1. "What?! No hot dog buns?! Now we have to eat our hot dogs like Indians?!?" (dunno where he got that)
2. (after talking about Christmas being Jesus' birthday) "So he will send some power down and get some cake?" (No, he doesn't really do that...) "Well, not the whole thing, he'll just save some for the other guys." (huh?)
3. "Hey Mom, tell me I was good at Blake's today! I didn't punch anyone!!!"
4. (In the parking lot of Trader Joe's. DB is wearing an old black shawl of mine over his head and face, pretending it's long hair, and he is a "rock n' roll kid."):
"Mom, rock n' roll kids have long hair, huh."
"Well, some of them do."
(crossing the road) "And Mom, rock n' roll kids look both ways before they cross the street."
"I hope so."
(trying in vain to pick his nose, but he can't because of the shawl over his face) "But Mom, rock n' roll kids don't pick their noses."
"Nope." (Luckily he took the shawl off at this point, because let's face it, he looked like one of Michael Jackson's kids. About whom I never told him, by the way.)
5. (looking at the fruit pizza I made for him to share with his preschool class. It had oranges and blueberries in concentric circles). "It's good. It's really good. It's really good, Mom. Oh Mom, I just love you. I just love you even when you're make a shape." (or something. It didn't quite make sense, but my heart melted nonetheless.)
6. December 1st, he got up at 7:30 and begged to set up our Christmas tree. We put up the mini tree and the Advent calendar, but he begged all day. When it was finally up that night and decorated, he hugged it, he thought it was so beautiful.
7. Today while watching Scooby Doo, he stuck his gum wrapper up his nose. He tried to get it out with his finger, but managed to push it farther up. then he tried to get it out with an enormous soup spoon, but that accomplished zilch. At this point he started to panic, so he came and confessed to us. PDaniel could see the thing with a flashlight...a quick search on the computer told us to have him simply try to blow it out. I had him give me his gum so he wouldn't inhale it, and a little spit-n-snot later it was out. His first words, a little tearily? "I want my gum back."
8. Vegetables= "Vench-stables."
9. Favorite Christmas song so far: Frosty the Snowman, Harry Connick version.
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little tree
by: e.e. cummings (1894-1962)
ITTLE tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don't be afraid
look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms
and i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud
and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"
Sounds like DB might have a kindred spirit....
I loooooooove that poem, Cherie. I've never read it, that I remember. I totally almost teared up. Ahh, Christmas. (As I write this, Cookie-Nut has come up to me wearing an elf hat and one of my long wedding gloves, just to show me).
Those were great. Kurt found this page open after I was done and was laughing out loud while reading it. DB is quite a character.
How adorable the things kids think and do.
That's awesome.
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