What NOT to yell in the car!

I've mentioned before that Nicholas loves to yell, "GO! GO!" whenever the car is stopped for longer than he'd like! We explained to him that we have to stop at red lights and then we can go when the light turns green. So recently, Nicholas has thankfully given up frightening his Mommy with sudden bursts of "GO! GO!" while she waits patiently at a stoplight. Instead he shouts, "GO!! Red?! Stopping. GREEN!!! GO!!!"

BUT...apparently Daddy has been teaching Nicholas traffic skills while they go on walks to the mailbox that Mommy was not aware of!! She didn't realize that Nicholas knew certain key phrases. So when he screamed, "A CAR COMING!!! WATCH OUT!! HIT YOU!!!" Mommy's poor little heart jumped up in her chest as she looked around to see who was going to hit her!! (No comments on driving records! We weren't in a parking lot, at least!) Silly Nicholas was merely telling Mommy to be careful since a car was coming and we didn't want to get hit!!! :o)
What a helper!! :o)

A happy little guy!!

We've known for awhile that Nicholas loves his music!!! The cute, little, shake-your-bootie dance and head bobbing is still so cute, but now he's finally starting to really sing along to the music!! (Or at least prompt someone else to sing for him!!!) He's actually quite fond of quick little jingles from those crazy noise-making toys. His two favorite jingles are from toys we don't even own (our neighbor's Little People Fire Truck that is no longer being made with the same fun song and the Sesame Street baby crib mirror). Then, there's his new fascination with Nick, Jr.'s Wonder Pets, which is awfully cute!! I finally figured out why he loves Barney so much...it's the singing!! Nicholas will only give the TV his attention if there is singing involved!! And guess what?! 95% of Wonder Pets involves singing!!! After watching the show today, Nicholas ran around singing, "Teamwork!!!"

But, of course, my favorite is listening to him request songs from his various CDs!! "Hello Everybody!!!", "Who's that...knocking, knocking!!!", "La La La La...CHA CHA!!", "OoooOOooo... Walk! Walk!", "No, No, No...Yes, Yes, Yes...Maybe!!!", "Jimmy! Crack Corn!", "GTO! WAA, WAA!", "NINE!!! 7...8...NINE!" ...to name a few!! Woe to the person who cannot sing the requested song...for Nicholas's protests can be heard throughout the land!! But, if you can sing for him...that gorgeous smile is worth a million bucks!!! :o)

Side note...We haven't made much progress on singing our ABCs, but the association with diaper changing is still there...so I suppose I can understand how the song may not be his favorite!!

AMEN!!!!

Nick & I are very proud of all Nicholas's accomplishments, especially his amazing vocabulary skills. Many people compliment him on his ability to pick up so many words! But, that's certainly not the case at church...

"CROSS!!! JESUS!!! SEE HIM!! AMEN!! Ready! Fruit Strip!! Eat it!! YUMMY!!! LIGHTS!!! CANDLES!! Blow it!! BLOW IT!!! Ready!! WHO'S THAT?! SPEAKERS!! LOUD!!! Outside!! BABY!! PLAY!! Ready!!"

These lovely exclamations draw many an eye. And although many people turn and smile, many others turn and glare.

We've been staying away from the nursery since quite a few parents believe that if they or their children are sick, the best place for them to be is in the church nursery. Lovely.

So our plan for the week will be to master whispering!! :o)

Costco

Nicholas and I were loading ourselves into the minivan today after a morning full of fun activities when I asked Nicholas if he was ready for lunch. Nicholas exclaimed, "Daddy!!! Lunch!!! COSTCO!!!" Sadly, I had to tell Nicholas that Daddy would not be joining us for lunch today and we wouldn't be visiting Costco. Nicholas then moved on to exploring the van as he does, oh...all the time!!! He grabbed the car keys and started trying to unlock the glove compartment. Then he starts trying to tell me something, but I have no idea what he's saying!!!! After giving up on Mommy understanding, he enlisted my help in opening the glove compartment. "Tom Tom!!!" Nicholas wanted to play with the Tom Tom!! So, I plugged it in for him and he proceeded to push a bunch of buttons. Eventually, Mommy tired of the car scene and packed Nicholas away in his car seat reminding him that we needed to head home for lunch. After he was all settled in his seat, I looked at the Tom Tom to power it down. On the Tom Tom screen were the directions to get to a certain destination...Costco!!! :-O Amazing!!! Mommy still hasn't figured out how to work the thing!! The boy is persistent!!!

We didn't end up at Costco today, but I suppose I'll have to make arrangements for a lunch date with Daddy there very soon!! :o)