EAisms

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I thought I would share the latest insights from my thoughtful children.  

Eli:

*He saw a hot air balloon and asked if he could ride it to Kansas City (to see his cousins)
*When we told him we were going to downtown McKinney he asked if he was going to lose his teeth there.  (?!?!)   There was awhile when he was obsessive about losing his teeth (like freaked out).  I think a kid in his class "lost" one.
*He asked if he could have a beer that floats.  "That's my favorite kind of beer." 
*Todd told Eli that bats use echo"motion" to talk to one another.   Eli corrected him and said, "No, Dad.  It's echo"location"."  (Eli's right).
*His therapist asked him to draw a person.   When she looked at his final result she couldn't quite make out his drawing.   She asked him what was what and he said, "Here are the lungs, the heart, the stomach..."  (He had drawn the INSIDE of a person).
*When Anna sings the alphabet she leaves out a few letters.  He feels like he needs to correct her, "No Anna.  Wee Wee is NOT in the alphabet". 
*On Halloween when he saw a skeleton hanging from a tree he said, "those are Jesus' bones".   He was really trying to fit Jesus into the holiday.   I tried to explain while Jesus likes having a good time, he is not in EVERY holiday. 
*He started put random objects around the house (pillows, toys, etc).  I asked what he was doing and he said he was building a "popsicle course".  
*When I declared Saturday morning a cleaning morning, he said, "why?  Who's coming over? "
*During "rest" time he said, "Hey Mom!  The boat is floating in the toilet because I put it there on purpose". 
*When there was static on the radio he said, "the radio is farting".

Anna:
*She decided to pull out the word "boobies" when the painter was here and she was sitting on my lap.
*Her Halloween joke went like this:  A, "Knock Knock".   Me, "Who's there?".   A, "heeheehee".   She thought that was the joke.   It actually was hilarious.
*When we left the house she pointed to some dirt on the floor and said, "bye, bye dirt". 
*Normally she gets a squeaky clean report from school.  One day she did not.  They said she threw a fit (uncontrollable crying) because they made her take off her bracelets.  (Don't MESS with her accessories.)  
*She said , "I like this song, Mommy" for the first time while listening to a Derek Webb song.  She makes her daddy proud.   


Thank you Eli and Anna for making me thankful EVERY DAY that I get to be called your Mommy.