an attempt at rest

I had just finished making supper, and decided to lay down for a few minutes. It was about 3:30, and I didn't expect Shannon or Jack to wake up until after 4. I didn't really want to sleep, just doze. :)

As luck would have it, I had been laying down for about 2 minutes when Shannon woke up. I asked him if he wanted to come snuggle with mama. He's normally quite groggy for awhile after waking up, so he happily joined me. After about 10 minutes, he said, "mama, I want an apple with the seeds cut out."

me: "I'm resting. You'll have to wait until I get up."

Shannon contented himself with looking out the window for awhile, and then observed, "There are lots of cars and trucks moving, mama."

me, in a semi-dozed state, "mmhmm."

Shannon: "That means everybody is awake."

me: "mmhmm."

Shannon: "That means you should wake up, mama."

the mind of a 4-yr-old

(okay, so he isn't technically 4. He turns 4 at the end of the month. I just think of him as a 4-yr-old.)

Shannon had just put on a "new" (hand-me-down) outfit--sweatpants w/ a matching zip-up sweatshirt featuring Buzz Lightyear. We were getting ready to leave, and

I said, "Shannon, put your coat on please."

Shannon: "I don't want to wear my coat. Then no one can see my Buzz Lightyear sweatshirt!."

Me: "It's too cold outside to go without a coat, bud."

Shannon: "Okay, but I take my coat off at Kohls so I can see my sweatshirt."


And, another example of the workings of Shannon's mind. We were discussing the baby in my "tummy."
Shannon: "I want to go back in your tummy, mama."

Me: "Uh, no. Once you come out, you can never go back."

Shannon: "Why not, mama?"

Me: "Well, for one thing, you wouldn't fit. And, I don't think you'd like it anyway. You wouldn't be able to move, or watch tv, or play with your cars, or eat chocolate chips."

Shannon: "I could take some chocolate chips in with me." LOL!!

Ah, what a problem-solver. :)

more of my silly goose

Shannon is "driving" his cars on the table. He got a little rough, and appeared to be attempting to scratch the table.

Me: "Shannon! Don't scratch the table! Please be gentle or you won't be able to play on the table."

Shannon, with a giggling grin, and a characteristic shoulder shrug: "Sorry, mama! I won't do that again."

Me: "Don't tell me that with your silly grin."

Shannon, morphs into a forlorn, repentant, shoulders drooped expression: "Sorry, mama! I won't do that again."

Oh dear, I had to laugh.

out of the mouth of an almost 4-year-old

Story #1452
Jack walked into Shannon's room.

Shannon, in a deadpan voice: "just nuffin', Jack, nuffin' to worry about."

Maybe I should check this out. :)

Story #1503
Background: We're trying to sell our house. We have another property picked out that we're hoping to buy if we are able to sell our house. On this property, there is a barn.

Me to Shannon as we clean his room: "We need to clean your room so we can sell the house."

Shannon: "So we can move to the barn?"

Me: "Yep."

Shannon: "It's a MESS in here!! I will never make a mess again, Mama!"

Ha!!! He has since repeated several times that he will "never make a mess again!"

Story # 1504
Shannon went to Jack's room to determine what he was playing with. Upon seeing that Jack had strewn his board books across the floor, the following ensued:

Shannon: "Jack! Don't make a mess! C'mon, Jack, you wanna clean up this mess? Don't you wanna move to my barn? C'mon, Jack, we gotta clean up this mess so we can move to my barn."

I laughed quite hard (but you probably won't)

One of the best parts of parenting is seeing your children learn. An example: Jack has apparently absorbed the knowledge that mama's kisses help make boo-boos feel better. (Shannon takes full advantage of this, or attempts to. I keep telling him I don't do butts or feet!) Just a few minutes ago, Jack came out of Shannon's room saying repeatedly, "ow. . . ow . . . ow," while walking toward me. I was only half paying attention to him while reading something on Facebook.

He climbed up on my lap, and smooshed his forehead into my lips. Well, I guess I didn't quite hit the spot, because he moved his head a little and tried again. Then, again. Then, again. At this point, I started laughing as he did it again. He looked at me quite perplexed, and then he decided to try his hand--maybe I'd have better luck there.

Overheard on the way to the store:

Shannon and I were talking. Then, Shannon says, "Stop making that noise, mama. I need to blow up this balloon."

me: "What noise?"

Shannon: "The words comin' out of your mouth."

pee the potty! not in pants!!

I watched these again a few times today. I laugh harder each time. Anyway, in case you haven't seen them or would like to watch again, here they are:



(Shannon translation: "Pee in potty. Not in pants.")

For the record, Shannon no longer has any potty training issues, and hasn't for close to a year. It's wonderful!!! I can't wait until Jack is trained!!