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During Jayden's birthday party, Trevor desperately wanted to open her gifts.  We kept telling him they were for Jayden.  He asked her, "Dayden, those yours?" She said no.  He says to me, "Dayden no want them, I have them now?"

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Said to Jayden when she knocked over the shopping cart Trevor was playing with, "You spilled my books, now your in trouble!"

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On Easter Sunday:

Trevor was "cooking" socks in the play kitchen. When asked what he was doing he replied, "I cooking socks for dinner." I said, "oh that sounds uhhh yummy." His response was, "No dat's gross. Here you go mommy it's you dinner" I guess that's my payback for trying to get him to eat stuff out of his normal comfort zone today.

Octa-claus

For weeks Trevor has been talking non stop about "enemies"  I could not figure out where on earth he picked up that word.  Tonight at bedtime I told him we would go see Santa Claus.  He said, "tell octa-claus enemy for kiss-mas, choo-choos, James, Henry, and uhhhh Harwold, and uhhhh enemy.  Yeah, enemy."

Light bulb moment... enemy = Emily.  Whew, he's to young to have any enemies!  It's funny because most of the words he says with perfect enunciation but a few things leave me scratching my head.

Something that has left us puzzled for more than a month now is his constant use of the word "fawk-horse" it sounds slightly naughty.  I think it has something to do with Thomas, and he seems to use it most when playing with something that has a trailer.  Any ideas?  Unfortunately a google search of fawk-horse did not help me out.

Completely unrelated but equally funny was something that happened at work today.  A woman runs into our store about an hour before close and said, "I dis wanna look at sum glasses real quick"  I told her, "you have plenty time we don't close until 7."  She replied with a wag of her head, "Dat's not what your dow-r seys."  Mmmm-kay our door has a sign I typed that says please use other door with an arrow pointing to the other door.  It's been super windy and was blowing open so I latched the one side.  Apparently an arrow is universal sign for closed.  So as her husband tried on some frames I heard her exclaim, "shiiiit you look like frankenstein!"  It left me wondering what kind of glasses exactly would frankenstein wear. 

Funny things

The other day at the doctor's office a voice came over the intercom perfectly clear.  Trevor looked up at the ceiling and said, "Mama, sky's talking!"

Jayden was throwing a major fit and Travis was trying to get her sitting still for a time out.  She was screaming like crazy and Trevor warned, "She gonna bite you."  In this told you so kind of tone.  He should know, a few weeks ago she bit him hard on the cheek and left a big mark.

A few weeks ago I was walking out of the house with the kids in the morning to go to daycare.  Trevor excited said, "Mama Mama wook, bunny!"  I looked all around and there was no bunny to be found.  Trevor said, "In da tree, in da tree!"  I look up and saw the "bunny" a squirrel happily chewing on a nut.  I said, "Silly boy that's a squirrel." Trevor asked, "What he doing?" I said he was eating his breakfast.  Trevor asked, "He eating fruit woops?"  I just laughed and agreed with him and hurried him towards the garage.   As we were walking away he was hollering over his shoulder, "Bye quirrel, Hab a good day quirrel, see you soon quirrel!"  Jayden was just shrieking with glee through this whole exchange.

Trevor's new "thing" is after asking him to do something numerous times and getting really irritated with him he says with disgust, "Okay okay okay" but still doesn't do what it is we are asking him to do.

When he is done eating he almost always asks, "be 'cused?"  And he almost always says please and thank you without being prompted.  Jayden usually says "peas" when she wants something and says "see sue" with an added head nod when you give her something.  I have such polite babies!

"Scared Mama!"

Trevor has been a little chicken as of late.  Today after dinner he wouldn't get down from his chair, saying "Bunny git you"  "I scared mama" and WHINING!  Maybe he shouldn't have watched this video.  

