Syrup Man

Here are a few of the things Simon has said and done in the last couple of days:

Simon: "Dear God, thank you for everything. Amen."

Simon: I'm a knight, and I drink milk, and swallow it, and it goes down into my breastplate."
Ew! I really hope not.

Simon (after eating breakfast for dinner last night): "Dad is Waffle Man, and I'm the sidekick named Syrup Man, and you're the bad guy."

Simon: "I have a funny joke."
Me: "What is it?"
Simon: "Uh...I don't know."

Enjoy your day!

Prayer and play time

Simon has been particularly chatty lately. Here are some of the highlights:

Simon was bouncing around in the bathroom. He suddenly shouted, "I'm getting so wound up!"

Simon (referring to Shredder and his henchmen in the Ninja Turtles show): "Those bad guys are violent!"

Simon had a blast watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas with us last night. He told us all about his favorite parts, whether they actually happened or not.
"I love it when Max goes to the Grinch and says, "Hey, are you happy yet?""

Simon came up to me and said, very seriously, "I want  my two front teeth so I can say "Merry Christmas" more better."

The setup:
Simon: "I'm almost four like Optimus Prime!"
Jeff: "So Optimus Prime is almost four?"
The payoff:
Simon: "No! He's not even real!"

Simon: "Don't mess with my drinks, man."

Simon, talking about Spiderman: "When Spiderman goes bonking his head on the cities, he goes cr-azy!"

Simon (at the table this morning): "Guess what? My breakfast is nutritious! But it's okay because it's tasty."

Simon: "I smell something that smells good and it's the light."

I was fighting the usual morning battle, trying to get Simon to eat. His answer: "If I eat anymore, I'll get ever-so-sick."
Who talks like that? I have no idea where he got that one.

Simon told me he needed to pray. He stopped, folded his hands, and said, "God, can I play with my toys? Amen."
Hahaha!

"Gobble, gobble! Got that?"

Yesterday I helped Simon make a fort. He told me it needed a sign. I said, "Oh, like 'keep out'?" and he answered, "Make it say 'keep in'". Hahaha!

Simon: "Gobble, gobble! Got that?"

Simon: "What's California?"
Jeff: "It's a state."
Simon: "Ohhhhh." (nods knowingly) "What's a state?"

Me: "What do you want for breakfast, Simon?"
Simon: "Tofu."
What?

Simon: "That's the problem when I try to fit in under the table and I swerve through the door. I get stuck!"

Simon: "When I grow up, I want to be a knight with a horse in red armor."
Me: "Red, huh?"
Simon: "So I can spill on it."
Hahaha!

Simon: "My friends at church are always sleeping at bedtime. It's boring!"

Thanksgiving

                                               Simon sneaked into the picture

                                                Simon with his great grandparents and his grandma

                                                     

                                                      Jeff and I - photo op! (haha!)

                                                         Simon with Anna

                                                             Aunt Shannon

We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. We went over to my mom's house and ate with her, my grandparents, my sister and her friend Anna (who I've known for years). We're not used to a "big Thanksgiving"; that turkey was enormous!
Simon was very well behaved. Okay, so he did ask for Christmas presents after he hugged everyone goodbye (that was embarrassing!), and he did try to take one of my mom's magazines into the bathroom with him ("I'm going to try to poop so I need it!"), and he ate a pb&j sandwich instead of turkey. But, aside from that, he was great. Hahaha! He fell in love with the computer chair (apparently, it's a "superhero chair") and dragged that all over the place. Kids find the funniest things interesting.

Here are some pictures!

From this morning:

Simon: "Dinosaurs would say hi by roaring, then they would think I'm a cute boy and they would EAT me!"

Simon: "Can I stub my winkie like my toe? 'Cause I totally did! It was awkward."

Simon (about Thanksgiving): "I liked eating the turkey" (he never even tried it!) "and the Power Rangers!" There were power rangers in the parade. Silly boy.

"It was a guy thing"

Jeff and Simon were pushing a toy construction vehicle back and forth. Simon asked what it was and Jeff didn't know, so he just said, "It's a utility vehicle."
Simon answered, "You're right! What's a utility?"

Simon said that racing his toy cars is a "Crump Competition." It makes sense to me.

Simon: "Optimus Prime was in my dream."
Me: "What was he doing?"
Simon: "Uh...hanging out."

I let Simon call Jeff at work. After they hung up, I asked what he said. Simon answered, "I said words. Dad said words. It was a guy thing." Hahaha!

Simon: "The garbage truck outside needs to stop because I said something important!"

Simon ran into the kitchen, pointed at me and laughed, then explained that "I made fun of you!"

Simon: "For Thanksgiving, we eat turkey, eat candy, and all that crazy nonsense."
Me: "I don't think we'll be eating any candy."
Simon: "Oh. Why not?"

Simon: "When is Thanksgiving?"
Me: "It's tomorrow."
Simon: "Today is tomorrow!"

Simon very politely thanked his breakfast for "giving all my food some company in my tummy?." Silly boy.

Simon: "I'm a good guy hero and I fight evil with honor!"

Enjoy your day and have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Simon teaches Jeff a lesson

Simon is in fine form today. Here are a few of the things that have made me laugh:

Simon (to Jeff): "I'm your father and I'm teaching you a lesson!"
Jeff: "What's the lesson?"
Simon: "I'm teaching you a lesson!"
Jeff: "Well, what is it?"
Simon: "Uh...how to punch. BAM!"

After running around for a while, Simon wiped his forehead and said, "Hooh! I'm fast!"

This morning at breakfast, Simon was having a difficult time with his waffles and syrup. He looked at Jeff and said, "Is this kinda like a sick joke?" Jeff asked what he was referring to and Simon gestured vaguely all around the room. Hahaha!

Simon: "I'm the only superhero on the world! It's making me tired!"

Simon: "I'm a special knight."
Me: "What kind of special knight?"
Simon: "The shiny kind."

"It wasn't impressing"

Simon: "Guess how long I am. I'm seven feet tall!"

Simon: "Mom, I always win the competition. You lose because you cheat."
I don't cheat, he just never tells me what game he's playing!

Simon: "Dad, do you know your colors yet?"

Simon: "We went to the book sale, but I was sad because it wasn't impressing." Hahaha!

We went to a book sale at the library with my mom today. The entire time, Simon referred Swindle which is apparently a transformer. He has a great imagination.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!