Bits and Pieces from our Week

Our dirty dude. Post soccer game & garage work this morning.

Dude was sitting on the big potty and fell in (not completely in). He got this look of panic and yelled, "Mommy, please don't flush me!"

Twice the other night night, dude came running out of his room like he was being chased by a cheetah. He screamed, exclaiming that there was a dog in his room and the second time it was a huge elephant. We assumed he was just having nightmares, but found out from the "squirrel man" that there was a squirrel trapped directly above dude's room in a metal trap. The thing actually committed suicide from banging around so much. Thus the reason dude thought there were animals in his room. Poor terrified little guy.

Dude wanted dip for his chips at dinner, so I told him to "Ask Daddy nicely and tell him you love him." Here's what Dude heard. "Daddy, can I peese have dip and you're a muffin."

Tim was squeezing ketchup for dude's hamburger and dude giggled, saying "Da ketchup tooter rooter Daddy." Tim looked at me with an apologetic look at said, "You do understand that this is just the beginning of years of fart jokes to come."

Words that dude mispronounces that we love and dread the day he says them correctly.....
Animals = aminals
Sesame Street=Step Step Street
Ham and Cheese Tortilla=Ham Cheese Tia
Raisin Bran=Raisin Branch
Going #2=Going peanuts
Applesauce= Criss Cross Applesauce
Girls=Goyyyyals
Mommy=Momma Mia
The candle on our kitchen table= little fireplace

Soccer game this weekend....we're making progress. Instead of refusing to play the game portion of the hour, he chose to straight up pick up the ball, run it to the goal, set it down and kick it in. Twice. The second time, the goal had already been scored and he decided a second consecutive goal should take place. He was quite proud of himself.

The squirrel man was at our house picking up a dead squirrel and dude says, "Bad Sammy da squirrel! You stop eating our pumpkins!" He must have remembered the giant holes that kept appearing last Fall.

Dad and his little mechanic helper, taking off our snow tires. Dude loves tools that make manly sounds.