"That's all you need to know"

As Jeff was walking out the door Simon said, "Don't forget to give Matt a hug!"
Matt is Jeff's co-worker.

Simon: "I dreamed Dad and you were in a jeep. And it was rus-ty!"

Simon had a piece of paper that he'd "written a note on".
"My note says, "Come to Simon's birthday on PBSkids.org"."

Simon: "He is so helicoptory I can't think!"
He was talking about one of his toys, I think. I'm honestly not sure.

After going puddle jumping with me (we had so much fun!) Simon said, "I'm getting puddle sick."

Simon: "Do you want to play transformers and a disk?"
Me: "I don't know how to play that."
Simon: "You have a transformer and a disk to throw. That's all you need to know."

Simon: "I'm a cool toy! I'm fast, and I glow in the dark, and my hands turn like this" (demonstration here), "I am a cool human!"

I hope you're having a great weekend!

"A smaller version of me"

I had to write two posts today because Simon is being so funny!

Simon made a robot out of megablocks. Then he shocked me by saying, "Let's see how this baby works. Start 'er up!"

I helped Simon with his megablock creation. I said, "I think we make a good team.", to which he answered, "Almost, but not quite. We need to build a bigger robot."

Simon won't wear band-aids, but I've discovered that if I call them "wraps" his reaction is very different: "Amazing wraps! I'm so excited to wear one!"

Simon: "I'm a smaller version of me".

Brilliant and famous

Simon was "creating a volmegatron" (his words). He told me it was going to be "brilliant and famous".

We played Telephone with Simon. "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" became "Rubber buggy poopers." Gotta love my silly boy!

Simon has a shoe string that he's been pretending is attached to a grappling hook. He tried to swing on it. Needless to say, it didn't support his weight. He reenacted what happened and said, "See? That's the situation of swinging."

Simon wanted to take his paper roll "gauntlets" into the bath with him.
Me: "We're going to leave them out because if they get wet, they'll be ruined."
Simon: "They won't get wet. Believe me!"
Me: "We're going to leave them out to be on the safe side."
Simon: "Be on my safe side!" (he put every ounce of betrayal he was feeling into that statement.)

Feline Friends

Simon saw a truck about to pass under some traffic lights, prompting this comment: "Look, a semi truck! It's huge! I hope it doesn't hit those lights!"

Simon (yelling at the plane flying overhead), "Wait, jet plane! I want to play with you!"

There was a cat at the playground today. It fell in love with Simon. It followed him up the stairs to the slide, through the tunnel, and would jump down and wait for Simon at the bottom of the slide.It did this for about forty minutes, then it rubbed up against Simon one last time and sauntered away. It was pretty much the cutest thing ever! And, of course, I left the camera inside.

Simon picked a dandelion and blew the top off (he inhaled so deeply, I thought he was going to suck the whole thing into his mouth). Then he politely tried to stick the weed back into the ground! He couldn't understand why I was laughing.

Simon said wistfully, "I always wanted headlights."

Simon said, "I got a coupon for you!"
It turns out he had ripped a picture of a brownie out of the paper.

Enjoy your day!

Gotta Dance!

Simon (to a Publix employee): " 'S' is for Simon. That's my name! Just so you know."

Simon: "Sometimes you just gotta dance!"

Last night Simon asked, "Can I have something that has sugar?"

Simon: "We need to go to the craft store to get you a pirate sword."
Jeff: "Oh yeah?"
Simon: "Yeah, we need to get you a pirate sword 'cause I need two."
Sneaky,sneaky!

Onomatopoeia!

What's the rush?

I opened the sliding glass door. Simon asked why and I said, "So we can get some fresh air."
Simon: "I already have air."
Me: "Okay. I can leave the door shut if you want."
Simon: "Wait. I'll have more air, if you please."

Simon: "Bad guys don't need hats."
Oh-kay?

Simon: "If someone says something foolish, you say 'that's okay'."

Simon solemnly said, "I have a lot to say."
Just on the off chance I didn't already know that.

While he was supposed to be taking a nap, Simon slid a piece of paper (with scribbles on it) under his door and into the hallway. He explained that it was a not that said, "I can't come say the day with Batman 'cause I have to take a nap."
Look at me, getting in the way of his superhero endeavors.

Simon has a pretend batarang. He says it's his "personality weapon".

Simon was running around the house making weird faces. He explained, "I was pretending my bum was on fire."

Simon: "Stop calling me Sir! I'm a kid!"

Simon: "What's the rush?"
Me: "There's no rush?"
Simon: "Oh. What's the hurry?"