Bilingual ??? Only my firstborn!

The other day I was with Parker in the kitchen and I heard Davis go into the bathroom. When he goes "#1" he takes care of his business completely on his own, but when he goes "#2" he calls for me to help him wipe his bottom with a wet wipe. I knew this was probably coming so I was anticipating a call. I hear Davis yell down the hall "Ayuda me, Ayuda me, Ayuda me!" (eye-you-da-may) I was completely caught off guard and then I realized he was yelling "help me" in Spanish - which I recognized from a Dora video we used to watch in the car. I had to stand there and just laugh for a minute. He had never used the phrase before so it was so completely random. He cracks me up. That is just so Davis. Not to mention, it confirms the decision we recently came to about actually putting something on in the car that we WANT Davis to memorize as he quickly memorizes things that are on in the car. He is like a sponge.

So Patriotic

I am posting this both in the spirit of the coming holiday and to document what is only a small example of some of Davis' funny quirks that I know I will forget. Davis has what I've come to acknowledge as his "favorite thing of the moment". Some of the recent spot holders were a Hummer hotwheel, a green highlighter, a little black pick-up truck, an old key his Grammie gave him, and a red Bic pen. These are not big items but he literally totes them around all day long and ALWAYS wants them on his nightstand so that he will remember exactly where they are when he wakes up in the morning. They don't usually hold their place of seniority for more than a couple of days (though they occasionally cycle back around) but it cracks me up how intense he is about such small things for those couple of days. The red pen actually traveled to Sedona with us and he hauled it around and slept with it there - I know . . . crazy. Anyway, the current item is this flag. They were giving them away for the holiday at the info desk at the mall and Theresa swiped about 10 of them so each of the kids would have their own. It is only day 2 of the flag, but he literally has not left a room for the last two days without his flag and of course - it sleeps on the nightstand. So thank you to Theresa for the very cheap thrill and Happy 4th of July to everyone!

We Miss Daddy

This week Mark is working in Denver. I know that Daddy being gone is far more typical in lots of other homes (particularly my sister who is alone 1/3 of the year) but we are without Dad very seldom around here. The boys and myself aren't very fond of Daddy being gone. While it really has been fine overall, the boys seems constantly aware that things around here just aren't the same. Davis asks regularly if we can go to Denver for lunch and see Dad and everytime he sees an airplane in the sky (many times per car trip) he is sure it is his Dad's plane coming home. Parker pretty much thinks he has been abandoned by his best buddy. When Mark's voice is on the answering machine, Davis starts talking to him as though he is on speaker phone and Parker runs for the garage door hoping his Dad is there. Everytime I open the garage and they see his car Davis yells "Yeah Dad's home" and Parker yells "Daddeeeee". Usually when Dad's car is here they know he is home. We really miss him and can't wait for Saturday!!

(The video was for Mark - it was the only way I could think to send it :)

"Pizza Donut"

We were at Peter Piper last night and Davis kept insisting that he wanted "Pizza Donut". I assumed that he was asking for dessert pizza (as we frequent the lunch buffet often :). I told him we would get it later. Finally I told him I was going to go up and order his dessert pizza and he said, "No mom, I want to GO-O-O to 'peez donut' to be with my cousins." Oh, finally I understand that he wants to go to Sedona. (Eli and Kara left yesterday). We are going on Friday but that is hardly soon enough for Davis who lives to be with his cousins right now. He pretty much thinks Kara is the best thing that has ever happened to him and doesn't want to leave her side. (Mark and I have actually joked about whether it has crossed over into inappropriate love for your cousin) I think it is killing him that Eli is getting her undivided attention. See you kids tomorrow !

Trust Me

This story cracks me up because if you know either Eli or Davis you know that this is just so characteristic of both of them. Davis didn't really start talking until he could speak in sentences. It has always been so funny to me that he will hear cliche "phrases" and then he uses them fifty times a day - usually out of context. For example, he recently began incorporating "Nevermind" into his vocab. He just adds it on to whatever he is saying - "I think I am ready for lunch . . nevermind". It cracks me up. His new one, as of a couple days ago, is "trust me" in the context of "I can do this . . . trust me". So today I was driving home from swim lessons with Eli in my car. He says to Eli, "We have to make a truck line when we get home . . it will be so fun . . trust me." Eli quickly responds, "Davis, I can't trust you because the Bible says that I can only trust in God and Jesus, because Jesus is God. I can't trust in you, or people or things, just God". This completely goes over Davis' head so he continues to sit back there and just repeat "No, trust me" over and over until we get home. Of course Eli is desperately trying to shed some Biblically profound information over the chatter but is too distracted by Davis repeating the phrase over and over. They are quite the pair.

These are a few of my favorite things

Each of the boys have their special things that they really can't live without before bed or naps. Davis didn't really attach himself to anything until after 2-yrs-old, but now he loves his doggies - particularly his "doggy with a feather" which is his favorite. (It has a red, now very ratty, ribbon tied around his neck and Davis calls it his feather). He also loves his pillow. No other pillow or pillow case can take the place of his pillow - which I had to discover the hard way. Parker absolutely loves his blanket (bankie) and his bottle. He recently figured out that Davis gets to watch a show while I give Parker a bottle in his room before bed. In the last two weeks or so he is waiting by my bed, with his blanket, so that he can watch a show with Davis. It was so funny to me that we had had that routine for almost a year and a half and it just clicked to him that he was getting left out of the "show on my bed" part of the routine. It is very sweet to me to watch them snuggle up with the things they love and get all relaxed before bed. I was a little sad that Parker didn't want his bottle in his room anymore - but thankfully he still wants to snuggle for a little bit while we sing and pray.

Hair Styles for Everyone

It comes as no surprise to me that Davis takes personal hygiene fairly seriously. He can definitely be "intense" about those types of things and I am sure there is genetic predisposition coming from his dad's genes. Anyway, this weekend Davis became obsessed with fixing everyone's hair. He took the attachment off of this bug zapper thing so that it worked like a blow dryer and then, very seriously, combed and dried our hair - repeatedly :) Even Parker would stand very still and let Davis comb and style his bald little head - which was surprising as he is not usually so compliant to follow Davis' direction. I think Parker really liked the feeling of having his head brushed. He carried all of his tools around in a bag for about three days - slept with them on his night stand and the whole bit. It has already seemed to become less of an obsession, but it was very funny while it lasted.