We share in this family...

A week ago we were in the car going somewhere - it escapes me where. Addie had a cup of goldfish crackers. Theo reached over and grabbed a cracker out of Addie's cup. Addie squawked in an assertive way indicating she was not happy with this maneuver. I then heard Theo say, 'Remember Addie. We share in this family.'

Oh Theo, my dear, I am afraid this comment will come back to haunt you as we ask you to apply your own wisdom to yourself.

Football Jerseys

Here is an interchange between Theo and Charles today:

Theo: Oh, my pants (underwear) are wet.
Charles: It’s just a little bit. You’ll be fine.
Theo: Yeah, I can still play football in them. Because I have a football jersey on.
Charles: You know, Theo, you can play football even if you don’t wear a jersey.
Theo (very assuredly): Yeah, if you’re not very good.

Something to file away

Mr. Foot Down here. I was home for the afternoon today, since Mrs. Thumb Up was at work. Not surprisingly, we have a set routine when it comes to nap time. I put Addie down first and then Theo in the guest room, and Jack just goes to his room on his own and starts playing quietly, since he has rest time, while the other two actually/usually sleep. Today, I was doing the blind in the guest room, and I turned around to see Jack coming into the room, which is unusual.

'Jack, what are you doing?' I asked.

'I just came to give Theo a hug', he replied, as he climbed up on to the bed where Theo was already nestled down (see yesterday's post). 'I love you Theo', Jack said as he climbed on him and gave him a hug.

'I love you too', mumbled Theo through the meme in his mouth.

And with that, Jack nonchalantly climbed back down and went to the other room, like this was a completely normal occurrence.

Mrs Thumb Up recommended that we post it, since she figures we'll probably have many days where the boys find such an interchange hard to believe (and we may too). So there it is as official as we can make it.

Theo Asleep

Here are some cute pictures I snapped of Theo waking up from a sleep (well not really waking). Theo is our 'worst' waker. It just takes him a long time to wake up. And the fact that his older brother bounds out of bed with loads of energy makes the two brothers a stark contrast. On the opposite end though, Theo is our night owl - often talking (mostly to himself, he often asks Jack a question and then when he gets silence he just carries on his side of the conversation!) for up to an hour while he lies in his bed at night while his older brother is fast asleep on the top bunk.

He is super cute though all snuggled up with his meme (thanks Grandma). He never goes to sleep without this special blanket and it is always in his mouth. I literally have to wash it weekly due to the smell! Enjoy.

Imitating Daddy, even in frustration

We were down in the local shopping district a week back and walked into a charity shop to look around. I had all three kids with me which means we are pretty much in and out pretty quickly - not a lot of browsing. Well, the charity shop was playing Jefferson Starship's 'We Built this City'. For those of you who do not know this song, you can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kF5ulIel2k

There is a section almost at the end where one of the singers talks imitating a 'fake' DJ (around 3minutes and 15 seconds on the video). He says:

I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
Out on another gorgeous sunny Saturday, not seein' that bumper to bumper traffic
What's your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps

The music plays in the background and then the singing starts up again.

Well, when Theo heard this section in the charity shop he said, 'Oh come on. Stop talking and let the music play. I don't like it when they talk over the music. Just let the music play.'

Clearly Theo has listened to this same complaint made by his Daddy and has decided to imitate him. Every time a DJ comes on the radio and talks over the end part of a song Charles gets frustrated and comments. It is just too funny to hear a nearly three-year-old voice the same complaint and even more so when it wasn't even a true DJ but rather part of the song!