One weekend when Andy went hunting:
“Daddy went hunting in the woods. He see bear, elephants, goats and giraffes. Yeah yeah he see giraffes!”

A little 18mo girl at the Y waddled over to look at Cassidy in her carseat. Ben stepped in front of her and said “No, that’s my Cassidy!” all big brother protective like.

Do all little kids have a fascination with bathroom talk or just little boys? Ben brought Bear to the bathroom one afternoon and I heard “Ok Bear let’s go potty, I help you point your weenie down.” Yes, that’s the word we use for it. I’m all for teaching kids appropriate names and functions of body parts, just not when they’re 2-3. I don’t even know how we ended up on that one, but those are his little man parts. And apparently Bear’s too!

Often times when I’m nursing Cassidy Ben will ask if I’m done yet. I usually have to tell him no, I still have to feed her on the other side. So he’s started asking “You feed her backside way?” LOL

Before bed I try to engage Ben to talk about our day and ask what he’s thankful for:
Me: What would you like to thank Jesus for today?
Ben: Uhm, dinner and watching TV.
Me: Ok go ahead.
Ben: Jesus thank you for food and we watched TV. Amen. Thank you. From me, Ben.

Ben bashed his lip up one morning and asked to “see the bloods.”

Finally, he actually played pretend for the first time yesterday. He’s played with his trucks and made little adventures for his stuffed animals before. They’ve gone on picnics and go to school (even though he doesn’t really know much about school). But this time he said “I’m Colby and I meowing. Meow. You be Jack!” We acted out being kitties and ate from our bowls and meowed at each other. It was super cute.