Once I coaxed him down and stepped on an ant he freaked out about en route to the sink I thought we were good.  Out of nowhere he started crying hysterically for absolutely no reason.  I was sitting in the room with him and NOTHING happened.  Jayden was already in bed so I knew she didn't do anything.  Between his sniffles and sobs I heard him say, "Baby bite me" and wouldn't go near the new potty training doll that we got last week and pointed at her mouth.  Then he said "nau-ny baby!"  and threw her in the toybox and shut the lid.   Mmmmmm-kay

Some days my kids drive me crazy

But never THIS crazy.  Just a random picture I found somewhere in surfing.  I'm cleaning off my hard drive to move everything to my new computer.  :o) More on that later!

Psycho bunny

Foofy & Fred

Trevor has two bedtime snugglies. Foofy is a fluffy stuffed bunny and Fred is a fluffy stuffed puppy. He also sleeps with an assortment of Poohs and Tiggers. But Foofy and Fred are the ones that he NEEDS.

Last night at bedtime Trevor was laying on Fred and he said in a funny voice, "help me help me, no breav!" He pulled Fred out from under him and said, "Awwwww it's okay." Then he laid on him again and said, "help me help me help me, no breav!" And laughed hysterically. Silly boy!

Bubbles and Ice Cream

Just recently Trevor has finally succeeded in his attempts at blowing bubbles. Though he blows more raspberries than bubbles as you can see in the video. Don't mind the fact the Jayden is chewing on a stick. It's one of her favorite things to do while we are outside. Before the video, here's a few pictures of our recent "adventure".

Mmmm yummy bubbles Why chew on the lid when you can eat the contents, thanks bro!

"Yea did it!" He was so excited when he actually made bubbles.

After bubbles it was time for ice cream. Jayden has this silly little habit of sticking her fingers in her mouth after every single lick of ice cream. It's pretty funny, watch the video and you'll know what I mean! Whoever invented kiddy cones is my hero! (Bloggers being a pain, I'll have to add the video later!)

Whad you say?

When at my brother's gradation several times they said the name Dawn, each time even though Trevor didn't seem to be paying attention he said, "What? Whad you say?" And when there was singing by the choir he was singing loudly. When there was applause from each of the graduates families from various areas of the gymnasium, Trevor responded with woo hoo, alright and even a few yea did it's combined with lot's of applause.



Lately he says most things with lots of attitude. Such as "Jay-din shud up, jeeeeez" and "I NOT... in the mood." We hear don't, stop, and no too many times in a day to count. But he can be a sweety too. Today when he woke up from his nap he came running up to me and wrapped his arms around my legs and said, "awwww mommy" in the sweetest way.



He pointed at my shoulder and said, "airpwane" I was confused for a second then realized that he thought my dragon tattoo was an airplane.



Anything pulling something behind it is a "choo choo" such as the truck pulling a camper next to us at a stop light and even the guy on the bike pulling his kids behind him. That was funny!

The first time I painted my toes this summer he Ooohhh'd and Aaaahhh'd over my toes and got really excited. I asked him, "does mama have pretty toes?" He said "kitty toes? meow meow" From that point forward he always points at my toes when they are bare (which is like a hundred times a day) and says "kitty toes meow meow" The other day when I put on my socks and shoes before work he said, "bye kitty toes, see you soon kitty toes."

The other day we were at the mall sharing pretzel bites in the food court. We were sitting in front of Journeys and he got all excited and pointed into the store and said "Elmo shoes Elmo shoes" I highly doubted he had actually seen elmo shoes in Journeys. Elmo shoes don't really fit the profile of the crowd they cater to. I might at there was a group of hip young twenty-somethings sitting at the table next to us and they found Trevor's comment pretty humorous. So after we were done with the pretzel I asked him to show me the elmo shoes. He pointed out these shoes. Though I don't suppose they are quite Elmo's style, they are the right color.

Graduation

We went to my youngest brothers graduation. I can't believe my baby brother is all grown up! I was very worried about taking the kids. But we really didn't have much choice. We could have left them here and had someone watch them but I really wanted them to go with to visit my Grandma and Grandpa who haven't had much chance to see them. There was no one we could leave them with during commencement so along they went.

Trevor did surprisingly good. I was really worried about him throwing a huge fit since he doesn't really do so great around crowds. Jayden was the one who got bored and started to throw a fit at the most inopportune times. She goes from smiling to full blown screaming instantly so it was impossible to remove her several times without making a scene.

