words to remember

These kids continually amuse me with their thoughts and toddler words.

Grace

"I want make-up syrup on my oatmeal".  (maple syrup)

"I want to stomp in the muddle puddles."  

While watching our wedding video, she asks, "Did you have a wedding with daddy so you could get baby Graham?"  (Still uneasy about how her mental rolodex is working.)

She recently walked William to a time-out by his hand and counted to 10 before she "allowed" him to emerge.  In which case she asked, "Are you ready to be nice to mommy now?".

She wanted to go to Nana & Papa's house but I knew they weren't home so I told her there wouldn't be anyone there to take care of her.  She replies, "But you could be Nana and stay there!".  Brilliant!!!

She spent the night at Nana & Papa's house last week and I called during the day to talk to my mom.  My mom later told me that as the phone was ringing Grace was telling her, "if it's my mom, I'm not here!". 

Grace has always called breasts, "moles".  When she first saw Graham breastfeeding, she asked, "Why is baby Graham chewing on your moles?'   (This one still makes me laugh.)

William

As I'm counting the infamous "1-2-3" to get him to come back to the kitchen so I can wipe his hands off after a snack, I get to "2" and he jumps out from behind the door and yells, "3!". 

I'm giving him a kiss and a hug before bedtime tonight and he tells me he "doesn't want a hug right now".  So, we kiss night-night and then he proceeds to wipe it off his lips as he turns and walks upstairs. 

My feet are "doody".  (dirty)

The kid won't say the word "water".  Forget it.  He has always said "agua".  Always.  We will be travelling across the 520 bridge and we will say, "Hey kids, this is Lake Washington".  He repeats, "wake agua".  I'll ask if he wants coconut water. He replies, "yes, coconut agua".  It's crazy.  When asked if he wants milk or water he always answers, "agua peez.".