Talking to the Boys

The boys are hysterical to talk to. George and I are constantly laughing at something they come up with. Drew is a true conversationalist! He no longer talks like a young boy, he understands everything and speaks like a grown up. It's good and bad! David is talking more and more every day and we are loving his sweet voice and growing vocabulary. Here are a few things they've said recently...


* David calls ketchup "French fry dip"
* David can't stand it when I am chatting with friends. He often gets in between me and the other person I'm speaking with, shakes his hands at each of us and says, "No more talking!" Not exactly the most polite thing but since he's so cute and has a sweet voice it comes across as funny!
* David is in a major "me" stage. An example of one of his sentences: "Me Mommy, me help, me slide." Everything is "me," rarely does he use "My" or "I." One of his favorite things to say is, "Me help." Like most two year olds, he wants to do everything himself so we hear "Me help" a lot!
* Drew and I were having a disagreement the other day and I finally said, "Drew, the bottom line is I'm the boss and I said no." He came right back with, "The top line is I still want to do it!"
* I often have to ask Drew numerous times to do something before he ever does it. I was frustrated recently and said (mostly to myself but definitely out loud), "Ugh, why do I always have to repeat myself when I ask you something but when you ask me to do something you want me to do it immediately?" He looked at me and said, "When I ask you to do something it's always fun Mom." Duh!
* We were at the pool when an older (and annoying!) kid starting asking Drew a lot of questions. She told Drew that she was smarter than him and then wanted to prove it. I tried to get Drew to just ignore her and do something else but he kept trying to answer her ridiculous questions. When she asked, "Do you know where karate originated?" Drew said, "Of course, at the karate store." It made me laugh :)
* Drew went out to dinner recently with our neighbors. When I went to their house to pick him up Xavier said, "Hey Stacy. Thanks for saving me $50." When I asked what he meant he said that after having dinner with Drew they no longer needed to see Captain America so I therefore saved him $50 in tickets and concessions :) Drew spent the entire dinner giving them the blow by blow. They honestly felt like they were at the theater. Beth said Drew was not only giving every detail of the plot but also described each outfit and acted out all action scenes with weapon sound effects. Sounds like Red Robin got quite the show! That's Drewby!


Obviously there are many, many more little stories but those were just a few that I can recall right now. Here's some random photos from August that didn't fall into any other blog posts...

David helping me with the paperwork at his two year well visit. He did great at his appointment and is a perfect little two year old!

Stopping for a snack during a recent bike ride.

Drew loves riding behind Daddy! We are so glad our neighbors passed this fun thing on to us. Now we can ride places as a family that we aren't comfortable with when Drew is on his own.

David being a sweetie in the bike trailer.

We stopped by Mae Mae's house earlier in the month to wish her a happy birthday. We made a quick stop by Harris Teeter on the way because the boys asked if we were singing to her and having cake. Sounded fun to me so we grabbed a small cake and surprised her with our own little party :)

A hot day at the park.

Captain America on a mission through the woods. David just followed along saluting Drew whenever he was ordered to do so.

Marbles Museum Visit

The boys and I had a fun-filled day! We spent hours at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh. Visiting the museum was on my summer to-do list but as the summer flew by I decided to wait a little longer and go once the elementary schools started so it wouldn't be so crowded. It worked out well as traditional school started today and the year round students weren't on a track-out break. We literally had the place to ourselves for the first part- we got there when they opened at 9am, not bad for this crowd :) Those kid places are usually destroyed by the time we arrive so it was neat to see the grocery store organized, the costumes folded and placed on shelves and the blocks and tools all in their appropriate bins. I have a ridiculous amount of pictures from our outing but since I had the camera with me I figured I should click away. Enjoy!

Drew makes an announcement from the bank armoured car in the Moneypalooza area.
Working at the pizza parlor.

"Me cook pizza."

Drew delivering his pizza with David anxiously waiting his turn.

Hockey time. It was fun having the rink to ourselves!

Yep, I played too. We were the only three people on the entire 2nd floor of the museum and the boys needed a goalie.

Not as easy as it looks! I almost sprained an ankle trying to stay balanced.

Drew looking like Daddy.

Tool bench with real tools! Seriously, do you see the sharp saw in the background? Don't know how I've missed this in the past but next time we go the Davis's will bypass the work bench station.

David found his way to the splash zone. At least there were some available smocks today.

Drew at work in the submarine lab.

There's always a train set at these museums and although almost every boy has trains at home, it remains a must-see!

David working in the garden.

David, pictured as a volunteer EMT, was obsessed with the flashing lights on this ambulance.

Drew never meets a stranger; he jumped right in with these girls when he found them in the ambulance and quickly dressed as the Doctor.

He jumped right in with these kids too, just assuming they would ring up and bag his groceries :)

At one point, David stayed put long enough for me to look up and this is what was painted on the wall. Very fitting!

We had lunch at Roly Poly after the museum. Here the boys are enjoying their "Sprites," codeword for anything that comes out of the fountain machine.

