Archive for October, 2008

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This is what happens when two lawyers have a toddler

October 13, 2008

The three of us are having dinner tonight at Zen.  Or, as Besh calls it, the Special Macaroni Place.

He looks up at the TV–Dallas playing Arizona–and yells “Yay Texas!”

Mommy: “Besh, use your inside voice please.”

Besh: “YAAAY TEXAS!”

Mommy: “Inside voice, please.  You don’t want to be rude to the other people.”

Besh: “Just two people.”

He’s referring to the only other two people in the restaurant, in the booth in front of us.  Who, coincidentally, stand up to leave.

Besh: “There they go.  YAAAAAAYYYYY  TEXXXASSSSSSSS!!!”

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It’s funny because it’s random

October 10, 2008

Sitting at the kitchen table at dinner one night, Besh said “Bmah conna looka goo!”

Sara and I looked at him.  He waved his arms to his side, shrugged his shoulders, grinned and said, “I don’t know what that means!”

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Celestial smacktalk

October 8, 2008

Yesterday for the Daddy Adventure we walked to the big metro park near our neighborhood (well, I walked/pushed Besh in his tricycle while he wore his Thomas the Train helmet and tried to keep his feet on the peddles) to go throw a boomerang and a frisbee.  On the way back the long stretch of road was heading west, into the sun.

Besh: “Super bright sun!”

Me: “It sure is.”

“Sun off please.  Off please.”

“It’s going down, but it may take a while.  But you know what?”

“What?”

“You don’t need to worry about the sun because you put on sunscreen before we left.”

“Yeah!”

“So you can say, ‘Take that, Mr. Sun!  You can’t burn me!’”

“Can’t burn me!  Take it!  Take it!  Take it!  Take it!  Take it!  Take it!”

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Can I start paying for braces now?

October 7, 2008

I was sitting on the stairs yesterday while Besh came down to join me.  He sat down at the landing.

Me: “Look at you, climbing the stairs so well.”

Besh: “I’m a big boy now.  I used to be little.  Now I’m big.”

“That’s right.”

“I’m getting bigger too.”

“Too true.”

“And my teeth are getting bigger too.”

“Your teeth?”

He nods seriously and points at his mouth.

“My teeth.”

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Freedom!

October 6, 2008

Somewhat dated, but wanted to make sure we remember.

Last weekend (end of Sept.) we moved Besh upstairs to his big boy room.  In addition to having a paper chain countdown to the big slumber party in his room on night 1, I also removed the gate we had at the bottom of the stairs for the first night.  Best was standing with me when I took the gate out.

Me: “See, Besh?  I’m taking the gate out for your big move upstairs!”

Besh: “Gate out?”

“Yep.”

“Don’t put it back, okay?”

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The second toddler trinity

October 3, 2008

Besh didn’t want to go to swim class yesterday afternoon, thinking we’d miss our Daddy Adventure.  Very sweet, even though I told him we’d still do an adventure after class.  But he was very excited when I got hom.

Besh: “We go adventure?”

Me: “Absolutely.  Where are we going?”

As ticks off the locations using his fingers.

“I go brand new Chuck E Cheese.  Then I go mall.  Then I go Target.”

“That’s a big big Adventure!”

“Yeah!!!”

We went to Costco and the grocery store instead (the pantry beckoned).  I’m anticipating a bigger make-up Adventure today.

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New Page

October 3, 2008

I have a new page up called TINTIS.  Stands for Things I Never Thought I’d Say.  Rather than do even shorter posts on the subject, thought I’d make a single place to store these quotes, so feel free to check that page every once in a while.  Link is at the top, near the photo banner.

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Remote repairs 101

October 1, 2008

Yesterday, at a family event for the holiday, Besh wandered upstairs and came across a TiVo remote.

Besh: “Look, look!  A nemote!”

Me: “Remote, yes.”

“Remote.  Like at home.”

“Exactly like at home.  But we shouldn’t use this one.”

“Not working?  Oh.  It needs batteries.”

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