budleyou

"Mom, this is my great number game:" (begins hoping around the kitchen tiles and singing) "1 2 3 4 7 9 10, WM, 13 15, WM, XYZ and W M.... Pretty normal cute unless you know that Wystan pronounces "W" "budleyou". Ermahgawd the cuteness!!!!

Planes and Books

Me: What do you want Santa to bring you this year?
Wy: A paper airplane.
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Me: "Do you read books?"
A: "I actually study them."
YES!

What do YOU say?

The book, Moo, Baa, La La La, ends with the question "What do you say?" In typical fashion, Asmund says, "nothing-HAHAHA!", and Wystan says "eyeball".

Who is getting bigger?

W, "I am getting big."
A, "I am getting bigger."
W, "I am getting really, REALLY bigger!"

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Asmundisms of the day (9/10/2014):

"Mom, know what it's called when birds lose their feathers? Melting!"

"Mom, why you doing that (peeling squash) out here?"
"Because I like to be around you."
"Aww, thanks, Mom."

"That was a bad story. Dad makes better stories. Dad's stories are better than your best stories. This is my worstest night ever. When will Dad be home?" 

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Asmund, counting out groups of eight, "Mom!! THREE and FIVE equal EIGHT!!!!" Ahh, self discovered math.

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Wystan: "I want a babysitter to come here right _now_."
Carrie: "Are you tired of us?"
Wystan: "Yeah."

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"Asmund, do you want to write your name on your history class folder?"
"I am taking a history class?"
"Yes...history is the things that happened in the past."
"Oh, like Superheroes?"
"Um, no. Real things that happened."
"Like Autobots?"
"No, Autobots are pretend too."
"Ok, like dinosaurs?"
"Um...well dinosaurs ARE real, and they are history but I don't think that's the kind of history you're going to learn about in this class."

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In their morning dance off, Asmund accidentally punched Dennis in the crotch. With the victim blaming characteristic of a five year old, he exclaimed, "Dad! I told you, the fist is stronger than the penis!!"

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From Carrie: Legos and kombucha on our No More Baby Milk date. Wystan says, "Just you and me is good."   

 

Colorado Vacation 2014

2014 Vacation to Colorado

Going to Denver:

A, never seeing the mountains before: "I just saw a mountain!"
C: "Where?"
A: "We just passed it!"
It was a ten-foot tall pile of rocks.

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Me: "I didn't know if you would remember. I can't remember of when I was two years old."
A: I remember when you were two years old."

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A: "Is that a talking bus? It must be a transformer!"

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"My name is Wystan Daddy Etzel, but now I'm Lightsaber Guy. This is superhero orange juice."

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A: "Do you like green? Then you like Green Lantern! Do you like red? Then you like Spider-Man!"

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"Do you want a hot dog or fish?" W: "French fries."

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A: "We are learning new things, watching new movies, and saving people."

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A: "ROAR! I'm sorry. That is just my bear language."

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Asmund: "We're going into the mountains? And we're going to eat bears? Bears are really good. How about a bear bone with bear chicken on it?"


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A: "When I was a little kid I was practicing. Now that I am a human I can do anything I want like working."

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With Carrie:

Wystan, waving at every group of rafters who passed, "Hi! I am Iron Guy! This is our secret hide out. I am good! Oodbye!!

Asmund, "Mom, when Raedan is two, will you have another baby?
Me, "Um....do you want another baby in our family?"
Asmund, "YES! I only have two brothers and I need to have three!!"
Me, "Well, you know another baby could be a girl or a boy, right?"
Wystan, "A girl baby??!!!!!
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With Aunt Joy:

Asmund/Nephew: I want to come!
Aunt Joy: Well, I need some alone time...
Nephew: But you will need superhero protection!!!
Aunt Joy: ....

Seriously, how do you say no to that?

What do you speak?

A: I don't speak English or Spanish.
Me: What do you speak?
A: Just what I am saying.

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A: I could wait to go to the bathroom when I woke up. Maybe I am a kid human?

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A: "With my hearing I can pick up sounds from around the Earth, like the damage from bad guys or robbers stealing money. The bank is that way, or sometimes that way, and robbers are going to pass our house, but they don't know superheroes live here!"

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I am putting up a chain link fence and Asmund thinks the ropes I am planning with are booby traps. He said, "If someone sees our yard and thinks it is a nice place to take a nap, they will fall into the trap!"

"A good booby trap makes robbers fall down and want to take a nap on the grass."

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A: "Sometimes people are born with superpowers. That is what my daddy did."

Superheroes Among Us!

Asmund found a star-shaped leaf. He said, "Maybe Star Man sent it to Earth."

Wystan: "I'm a good Metal Guy. I fight bad guys with a metal sword to put them in jail. That's how."

Wystan: "I am Iron Guy. I am a superhero. I wear shoes."

Asmund, explaining his double-straw situation with his hot chocolate from PT's: "It was big like a human, but not big like a human. It was like a baby kangaroo."