Super Huge Ones

Jonathan (3 years, 3 months)

This morning Jonathan was sitting next to me on the couch while I nursed Elizabeth and he looked at me and said, "Mama, why do you have super huge ones of those? (and then he lifted up his shirt and pointed to his "boobies" and said,) "Cause mine are tiny."

And for the record, my "super huge ones" are a whopping B cup AND, I am trying to wean the child but she is not interested...it has been a slow process but we are making progress!

My owboy

Jonathan (3 years, 3 months)

Jonathan: "Mommy, my 'owboy' is itchy."

Me: "Your what?"

Jonathan: "My owboy!"

Me: "Your elbow?"
Jonathan: "No, my OWBOY!" (as he scratches his eyebrow)

Why?

Jonathan (3 years, 3 months)

The kids love the Richard Scarry "Busytown Mysteries" cartoon. It's all about the characters solving little mysteries by retracing the events and asking questions like "Who?" "What?" "When?" "Where?" "Why?" and "How?" In fact, there is a little song that they sing whenever they stumble upon a mystery that goes like this,

"Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Huckle Cat you and me.

Let's come together

And solve another mystery."

Anyway, clearly the whole show is built on asking important questions about the events, etc.

This morning the kids were watching one of them and at one point in the episode Huckle Cat asks, "Why?" and right away I hear Jonathan say, "He said 'Why?' He needs a spanking."

I was cracking up!

Recently the boys have gotten in trouble for asking "Why?" when we ask them to do something.

For example,

Me: "Aden, you need to go into the playroom and clean up your cars."

Aden: "Why?" (in a whiny or disrespectful tone)

They are learning (some days more slowly than others) that our expectation is that they will obey without questioning or arguing. Apparently I need to have a little chat with Jonathan to explain that asking "why?" isn't in and of itself a bad thing.

Car Window

Jonathan (3 years, 3 months)

Aden almost always prefers to have the car windows down when we're driving. Jonathan almost always prefers to have them rolled up. The other day on our way to the beach Aden started rolling his window down just as we were getting on the highway and immediately Jonathan squawked, "NO ADEN! It will 'bwow' off my 'sunscween'!" And yes, he was serious.

Fuss Butt and Nonsense

Aden (4 years, 9 months)

Jonathan (3 years, 3 months)

A conversation/exchange in the car tonight:

Aden: "Mama, can I have the window down?"

Jonathan: "No! It will 'bwow' me!"

Aden: "Don't be a fuss butt!"

Jonathan: "Don't call me a fuss butt!"

(At this point, I start laughing because I know there is only one place they've learned the term "fuss butt"...from their mother.)

Aden: (laughs)

Jonathan: "Stop 'waffing'!"

Aden: (laughs)

Jonathan: "Aden, stop 'waffing'!"

Aden: (laughs)

Jonathan: "Mommy, Aden won't stop 'waffing'!"

Me: "Honey, he keeps laughing because you keep saying 'stop laughing'. If you stop saying that, he'll stop laughing."

Jonathan: "That's nonsense!"

(And then I start laughing again because I know exactly where he picked up the expression, "That's nonsense!"...from his father.)