We wrapped up our fun day by sharing a snowcone!

Drew the Patriot

Just wanted to share a cute thing that Drew did. I mentioned in my last post that he is heavy into Captain America after seeing the movie. He likes to act like Captain America and he also likes to wear "the colors of the United States" if he can find anything clean that will suffice. He asks daily to browse Captain America stuff on the computer. Today we found a You Tube video that he loved... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qMRVwAvufA and he asked to make his own video to mimic it. Here it is, he recorded it himself :) I love the shield taped to the molding. That was a must for Drew!

David's Birthday Weekend

David had an awesome birthday week following his actual birthday. My parents needed to go to their place in Myrtle Beach for a couple of days and wanted David to join them. What a special treat for him...and me :) Cristie and Whitley joined them too and they all had a good trip. Drew had camp that week so he stayed behind and we did some fun things together. His favorite? Seeing Captain America! He absolutely loved it! We had the best time on our little date and haven't stopped talking about the movie since. The Myrtle Beach crew had a blast on their trip; they went to the beach both days and also did lots of playing at CC and Day Day's house. My sister has some great pictures on her blog. Check it out at http://www.whitleygrace.blogspot.com/ They returned from the beach on Saturday and then we celebrated David's birthday later that afternoon . We had a family party with CC, Day Day, Me-Ma, the Watson's, Gunderson's and Whitley's. It was great! We set up the water slide which David absolutely loves and that entertained the kids. Judy and I prepared a pretty yummy dinner if I do say so myself! Then we ended the party with cupcakes, ice cream and gifts. David had an Elmo cupcake while Drew and Whitley had Cookie Monster cupcakes. The party theme was originally Cookie Monster but David kept talking about Elmo so I changed his cupcake at the last minute. The fun continued on Sunday with a movie outing for CC, Me-Ma and I. We went to see The Help! LOVED it. George stayed home while David napped and Drew went shopping with Day Day to get all of his soccer gear - Drew starts "real" soccer soon! Then we all got together at the Watson's that evening for a BBQ and more fun. We had a great time playing and ate a delicious meal. It was a great family weekend! Happy 2nd birthday David! Thank you to CC, Day Day and Cristie for taking care of David in Myrtle Beach and showing him such a good time. He was spoiled with your love (and patience!) Thank you Judy for all of your help with the party! I enjoyed cooking with you :)

He loves his waterslide so it was a birthday must!
Having yummy dip with his Mae Mae!

Cuties taking a quick pause for a picture.

Splish splash.

David is ready for ice cream.

Clapping for himself. He got the Elmo cupcake he wanted!

Blue mouths!

My party favors :)

Sunday at the Watson's!

David is the king of messes.

We had a blast watching Day Day and the kids do a show. The kiddos got dressed up and then Day Day announced them one by one as they came through the porch to the "stage." Dad came up with lots of creative titles and spoke like a real announcer. The kids ate it up. Here's David raising his arms during his turn.

What a cute little Nemo. We left shortly after this picture was taken. A fun evening came to an end when David started ripping the costume from Whitley's hands, screaming "Me Nemo!!!!"

The kids thought they were famous after the show so were pleased to pose for pictures.

Drew was especially into it and asked everyone if they wanted to have their picture taken with him :)

Posing with Me-Ma

And even me too!

"Me slide" for "Me birthday"

"Me Two!"

Sweet, hilarious, darling little David is 2!!! He melts our hearts with his hugs, kisses and sweet voice. But he also cracks us up constantly. He has the funniest, most wild little personality! And he's so darn adorable :) Oh, and did I mention he's quick? Seriously, I can't describe how fast he is when he's on the run! We've been talking about his birthday for weeks - Drew has been super excited about it which made it extra fun. We taught David his age so when asked he replies, "me two!" but instead of holding up two fingers on the same hand he jabs both of his pointer fingers forward like they are weapons. A few weeks ago when Me-Ma was visiting, we asked David what he wanted for his birthday. He immediately replied, "cake." It was crystal clear and he was so matter-of-fact about it. Since then we've asked him daily just to hear it again. His answer varied, it was just "cake" for awhile and then became "yummy cake." The last week or so was "Elmo cake." Since all he wanted was cake for his birthday we made sure to celebrate with cake twice! His party was planned for Saturday, the 13th but we had to have a cake for him on his actual birthday, the 10th, as well. Since he wasn't specific on the flavor of cake he preferred, George and I voted and a Goodberry's frozen custard cake was chosen unanimously :) Goodberry's doesn't really decorate their cakes so I printed an Elmo picture, covered it with tape and placed it on the cake. Didn't want my sweet boy to be let down. CC and Day Day landed the evening of David's big day so they were here to sing along with us. Happy birthday David! You are loved so very much!

Cake!

Digging into some presents! He had to fight Drew and Bailey off but did a good job opening the gifts.

More interested in the napkin than our singing.