1. "If you don't want to do something .....
(dramatic pause, baited breath, waiting for a philosophical debate)
"then you don't do it"
Umm, we'll be talking about this comment as a family later.
2. "How many syllables are in the word 'immersion'?
3. While watching cartoons, we asked T-Man if he wanted to go to a restaurant with the grandparents or if he just wanted to go home. Silence, crickets chirping, no comment. We repeated the question, "restaurant or go home?" In a slow, methodical voice he answers "I want to go to the restaurant with Grandma and Grandpa --
when --- this --- is --- over"
4. "How do you spell Bummer?" He then spelled it using his bathtub letters that stick to the tub wall.
5. In order to do it correctly, T-Man says you have to SING your phone number using the Articles of Faith songs. For example if your phone # is 555-123-4567, you would have to sing the Article of Faith song #5 three times, then sing #1, #2, etc.
6. Do you want to go to Walmart or Walgreens, T-Man?
"mart is not a color, mommy, green is"
7. While pointing to a 40 MPH speed limit sign:
T-Man: "Is that how many years Moses was in the wilderness for?"
8. T-Man: "I am so much happier!!"
Mommy: "Why are you so much happier?
T-Man: "Because you gave me a piece of muffin!!"
(If only a muffin could really bring about so much happiness!!)
9. After returning home from an appointment, T-Man didn't want me to come home, he wanted his grandparents to stay and play with him awhile longer. "Mommy, can you not come in the house?" (I stood in the garage for a few minutes, then went back in) "Grandma, can you guys stay here? (Fine, I went back to the garage for a few more minutes, then tried again.) "Mommy, can you go shopping at Walmart?" YES!! Just make sure you tell your father you told me I had to go shopping so you could play with your grandparents longer. I LOVE this little boy!!
10. There are two kinds of sign language: American Sign Language and T-Man Sign Language. He will show you the ASL version and then very carefully explains how you do his sign language. For example, the color orange in ASL looks like squeezing an orange under your chin. His version, "you draw your fingers like this under your nose" (it looks like he's drawing a mustache on his face).
We've been thinking we need to have T-Man tested. For what? We don't know. All we do know is there is a 30 year old trapped in a 3 year old body.
-Crying, drippy-nosed children forced by their mothers were lined up to take pictures with the Easter Bunny at the mall. T-Man? Walked right up to him, sat on his lap, and posed for the bunny picture (sorry, it's a picture of a picture) then asked if he could have a coloring page.
-He volunteers to take himself to the naughty step when he knows he has made a bad choice. He was told if he kicked the dog, he would go to the naughty step. He kicked the dog and said, "I'll go to the naughty step by myself." One morning he hit the dog with a toy. He was sent to the naughty step. A few hours later, he hit me and said, "I have to go to the naughty step now."
As a side note, we're VERY excited to see an adoption article in the April 2010 Ensign magazine (not yet available online) -- WE LOVE ADOPTION!!
2 comments:
So glad you're documenting all the cute things Tyler says! You must go to bed every night not knowing whether to shake your head in disbelief, laugh or . . . laugh! Anticipation of what he will do musst be the energy that gets you out of bed in the morning. You are obviously a very attentive, loving mother!
Even though I was there for most of the things he did and said, it's still so funny to read about it.
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