batteries and memories

he heard a bird call yesterday, but he didn't hear it today, and he told me, "that bird needs new batteries."

the other day, he told me he threw up today. i asked him more about it because he really hadn't thrown up for a long time. he pointed to a particular orange mixing bowl that was drying in the drying rack. i realized he was remembering when he got sick back in January. i had him throw up in the orange mixing bowl back then because we couldn't get to the bathroom quick enough, and a plastic bag or trashcan just wasn't working for me (the throw up was very forceful and sudden). anyway, he didn't even know how to say "throw up" back then, and he certainly wasn't speaking sentences, but he still had a memory of it. amazing. he also told me about how he slept on the floor. he remembers! not a good memory exactly, but still. :)

as an addendum to the advice from toddler son to brush my teeth. yesterday, we were reading a story, and he said he smelled shampoo (his hair was still wet and fresh from his bath), and that it smelled good. after a quick pause, he recommended that i use some shampoo in my mouth to brush my teeth. a problem solver, for sure.

last week, he was waiting by the sidelines during the 3's class water day because i didn't know he would be in the 3's and so he wasn't dressed in swim trunks. when the teacher turned her head, he made a run for it, and went into the sprinklers with all his clothes on, getting soaking wet. i was proud. :)

on a similar note, he had a potty accident today. random. also, i've started to wonder if we should start try night-time potty train. i don't even know how we would do it, or if i'm willing to do it. not sure yet. but it would be nice to save money on those pull ups. it's like they're made of gold and diamonds, they're so expensive. ridiculous.

he wanted a sticker this morning, and picked the one with the cement mixer on it. when we got to daycare, he immediately took his cubby down so that he could put his sticker safely in. at the end of the day, he found it and put it back on. when he was getting undressed for the bath this evening, he put his sticker on his bed. when he got in bed, he looked for his sticker and couldn't find it in the dark. he cried a lot over that cement mixer. i think he may be the most responsible 2-year old that i've ever met.

love that kid.

kids say the darndest things

this morning, I kissed Mo good morning, and he told me, "mommy, you smell like poop. you need to brush your teeth."

indeed, son, I do have to brush my teeth. :0]

I try not to underestimate him

I try not to underestimate mosey, but he learns new things so regularly that I really can't keep up. Yesterday, we were dropping him off at the church Sunday school, and I was about to tell him to take his backpack off and hand it to the teacher. I barely started directing when he took his backpack off himself, went straight to the cubbies, put his bag away, and ran off to start playing! What? This child knows what to do and he's so responsible. Wow. :) 

quick notes

mosey and i were walking past some bushes that are on the side of our building today and he said, "mommy, someone cut the leaves!" indeed! the landscaping guys came and fixed up our apartment complex. i didn't notice the bushes at all, but mosey sure did. :)

shane was giving me a hug tonight, and mosey shouted, "give her a kiss!" we kissed, and all had a good laugh, and then he did it about a dozen more times, and it was funny every time. it was sweet! i love our little family. :)

i took a shower while mo got ready

so today, for the first time ever, I hopped in the shower and put moses's outfit for the day out in his room. moses managed to take his pajamas off and put them in the hamper, take off his pull-up and put it in the trash, go to the potty, and put on his outfit correctly, all without much prompting from me at all, and certainly no hands-on help. he was done before I was dressed! all I had to do with brush his teeth. he even put his shoes on the right feet. oh my.

he's only two. this is advanced, isn't it?

also, as we were walking out, we passed by some dry oatmeal that had spilled on the ground outside our door, and moses said, "that's for birds to eat." I said, "oh, that looks like bird food?" and he said, "no, it IS food for birds!"

I just realized this morning that he knows that "looks like" means "it isn't actually."

also, he seriously knows everyone's name at daycare. like everyone. there has got to be like 75+ people there. he impresses me everyday.

He understands what I'm saying

I know I shouldn't probably be surprised, because our little boy does understand a lot, but I am still surprised.

The other day, I was trying to gather up some of Mo's little matchbox cars/trucks on a windowsill by the door so that I could carry them back to his car seat in the van (it gives him something to do during our commute). We had kept these cars/trucks from Donna there since Easter, but somehow they had all found their way into the house.

As I put them up there, Mosey quietly followed my lead, and put a fleet of matchbox cars/trucks up on that windowsill. So, eventually, I told him, "Hey buddy, you know, I'm just putting the ones that Donna gave you up there, so that we can remember to put them back in your car seat when we go out to the van. The rest of them, you can put back in your toy box, they don't have to be up here."

Over the next few minutes, he carefully and dutifully proceeded to transport all the non-Donna vehicles back into his room, in his car box. Then he put all the Donna cars/trucks together, and told me, "Mommy, I'm putting Donna cars together."

The next time we were getting ready to leave (the next day!), he put on his own shoes, climbed up to the windowsill, grabbed two vehicles in each hand, and told me, "Mommy, I got my cars and trucks. I'm ready!"

I was/am so proud, I could cry! This kid.