President Barack Obama

I know the small handful of people who might see this are curious as to what might follow that title. Well, it's another funny quote from our little guy. 

The other morning we had the t.v. on...probably watching LIVE With Kelly & Michael. I'm just going to give you the conversation verbatim. I'm terribly sorry I don't have a video so you can hear the inflection that went with it.

It began with the person on t.v. saying the name "Barack Obama."

Jonah (sounding confused): "Barack Obama???"

Me: "Yes, do you know who he is?"

Jonah (with disgust):"Barack Obama failed Missouri."

First, I laughed. A lot!! Second, I sat back to think how he could have come up with that. I did not recall even thinking such a thing  much less verbalizing it that way. I may not have voted for him, but I also don't badmouth him.  Especially in front of my kids. It wasn't until I relayed the story to a friend that I figured it out. She immediately recognized that as a line from the awful campaign adds that took over out televisions in recent months! Ha! Just goes to show how much kids pick up on. We don't even watch much t.v. 

little guy, little bike, big words!

Jonah and I were out "riding" his bike today. I was going to just snap a few photos, but then he got to talking so I hit *record.*

He cracks me up. 

I want to save this video forever!

i love his little voice. 

our boy is sweet

I just have a couple of cute Jonah stories today. 

Last night at the dinner table we had the following conversation:

Jonathan: "a tourist family came in the store today. they said they had been here earlier in the year and wanted to come back to get ice cream again because of the tricks we did last time."

Me: "aw"

Jonah (before another word could be said): "aw, that was sweet!"

Then, close to bedtime he found a New Testament Bible he's not seen before. It was in a drawer in his room. He brought it to us asking us to read the new Bible. I don"t know how he knew what kind of book it was.

Actually, at first he started reading about the Lorax...we had to tell him that the Lorax is not in the Bible. Next he started reading to us about Jesus. Then, I captured a photo of Jonathan and him reading from it right before bed. 

i know this may be quite boring to the rest of the world. but it is something good i want to focus on for now and remember someday down the road. this has been a particularly rough week for me. i am thankful that i have these sweet little snippets to reflect upon. 

worth 1,000 words

i am loving this photo. it really captures the moment!

i'd love to know what it says to you. 

leave a comment with the caption you would give this picture.

The things my kid says.

these quotes may not interest people all that much, but I want them recorded permanently....

In the car last night Jonah dropped the toy he'd been playing with. He said something like "oh no! what gonna do?" I commented back to him "Are you asking what Mommy's going to do?" To which he said: "No, not Mama. Oh nooo! What JONAH going to do?"

Yesterday afternoon he was playing golf in his room while I swept the other floors in the house. He was armed with two golf balls and a plastic bat that he was using for a club. All of the sudden he (very proudly) exclaimed:  "I got A DOUBLE BOGEY, Mama!" That's what comes of watching golf on tv and watching Jonathan play Tiger Woods Golf on our Wii.

And many of you may have seen my recent Facebook post, but some of you may not have. A couple of weeks ago Jonah was in a phase of calling me "babe." This followed spring break when Jonathan was home more than usual (since there were no schools needing substitutes). One specific example was when the two of them were on the couch. Jonah called to me in the kitchen saying: "please, may I have a drink, Babe?" We were in stitches! 

The next week he had one instance of calling me "Amy." I didn't react much and he hasn't done it since. He wasn't being disrespectful...I guess he's just making some observations/learning how his little world works.

My Favorite Jonah Quote!

Tonight Jonah said something really cute. It might be my favorite thing of all the cute things he's ever said! I smiled myself to happy tears. (but, then, that doesn't really take much when I'm pregnant)

He was sitting on my lap; we were face-to-face, or, more importantly, belly-to-belly when he said: 

"What's that?"

(me: what's what?)

"The girl, she's knocking!"

I guess his little sister had moved right when Jonah settled against my belly. It was a moment I will treasure for a long time! 

David and Goliath

Jonah has a favorite Bible story. We usually read one at bedtime and he usually asks for David and Goliath. Here lately he has been telling the story to us, so I recorded it! 

Just Monday

It's just a plain old Monday around here. Nothing fancy. Shoot, rarely do we get fancy. However, plain does not mean dull. 

There are so many funny and cute things that Jonah is saying these days. I really should write them down through the day. I WISH I could capture all of our conversations on video, but it happens so quickly, I would do good to just get it recorded on paper. Some of them are only funny in the moment/context in which they happen. Others, like today, are just so sweet and cute that I must share!

Jonathan got the chance to substitute teach at the local high school today. So, he came home right as Jonah and I were leaving. And then he headed out to the ice cream parlor soon after.  (translation: we only saw Jonathan for a few minutes today) In those few minutes Jonah very simply, yet completely, stole our hearts and made us laugh. 

               Jonathan: Jonah, do you know how much Daddy loves you?

               Jonah: SO much!

               Jonathan: Jonah, do you know how much Mommy loves you?

               Jonah: Too much!