Connor
Connor was riding around on his Wahoo with a sword in hand yelling that he was the protector (pronounced in his words pre-tech-ter) of the family. He was frustrated because he couldn't hold TWO swords in his hands and still steer the Wahoo so he started to cry. I told him that if he wanted to be the might protector of the family he can't cry like that and he responded "But I wanna be the sweet protector who still needs his mommy!!!' :) I'll remind him of that when he's 14... :)Connor has been doing MATH lately!!! He has a very conceptual mind and does VERY well with story problems. I got a video but it's too long to post so I have to figure that out... Kati asked him what he wanted to study in college (after he told her that when he gets big he's gonna go to his own school... college). She told him he could study Animals or science or the bible... he said 'no I want to study that!' and pointed to him abacus. :)
Connor likes to make up songs... the other day in the kitchen he was belting out this anthem... "Just gonna stand here and watch me burp... that's alright cause it makes me feel better..." Very nice son... very nice...
He was helping me cook and was stirring the noodles for mac and cheese and hit his knuckle on the side of the pan. I said, 'oh no buddy did you burn your hand??' To which he replied through tears, 'No mommy, I burned my knuckle bomb!!' :) Oh sweet sweet boy.
So our friends that come over weekly for Bible study have a child each. One a girl named Charity and the others a boy named Joseph. Well Connor doesn't call them Charity and Joseph... it's Chardidy and Jophis... you'll said no Charity and he'll say back to you Chardidy. Same with Joseph... sigh...
On Easter morning, (Jimmy had to work... BOOOO) I was trying to get the boys dressed and out the door and Connor started throwing a FIT about wearing a coat and tie. He was yelling, 'I don't want to look cute! I don't wanna look cute!' So we dealt with the attitude and then before I tried again to dress him, I asked him 'Connor why don't you want to be cute?' His answer was not expected! He said 'Cause when I'm cute all the girls want to play with me and I can't play with my guy friends!!!' Oh my! What a conundrum!! :) A couple weeks later I told that story to the ladies in nursery and they said 'well that makes sense... cause when we sit down for story time the girls all sit around him and pat his head and tell him how cute he is.' :) Don't worry kid... you'll like it when your 16... :)
Connor's little theological nugget this week was said to me very seriously with big eyes... "God and Jesus are different you know!" :) That's right buddy!! Good job!
Connor was fussing about not wanting to get dressed to go to EWG (the kid likes to be naked... well in his skivvies) and he said why do we have to go (by the way he always LOVES it when we get there...). I told him that mommy wants to go and learn about Jesus. He asked me why and I said because I love Jesus and I hope that someday you will too but you can't REALLY love Jesus until the Holy Spirit draws you. I told him that mommy prays for him everyday that God would draw him to Himself. He got SUPER excited and threw his hands up and said 'If God draws me it will be a HUGE picture and then I will be REALLY big!!!!!!' :) Oh my sweet boy... yes... hopefully :)
We were in Walmart and Connor all of a sudden gets up on his knees and points at someone over my shoulder and says really loudly and seriously 'If you are trying to hurt my mommy, I'm gonna punch you in the face!!!' to which Vale joined in yelling 'yeah yeah yeah' and punching the air with both fists!!! This is NOT typical of Connor at all! So I turned to see a man walking away... didn't say anything... the ladies in the vicinity were laughing cause it was honestly hilarious... but I'm not sure what he was doing. I asked Connor why he said that and he said something about he was asking me my name. I didn't hear anything so I'm not sure if Connor thought I was trying to ignore him or what... but it was funny!
Connor favorite thing to say right now is that he can do something now because 'I'm three years old!!!' but you have to hear the way he does it... it's hilarious... he's soooo trying to convince you and remind you at the same time. I love it.
Vale
(he doesn't have as many stories cause he can't talk yet... but soon my friends... very soon...) Vale LOVED this book titled when you see a cuddly kitten and would have us read it to him over and over and over. He would make the sounds of the animals, it was so cute. Well the last page says, If you see an angry alligator say... HELP!!! Well there was another book we were reading at someone else house and I was going over the animals with Connor asking him what they say. And I asked him what sound does an alligator make? And from across the room Vale said, 'HELP!' :)
Vale LOVES to sing... I mean loves it!!! Lately he's been singing Happy, Happy, Happy! over and over again... I'm not sure what song it's from but he loves it and it makes him... Happy! :)
Vale is climbing the stairs, up and down, in our house all by himself now!! YEAH buddy!!! No more gates!!! WHEWWW WHOOO!!!
By far the cutest thing that Vale does is when he's nodding he says 'Yup' and his whole body rocks back and forth as he nods his head. It's awesome.
Vale is obsessed with reading right now. He loves books and will find one and bring it over to you and say, 'Up! Up!' meaning he wants you to put him up on your lap and he wants you to read to him.
We were at the store and the clearance bin had all these plastic animals in them for $1 so I told the boys they could each pick some. Connor of course picks and Lion and a Lamb... sigh... but Vale gets a pig, a hippo and a cow... the three fattest animals they had... I think he thinks there's a famine coming... :) He makes me smile.
Vale is a hugger!!! He loves to give people hugs! If you are laying flat on the floor he will come over to you and give you a hug and say 'Up! Up!' :) The other day we had a whole bunch of people over and he went around to each one and gave their legs a hug. It was sooooo cute!! And today he wanted to pet some ladies dog so she squatted down to hold the dog so he could touch it and Vale petted the dog then gave the lady a big hug. It was so cute!!
Vale likes to bring you his shoes when he wants to leave. It's really funny and he tries to put them on and screams in frustration when he is unsuccessful...
For the past month or so, a little over I believe, Vale has been pooping on the potty!!! YEAH!!! It's cause it takes him a while and he lets us know he's trying... ummm... yeah... so we have time to put him on the toilet. He likes it better than pooping in his diaper I think cause there is no resistance from the diaper. He's doing a great job!!! I don't think he'll be peeing the toilet till he's 5 though so I'm not even gonna attempt that... :)
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