Today as I was getting the kids dressed for the day, Nicholas requested he wear his favorite dinosaur tee. I asked him which dinosaur is his favorite. He paused for a moment and then said, "Me! Roar!" and erupts into a fit of giggles. Ella then says, "I am a shark. Chomp, chomp, chomp." Nicholas looks at me and says, "Mommy, be careful, dangerous creatures live here." I am treading lightly today and hoping not to encounter any animal attacks :)
The kids were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Disney Junior the other day and Mickey asks the kids what shape was displayed on the screen. Ella immediately shouts, "A triangle!" And she was right. I was surprised because I didn't realize she knew her shapes, especially tricky ones like the triangle. Then she proceeded to name the other ones when prompted: a circle, a square, and a rectangle. Smart girl. I texted Jeff at work and jokingly told him she must get it from her mother (who's terrible with all things math related). Jeff texted back that he's sure she gets it from him, the guy who is a math whiz. I think the latter is more accurate. At any rate, I am so impressed that she knows her shapes at two and a half. Later in the show, Mickey prompted the kids to say the opposite of small, Ella instantly responds says, "Big." She just amazes me.
A few days ago when Ella was with me in our bathroom she randomly starting rubbing my tummy. So I leaned down close to her face and said, "Did you know when you were very, very small you lived in mommy's tummy?" She replied, "Yep. I know. It's dark in there and warm like soup!" Her response caught me off guard and it was a full three minutes before I could stop laughing.
Nicholas is starting to develop the silly side of his personality. He will often sing the entire opening song of some of his favorite cartoons and after he is finished singing, he will say aloud, "Thank you, thank you very much." The best part is that he giggles uncontrollably after he says that and has a huge grin plastered on his face. He cracks himself up. He is starting to become quite the comedian.
A few weeks ago Ella was walking around the house telling us she needed a "hot cock." Our reaction was both a bit of shock and lot of uncontrollable laughter. It took until dinnertime for us to realize that she simply needed a washcloth to wash up after meals.
Every time I tell my children that we are going to get ready to go somewhere, Nicholas asks me, "Are we going to church or to the doctor?" My poor kids are so isolated during cold and flu months, these are typically the only places we visit.
A few days ago I was marching through the house putting laundry away and Ella was following me, so I started singing, "We're following the leader, the leader, the leader. We're following the leader, wherever she may go." from Peter Pan. Ella started singing along with me but her rendition sounded more like, "We're following the wiener, the wiener, the wiener. We're following the wiener, wherever she may go!" Hopefully our neighbors couldn't hear her part sing-song, part shouting voice.
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