Yeah, That's What I Said!

S: Why do moths sting?

Me: Um... moths?

S: No, mawss.

Me: Why does moss sting?

J: ...wasps...

S: Yeah. Why do wasps sting?

Me: ... got it.

You Know, I Say That Too

Sam and I were in the shower the other day, when he looked down and noticed his own erection.

Suddenly, thunderously, I hear a 3-year-old voice yell, "BIG PENIS! BIG PENIS!!!", at which point he roared and stomped around the shower stall.

...it did my heart proud, it did.

Quotable Quotes: The Quotening

J: Aren't you contrary tonight.

S: No, you're contrary!

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Mama, at one of the many bedtime bathroom trips: Can you try really hard to make this the last bathroom trip?

Sam: Mama, can you try really hard to tell me a story?

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We wandered into our backyard early Saturday morning, Sam naked. He told me he had to pee, and I told to pee somewhere people didn't walk.

There was a wet spot on the walk, and I asked him if that was where he peed.

"No," he replied earnestly. "I peed in my wheelbarrow."

A Real Little Boy...

Sam and I went to the park the other day. He was riding his trike, and as he careened down the little hill that is at the park's entrance, I thought to myself, "Oh good, he's made it past the part where he normally over-balances." BOOM! Child down, with trike on top. *sigh* I should have known better.

Scrapes: 2 (one knee, one elbow)

I got him calmed down and back on track to the playground. About 200 yards out, he hopped off his trike and went tearing off full tilt. I lost sight of him behind a building for a couple of seconds... and then hear wailing. *double sigh*

Scrapes: 4 (2 on one knee, one elbow, one palm)

After the appropriate amount of calming, he ran off to play, happy as a clam. He clambered around the play structure, and then went climbing on some nearby decorative rocks. I started to say, "Be careful!", when BOOM! Child down again. *triple sigh*

Scrapes: 6 (3 on one knee, 1 on the other, one elbow, one palm)

We finished playing 10 or 15 minutes later, and then came home.

Of course, once he noticed the scrapes...

The Gimp(s)

So either it's something that a lot of babies do, or there's something odd in our genetics, but Joey has just recently started doing the same gimpy one-legged crawl that Sam did. Picture a baby crawling but with one knee and one foot, and, well, that's pretty much exactly what they do.

I've gotta think that it's a bit confusing for Joey when he gets caught on things, due to that one leg sticking way out to the side.

From The Mouth Of... Toddlers, I guess

J: You're just contrary.

S: No, you're contrary.

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(while pooping)

S: Mama, I'm making lunch!

(Yes, I am proud. Why do you ask?)

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S: I'm making soup!

J: What's going in your soup?

S: Um... carrots and potatoes and marshmallows and stickers and the wall. I'm taking all these things that I can handle; I'm sprinkling it all in!

...I'm glad that Julie is still the one who cooks.

HE WALKS!!!

Mark it; 11:38am, June 1, 2010, Joseph Graham Coldwell took his first steps (three in a row, in fact).

Mama just called me to tell me, and apparently the youngest Coldwell is just as proud as can be. I can't wait to get home and see it for myself.