Dragonflies

...as Ian is writing his sentences about dragonflies for a school project, he pauses on the word 'insects'. He looks up and me and says, "There is a word inside of that word: in." After another pause, he says, "There is a love word too: sex (sects)." To this I initially laughed. Then I paused and thought how in the world does he know that word AND knows to associate it with love?!?!

And he refused to write the sentence, "Birds kill dragonflies." Because it was too sad. I swear the kid teared up.

Name is Changed to Protect the Victim...

This morning, I got a message from another Mom...


So, **** has been having trouble playing with others in the schoolyard - he only likes to play with one person at a time, so when they are all together, he gets all torqued that a friend is playing in a group. We were talking about it, and I asked him "What about Ian?" "Mom, you know what he called me today????!" "No, what." "He called me MUSTARD!" tears forming, face all contorted. I had to repress the chuckles and laughes. "Mustard? Oh my God, he did NOT." "He did, and it makes me feel like he doesn't like me." "Did you call him ketchup back?"

How funny is that? Mustard!!!!! Can you please talk to your child?!

But I Love You

Elliot was trying his best to convince me to let him attach our garden wagon to the back of his tricycle.

E: Please Mommy.
M: It's just not going to work.
E: But I'll marry you.
M: You can't marry me, you're my son. You marry your girlfriend or boyfriend.
E: I am your boyfriend.
M: No, you're not. You can be my friend.
E: I am not your friend. But I love you.

This comes after a similar conversation the other day where I was trying to convince him to do something.

M: Please, Elliot. I will be your friend.
E: I am not your friend. But, I love you.

In the end, I let him try the wagon once. And it didn't work. It actually pulled the seat belt (which it was attached to) from it's hinge. But the rest of the ride down the hill was successful.

How you like your Eggs

Ian: Over easy
Elliot: Scrambled

Things Elliot Says

"Just for a minute. Not one minute. Just a minute."

And Now There's Nothing

Ian's remaining front tooth was seriously going crazy the past couple of days so I took a picture this morning to document it. Good thing, since it came out tonight while he was eating coffee cake of all things.

Ian Art

RIP Azzie, Fluffy, and Fishies

The same day the goldfish died, Ian drew all these memorials.

Ian Art

Already getting Artist Accolades....

It's finally Out

Ian's two front teeth have long been wobbly, but tonight the first one FINALLY came out! Since the first time he lost his bottom two front teeth there were already teeth in place, this is his first real toothless grin!

The Romantic in the Family

Elliot has been OBSESSED with watching the movie Firehouse Dog for the past couple of weeks. But today, I got him to watch Enchanted (after already watching FHD of course). We were at the end where the princess is passed out and needs to be 'kissed' to enable her survival. In the movie, they were describing a 'true love's kiss' as the most powerful thing in the world. Ian came in around that time to watch as well.

Ian's response? 'That is not the most powerful thing in the world, an atom bomb is.'

Obviously we need to work on that sweeping a girl off her feet thing with him.

The Ian-pire State Building

Ian had his first real school project to do for the 100th day of school. He could do anything he wanted as long as it incorporated 100 of something. With a little help from Daddy, he created his version of the Ian-pire State Building out of pennies! And then he drew the rest of the city including a police car. Love it!

Potty Mouth

Elliot is currently in love with Snoopy. Though we realized the other day he was calling him Snoofy. We've been trying to correct him for a couple of days. Last night before bed, we were talking about Snoopy again and he said Snoofy.

Mommy: Elliot, it's Snoopy, not Snoofy.
E: I know it's Snoopy, but I am going to call him Snoofy. Because it doesn't have a potty word in it.

Budding Sports Fan

Ian is a budding Ravens fan, but because we aren't really sports fans, he's not really up on knowledge of the game. Yesterday, Ian was wearing his Flacco jersey and was watching the game. He saw Flacco cross the screen and got really excited. I asked him if he knew who Flacco was. I meant what position did he play. Ian... response: 'Yes, he's on my shirt.' At least I knew he was the quarterback.

AAAAHHHHHHHH!

Elliot went up to Lonnie tonight and said, "There are 15 people in this house and you are the only one making trouble." Obviously, they watched Home Alone WAY too much recently. That and the fact that Ian calls everyone a little jerk now.

RIP fishy

Ian took the news of the death of his goldfish very hard tonight. And Ian expresses himself with drawings. RIP fishy. He lived to a ripe ol' age of 6 months. Or 157 in people years.