12/21/2013

Van and Esther had their doctors appointments yesterday. Van 4 years, Esther 9 months. Everyone is great, still consistent on their growth curves, both in the 95+ percentiles for height and weight.

The doctor thought Van was great. He asked him what color my shirt was, and Van told him it was blue like the ocean. The doctor smiled and said, "He is a smart little guy, that was more intelligent then you might realize."

Duh, I thought, who do you think you're talking to? I live with him! I am amazed by the stuff he says every day. I made a blog entry on his first similie. In fact, I had to create the blog just to record a portion of the great stuff he says. Of course I think he's special and smart and wonderful, I'm his mom! How could you think I never realized this before? 

But I just smiled and nodded. 

However to back up my argument, here are some great Van quotes from today

Van: "Mom, can I have some orange juice with my crepes please?"
Me: "Yes. Van that sure was a nice way of asking, I really liked it."
Van: "Yes. If you ask 'can I have some orange juice?' you won't get some. But if you say, 'can I have some orange juice please?' nicely like that. then you'll get some. That's how you get the things you want."
Me: "That's right."
Van: "Were you thinking what I was thinking?"
Me: "About getting orange juice?"
Van: "No about eating crepes. Were you thinking what I was thinking?"
Me: "Sure"
Van: "It's a wonderful day for eating crepes."
Me: "It sure is."

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Then later Van was mad at me and said,
"You know, something smells fishy and YOU'RE catching fish. That's just how it is."

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"Let's pick up some more toys, we're cleaning machines!"
 - Van, enthusiastically helping me pick up the 'toy bedroom'

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Van's watching his favorite pretend dinosaur documentary 'Chased by Dinosaurs'. The man in the movie is watching some footage they made by attaching a camera to one of the prehistoric sharks.

Van: "I'm watching two movies mom"
Me: "What?"
Van: "I'm watching two movies, because I'm watching the movie in the movie."