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My kid turned 8 the other day.  Guess I can't really have 'toddler adventures' posts anymore since he is way past toddler phase lol.  I can't believe how fast time flies!  He was just born a minute ago.  He found my old School House Rock dvds the other day and wanted to watch them with mommy.  He really loved 3's a Magic Number and Interjections! lol.  Funny cause those were two of my favs too.  That and the Counting by 5s and conjunction junction and the one with the preamble (which actually helped me pass a Civics test in school way back in the day) and The Great American Melting Pot....well too many to count.   

Anyhoo, here's some nostalgia for those of you who remember and loved School House Rock. 

So, my son runs up to me today and says "Mommy, I know where I came from". Ok, I take the bait and say "Oh really? Where?". And lo and behold, he proceeds to tell me "You were pollinated one day and then I was born!" o_O

Well, technically, I guess he's right.... lol

*apparently they were studying bees, flowers, and pollination in class ^_^

Time for another peanut story *g* I blog these little tidbits so I will remember them later. There were a couple things I wanted to put in my LJ that he did a few weeks ago, never found the time, and now I can't remember them :( Aw well, at least this one is fresh and funny!

BTW - does anyone know how I can download my journal entries to my computer, in case LJ decides to go belly-up one day? I really want to preserve these memories.

( High drama at the grocery store. )

And with a final party we had a week ago, the hell known as T-ball season comes to an end. As we arrived at the park for the final game, I couldn't have been more thankful for the end of something as I was for this to end. The whole season long, we did not win a single game.

But wonder of wonders, we WON our very last game! OMGOMGOMG! It was the most exciting game ever! We won by 1 point.

Ironically, the little team we won against had also only won 1 game this season - and it was against US early on in the season AND by only 1 point then, too.

There was joy, hugs, and tears all around. I think everyone at the ball park thought we were insane. Parents were hanging onto the fence and screaming their heads off. lol What a way for us to end our nightmare season!

My hubby and I agreed that our little Peanut will have to come begging on his knees if he wants to play again. The whole time, I had to drag him kicking and screaming to games, to practice, even practicing with me at home. He hated it. He would stand in the outfield and kick the dirt, stare at the clouds, pluck at the grass, dance around with his glove {that was fun *grin*}, and run way out of the base line to avoid getting tagged only to meltdown in a fit when he did. It was an experience I don't want to soon have again. Strangely enough, at the last game, he was all like 'I love baseball, can I play again'? I thought he turned into a pod person LOL

Anyway, it was wonderful to win our final game. The season was a memory I will keep forever. And hope to never repeat lol ^^;

This took me a while to finally post here, because at first it was traumatic, but now I find it hysterical. :) My five year old had several cavities and was going to need a crown. Now, at first, I was like 'a crown? on a baby tooth? eh?' But, turns out this baby tooth is one he won't loose until he's 11-12 years old.

( So yeah... )

So today is the day most of us in the states set the clock back an hour. It was the first time the four year old noticed something was different due to that fact, when his bedtime rolled around an hour earlier. The conversation went something like this:

Peanut: 'Momma, why it got dark so soon?'

Me: 'Well, every year we move the clocks forward one hour in the spring, and back one hour in the fall. Today is the day we moved the clocks back, because it gets darker sooner.'

Peanut: 'Oh......the case of the stolen morning!'

LOL The things that come out of kids' mouths.

I cracked up this morning when the child comes running to the door to tell me goodbye and says "And let's be careful out there!"

LOL Now, it's been years and years since I've watched an episode of the series Hill Street Blues. I'm not sure it even airs on any 'old school' channels. Yet, the toddler has to have heard the famed saying from that show somewhere!

And in a totally unrelated funny toddler comment, the spousal unit relayed the following conversation that took place between him and the boy the other afternoon:

Dad: *searching around for a towel to wipe off*
Toddler: "Whachu looking for daddy?"
Dad: "Looking for a towel, bubba"
Toddler: "Why?"
Dad: "To clean up"
Toddler: "Hey daddy! Did you know that elephants can suck water up into their trunk, then they splash it all over their back and it makes them clean. We don't need a towel. What we need is an elephant!"

*chuckles*

I've mentioned before that my 4 yo is a total drama king, right? I've had coworkers tell me I need to enroll him in acting classes lol.

So, tonight, the hubby was playing with him, and Peanut was getting all bent out of shape because he wanted "to tell you someting......". (what he wanted to do was tell a story -'once upon a time', or something related to the current Thomas the Train episode that was playing on TV).

But daddy, being daddy, was too busy being the tickle monster and Peanut couldn't get his 'story' out. After a few more minutes of a bizarre combination of giggling and wailing, my little toddler finally threw his hands up to the sky and cried "THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!!!!" Then he fake sobbed and said "You've ruined my special day!"

ROFLMAO!!!! Both the spouse and I spent the next little while holding our sides and laughing so hard.

Oh the DRAMA! *laughs* Kids just crack me up.

My 3 year old is a humongous 'Thomas the Train' fan. He has a gazillion trains & tracks that he constantly plays with; even going so far as to build a 'branch line' from his room at the front of the house, all the way to our room at the back.

So yesterday, he wanted me to help him build a tower out of some of his railway buildings and bridges. We stacked them one on top of the other until it was about a foot or so high. Then he sits back and says "See I tol' you we could do it, Mommy." Then he wipes the back of his hand across his forehead and says "Wooo, that was hard work. Now let's go drink some coffee." LOOOOL I just fell out.

Yes I'm teaching him well. *grin*

My baby boo just turned three, and he's learning to speak sentences. So, it's always surprising (and hilarious most of the time) to hear what coherent (yet out of the blue) thing he'll say next. Surprising because some of it is just amazing in that my hubby and I both go "where'd he hear that?"

Example recent conversation:
baby: dad can hap grape? (he's asking his dad for grapes)
dad: no, you already had some
baby: can hap strawberry?
dad: *thinks how we've never eaten strawberries in front of him and wonders where he got that food name* we don't have strawberries, son
baby: can hap cookie?
dad: no, not before supper
baby: can hap a beer?
dad: *WTH?* NO!!! (we don't even drink beer and have never had it at the house, so we have no clue where he got this, unless it was from TV - though we mainly watch kiddie shows 0.0 )

Well, tonight's awe moment made my heart swell so to where I had to clutch my chest in fear that it was gonna burst open.

Conversation:
me: goodnight baby boo
baby: night night baby girl momma
me: *chuckles* I love you
baby: momma! *grabs my face* momma! I'm so happy
me: *heart jumps to throat and I can't even speak*

:)