He's Growing UP!

Realizing it's been a while, here's a purge blog that covers the highlights from this last month.

"When I bigger..."

That's David's favorite phrase right now. Here are some of the ways he's used it.

1. "When I bigger, I get tattoo Jesus on my leg like Daddy." He did say that Mama could go with him, though.

2. "When I bigger, I drive your car."

3. (To Kyle) "When I bigger, I pick you up from Cathy's." (Cathy's is David's daycare; Kyle jokingly wondered if David secretly means "a nursing home.")

Fishy Tale:

While at Mammie & Pawpaw's, Aunt Jana caught a fish at the pond, which David touched. Kyle asked, "What does the fish feel like?" David replied, "Soft, like snot on my hand."

The Shrew

While watching Planet Earth's LIFE series, David became fascinated with an African Shrew (small mouse-like animal) and its attempt to flee from the hungry lizard. Since then, David sometimes smells the air with his finger (to mimic the Shrew's long nose).

"My World Cup"

We signed David for an indoor soccer league team, coached by Richard Barlow, Kyle's coworker. David really looks forward to each Tuesday's game; in fact, he says, "Daddy, I gonna go play my World Cup." The first game he unknowingly scored a goal. The second game he started to notice the basketball lines on the gym floor, and by his third game last night, he was more interested in running on the lines than chasing the ball. He spent most of the time tracing the lines as he ran. Kyle and I joked that he should be a cross-country/track star because he seems to enjoy running for long periods of time. Another aspect he likes is his name on the back of his shirt. He's taken an interest in spelling "D-A-V-I-D."

Swim Class

Kyle took David to swim classes for a few weeks in June, and David seemed to enjoy it once again.

Mr. Man

After completing laundry, I asked David to put away his clothes in his drawer. He was doing fine, but the "mother hen" in me went to supervise. He didn't need or want the help and responded, "Mama...(huff)...go talk to Daddy, please. I got this."

Father's Day 2010

We had an enjoyable and relaxing Father's Day this year. Here's the funny of the day. Kyle said to David in a Darth Vader voice, "I am your father." David just stared at him for a few seconds, ran away, and came back a moment later holding his light saber and said, "Turn to me."

"Like a Crab"

David was having trouble capturing his dinner (taco salad) with a fork, so he asked for a spoon. He had the bright idea to use both, saying, "Look! I like a crab!"

Until next time! E

Funnies!

Here are a few recent highlights.

Potty Humor:

First, after eating donuts this morning, David said he had to go potty. While on the toilet and between grunts, David said, "Mama, after I poo poo, I kiss you!" A few minutes later he said, "Mama, the chocolate and white on the donuts and the milk are talking to me!" Too funny!

Smells:

Yesterday on the way to daycare, we passed a dead skunk. David asked, "Mama? What's that smell?" I replied, "Well, David, that's a skunk." After sniffing the air, he commented, "Mama, I'm thinking it's skunk and....turkey!"

While driving today we passed an unknown smell outside, and David asked what it was, to which I replied, "David, I don't know." He sniffed and decided, "Mama, I think it's...turkey and...cheese or...cow and mustard!"

Here is his super sniff face!

What a cutie! He makes us laugh so much! E

Hello again...

What do ya know?! We blinked and another few weeks have passed! We have been busy taking care of things around the house and wrapping the school year with state testing. David has really been enjoying the warmer weather and the opportunities to play in the yard.

We started off by having some new flooring installed in the house so I stayed home with David. We were fortunate to have some great weather and we spent most of the day in the backyard. I was glad to see David finally getting over his fear of dirt. Several times in the morning he buried his cars in the dirt and then took them to the "car wash."

David's daycare was closed for a couple of days so Emily stayed home with David and took him and a friend to the OKC Zoo one day. They both really liked the animals, but I think the new children's zoo section was hit! Emily said they were cute picking their favorite goats to pet.

We have also been working in the yard. I decided to give gardening a try, so we built a "square foot garden." After we put the plants and seeds in the ground David was ready to cook them, but I had to explain to him that they needed to grow some more. We also signed David up for an indoor soccer league this summer. He was so excited when we told him that he wanted to go outside to "play practice."

I am pretty proud of our tiny homestead. I have always been a little disappointed with the size of our backyard, but we have managed to fit a garden, a swingset/fort, and a mini-soccer field back there all in the last year. I didn't know we could be so efficient!

Talk to ya later,

Kyle

The Alphabet

A few days ago, David and I were helping Kyle make yummy tortillas, and while David was waiting to lift the tortilla container lid, out of nowhere he started spelling what was written on it. "T-O-R-T-I-L-L-A! Look, there are two L's, Mama!" Then he spelled the words written on the sour cream label! I cannot express how fast and happy my heart beat with excitement!

Then, several nights ago, we were reading his current two favorite books, BACKYARDIGANS OPPOSITES book and ALPHABET book. During the OPPOSITES book, he wanted to spell all the words; the last two at the end are "Hello!" and "Goodbye!" As he was spelling "Hello!" he noticed the exclamation point and replied, "Mama, the i's upside-down! Silly book!"

What a clever kiddo!

E

Ways of the World

David caught some fever virus that's going around at daycare, so Kyle stayed home with him yesterday because of a high fever, and today was my turn. We played and put together his world floor map and made a plan for the day. We were going to go to the doctor's, get his medicine, and go eat Taco Bueno burritos. He interjected, "Mama, go Starbucks!?" So he grabbed a few dollars from his bank because he wanted to by us a cookie.

We waited at the doctor's forever, but the highlight came when Nurse Kelly (who gives him all his shots) entered the room to swab his throat for a strep test. David's brow furrowed, he grabbed his left arm, and asked, "No gonna hurt me?" Nurse Kelly replied, "No, I'm not going to make you cry! I'm just going to tickle your throat." Poor Nurse Kelly, but that was too cute!!

The other highlight came when David pulled out his money to buy a chocolate chip cookie. He was so proud!