2 Is Funny

Jake always says the funniest things.  Of course, they're more funny to hear than read, but he always gets too interested in the camera to say or sing what he's been saying or singing, so typing it out will have to do.  He also has fantastic manners!
He went through a phase a few weeks ago where he always asked, "How your day?"
He always says "Thank you" when something is given to him, or "Bless you" when someone sneezes.
He often asks, "Wha da doin', Mom?"  "I'm _____ (i.e. driving the car).  What are you doing?" "I doin' good."  Always.  Cracks me up.
I'm also impressed with how many songs he can sing, and how well he can string together sentences.  Yesterday he was asking, "When we home, Mom, can I play trains playroom?"  That's a lot of words in one sentence for a recently 2-year-old!  AND it's asking permission, which I think is even more impressive!
I'm sure there's more...always something new around here.

Two :(

So, I'll have to do a full post on Jake turning two, but I don't want to forget this.  It was already an emotional time for me.  Each time I've headed to the hospital expecting the new baby, I've had a sad moment (or sometimes several moments over a period of days or weeks) just thinking about the current "baby" and how they won't be the baby anymore.  So anyway, I was already sad about Jake getting older and not being my little baby anymore.  THEN, just 9 days later, he decided to turn 2.  Not fair!  On top of that, as I've said before, he and Ellie have always had a special bond.  He calls her "Eh-ddie".  On his birthday, I went in to get him from his bed when he got up from his nap.  He immediately said, "I want to see Eh-ddie."  Then he paused, and I watched the wheels turn, and he very intentionally corrected himself and said, "E-llie".  Ever since that moment, he's very intentionally called her Ellie.  :(

In The South

The other day Eve was working on her homework.  Antonyms.  She had a list of words, and was supposed to write the antonym for each.  She asked me for help when she came to the word "ugly".  She asked, "Do you think they mean pretty or nice?"  It took me a short second, then I realized she's probably heard one too many times, "Eve, quit being ugly to your brother/sister!"  With a little more thought, I realized in an effort to dissuade our kids from calling people ugly (as opposed to pretty), we have likely never used it in the traditional sense in front of them.  Man, school can be tough...especially when you grow up in the south!