QotM. #0441:
Silas: "Hey, Daddy! Luke said 'halo'!"
Daddy: "'Halo'? or 'Hello'?"
Silas: "H...I don't know."
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Silas: "Hey, Daddy! Luke said 'halo'!"
Daddy: "'Halo'? or 'Hello'?"
Silas: "H...I don't know."
"Mommy, this is a sport."
- setting up Candyland
Silas: "Can I have some goldfish?"
Mommy: "Yes."
Silas: "Like Luke?"
Mommy: "Yes."
Silas: "Please?"
Mommy: "Yes."
Silas: "Mommy, what's that?"
Mommy: "Sweet potato casserole."
Silas: "I love it."
Mommy: "Well, I love you."
Silas: "Well, I love Daddy."
Daddy: "Be thinking about what you're thankful for, but don't tell me yet. Save it for Thanksgiving."
Luke: "I think the mice are already telling each other what their favorite things are..."
I love Thanksgiving. And I love my boys. So how much more perfect could it be to combine the two? Here are some of the new things I love:
I'm so thankful for you boys!!!
Luke: "Oh! These are pretty leaves!"
Mommy: "Yes, they are! What do you think we could do with them? You think we could take them home and then glue them on a paper?"
Luke: "Sure...but no."
Since the boys were infants, I've gotten into the practice of narrating the day - something I read about speech development and hearing the sound of your voice. Anyway, I guess I took it very seriously and NEVER SHUT UP. Even after they've learned to talk themselves, I'm still doing it...just in the habit, I guess.
Anyway, poor little Silas has heard daily narration about Luke's school experience as we go through the carpool line every day for the past 2 years. "Oh, look! There's Mrs. x. She's going to come get Luke out of the car and take him to his class. Looks like it's spirit day - all the kids are wearing the same shirt!" Yada yada yada. Through all of this, Silas has learned all of the teachers names and can identify them as we pull up. Subsequently, he's developed quite the crush on a pretty, young teacher named Ms. Lindsay, one of Luke's teachers from last year. As she was putting Luke in the car one day, I mentioned to her how she has quite the fan base in the young Teagues. She offhandedly touched Silas's arm and said, "Oh, I just love your boys!" As soon as Ms. Lindsay was out of earshot and after Silas had watched her go, he turned and said to me enthusiastically, "She touched me, Mommy! Ms. Lindsay touched me!"
I told Beau about it when he got home from work, so during dinner he had to press the issue. "Silas, did you see Ms. Lindsay today?" "Yes, Daddy. Ms. Lindsay luff me." Boy are we in for it.
Daddy: "How tall are you?"
Silas: "Big."
"If you see toys, shout 'Toys!'"
- Silas and I walking into a Kohl's. I think he's seen a bit of "Dora the Explorer".
Silas: "Mommy, where's your coat?"
Mommy: "I'm not wearing one."
Silas: "You can have mine if you want it."
Silas: "'Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth!'"
Silas {to Luke}: " Can you do it?"
Luke: "Can the car do it?"
Silas: "He doesn't have arms...or a mouth."
Luke: "I think he does...in the back."
"Thank you for being such a good helper!"
- to a uniformed policeman at McDonald's
Meide: "Can I give you a kiss?"
Silas: "Yes."
{kisses him on the head}
Silas: "Not on my head!"
Meide: "Where then?"
Silas {pointing to his cheek}: "Here."
{kisses him on the cheek}
Silas: "Thank you!"
"I'm going to sing with Annie!"
- "Tomorrow" came up on the CD (thanks, Grace!)
Luke: "Daddy, don't drink all of the apple juice because we will run out!"
Silas: "...of energy!"
"I can see EVERYTHING!"
- from on top of the ferris wheel
Daddy: "Who had a fun weekend?"
Luke and Silas: "Me!"
Silas: "What did we do?"
"That was a good day!"
- driving home from the pumpkin patch
Daddy {pointing to the countryside}: "Mommy wants to live here."
Luke: "You don't want to live here, Mommy."
Mommy: "Why?"
Luke: "You would be lost if we drove away."