Never giving up

The paper Wyatt brought home from school said "Talk to your child about something that was very important to you that you never gave up on."

I read it aloud and didn't even have to say anything else.

Wyatt yelled "HAVING ME!"

Never giving up on something that was very important to me is a lesson I have taught him since he was born.

And here are Wyatt and Aidan and Cara in Flagstaff...

Her little teethy house

Wyatt lost a tooth today.
I just left him in his room.
This was my evening:
"Mom, can I come in your room? What if I wake up and see the tooth fairy? That's creepy! What if witches are real and the witch turns the tooth fairy into a witch? Where does the tooth fairy get the stuff she leaves for you? From her little teethy house? Does she break into stores? I want her to leave my present downstairs. Do you think the tooth fairy lives on a cloud? What do you think she looks like? I want to see her - well, not in real life - too creepy. But I want to see a picture."

I just want to tell him the truth!!! LOL

Too. Much. Minecraft

Doug walks away, leaving an uneaten cookie on his plate.
Wyatt: "DADDY! You still have one cookie left in your inventory!"

Too. Much. Minecraft.

WhatEVER!

Overheard in Wyatt's class:

Boy1: "I hate fire drills because they are SO loud!"
Boy2: "I'm used to loud. Hello!... have you heard my dad???"


Milestone: Today, three weeks before Wyatt's 7th birthday, I got my first "WhatEVER!" - complete with the eye roll. 

Three brains - and a boosterthon

Wyattism update

Wyatt and I were reading The Zombie Zone, one of the A-Z Mysteries books. In the book, when the kids get to New Orleans, they see a woman walking by with a parrot on her shoulder. Later, they travel to a village where someone is digging up graves and stealing bodies. Suddenly, Wyatt yells:

"MOM! I know who did it!"
Me: "Who?"
Wyatt: "Wait... can parrots dig?"
Me: "No."
Wyatt: "Never mind then."

LOL LOL


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Wyatt: "Hey Mom! Do you know that Justin Beiber is real?"

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Wyatt: "Great!!!! Cara kissed me on the mouth, so now I have a dog for a wife!!!"

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Another Wyattism... I told Wyatt how Orion is my favorite constellation, and we Googled and read about Orion the Hunter.

As we were walking, he pointed at Orion in the sky and said "Hey Mom! There's our guy!"

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At the egg hunt, after everyone has been running around for about 5 minutes: "Wyatt, why don't you go look over there?"
Wyatt: "I can't. They said don't look in the grass because it is for the babies." 
Me: "Hahah, oh sweetie, the babies got those eggs. You can go look now." 

I also found him later with a broom and dustpan trying to awkwardly clean sandbox sand that had gotten onto the concrete. My sweet boy.

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I want a bite.. and other Cara pics - and some Wyattisms

Wyatt, loudly, regarding the game he is playing on the iPad:

"Hey, I think there are some shenanigans going on!"

Yep. He is definitely my child. LOL

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This morning, Wyatt woke up via his alarm, got himself dressed, brushed his teeth, the whole thing. 

He's been taking showers on his own for a few weeks now.

Sigh. My baby is growing up.

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Wyatt is helping me shovel out gravel so I can plant flowers. I told him he was going to be sore later, and he yelled enthusiastically. .. "Today is arms day!" Lol


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A heart-touching note from my son

Cara and Wyattisms

We were playing Headbandz, the game where you put a card on your head and have to ask yes/no questions to figure out what you are. Wyatt's card was a swingset, and he couldn't figure it out.

So I said "Ask what you are made of, like 'Am I made of wood?' 'Am I made of metal?' 'Am I made of plastic?'"

He thought for a few seconds then asked "Am I made of balloons?"

LOL

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Wyatt: "I can't sleep. I think I am going to stay awake until 4 o'clock in the morning."
Me: "Just relax your mind and close your eyes."
Wyatt: "I can't! I can't quit thinking!"
Me: "About what?"
Wyatt: "Lots of things!"
Me: "Like what? Name one."
Wyatt: "Like how I am going to stay awake until 4 in the morning."

