, obviously communicating what was going to happen at sunset in "flugtag" terms that Nathan could relate to. Nathan's response: Big splash? with the most innocent, sweet little expression :)
Me: Nay Nay?
NJH: Hmmm?
Me: I'm so tired.
NJH: Are you?
Me: Yes, I am.
NJH: No you're not.
Nathan has been burping A LOT lately. He was with Miss Esther when he let out a good one and then he said, "I have a lot of burps in my throat!"
I was getting Nathan ready for bed on the changing table. He mentioned that he'd like to flugtag off of the table. I said there's no way he could do that because he would hurt his head and I would be very sad. He agreed with me and said that he would break his head and he'd "have to go to hospital to get new one."
Whenever he is doing something that he probably knows he shouldn't be doing or is about to do something he knows he shouldn't, he cocks his head to the side and says, "That's okay," as if trying to convince me and anyone else who is there that it is. :)
While I was at a client's house for photography, Dave and Nathan were playing outside at home and a neighbor and his dog came along. They asked if Nathan could pet the dog and the neighbor said yes. Well, Dave was telling me all about this and I asked him what kind of dog it was. Dave said that it was a big dog, short hair, probably some pit in him. Those kinds of dogs just look dirty and gross to me and so I said, " Oh, gross. Did you wash your hands when you guys came in?" While Dave and I were having this conversation, Nathan was playing "flugtag" with random items off of the desk in the corner. He was immersed in his play, yet was intently listening, because he immediately stopped playing, came over to me, and said, "The dog not gross, Mommy." What a keen ear! I must watch my tongue.
We were driving as a family along Ulmerton road. Dave was on the phone and I was just quiet. I heard Nathan talking quietly to himself. When we passed the road that would lead to Caden and Christian's house, Nathan said quietly to himself, "There's Caden and Christian's house." He is so smart that he even knows where he is on all of these big roads!!!
Miss Esther shared this one with me. Nathan expressed that he wanted to go to Caden and Christian's house to play. And he noted that Ziggy would be there. He told Miss Esther this, "I'm gonna say to Ziggy, "What you doin' Ziggy?" Of course, he had his little head cocked to the side like he does when he was telling Miss Esther what he was going to say to Ziggy. How cute!!
This one also from Miss Esther. When they were leaving Caden and Christian's house, Chik-fil-a is on the way back to our house on the right. Just before they drove by the restaurant, Nathan says to Miss Esther, "I'm hungry." And I can't remember the exact quotation, but he alluded to the fact that Chik-fil-a was right there. What a solution to his hunger problem. It just cracks me up that he knew he might get some chik-fil-a if he said that he was hungry to mom-mom.
After picking his nose, he said, "I got all the boogers out. I got a big one on my nose."
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Nathan Visits the Coast Guard Base
Another recent adventure we had was with Nathan's friend Kai! We met Jennifer, Chris, Kai, and Leilani at the Coast Guard Base week before last. They brought us Chick-fil-a and we enjoyed a nice lunch together outside. We then got to visit the "airport," as Nathan recalls. We heard and saw a helicopter landing and coming in. Nathan really enjoyed this, despite the racket! Then, we explored with awe one of the airplanes! It was HUGE!!!!! I mean, enormous! Chris works as a navigator and with anything else that has to do with the wires :) Obviously, I don't quite have a grasp on all that his duties entail, but I do know he is quite knowledgeable and talented! The boys {and ME!} got to climb up into the airplane, see where the pilot sits with his co-pilots, and see where Chris works on the plane. The switches and buttons covered the sides and ceiling...as many as there are stars, it seemed! Wow! We got to look in the back, too. The airplane is designed so that it could hold/rescue a helicopter, if necessary. Something unique to the CG aircrafts are the windows on the sides. They are big lookout windows, so that the men can look out in the ocean for people/boats/etc. It was really neat. And did I mention that it was HUGE?!?!!?!?
After checking out the airplanes, we went to play basketball, tennis, and baseball on the basketball courts on base. It was fun, but it was so hot, we made it a short time. We decided it would be better to get some ice cream from the mercantile. So, Jennifer bought Nathan and Kai popcycle push-ups. Nathan's first ice cream! He liked it, but only ate 1/3rd. Jennifer bought Nathan a miniature airplane that was a replica of the one he and Kai got to go in. What a special day with good friends. :) Here are a couple of pictures from out adventure.
Here's Chris and Kai
this picture displays the enormity of this plane. Nathan was interested in the helicopter that was landing to our right.
Chris and Kai watch as the helicopter settles in.
On the steps of the big coast guard airplane. It looks like Kai is saying, "pleeeaaassee" about something, doesn't it?
the boys and Chris climbing up into the cockpit of the airplane
all the switches, dials, and buttons they weren't allowed to touch
Sweet Sayings
Nathan and I took a nap today. He was playing in his bed so he had to come sleep in my bed. When he woke up and climbed out of bed {too soon, might I add!} he said, "Get down, Mommy. Like Me get down?" And then, after multiple requests for me to get up, I crawled out of bed. I said, "Bye Bye, Bed." And Nathan responded, "It's not goin' bye byes." :) ha.ha.ha!
A Ray's Game!!
Recently, Dave was able to get 4 tickets to the Tampa Bay Ray's game. They were playing the Seattle Mariners. We took Dave Affleck along with us :) Nathan really did well. I'd say his favorite part of the game was playing catch with "Coach," as Nathan referred to Dave Affleck, who is a retired PE Coach. Coach would sit in a seat that was one step higher than Nathan, and they would throw a little foam baseball that one of the Ray's girls gave Nathan. I think they both enjoyed it! There was lots of excitement during the game...suicide squeeze attempt, homeruns, stolen bases, great hits, and great pitching. Everytime there was a commotion, especially for a home run, Nathan was stunned as he watched everyone stand up and cheer so loudly. Just about everytime, he would say to me, "go home now?" I think he very much enjoyed the game, but did not enjoy the loud cheering. Nathan and I went to pet the sting rays. It was soooo neat. Nathan really enjoyed seeing them. He was afraid to touch them, but I think he did touch them briefly once. You see, in order to pet the rays, you place two fingers together, as if you were checking your pulse, and put them in the water, waiting for the rays to swim by. We were instructed only to touch their "wings" even though their stingers had been trimmed off. {they grow back!} It was a wonderful night! Here are some pictures from the evening at the ballpark :)
A Daddy and his Boy
cheese!!!!
about to play ball with Coach
meeting Raymond and sitting on his lap!
playing ball! a little blurry, but it shows Coach's face and Nathan's heater, even at such a close range!
silly Little Bear!
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