Trevor made everyone around us laugh. There were several graduates who had the name or middle name Dawn. Everytime they called out the name Dawn Trevor would look up and say pretty loudly, "huh, whad you say?" Hmmm wonder what my response usually is when Travis calls to me from another room! He sang songs with the choir. He clapped and cheered. And a few times while cheering he threw in a "Yea did it!" Which was very appropriate I suppose.

After graduation we went to my brothers party. Jayden enjoyed sitting with her great-Grandma for pretty much the entire time. She ate everything that anyone handed her or left sitting within her reach. I had to cut her off from being fed. I was afraid her poor tummy was going to explode. She ate sooooo much junk food. Next time we go to something like that I should take a sign that says "Don't feed the children."

Travis and I both took turns playing "chase the Trevor" until we were both worn out and decided to call it quits. We went to the nursing home briefly to visit with Grandpa. He really enjoyed holding the kids and Travis took a ton of great pictures of us all. Grandpa doesn't say much these days but there definitely was a sparkle in his eyes.

Both kids conked out on the ride home.

Springtime picnic

The weather is finally starting to cooperate and things are finally green after a winter that seemed to never end.  It was a gorgeous spring day so we went to the lake to have a picnic and play on the playground.

On the way there we passed a truck pulling a travel trailer and Trevor pointed at it saying "choo choo."  Later at the lake a guy riding a bike was pulling a little trailer for his kids, Trevor got really excited about and pointed at it and said "choo choo."  So apparently everything with a trailer is a choo choo!

The kids really enjoyed the afternoon and didn't want to leave.  We pretty much had to carry Trevor to the car kicking and screaming!

   

The girl helping Jayden is a random girl who apparently adored Jayden.  

Trevor was not happy about going home!          

Our first play group

It was a nice outing overall. We went to the mall and he played on their indoor playground. It's right by the escalators and he enjoyed watching people go up and down. There was a gray haired lady coming down and he said rather loudly in a greeting to her, "Hi pa-ma." I guess that must be a universal term for someone who's old enough to be his grandma or grandpa. He calls Grandma H that when we talk on the phone and called Grandpa G that the other day when visiting. Anyway... the lady grinned and seemed to think it was funny. And he said it probably 5 or 6 more times later when we shopping as we walked towards or past people.

His greeting to everyone these days including me is, "Hi Dawn, how are you?" in a sing-song voice. He said it a few times in the play area and again to pretty much everyone we encountered while shopping afterwards. He picked it up I suppose from Travis' greeting when I come home from work. He's been saying this every time I walk in the door and I tell him, "no, I'm Mommy" and he grins. I thought it was just a greeting for me until we took him to the Dr last week and he said that to everyone in the waiting area. He kept everyone entertained, people thought it was hilarious.

And lastly his new little trick when were were in the play area is catch-me-if-you-can, a favorite of all children it seems. He would stand by the entry way and wait until I looked at him then he would take off. At first it was just wandering, then he realized I would chase after him. Game on I suppose. Grrrrr. So much for relaxing and chatting with friends. Apparently the person who designed the play area is not a parent. They put the seating along the opposite side of the entry way, which by the way is completely open so no way to coral the kiddos in. I was so worried he would run off when I was distracted by Jayden and I wouldn't be able to find him.

The kiddos were good while we wandered the mall. It was the first time I'd taken both of them shopping at the mall by myself. Our double stroller is massive and a pain to push because it steers really poorly. Some aisles were extremely difficult to maneuver. I was happy to find a brag book style desk frame to sit on my desk at work so I can put mini digi-scrap brag book pages in it. I've been looking everywhere for one. I also got spring coats for the kiddos. I can't wait for the weather to get better!

How is it that...

baby cereal when catapulted via spoon with baby fingers can launch over 6 feet across the room and splatter all over the door, and land in mommies hair but not get on the fingers of the baby? Jayden has this lovely new habit of grabbing the spoon. I think she's trying to feed herself. Either that or I'm not moving quick enough for her. She likes to eat!