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Me: "Aidan, whose party are you going to today?"
Aidan: "Gabe's."
Wyatt: "How old is he... eight?"
Aidan: "Yes, he's turning eight."
Wyatt: "I knew it! Because that name just sounds like eight to me. When I hear that name, I think of eight. If I heard someone named that name, I would think he is eight."

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Me: "So what do you think? Do you enjoy Christmas caroling?"
Wyatt: "YES! I want to do this for my birthday!"

So get ready people. June 9. Get yo' jingle bells on. 

Hello, my little speckled!

Wyatt's friend Ava ran up to Wyatt, "tickled" his face, and said to him:
"Hello, my little speckled!"
I guess she likes his freckles. LOL


Wyatt: "I'm glad I don't have an elf, because if I woke up and saw an elf on my shelf, I would scream!"
Me: "Hahahah... well, it isn't like an elf could hurt you though."
Wyatt: ((thinking)) "Yeah. He could watch you sleep, and when you open your mouth in your sleep, he could jump down your throat and pull out your lungs."
Me:  (((EEK)))

Later:So this morning, I go into his room to wake him up for school. He opens his eyes and, without moving the rest of his head/body, starts moving his eyes all around. I asked "What are you doing?!" and he says "Looking for an elf." I said "I thought you didn't want an elf; that it would make you scream." He said "I changed my mind." LOL

Also - someone told him that you can't touch the elf because it makes the elf lose all its magic (not sure if this is "official" Elf on a Shelf legend or just something some parent in his class made up.) Anyway, after he said he wanted one, he whined and said "I really want to touch it though!!!!!!"


Wyatt: "What day is Christmas?"
Me: "December 25th."
Wyatt: "No, is it on Monday, Tuesday...?"
Me: "It's on a Wednesday."
Wyatt, whining and thrashing around: "Awwwwwwww!!! That means I won't have much time to play with my toys because I have to go to school!!!!!!"
Me: "Wyatt, I have some good news for you..."



Wyatt: "Hey, Mom. Whatcha watching?"
Me: "Dr. Oz."
Wyatt, staring at the TV: "Oh."
(long pause)
Wyatt: "Is he a wizard?"


Wyatt, after I mis-heard a couple of things: "Mommy, you sure are having a lot of 'maginations."


Wyatt: "Mom, there's something weird."
Me: "What's weird?"
Wyatt: "Every time I see Santa, he looks...different."
Me: "That IS weird. Why do you think that is?"
Wyatt: "I just think I am not remembering right."




Wyatt: "I want to play footer."
Me: "What?"
Wyatt: "Footer. It's like soccer, but we don't have socks on, so it's just footer."
LOL


Me: "Are you waiting for cotton candy? I thought you didn't like it."
Wyatt: "I don't. ..I'm getting it for you."
Awwwwwww. ♡
 

Quack!

Last night at the pool...
Me: "This pool kinda stinks today."
Wyatt: "Yeah... it smells yike a praying mantis."
??????????

Poor little Wyatt was in the sun all day and has a headache. He kept getting up and crying. The last time, I asked if he wanted me to lie down with him for a little bit, so he cuddled up to me and started falling asleep. I asked him "Are you feeling better?" and he nodded. I asked him "You just needed a little Mama love?" and he nodded again. Then he started snoring.  

Me (reading a book)
: "Constellations are when stars make pictures. Like this one is the Big Dipper, because it looks like a spoon, a dipper."
Wyatt: "I weally yike that name... Big Dipper. I yike the 'Dipper' part wuh-cause it sounds soft. Diiiiipppperrrrrrr."  

Wyatt wanted a list of reasons someone could go to jail. So I started off with murder, assault (he said "Oh I know someone who is assault. Me and Aidan!" I laughed..."No, you guys are just play-fighting. That's not assault."), kidnapping, robbery, embezzlement, drugs... and I explained what each one was.
Then I said "Oh and drinking and driving. People drink, then they don't drive very well, and they end up getting into wrecks and killing people."
Wyatt pondered for a moment, and responded... "Why don't they just get a cup holder?" 

