Sam's Sayings

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Groovin'

Kate's been fighting a cold/ear infection all week. And of course, she cut a new tooth.

Granddad was good enough to come by and take Sam out to play while I was home all day with Kate on Tuesday. We did get out in the morning long enough to go to the doctor, get some breakfast, and pick up her Rx. We were walking through Target, Sam was jumping on and off of the bottom of the cart and I gave him some instruction (I can't remember what now). "You threw off my groove mom!" He said back, laughing. Where in the world does a 4 year old learn a saying like that?

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

A true Sam saying

We had a great day yesterday. It was our first "day off" since vacation, so we are still adjusting to the heat and the need to get some things done for a change! We went to visit Nanny and saw "Everyone's Hero" with Stuart's parents. I'd highly recommend the movie-- it was great for kids and it was fun to watch. Very wholesome and cute. Then we went for a swim at Doug/Beth's last night after naps to cool off.

Sam's saying came last night as we were leaving the Whorton's. As we were the lucky recipients of dinner, I had taken over some brownies to leave for them and their house guests. Sam wanted one before we left, so I went to grab one on my way out the door and we had one of those typical, "You could just take the brownies. No you. No really, we don't need them" type discussions. Sam had heard all this and kept picking up the brownies off of the counter and saying, "Mom, Beth said we could take them. Let's just take them." Doug gave Sam a little baggie with some in it for later but he still insisted that we take the brownies. So finally, Sam says, "MOM, I don't think you are understanding what Beth is saying. We are supposed to take the brownies!" As we are often having discussions on being a good listener and being obedient, I often use those same words or the "are you listening" conversation. So to hear Sam say the same thing, in the same tone, to me, was just SO funny. Beth and I tried so hard to stifle our laughter. When we got in the car, he told me that we'd have to work on my understanding Beth next time. ;)

(In case you are wondering, we left the brownies.)

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Sam's 4th birthday

Not to be left out, amidst all the camp news, is Sam's 4th birthday! He decided he wanted an ice cream cake, but I had a feeling he wouldn't like it, so I ordered one for our home party on Sunday night with Mary and Clarence. I was right, he liked the icing best, and there wasn't much on the ice cream cake (rainbow sherbet with white cake-- blech). He had a good birthday, and it just keeps on coming. We surprised him with a cake at camp so that our 'extended family' could be in on it. He's always wanted a surprise, he's said. When we surprised him, he said, "How'd you surprise me?!?" Like he's super sleuth or something. His big friend party is this Saturday, so more pics coming.