Swap Meet

We got an ad from a Halloween costume store in the mail and it's all Simon can talk about.

Simon: "For Halloween, I want to be Darth Vader. But everyone'll know it's me because my eyes will be popping out."

Simon: "I'm going to be Bobba Fett for Halloween."
Jeff: "If you're going to be Bobba Fett, you have to practice saying, "Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold". Can you do that?"
Simon: "Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold. But what does that mean?"

Simon was watching Clifford on tv yesterday. He looked at me and said, "Mom, this show is really immature."

We let Simon watch Star Wars for the first time last night. Jeff showed him the jawas, but Simon heard him wrong and called them "yahwehs". We had to explain the difference between Jawa and Yahweh.

Simon: "Do you know what a swap meet is? It's "one person's junk is another person's treasure". There's a swap meet in my room. My toys are your junk and my treasure."

Simon is still sick. He is currently curled up on the sofa with his toy lightsaber. Poor little man!

French Fries

Simon: "French fries, french."
Me: "What?"
Simon: "Pretend you don't understand me."
Me: "I really don't understand you."
Simon: "I'm speaking a different language, like in the Tower of Babel."

Simon was watching "Underdog". In the episode, they had just called in the Air Force. Simon looked at me and asked, "Why are they calling the airport?"

Simon (in his most pathetic voice): "I need to go to the hospital."
Me: "Why?"
Simon: "I scraped my finger."
Oi.

Me: "That cat is so cute! I want to take it home with me."
Simon: "Welcome to my world."I tucked Simon into bed. He immediately got out of bed and walked to the door. I asked what he was doing (it was more of a "what do you think you're doing, young man?") and he said, "I'm opening the door for you like a gentleman. When I grow up, I want to be a gentleman, like Dad."

Simon was throwing himself around the living room. After a couple minutes of this, he looked at me and said, "I just love to dance around!"

Simon said "Welcome to my world" again. Then he looked at me with confusion and said, "You didn't laugh?!?". That made me laugh and he said, "There it is." Silly boy.

Simon accused me of not telling the truth about something. I got annoyed about it (I'm not always as patient with him as I should be, I admit it) and said, "So, you think I'm a big, fat, liar?". Simon answered, "No. I think you're a big, fat, not a liar."
Ouch.

Magnetic Cereal

Simon: "My Apple Jacks are magnetic 'cause they stick together sometimes."

For Simon's quiet time tonight, Jeff read 1 Corinthians 3. He asked Simon if he knew what it meant and Simon said, "We don't belong in the world, we're children of God. And we drink milk."


Simon: "When I grow up, I'm going to be God's helper."
Simon: "Today [at school] I cut out a fish. A paper fish, not a real one. Not like it was dead or something."


Today Simon read all of Hop on Pop by himself. I'm so proud!

Me: "Simon, you need to eat your spaghetti."
Simon: "I am,I'm just savoring it."
He took ten minutes to eat one bite.

Protein

We're having people over later. Simon keeps asking when our "customers" are coming. He means company.

Simon: "God made me. God made my bones. God made protein!"

Simon accidentally knocked over a cup. It was no big deal, but he said, "I accidentally knocked over this cup that I've had for many years!"

Simon: "Mom, ask how many crackers I have!"
Me: "Okay. How many crackers do you have?"
Simon: "Only about a dozen or so."

Simon: "Mom, after I sing this song, will you tell me I'm brilliant?"

Not Much of a Singer

I told Simon that the radio station in the car kept playing the same five songs and that we should bring our own music next time. He answered, "Well, I'm not much of a singer. I just know the Spiderman song."

Simon: "How many letters are in your name?"
Me: "Five. Just like in your name."
Simon: "No, you have three! M-O-M. That's three, silly face."




This morning when I went in to wake Simon up, all that was visible was a slightly twitching pile of blankets. When I pulled the blankets back, Simon (who was very wide-awake) beamed up at me and said, "Is it school time yet?"
Simon: "I love you, Mom."
Me: "I love you too."
Simon: "Mom, I love you. I love you, Mom. I love you a lot. I have to keep saying so. I can't help myself."
I'm waiting to see what he did that he's trying to avoid punishment for.


I asked Simon what he wanted to get Jeff for his birthday (we're celebrating this weekend). So far, he's said that he wants to give him a Lego Star Wars set, Halo guys, and a transformer toy. I wonder who Simon is really shopping for?


Simon: "I showed God's love at school today!"
Me: "How did you do that?"
Simon: "Well...I was going to help Ms. Lynn clean up but instead I wandered around."
Me: "How were you showing God's love, then?"
Simon: "I was very quiet when I didn't clean up."
Hahahaha!

Lambs

Simon kept trying to lift Jeff's head off his pillow Saturday morning (apparently he wasn't waking up fast enough). He ended up dropping Jeff's head and saying, "Dad's head is too heavy because he thought so many thoughts."

The children's Sunday School rooms are split up by age. Each age has a different animal attached to it. Last year Simon was a dolphin, this year he's a lamb.
Simon: "Are lambs mammals?"
Me: "Yes."
Simon: "Good! I'm a mammal all the time but I want to be a mammal on Sunday too."

Simon: "Mom, I'm going crazy; I have to tickle you!"

Simon: "I'm freezing half to death. You must tuck me in!"
Must?

Simon to Jeff: "Hey. Don't forget to tuck me in, man."