Important number

Me: What number was your worksheet on today?
John: 12. Like Aaron Rodgers.

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Me (to Andy): I am so excited about Hunger Games!
John: Me too! Can I play a Hunger Game???

He's so sweet

I had an audition tonight, and for the first time I explained to John what that meant. "There is a singing job, and there are lots of people who want it. I am going to go sing for them and see if they like my singing. If they don't like it, that's OK, if they do then they will give me some singing work."

Several hours later, I come in after my audition and he runs up to me, "Mommy, how was your singing? Did the people like your singing????"

SO sweet that he remembered on his own, and remembered to ask.

Then later I was putting him to bed, and Andy was sick and didn't join us. We started to say prayers, but John interrupted me and said "And one more prayer for Daddy because he's sick."

He's such a caring little guy.

Sounds like...

John: I see a clover on that building. It's there all the time.
Me: That's right, not just for St. Patrick's Day. That means it's Irish.
John: What does Irish mean?
Me: That means it's from Ireland. Ireland is a country near England.
John: Does Iron Man live there?

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(both of us singing from the Muppets): "I've got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand."
John: Mommy, what's a palm?
Me: (showing him)
John: Oh, my foot has a palm too. (pats the bottom of his foot)
Me: Yes, that's called the sole.
John: Like this? (sings pirate song) "Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul"

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Watching the Muppet movie, I pointed out that Jack Black in the movie was also in one of John's favorite episodes of "Yo Gabba Gabba". He said, "Oh I love Jack in the Black!"

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Speaking of, here are some of John's name ideas for his baby brother:

Aragorn
Jack
Jack in the Black
Jonas
Ponas
George
George of the Jungle
Jock of the Jungle

Early March

(playing dress-up)
"I'm not the Green Lantern, I'm the Hungry Joker. He jokes about peanut pie, he says it's good but it's not. He takes food in all kinds of baskets, like this one, and this one, and also picnic baskets. He takes picnic baskets away from people. He seems like the meanest guy ever, but in the middle of the movie he turns nice."

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John and I were building towers with his blocks, which are alphabet blocks that also have ASU and Sparky on them. Then we talked about the letters and what words start with those letters. Then he realized "Sparky doesn't start with M" and started joking with me, saying things like,

L
Lion
Lollipop
Lamb
Larky! (giggles)

Q
Quarter
Queen
Quail
Quarky!

He thought he was totally hilarious.

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John's big idea: "And after I move into my big boy room, maybe the baby can move into my room."

Yes, that's a great idea, so glad you thought of it!

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(talking about going to children's theatre show with me, Grandma and cousins)
"There will be 3 kids and only 2 grown-ups! Whoa!! So we will have to be really nice because there are more kids than grown-ups! And one of the grown-ups has a baby in her!"

Thank you for giving yourself the good-behavior speech I was about to give!

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(after passing a homeless person resting on an outdoor picnic table)
"I never saw real dead before."

That opened up a nice conversation about those less fortunate.

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It's always nice to hear him using our expressions.

"By the way, Mommy, my teacher put sunscreen on me. By the way."

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He also thinks he is extremely clever when using his new Spanish words.

"Mommy, can I have a...manzana for dessert?" (smug grin)