April 28, 2009 by Amy Jo.

Carter has found his voice and has a rather lot to say these days! 

Below are a few of our favorites.

Not day  = not today (And it’s said with a sad tone and a long face.)
   EXAMPLE:  Me go storytime with Mommy but not day… 

Even more = any more
   EXAMPLE:
      ME:  Carter did you bite Allison?
      CARTER:  Not even more.

 Last ear = yesterday or any day prior to today
   EXAMPLE:  Me do dat last ear!

I know! I know! =  I know! I know!  (But it’s really cute when he says it!)
   EXAMPLE:
      DADDY:  What restaurant should we go to?
      CARTER:  I know!  I know!  We go rest-raunt with out fire.
      (That’s in support of his sister who is scared of fire and doesn’t like 
      restaurants where you can see them cooking with it!)

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April 28, 2009 by Amy Jo.

Last night we had dinner at Red Robin (…Yum!) and Allison and Carter each got a balloon on the way out.  Their reward for being good.  So, on the way home, Allison started wondering…

ALLISON:  How do balloons fly away if they are in the house?
ME:  They can’t fly away if they are in the house.  Balloons can only fly away if they are outside.
ALLISON:  Then where do balloons go when they are in the house?

Uh-oh.  Now we’ve been caught by the inquiring mind of a little girl…

ME (giggling slightly):  Well, when the balloons get old or when you make too much noise with them and Mommy and Daddy get tired of the noise, after you and Carter go to bed we throw them in the garbage.
ALLISON (after a minute):  I don’t want you to throw this one in the garbage.

I assured her that she could play with it all day the next day and then we’ll see…

That little brain never stops thinking and it’s getting harder for us parents to get away with anything!

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April 28, 2009 by Amy Jo.

What a wonderful honor and privilege it is to be called, “Mom.” 

When I was pregnant with Allison I dreamed about being called, “Mommy.” 
When she was an infant I looked forward to the first time she would speak my name… “Mama!”  
And my heart smiled the first time she called me “Mom.” 
Then I was surprised when she called me “Mother” for two days straight before returning to “Mom.”
Now, I am thinking that I would really appreciate the name “Mom” more if she didn’t use it to start every sentence… all day long… every day.

“Mom… did we eat lunch, yet?”
“Mom… did you see that?”
“Mom… what are you talking about?”
“Mom… look at this.”
“Mom… if you do this or that, then you would…blah, blah, blah…”

“Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…  Mom…”

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