Today we were watching Giada (food network) make coleslaw and Nolan commented on how that salad looked good. I said that it was cole slaw and he replied I want some cole slaw and with it i want some cole-water. you know mama, water with ice in it so it's cole??

more of the same

My poor guy- he has the BIGGEST gag reflex i have ever seen. If he cries too hard, coughs too hard, has something stuck in his throat, too big a bite, whatever.... he gags and pukes. I have cleaned up puke more times in the last three years than my entire lifetime before him!
Tonight was a typical choke on toothpaste/spit night and he vomited all over his bed (lovely) and pjs. He stalls for bed like nobody's business too so honestly it was hard not to be a little ticked off- can he make himself puke on demand?? I think not- yet.
As I am FINALLY tucking him into bed he starts coughing a bit and I quickly grab water to brush down whatever residual gunk is still there. He asks why water makes us feel better and we talk about how it washes away all the yuck. He is still very fascinated by water. A typical boy, he is also amused by bodily functions and asks "Do we poop out the extra water?" Sorta- except it is pee- water helps wash out the yuckies and we pee out the extra.... "I like my pee to be orange" he says, "or pink or blue or black." Well I hope your pee is never that color- that would be some crazy pee. "I like it. Colorful pee is some fun stuff."

a look to the future

Today we were playing outside and I was telling Nolan how I don't want him to grow so fast. He said he wanted to grow up soon. I thought it was a perfect time to talk about what he wanted to be when he grows up so I asked him. I didn't get a solid career choice (though daddy has our little lefty slated to be a pitcher) but here are the top three things he is excited about doing when he grows up:
Driving
Playing with scissors
Shooting the big basketball

Oh the things us grown-ups take for granted :)

"Why do monkeys like bananas?"
"I don't know Nolan. Why do YOU like bananas?"
"Cause I'm a monkey!"

how quickly they forget

tonight the little mister threw a giant tantrum and was sent to his room to settle. when he was allowed out, i was trying to hug him and talk to him about why he got in trouble, etc... the usual post-trouble conference. he was being crabbier about it than usual so i kept having to ask him to look at me. at one point as he is sitting on my lap facing away, i said "nolan please tell me why you just got in trouble". with a huge frown and a shake of the head, he says " i really don't know mom that was like 2 weeks ago. i can't remember". he is a lost cause....

Overheard tonight while he talked on his pretend phone:
"Of course I would eat the wild caught salmon if I was going to eat salmon"

this is a version of a line from one of the songs on his favorite bare naked ladies cd- a kids cd called snacktime (i think)