Mr personality

Trevor's picking up language right and left and learning to do things more independently these days so here's a few samplings of things he's been doing the last few weeks.


Trevor's new thing is to repeat the last word you say sounding like a question. Such as tonight:
"Trevor, do you want a sandwich or macaroni?"
"Roni?"
"Trevor do you want macaroni or a sandwich?"
"which?"
For dessert I gave him the option of yogurt and fruit, in that order. Of course he said fruit. I gave him fruit and he threw a fit, turned out he wanted yogurt. Gah!! Then later,
"Trevor, do you want to watch elmo or blue?"
"Blue?"
"Trevor, do you want to watch Blue or Elmo?"
"Elmo!?" I guess we have to watch for the exclamation when we ask it both ways.


Last week I hear him saying "sauce" over and over. Occassionally "Yea sauce!!" I'm thinking what the heck is he talking about, he better not have gotten in any kind of sauce. I just checked him and he's putting my socks (ahhh sauce = socks) on and off his feet and saying "yea did it!" He seems to like my socks. As he's trying to put them on his feet, Jayden is trying to eat them. Yucko. At least they weren't too nasty, I only wore them for an hour this morning.


Tonight he wouldn't eat his dinner so Travis was doing the airplane thing to entice him to eat. He was flying the fork all over the kitchen with food on it and telling Trevor, "open wide, coming in for a landing." He thought that was fun for awhile and then wised up to us and it was game over. It didn't stop him from using his fork as an airplane though.


Another funny thing he does is when I'm having a conversation with him when he's been naughty or cranky he'll say all serious, "ok ok, I know" In a tone that says stop the lecture and cut to the chase. And he talks to elmo on the "potty time" video. He'll say, "mmm hmmm mmm hmm, Ok ok I know."

Yea Sauce!

So I hear Trevor saying "sauce" over and over. Occassionally "Yea sauce!!" I'm thinking what the heck is he talking about, he better not have gotten into any kind of sauce. I checked in on him and he's putting my socks (ahhh sauce = socks) on and off his feet and saying "yea did it!" He seems to like my socks. As he's trying to put them on his feet, Jayden is trying to eat them. Yucko. At least they weren't too nasty, I only wore them for an hour this morning.

Sitting up and a little dancin'

Jayden is sitting up for the first time for longer than a few seconds. We got Trevor a new elmo video about potty training. They both thought the tune was a little catchy I guess because they both started dancing. She had been sitting up for a couple of minutes before I started taking the video. She can't get into sitting position yet, she has to be put there.


Jayden "dancing"

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Rocker Girl

Last night I got this new leapfrog guitar that plays tunes and animal songs. Trevor seemed to enjoy it while we were shopping and it teaches animal sounds and Spanish. Jayden is all over that toy and Trevor doesn't want to share so it's made for an interesting evening. He whines when she touches it and she shrieks when he takes it away. Ahhh let the sibling rivalry begin!


But she was doing this head bob thing when the tune would play. At first I thought it was coincidence because she does that from time to time. But I noticed she does it when the tune comes on the guitar. I happened to get it on video!

It's all about you when you're two

Trevor has been extremely cranky and defiant today. It was a struggle to get him to eat and put his toys away before bed. Before going up to bed Travis was trying to get him to say I love you, or rather "I U" in Trevor-speak. He always does this and says it happily in a sing song voice. Travis asked, "Do you love Mommy?" He said, "Ummmm no." Travis asked, "Do you love Daddy?" He said, "Ummmm no." Travis asked, "Do you love your sister?" He looked in at Jayden and said, "Ummm no." Travis asked, "Who do you love?" And Trevor said, "Me!"



Travis and I were a bit dumbfounded as we didn't quite expect that as an answer and he's never referred to himself as me before. The "ummm no" stuff was no big deal as that's pretty much what you get half the time when you ask him most anything. LOL, I wonder if he actually knows what he said.

When babies attack

I think I'll pass...

on having six kids. This is the funniest ebay auction I've seen. I know it's long but hilarious if you read all the way through. She also has a blog I'll have to check out.