Me: Eli, do you want hummus for lunch?
Eli: Yes, Thomas!
Me: No hummus. Do you want hummus?
Eli: Yes! Thomas!
Me: HHHummus.
Eli: Thomas!
Me: Say it like this hhhhhhhhhhhhhhummus.
Eli: Thohhhhhhhhhhh-thomas!
Me: Yes, Thomas. Do you want Thomas for lunch.
Eli: YES!
Eli in the bath. "Mom, I need to get out. My fingers are going up and down and up and down." Me, "Do you mean they're all wrinkly?" Eli, "Um, yes. They are all wrinkly. What happened they are all wrinkly?"
Update 3/6
Eli trying to pedal his trike backwards: "Mom, it's not working. I think the batteries are run down. It needs new batteries."
Me: "Eli, it doesn't use batteries. You are the battery."
Eli: "Ha. You're funny, Mom."
Update 4/1
Eli came running in from outside with something in his hands. It was a clump or dirt/rock or maybe a chunk of mulch.
"Look what I found, Mom. It's a dirt chicken!"
I was laughing so hard I couldn't even explain it to Mike. He meant a chicken nugget! Heehee...get it? Well, I thought it was hilarious.
Update 4/4
This is how Eli sings Old McDonald:
Mickey Donald had a farm
Eli-Eli-Oh!
Update 5/15
Eli: Mom, can you make me popcorn?
Me: Maybe I can in a little bit. I have to do a couple of things first.
(I sit at my computer to take care of some Primary things. Isaac, who is sick, starts crying. I go back to help him get back to sleep. Then my phone buzzes, another text about Primary. Finally, I sit back down to take care of the original Primary things.)
Eli: Mom, you did a couple things. I need you to make me popcorn now.
Me: I still need to do a couple things. I didn't do them yet.
Eli: Yes. You went to help Isaac and you looked at your phone. That was a couple things. You said a couple things then you would make me popcorn.
Sometimes I wish this kid wasn't so smart...
Update 6/19
Eli is trying to tell me something but he can't remember the word for it. I have no idea what he is talking about and have been waiting for him to figure it out. This is our conversation.
Eli: Mom, can you tell me what it is?
Me: Eli, I don't know what you're talking about. I need you to tell me.
Eli: No, Mom. You can tell me. What is it?
Me: Eli, I can't tell you. I don't know what word you are thinking of. I need you to tell me.
Eli (getting frustrated): No, Mom. Just tell me! I need you to tell me!
Me: Eli, I don't know. I can't read your mind so I can't tell you. Only you can read you mind.
Eli (laughing): No, Mom. I can't read my mind. I don't know how to read. Only you can. You're silly Mom.
Update 7/31
This is a conversation I had with Eli right after Mike left for work this morning.
Eli: Mom, why does Daddy have to work so much?
Me: So he can make lots of money so we can have a nice house to live in and yummy food to eat.
Eli: I don't want to live in a nice house or eat yummy food. I just want Daddy to come home.
Update 8/6
(Eli sitting on the potty.) "Mom! I made poops! You need to come wipe me!"
(As I walk in to the bathroom.) "The poops are really stinky! Don't breath, okay Mom. They will make you throw up."
(As he's getting cleaned up.) "Are you going to throw up? I'm sorry my poops are so stinky. I don't want you to throw up."
That boy is watching out for his pregnant mommy . . . and he might be scarred for life, too.
Update 8/14
For Eli's first day of preschool today he was
supposed to bring something for show and tell. I was explaining this to
him last night and told him he can bring his favorite thing to show his
friends, then listed things like cars, books, toys, or stuffed animals.
He thought about it for a minute and said, "Can I bring Isaac? He's my
favorite." Proudest mommy moment of my life.
Update 8/16
Eli: Mom, did you know Chuck's mom is yellow? (This is in reference to the Chuck and Friends show he watches on Netflix.)
Me: Hmm . . . you're right. What color is your mommy?
Eli: Well, you're white. Maybe kinda white.
Me: What color are you?
Eli: I'm kinda white too.
Me: What color is daddy?
Eli: He's kinda white with a hairy mouth.
Update 11/12
Tonight at dinner Eli told us he was a frog, then asked what frogs eat for dinner. We told him they eat flies and bugs. He thought that was pretty gross and said, "But people don't eat bugs, right?" "No," I said, "but we do eat cows." He laughed and said, "No Mom, people don't eat animals. We just eat this stuff." Then he pointed to his plate . . . which had a hamburger on it. I decided not to burst his bubble and tell him he was eating a cow.
Update 12/9
Eli has been doing this thing where he shakes his bum at us . . . usually his naked bum. Especially to Mike, who does it back to him (only Mike is actually dressed). Apparently Isaac has discovered this 'game.'
I'm working at my computer when Isaac starts yelling, "Maaaaaama! Maaaama!" Once I finally look over to see him he immediately leans over and wiggles his bum. Then he looks up, smiles at me, and runs off. Hilarious! He was facing me, so he doesn't have the whole concept down yet, but it is so funny and cute to see him try this.
Update 12/11
Eli: I'm going to follow you wherever you go . . . because you're my mom."
Sure, he was talking about follow me around the house with the mop bucket while I mopped, but the way he said it sure made me stop and think. I hope I lead him in the right direction!
Update 12/12
Eli comes running up to me: Mom, listen to this!
I listen.
He toots. Smiles. And runs off.
Yep, I he's a boy.
