Conversations

L:  "Mom, do you like to move it, move it?"
Me:  "Sure!"
I Man:  "And then do you like to groove it, groove it?"
{Laughter from everyone except for I Man, because, apparently he doesn't like to be funny}

L:  "I'm going to marry a boy who is NOT allergic to peanuts."
Me:  "Oh.  Why's that?"
L:  "Because, I just love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!"

I Man:  "Mom, LJ's wearing his shoes in the house!"
Me:  "That's OK.  He doesn't really wear those ones outside."
I Man:  "Why does he wear shoes if he doesn't walk outside?  Is it the fashion?"
Me:  {Laughter}  "I guess so."

{While talking about the Masters}
D:  "Do you know what you get if you win the Masters?"
Me:  "Money and a green jacket."
L:  "I wouldn't want a green jacket.  I'd like pink!"
D:  "What about over $1,000,000?  Would you like that?"
L:  "Yes.  But I'd put it in the bank...I wouldn't keep it in the house."

{While looking at LJ's new cow pillow pet}
I Man:  "Where are its gutters?"
D:  "Its what?"
I Man:  "Its gutters, where you get the milk!"
D:  "You mean the udders.  Gutters are what's on the house to catch the rain."
L:  "And inside of you!"
Me:  "Those are guts."

{After finding a bird's eggshell in the yard}
Me:  "Who knew the shells were so fragile?"
I Man:  "Yeah, they get more fragiler as the bird gets older."
Me:  "Really?  Where'd you learn that?"
I Man:  "I just made that up."

{After waking up well after 8 (which is late for her)}
L:  "I slept with my mouth open all night.  Hope I didn't swallow any flies!"

{After singing the last note of a song obnoxiously loud and out of tune}
Me:  "I'm a good singer, huh, bud?"
I Man:  "Maybe."

16 Months

LJ is 16 months old today (actually, he turned 16 months old a week and a half ago...  Blog?  What blog?!).  He is a sweet, busy, loud, silly, rough, adventurous boy.

He still signs to communicate most things and when all else fails (or he's in a hurry) he'll just SCREAM (sigh)!  He has very few words but is pretty consistent with Dad ('dada') and ball ('ba').  He also makes sounds for things such as car, cat, sheep, monkey, cow, and duck.  He's down to one nap a day and sleeps with his blanket, burp cloth and pacifier. He loves to be in on the action and if you ask him a question, he'll nod yes or answer in some sort of gibberish you can't understand. He also...

  waves 'bye-bye' to daddy everyday

 loves to sweep and vacuum

 falls asleep on the go

 claps for his brother and sister (who were putting on a show about lions and cheetahs...)

 loves the nerf gun 

(though he usually wants you to shoot it so he can retrieve the darts)

 thinks that slides are just as good for going up as they are for going down

 

 believes that everything is better with a big stick (especially the playground)

and loves L and I Man.

 Did I mention that he's busy?!