Speechies!

We had dinner with some friends last night. Simon made quite an impression, walking into their sliding glass door (while dressed as Batman, of course). We all had a great night.

Simon: "Eli can have a sleepover!"
Jeff: "That'd be fun."
Simon: "You don't even have to be there!"
Jeff: "Well, we'd be there to take care of you guys and help get snacks."
Simon: "I can get our snacks by myself. I have a recipe!"

We took Simon to the zoo today:

Simon: "I want to go get naked and go in the water park."
Jeff: "The water park isn't open; it's too cold."
Me: "You'd have to wear swimming shorts, though. You can't be naked."
Simon: "Because then people would yell: "Why is that kid NAKED!?!"."

Simon (in his best "informative voice"): "There are over two hundred speechies. Mom, what's a speechies?"
He meant "species".

Lately Simon has been telling me to pick up kids from school so he can take them to our house to play. When I tell him that we need their parents' permission first (otherwise it's kind of a felony), he tells me to just ask his teacher.

Save the Day!

Simon made a schematic of the Lego ship he wanted to build

Simon made a schematic for the Lego ship he wanted to build. He drew it, then labeled it "Sonic Projection Ship." He never did get around to building it, though.

When Jeff was about to leave the room after tucking Simon in bed, Simon said, "You can stay in here. You can tell me all you know."

Simon came running out of his room as soon as we put him to bed last night. He struck his "superhero pose" and shouted, "Did someone say "Save the day!"?"

Simon has a Qui Gon Jinn Lego. Its Lego hair fell off and Simon said, "Uh oh. Qui Gon can't fight without his hair."

Simon: "I'm passion about my Legos."
Me: "I think you mean "passionate"."
Simon: "Yeah, that too."

Smart Idea

Simon, referring to a bag of gummy worms: "These are just begging to be eaten!"

Simon suggested that we go to Legoland. He did a thumbs up saying, "It's a good idea.", then he pointed at himself and added, "Smart idea."

For a while now, Simon has been telling me that he loves me so much there are hearts around his head.

Simon decided to practice writing. He got a pen and paper, drew his own guiding lines (complete with dotted line in the middle), then he was very quiet. A few minutes later, he came running in with his paper. He said, "Guess who wrote his own name? I did!" It was twice as funny because he's been able to do that for a while.