Quotes and a Score

A couple of quotes from the last week.

• "Why do you want to bother my nerves?!?" Said to Daddy while they played Life of George.
• "Can I have sauteed mushrooms instead of french fries?" Mushrooms are a new love, and when I saw them on the menu at a restaurant he excitedly requested a substitution.
• "Mommy, when are you going to have another baby? I would just like to be able to play with someone you had born." Ugh, that one just about broke my heart. :(

And I was lucky enough to capture Spencer scoring a goal during a recent Soccer Cubs scrimmage. Team Cherry dominated! And it was Crazy Socks Day, in case you're wondering.

Quotable Quotes

Just a few quotes and things I've jotted down lately that I want to remember.

• "Daddy, when can we go to the moon? Maybe February?"
• "Wow, this sure has a lot of constructions!" Referring to the instruction manual on a new Lego kit.
• After asking me to fry an egg for him one morning, he asked if I was going to cook it in a "skittle."
• After walking around Town Lake last weekend, he asked if we could lie down in the grass because it was "a good day for cloud gazing."
• "God won't like that. Or Britt (nature school teacher)." Expressing his concern after Daddy smashed a bug. 
• One morning we were talking about Grannie and I said I really miss her and I wish she was still here. He said, "I bet she'd REALLY freak out if she saw how big I'm getting!"
• On the way to school this week, we were listening to a recording of one of my recent band concerts. "Mommy, are you really playing on this CD? That's impressive!"
• A prayer for the ages before dinner one night: "Thank you for this food and thank you for this lovely family and I love peas SO MUCH!"
• Watching a football playoff game, he kept calling the Seahawks the "Sea Hogs" and "Sea Ravens."
• Upon opening Daddy's wallet and pulling out his driver's license, he said with a grin, "Who's this old man?" 

I have to admit that while these are all cute, funny quotes, there are some not-so-cute and not-so-funny ones in recent memory. When moms blog, I think we tend to shy away from the negative stuff. But I must say that we are going through a phase with our boy - lots of boundaries being tested. We are all feeling frazzled. I know it's just a stage, but it's hard. These pictures from last weekend when Paw-Paw visited make me smile because they remind me of the changes in personality we experience from hour to hour!

Bicycle Bell, Ranch Trip, Quotes

Dave shared this video with me last night from their Veloway trip a couple of weeks ago. (Sidenote: Videos still perplex me...my Vimeo videos won't play on mobile devices...maybe YouTube will work?)

Spencer spent Thursday night at the ranch with Geep and Pop. I drove out after work Friday. The weather put a damper on the usual ranch activities, but Spencer got to do a little fishing on Thursday before the rain started. He reeled in a couple of fish for Pop, but he also cast his own line (with a hook this time) and caught a little bass. All by himself! A pretty big day for Spencer and Pop. He had a great time at Pine Fork!

Just a couple of quick quotes while I'm here.

• While discussing what Spencer wanted for a late morning snack...
  Me: "How about some peanut butter toast?"
  Spencer: "No, I need something patricious."
  Me: "Patricious?"
  Spencer: "Something good for me.


• "Daddy, chocolate frozen yogurt is NOT as good as chocolate ice cream."

That's all for now!

Catching up on Quotes

I found some old Spencer quotes on my desk today that I thought I'd include with some more recent ones. No pics, just some funny, sweet memories.

From way back in January 2011:

• "I love the new showerhead."
• "This is my home." (Just said this out of the blue one day, very sweetly.)
• While looking in the hallway mirror: "I love my new shirt. I am handsome!" (Healthy self-image I suppose...)

2011, I'm guessing April/May:

• Announced proudly to a kid on the playground: "That's my mommy!"
• "I don't want no _____." We used to hear this often. Those double negatives are tricky.
• Uses the word "actually" a lot. (Actually, this is still true today.)

Some sleep-talking comments from June 2011:

• "Do we have chicken and ketchup?"
• "Mac-n-cheese!" (Going to bed hungry?)
• In a frustrated voice: "Oooohhhhh where is it? I think Daddy took it. I can't find it!"