Me, swinging Wyatt around: "I just want to make sure you always feel safe and loved." (Accidentally bump his head on the wall)
Wyatt: "Yeah... safe and yoved and head-bonked."
LOL
 




Me, looking in the mirror: "Yikes. I don't look so great today."
Wyatt: "I fink you yook...perfect. You yook yike a sweet mommy."
Me: "Awwww, thank you. I think I look tired."
Wyatt (inspecting me more closely) "Actually, you yook yike one of those ducks with the white things on their head, because you have some funky hair."
LOL... thank you, my son.   
  

I fink you counted to 50 instead of 60

Me: "Wyatt, you can play for 10 more minutes then it's bedtime."
(ten minutes later): "OK, that was 10 minutes. Let's go."
Wyatt: "That was NOT 10 minutes. I fink you counted to 50 instead of 60."

Wyatt: "I'm hungry."
Me: "We are going to eat at Tommorrowland Terrace."
Wyatt: "WHAT?!?? We aren't eating until TOMORROW?!?!"

Had a character breakfast at Chef Mickey's. Wyatt got to hug and high-five Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, Minnie, and Donald! He was jumping-up-and-down excited. Photos to come. Best Wyattism... Pluto grabbed his hand with both paws and shook it, and Wyatt walked over and said "Yep, that was definitely a dog handshake." 

Had a crazy day at Animal Kingdom today (April 7). Rode the Himalayas yeti ride FOUR times... Wyatt loved it. Went on the safari, and did a few other rides there. Wyatt was really cute at the 3d movie. He kept trying to grab the bugs, and was surprised when a bug spat "acid" at him. He wanted to stop and watch an African band play, but he got really annoyed when I tried to dance. He said "Stop it. I am trying to listen to the music!" He very studiously watched the guys play and sing. I need to find concerts for us to go to! Then we came back and went swimming in the hotel pool and watched the Magic Kingdom fireworks show from our balcony. It was an A+ day. 

 

Mr. Yellow

Me: (reading Danny and the Dinosaur)
Wyatt: "Mommy, what is the dinosaur's name?"
Me: "I dunno. They just call him the dinosaur."
Wyatt: "I am going to name him... Mr. Yellow."


Our new thing...
Me: "Wyatt I love every freckle on your sweet little face!"
Wyatt: (((giggle!))) "Name them!"
Me: "Abe, Betty, Caden, Denise..." (keep going until I get to Z"
Wyatt: "Again!!!!"

He actually fell asleep tonight to me naming his freckles.  

Wyatt's picture of me and him walking in the rain with our umbrellas:

Play ball...

Wyatt picks up a deflated beach ball.
Me: "We can't play with that ball. It has a hole in it."
Wyatt: "Uh-huh... we can make hats."
?????

Wyatt throws a very heavy little ball at my back.
Me: "OWWWW"
Wyatt: "You yike it. It's a wassage." (massage)

Mom can you git oluv the kelors

"Mom can you git oluv the kelors." Translation: Mom, can you get all of the characters? (Skylanders) .This is a note he wrote me in school today.

a fwower vawentine

"Mommy, I colored you a fwower vawentine."

I know somefing that is going to make you say 'SERIOUSLY??

Wyatt: "Mommy, I know somefing that is going to make you say 'SERIOUSLY???"

The story he told me was about a boy in his class who took a glass and broke it. Honestly it didn't make much sense, but I said "SERIOUSLY????" because I think I was supposed to. 

Cutie pie

Wyatt: (Rolling up in a blanket)
Me: "Awwwww... are you my little burrito?"
Wyatt: "NO! I'm your CUTIE-PIE!"

Me: ((kissing Wyatt's forehead repeatedly))
Wyatt: "No kisses! They smell too... chocolate-chippy!"

Aidanism

"Wyatt is hosting his first sleepover. Cousin Aidan is staying the night.

Me, picking Aidan up: "Wow, Aidan, you sure are heavy!"
Aidan: "Well, yeah... I've been growing all day!""

Christmas program video

Wyatt: "Mommy, for our song tonight, we have yittle red noses that are sticky that go on our nose. (((giggle))) It's ADOWABLE!"

LOL

And...

Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLsYHMkwZU&list=UUb7uVf9WuaacbF73NxeDf6A&index=1