Remember?...4/26/11

Cael and I were taking a walk with my cousin, Shea, when Cael ran ahead and threw some gravel in our direction.


Me: Cael, come apologize to Uncle Shea.  You cannot throw rocks of any size.
Cael: Sorry...man, now my hands are dirty!
Me: (as he runs ahead again) I wonder why...
Cael: (stopping to turn around a few yards ahead) Because I threw the rocks at you guys...remember?


Sarcasm is lost on this child...

What to watch...4/24/11

Yesterday, Easter Sunday, we were able to celebrate the holiday with some friends of ours.  Their daughter, Evey, and Cael are good friends and had a blast together.  At one point in time, though, they weren't seeing eye to eye about which movie to watch...


Evey: I want to watch the dancing princess movie.
Cael: I want to watch Lightning McQueen.
Evey: No!  Dancing Princess movie!
Cael: No, I want to watch Lightning McQueen...
Evey: But, I don't want to watch Lightning McQueen!
Cael: (putting up his hands) Then close your eyes and go to sleep...I'm watching Lightning McQueen.


I think they ended up going outside to play instead...I love to listen to their conversations.  You learn so much about the world!

Statement vs. Question...4/16/11

Saturday afternoon, while Cael and I were waiting for Jarod to get home from work, Cael and I had a conversation that went something like this...


Cael: When Daddy comes home can we play?
Me: Sure!
Cael: I can be Superman, you can be Batgirl, and Daddy can be Batman!
Me: Wow, Daddy gets to be a good guy?  That's a first...
Cael: I can be Superman, you can be Batgirl, and Daddy can be Joker!
Me: I thought Daddy could be Batman.
Cael: I said Daddy is Joker.
Me: But you said he can be Batman...
Cael: Mom, why are you arguing with me?
Me: I was just asking a question.
Cael: No, that is a statement, not a question.


Who knew our statement vs. question lessons would come back to bite me?!  At least I know he's getting something out of our little side lessons...Jarod ended up being the Riddler, by the way.

Fascinating...4/12/11

I was trying to do some laundry last night to get myself ahead for the weekend.  Cael kept moving things even after I told him to stop...


Me: Cael, if you take one more item of clothing out of this pile and move it to another, I'm going to be very angry with you.
Cael: (with his finger on his face): Hmmmm...Hmmmm
Me: What are you doing?
Cael: (still concentrating): This means it's fascinating, mom.  Hmmmm...


Crazy child!  At least he went downstairs and stopped moving my laundry around!  

Tough enough...4/12/11

Cael wanted me to play "bad guys" with him last night.  I finally gave in after his 2 minutes of non-stop "please"...


Me: (pretending to punch and kick the air)  
Cael: (doing the same): Like this, mom!
Me: (trying to punch harder): Like this?  I'm tough, right?
Cael: (stopping to give me a sad look): Ummm...you're tough enough, I think.


Gee, thanks Cael...if I didn't feel a bit silly before, I do now=)  That child is so honest...I love him.

The truth about cows...4/11/11

Cael and I were on our way home yesterday and drove past the cows he always feeds.  He had been complaining of his tongue again so I tried to get his mind off of it...


Me: Cael, look, there are the cows you feed.  Wave at the cows!
Cael: Why?  They can't wave back.
Me: I know that...I just thought you could wave at them.
Cael: (not paying attention to me at all) They don't even have hands!


I did manage to get his mind off of his sore tongue but I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm loopy now...

Bad decision...4/11/11

This morning, Cael and I were getting ready to go to work/school...

Cael: Mom, my tongue hurts...(this is the 10 millionth time he has told me this in the past 2 days and the 50th since I had awakened him)

Me: Cael, I'm sorry your tongue hurts.  There is still nothing I can do about it.  If you tell me again, you're not going to be allowed to talk for 5 minutes.

Cael: (grunting and pointing at his tongue): Mom, see?

Me: Cael, I told you not to tell me that your tongue hurts anymore...

Cael: I didn't...I showed you...if I tell you, that's a bad decision.

My child is the king of loopholes at the young age of 3 1/2...I think I'm in big trouble when he gets older!

In Target??...4/10/11

Cael and I went to Target yesterday to get a few things that we needed.  As we were checking out, Cael and the 20 something gentleman working the register had this conversation...

Cael: Hi.  What's your name?

Man: (answers with his name but I can't remember it)

Cael: I'm Cael.  Will you be at work on Friday?

Man: (looking confused) No.  I'm going out of town.

Cael: Out of town?

Man: Yes, I'm going out of state.

Cael: To Florida?

Man: No...(now looking almost uncomfortable)

Cael: Where do you live?

Man: Here...

Cael: (in shock) In Target??  I didn't even see a bed?!

Man: No, not in Target...I mean in town...(totally confused)

Me: (feeling sorry for the guy) Okay, Cael...just tell him good-bye...

Cael: Bye...have a nice day!

That poor cashier will never look at another 3 year old the same ever again...

Discreet...4/2/11

We were at the hospital yesterday visiting my Aunt Nyckie and had been sitting in the waiting room for a while.  I was going to quietly excuse myself so that I didn't interrupt conversation...


Cael: (yelling down the hall)  Mom?  Are you going potty?  Where are you going?
Me: (shaking my head) I'll be back Cael...


So much for a quiet exit.  I'm pretty sure "discreet" is one word my child does not have in his vocabulary...

Unimpressed...4/1/11

I was dropping the school children off in our after school program on Friday and picking Cael up at the same time when one of the school aged boys started talking to Cael...

Boy: Cael, look at this...(turning his eyelids inside out)

Cael: (giving him the strangest look of disgust)  I'm not impressed with that.

Boy: (to me)  Did he just tell me I don't impress him?

Cael: Yes, I did.  

He took the words right out of my mouth...I'm amazed by the way he is able to remember all the words we use and his ability to use them correctly!