Friday Funnies- Because I Love You

Sorry for skipping last week... it's been a little busy around here!


Our son has become quite the manipulator and I don't even know that he knows how manipulative his words sound:

L:Mommy come play trains with me.
M: Hold on a minute honey, let me finish the ________.
L: But I need you to come play now.
M: Why?
L: Because I love you. (very serious here)

L: (In the bathroom and Jeff is helping him) I want mommy to come help me.
J: Why?
L: Because I love her.

L: Mommy I need you to help me with my shoes please.
M: You know how to do your shoes. Why do you need my help?
L: Because I love you.

These are just three of the many examples!!!
Really, it's very hard to turn down his requests when everything has to do with how much he loves me. Pretty precious I think.

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Riding his bike around the block the other day, I was following with the stroller. Many times he would get to going slower and say, "I can't do it!" and we stopped to have a talk.

M: Logan honey, you CAN do it. I have seen you and I'm so proud of you. Sometimes you will get stuck and you just have to say, "I can do it!" and try extra hard!
L: Ok mommy. Don't worry about me. I can do it! (oh, my heart was melting!)
We ride a bit more and I am continuously praising him from behind. "Way to go Logan," "Yay big boy," etc... Everytime he would slow down or come around a corner, he would yell, "I can do it! I can do it!" and then "Yay" when he made it! After awhile I guess my praising slowed down a bit because he really was doing so much better.
L: Mommy!!! (Yelling while trying to keep his head turned forward)
M: What, honey?
L: Say it!
M: What?
L: Say it?
M: Say what?
L: Say I'm so proud of you Logan!
M: Oh, I am SO proud of you Logan!!! You're doing a great job!

Oh how important it is to praise these little ones so that they can continue to say, "I can do it!" and "Don't worry about me mom!" I'll never stop worrying I guess, but it is sweet that his confidence is being built, right? These are moments that make me love my job even more!

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Doing a puzzle at the kitchen table, Logan dropped a puzzle piece and Dylan quickly picked it up and ran off.

L: Oh, no! Dylan took my puzzle piece. Dylan Grace, don't you ever do that again!!

hmmm.... wonder where he's heard that tone before?

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For school, Logan had to bring show and tell for objects that started with O. We did so by collecting items around the house and putting them into a show and tell bag the night before. I go to wake him up that morning for school and the first words of out his mouth...
L: Hi Mommy. Octagon starts with O too! (very excited!)
M: Um, yes it does. And good morning to you!
L: So we need to take the octagon off us my puzzle and put that in the bag too.

Really??? was he dreaming about the letter O or thinking about it so much that it had to be the first thing discussed that morning. I don't know about you, but my brain doesn't work that way when I get woken up!

and then I thought I'd take him to get cookies for that day's snack. I gave him the choice of Oreos or Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

L: I want the Oatmeal Raisin ones. I need to count them first.
standing in the aisle counting each one in the container- we realize we will need 2 packs
L: But mommy, some kids might not want the raisins, so we need to get plain oatmeal too.
M: (thinking, ok kid, whatever you say! who can argue with that thoughtfulness?)

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We are going to the dentist on Monday, so I'm sure there will be more to come next week. Pray for us please-- it's his first time... I know, apparently I'm a little late on this... oops!