November 2011:

• After his 3-year well check (and a vax): "It's so hard that they shot me."
• "Hey Mommy! I need to tell you something. My poop was big and round like a meatball!" (I realize that is TMI, but c'mon - it's funny!!)
• While looking at my feet, he pointed to some veins and asked what they were.
  Me: "When you're older, sometimes you can see your veins."
  Spencer (looking SO puzzled): "YOU'RE OLDER??!!"

January 2012:

• After a trip to the library with Daddy, he told me about a neat book they read called Where the Terrible Things Live. Daddy clarified that they had read Where the Wild Things Are.
• I bought some fiber snacks called Monkey Bars. He took a bite and when I asked him how they tasted he replied, "Like monkey." After taking a bite, too, I had to agree.
• Spencer: "Hey! That looks like a long, nekkid dinosaur."
  Daddy: "Nekkid?"
  Spencer, gesturing: "You know, like a brontasaurus, a loooooong-nekkid dinosaur."
• We were talking about space and the moon during our drive home from Angleton yesterday. I told him that astronauts have been in space and walked on the moon. He wanted to know some names. When I mentioned John Glenn (yeah, I guess I need to brush up on my space program history...), his eyes got huge and he asked, "You mean Geep's brother?!" Hated to disappoint him, but Uncle Glenn has not in fact traveled to the moon (yet).
• "I love you in the whole world. I love you in the whole world in the sky." This is his way of saying how much he loves us.
• This morning he woke me up by saying, "Good morning little mama!" Sigh...

Now we are up to date with Spencer sayings! Except for one I'm hanging on to for a future music post...

C-E-R-V-E-Z-A

We went out for Mexican food tonight. Spencer pointed to one of the neon signs above the bar and said, "C-E-R-V-E-Z-A. Beer!" Another proud moment in parenting. :)

I found a stack of Spencer quotes that I never blogged, so here's a few more recent (and not so recent) memorable things that have come out of our boy's mouth.

• Calls pop-tarts "parp-tarts" and popsicles "icicles."
• Invented a couple of new games, including Toe Chair (you touch your toe to a chair); Dinosaur Roar (run around in a circle then roar like a dino); Jump and Hide (you can probably figure out that one). These are in addition to our all-time favorite You Stay Here, I'll Go Find You.
• Spencer was playing cars and I was sitting in a chair looking at a magazine. He closed my magazine and said, "You're done." (This is an oldie from back in December.)
• Mommy: "What should we get Pop for his birthday?"
  Spencer: "An ice cream cone?
• "What's a mermaid? Did we see one at the zoo?"
• "I certainly like this plant."
• Mommy: "Do you remember how you and Grannie used to put birdseed in her yard for the birds?
  Spencer: "I do remember. That was fun. I love her." (Spencer has said a lot of sweet things about Grannie lately, but I think I'll save those for another day...)
• "This certainly is a nice smoothie, Mommy. I like pineapples."
• "I hope they bring hummus." (While waiting for Kristin, Jeff and Luke to come over for brunch.)
• "Mommy, you're such a sweet mommy."
• "Did it snow last night?" (Said the second he opened his eyes one hot July morning.)
• Mommy: "I think you're an artist."
  Spencer: "No, I'm a cowboy."

More Quotable Quotes and Gardening

I was cleaning my desk this morning and found a few recent quotes from Spencer.

• "I just burped. (Puzzled look on face...) It came from my neck."
• "C'mon, Daddy let's find it. C'mon big boy!"
• Telling me a story: "Once upon a time a boy was making raviolis. He put salt and pepper on them."
• Mommy: "You're in a good mood this morning."
  Spencer: "Yeah, I am. I love you."

Spencer has the sweetest way of saying "one upon a time" - it's comes out sounding something like "puncepontime." He's very into telling stories right now and playing I Spy. Lots of imaginative play going on at our house. It rocks!

We planted a little garden last week and now we are watching our watermelons and squash (zucchini, yellow, acorn) sprout away. We got a late start on our summer garden and we know it'll be an uphill battle in this heat, but it's fun trying. Now we have to prune away some of our plants because they are too close together. I'll have to take some pictures....stay tuned.