headlights

these last few days, mosey has learned how to say that while cars have headlights, other things don't have headlights. "car has headlights, mommy. tiger doesn't have headlights, mommy." <shaking head> also, "mommy has ponytail. moses doesn't have ponytail." <shaking head>

it's so cute. :)

lovelove,
me

thanksgiving was great!

nana and grandpa came down to spend the day with us. we went to a thanksgiving morning breakfast and service at an old church that nana's relatives go to as a tradition. we had fun meeting people. we came back home to make some mashed potatoes and watch some of the macy's day parade. we went to a thanksgiving lunch at elinor and paul's house, which are relatives of nana's too. we met lots of people, ate lots of food, and the kingerys actually took a nap all together IN ONE BED, for THREE hours! its actually never happened before in mosey's whole life! it was glorious. we all left there at 6 or so, had dinner at waffle house, and went to walmart for some deals. it was so fun!

lovelove,
me

mystery of the carrot: solved

we've been singing old mcdonald every time we've been brushing teeth, and i do believe it's made the whole process much more enjoyable. he chimes in with animals, as i have mentioned before, but this week, he introduced the carrot. "and on that farm, he had a.... CARROT." i've not been able to figure out what animal sounds like carrot. well, tonight's melissa and doug wooden puzzle has revealed the answer: he picked up the parrot, said, "birdy," and then he said, "carrot." ah ha!!

also, i found out the other day that he can count to 20. he's a genius.

also, he's hanging over my computer right this second saying, "you did it, mommy." "carrot, elephant, too." "right there on the compoooter. right there." love that kid. :)

lovelove,
me

letters and numbers and animals

mosey's favorite letter is W. he points it out whenever he sees it... and also whenever he thinks about it. "that's a W, mommy!"

he also calls both letters and numbers "letters." when i correct him when they're numbers, he repeats, "mummers."

his favorite song is Old McDonald. he picks the animals (loosely defined) correctly, and his favorite ones are: baby, piggy, elephant (said, etta-phant), chicken, and lion. what a farm this man had! also, we were reading the Jesus Storybook Bible (which he asked to read a couple hours after he'd seen it! and he named the right guy Jesus as soon as he saw him!), we were reading the story of Noah, and he correctly pointed at all the animals and said "animals." do kids really learn categories this early? wow.

our Aunt Glady told us a few weeks ago that he was advanced because he could count in his head without having to touch each object. it was pretty cool, but i think his math skills have kind of declined in the last little bit here. now he seems to always skip the number 4, and he doesn't tell us how many things there are anymore. i guess that's the ebb and flow as they're learning so much so fast.

lovelove,
me

random ramblings... some might say, bragging :)

we went on a walk the other day. there is construction work going on in our neighborhood, so there are lots of exciting big trucks to look at. we were watching them from a distance, and he looked at me and said, "cross the street, mommy." i didn't know he knew that phrase, but he sure knew how to communicate that he wanted to see those trucks up close!

also, how does a person even learn the word "too?" doesn't that seem sophisticated? (i.e. my child is brilliant.) he says, "that's a zebra, mommy. oh, that's a zebra, too!" he uses it right every time. i love hearing it.

something he gets wrong every time is the phrase, "do you hear it?" ironic, isn't it? he says, "do you her mitt?" super cute. :)

something that he does so politely is say "s'cuse me, mommy" every time he burps and he also tries to remember to put his little hand over his mouth when he coughs. thank you, daycare!

also, i think now that he's learning to say so much, there are also phrases and requests that i really can't understand. he clearly says the same jumbled phrases or requests over and over, so i know he intends a very specific meaning. anyway, i'm still blown away that he can communicate. it's like a miracle.

oh, also, i just learned this week that he can count to ten. and did i mention that he can sing almost the whole alphabet now? what happened to this baby??

love that guy.
me

sickness

so, normally, mosey is sick with a fever, and shane and i do my best to rearrange our schedules and somehow manage to care for him while he is not allowed to attend daycare. this time around (yes, mo's got a fever again, it was overdue, tbh), i'm also sick. and with each day that passes, my sickness has been getting worse! wth.

it started with a bit of random phlegm from my lungs like two weeks ago. it progressed to a cough over the next week. over the weekend, it turned into a much worse cough, and then quickly to a head cold with congestion and plenty of nose-running and headaches. tonight, i'm feeling achy and my skin is all sensitive. oh man. i definitely can't go into the office tomorrow, but now i'm wondering if i can get any work done at all, even from home.

at least mosey and i can probably just sit around, be sick, and watch a little tv together. btw, our son may be the only kid who ever asks if we can turn the tv off because he's had enough. love that little guy.

lovelove,
sick-o

goofy and pluto

while reading a mickey mouse and friends book and explaining to mosey what all the different characters were: mickey's a mouse, donald's a duck, etc, i came to goofy and pluto and realized that i had stumbled on an age-old paradox. goofy and pluto are BOTH DOGS! they're exactly the same, except goofy wears clothes and a hat, talks, walks on his hind legs and has hands. pluto is a regular old dog, and also a pet. what?? does this blow your mind, or is it just me? all these things that i just took at face value when i was a kid. 

anyway. i guess lots of people have thought about this. here and here for example. many theories, so i'm not the only one sitting around thinking about this. :) 

lovelove,

goofy me