things jack says

i never get tired of hearing the funny things jack says, and lately have been very entertained by his frequent and surprising use of very proper language. these are some recent additions to the dictionary according to jack:

• poodle noodle = pool noodle

• jimmy eyed joe = gi joe

• cow beef = beef jerky

• crinkle pop = rice krispies

• ceremony = funeral

• genalations = the book of galatians

• yesterday of yesterday = the day before yesterday

• tomorrow of tomorrow = the day after tomorrow

funny phrases and comments:

• "if you will excuse me, i need to use the toilet."

• "i'm not feeling on the weather today." [when he was feeling under the weather]

• "dad, could you please keep the smell down, i'm trying to do school and i'm thinking of food."

• "i'm sad for abraham lincoln because he never got to finish the movie because he got shot."

• "i will praise unto the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously the horse and rider thrown into the sea, ye haw!" [this was his dinnertime prayer for quite awhile]

• "i just love looking at him. he's like a baby angel, but sleeping." [his reason for sneaking in to look at archie early in the morning at dub's house]

• "this is going to be another one about marsha's love circle." [him guessing who and what the next episode of the brady bunch is going to be about]

notable conversations:

          donald: "what color were the cookies?"

          jack: "ummm, they were kind of human colored." [aka sugar cookies]

          jack: "mom, will you hold my hand tight? i'm trying to poop."

          shelly: "do you think that when you're a grown up you'll still want me to hold your hand while you poop?"

          jack: "no, by that time you'll be done."

          shelly: "what do you mean by done?"

          jack: "i mean we will have already had your ceremony."

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things archie says

just after turning two archie's word count took off and this kid is practically speaking in complete sentences at this point. it is wild and also very, very adorable to listen to his little voice. here are some of his dictionary entries: 

• gagi = either of the gagas [aka grandmas] 

• oat milk = oatmeal 

• daddy cereal = any sugary cereal 

• rock 'em dig 'em = rock-a-bye baby 

• glubs = gloves 

• dollar city = silver dollar city 

• merry christmas tree = merry christmas 

and these are some of the best things he's said lately, many of which we get to hear on a very regular basis: 

• "ummm couple minutes" [his answer to a wide variety of questions] 

• "my birthday in november" [his typical response when someone outside of our family says anything to him] 

• "do it by self" [technically this one is usually "no! no! do it by self!"] 

• "me want it HUGE" [this started with wanting to fill the little cup in the bathroom to overflowing when brushing his teeth, but moved on to include cereal bowls and spoons] 

• "liiittle potty" [if he only has to pee a little bit he explains it this way while scrunching his fingers and squinting his eyes] 

• "thank you mommy" and "thank you daddy" [those are just so sweet to hear his two year old voice say] 

• "daddy you comin'?" [this gets called out repeatedly when he's ready to get up from his nap] 

• "mommy's coming in a certain way, hey!" [this is the song i get on repeat in the morning when he's waiting for me to come get him up] 

• "socks and shoes go on your feet doodah doodah" [the song we sing to get our socks and shoes on our feet] 

• last but not least, one of the most frequent things i hear from him is this; "mommy mommy mommy mama mama mommy mommy mommy mommy mama mama mommy mommy mommy mommy" [it does not matter how many times i respond to him or what i say, he just keeps going and going and going] 

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jack is six

these are ten of the things we love about you: 

1. you love tickle snuggles and request them often 

2. the way you pay attention to the world around you and notice beautiful things 

3. how well you play with and care for archie 

4. you love eating a big bowl of raisin bran for breakfast and drinking the milk after 

5. the enthusiastic way you pretend to be a dinosaur [with a significant amount of roaring involved] 

6. how you always hide and try to scare dad when he comes home from work in the mornings 

7. you decided to do the memory verses at school and have done a great job with them 

8. you still find your way into our bed in the middle of the night to snuggle up with us 

9. the animated dance moves you break into when a good song comes on 

10. you are genuinely enjoyable and fun to be around 

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