Arabella Miller and Circle Game

Funny Quotes

"Do you know where all those old dinosaurs went mommy? To the museum so people could look at them!"

We were in Jonah's room and he started wiping the wall with a wipe. He asked ifnthat was ok and I said yes. He said, "Daddy prefers I don't do that but mommy prefers that I do.". I started laughing hysterically and he said,
"Calm down mommy and use your words!"


Sam brought home dinner tonight...
Me: You win The Daddy of Year Award!
Jonah: You win Daddy of the Urinal!
Me: No, no, Daddy of the YEAR Award
Jonah: No, Daddy of the Urinal!


‎"Ok honey, 5 more minutes and it's time to go." (no reaction). "Did you hear me?"
"Yup".
"What did I say?"
"You said 10 more minutes and it's time to go."
I'm being outsmarted by an almost 3-yr old.

There's measuring and then there's measuring

This afternion I asked Jonah to help me make carrot muffins. He was all excited to get going. He asked how he could help so I told him he could help by measuring the ingredients. He immediately went into the utility drawer and took out the measuring tape (he calls it "measure tape"). Then he proceeds to line up the carrots and measure them!

When we were all done, we tasted the muffins and he said, "We made these together! That's teamwork!"

Jonah Concert on Eve of Hurricane Irene

Love and Country Music

So, Jonah has a fondness for John Denver that started with his love of the song, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (he knows all the words and plays it on his guitar!) We bought a John Denver CD that Jonah has listened to a few times, and he really likes "Country Road" also. The other night before bedtime, I was singing him "Country Road" and I messed up some of the words. He jumped right in and sang all the right lyrics... "Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains growing like the weeds".

Then he said to me, "Honey, I want you to sing to me in the chair". I said, "Did you just call me Honey?" He started to laugh... "Yes!!!"

I want to be just like you

Today in the supermarket, Jonah was helping me pick stuff out, etc and totally unprovoked he said, "Mommy, when I grow up I want to be just like you!" I couldn't get anything more specific, but that was pretty cool!

Later the same day, he was eating his lunch and he said, "Actually Mommy, I want to be just like Daddy when I grow up!" (I think he was thinking about being a man). He said, "I will be a boy for a long time though." :) Thank goodness!

Giving Birth

When we went to get Jonah in the morning yesterday, he had his bunny under his pajama shirt. He said he was going to have a baby and then he had bunny come out and he said that since bunny is just a baby, he can't talk yet.
If only it were that easy!!!