Dat Funny!

Baron is hilarious. At 18 months he already has a really good sense of humor and really always had. In his baby blessings John gave him when he was just 3 months old, he was told he would always have strong character. We have definitely already seen some of that! We are excited to have him around for the next 18 years to keep us laughing and smiling. My favorite thing that he does right now is, he will say to me, "Watch". Then he will do something that he thinks is just hilarious (make a funny face, make a fart noise, do a crazy jump onto the bed, drop something, etc. etc.). Immediately following whatever he does, he laughs and says, "hahaha. Dat Funny!" Always gets me laughing along every time just hearing him say that!

Zurbie??

If you tell Jackson to say Frisbee, he will say it correctly. For some reason though, when he brings it up, he calls it Zurbie. No idea why, but I love it.

The other day, John was saying at the dinner table that he wanted to go play Frisbee Golf in the morning.

Jackson's response was, "You're going to go play Zurbie Golf, Daddy?"

I hope he calls it Zurbie for a while still even though he knows how to say it correctly because I LOVE it!

Baby Bear Humor

Most of these posts are about things Jackson says and does. That is because Baron is still only 17 months old and therefore saying 1 or 2 word sentences to communicate. BUT, that does not mean he is not just as funny! His humor is a lot easier these days to capture in pictures. Pictures like these:

Yes, that is Maggie's crate (The Grahams dog). He kept climbing in it the whole time we were there.

And yes, those are pj shorts over pj pants... he has this new thing of wanting to wear a certain thing, matching or not!

Hold Your Horses

I was getting ready for the day and Jackson was sitting on my bed bouncing up and down. He then started yelling, "Mommy!! I need some milk! Can I have some milk??! Please! Please!!!!" He was very energetic for 7 in the morning. I turned to him and all I had to say was, "Jackson..." and before I could say anything more about calming down and being patient, he says:

"I know, I know. I just need to hold my horses."

hahaha... did anyone else's parents/family use that phrase? Mine did and I apparently have used it with my own kids quite a bit already!

John the Baptist

While reading the Book of Mormon together a few nights ago, we came across a verse in 1 Nephi that was talking about the prophet that would come before Christ and prepare the way and baptize Christ. We then had a further family discussion about how that man was named John the Baptist and we showed Jackson the picture of him baptizing Jesus. Then we tried to explain to Jackson that when he turns eight, Daddy will get to baptize him too just like Jesus was baptized. He was really into it and is really starting to understand more gospel topics which is really fun as a parent when you feel like finally some things are getting through to them.

Anyways, the next morning, while eating breakfast, Jackson picks up the picture (John the Baptist baptizing Jesus) that was still lying on the table and says, "Look Mom. When I grow up I am going to be 8 and then I will be Jesus and Daddy will be this guy, John the Baptist."

He almost gets it.... though I'm not so sure he doesn't think we are talking about a play in which we each play the part of someone else! We had a good talk after that about how he won't be Jesus, but he gets to be like him and be baptized like Jesus. And even though Daddy's name is indeed John too, he is our very own priesthood holder and can baptize, but is not quite a prophet :)

I love this age of learning new things! It's a lot of fun! I am looking forward to more teaching moments to come!

Time Out

Sunday afternoons are my favorite. Everyone is happy and content to just relax and play around the house at home. I really just love that we are all home with not too much to do. This past Sunday, the boys were just running around and goofing off together, going from one room to another. I was in the family room and they had last been seen running in between their room and ours. Jackson comes walking alone into the family room and starts playing with some toys. No Baron following behind him, which is unusual.

Me: "Hey Jackson. Where's your brother?"
Jackson: "He's in a time-out in my bed."
Me: "Who put him in a time-out? And why is he in one?"
Jackson: "I just put Baron James in a time-out because he needs to take a chill pill"

(Baron James and Jackson Jeffrey are what I sometimes say when they get caught or get in trouble).

I walk on over to the boys room and open the door and sure enough, there is Bear, sitting on Jackson's bed like he was in a time-out. Once he saw me though, he got up with a smile that seemed to say, "Thanks for rescuing me!" and ran out of the room to go play.

Jackson pays way to much attention to what we say and do lately. He has become quite the little parrot/copy cat. And when you teasingly call him a copy cat, he always says, "I'm not a cat! I'm just Jackson!"

Pink Eye

Jackson and Baron both currently have pink eye.... yuk. It has not been fun around here, especially since Baron also has double ear infections and Jackson has swimmer's ear from his swimming lessons. No one has really gotten much sleep for the past few nights over here, so this morning I was not in the best mood. Jackson as always though, had something funny to say that wiped away my bad mood almost instantly. I am sure glad to have him around! So this is what happened:

Me: Hey Jackson, I need to put some drops in your eye.

Jackson: Why?

Me: Because you have Pink Eye and the drops will make it all better

Jackson: (runs off to the bathroom to look at his eye in the mirror, apparently)

Jackson, yelling from the bathroom: Mommy!! My eye's still green! I don't have pink eye!

His eye color is greenish blue right now... just like his Daddy's. I love them, and I sure love his little 3 year old monologue!