Literally

I went in to get Sam this morning and his room was dark (as usual) and he tells me his eyes are yucky. I assume he has "sleep" in them and say "Oh the sandman came last night and put sand in your eyes!  The sand makes your eyes very heavy so you fall asleep!  Sam of course says "I dont like sand in my eyes" - anyway, when he gets up I realize they are all crusty (not pink eye crusty but just yucky) so we wash his face and off to school we go.  When I pick up Sam that afternoon Miss Megan tells me that when she saw Sam she said "Oh Sammy your eyese are red" and he said "yeah, I got sand in my eyes".  I burst out laughing and explained that no, he didnt get sand in his eyes... it was just the sandman - LOL!  Guess I need to watch what I tell Sam these days -

God

Sam wasnt being very nice to Hannah....

Me: You better be nice God is watching you
Sam: God?
Me: Yep
Sam: Where is he?
Me: He is way up high in the sky
Sam: Above the clouds?
Me: Yes
Sam: Way up in the high sky?
Me: yep
Sam: Can I see him?
Me: No, but he can see you and he wants you to be nice to your sister
Sam: I like God
Me: Good!  God likes you too!
Sam: Is God with the Angels?  he knows that the angels are "bowling" when he hears thunder"
Me: yep
Sam: Who is God?
... ok, I went to catholic school for 9 years and when he said this I went blank - I was like ummm, how do I answer this question????
Me: God created the Earth and the birds and the creek and me and you!
Sam: God gave us Hannah??
Me: He sure did - wasnt that nice of him?!
Sam: Yeah, I love Mommy and Daddy, and Hannah and God!
Me: We love you too buddy!
Sam: Is God gonna come down here?
Me: No but he is watching you!
Sam: Oh!  I like him!

 - Then I scooped him up and gave him a great big hug and kiss -

Cameron Station reunion aka: Condo Kids Collide!

In July 2007 we moved from St Leonard, MD to Alexandria VA - we bought a condo at the Cameron Station Condominiums and met a wonderful group of people!  At the time none of us had kids (well, technically Mark had Zac and Josh but for my post we wont count them - LOL).  So, as I was saying, none of us had kids. We all quickly became friends and shared meals and drinks out in the courtyard - it was awesome!  I was the first to get preg and had Sam in Sept 2008.  Shortly after that Naomi had Anna.... Tracy had Mia....Andrea had Adam.... Chris had Nat......Lynette had James.... then I had Hannah..... then Martha had Ali.   Now it was a full house!  How funny in just a few years we went from no kids to 8 kids between all of us!

We decided it would be great to have a reunion of sorts and get everyone together - we met in the courtyard and just shared some food and caught up - it was a great time and certainly something I hope we can do every year.  Here are some pictures of the day:

Future BFF's - Hannah and Ali

Sam wanted to help

I was painting my toes and Sam wanted to help.... he did a great job dont you think?  =)

Mark came in the living room and was like OMG what happened! He thought i was bleeding... lol

When Sam grows up....

... he is going to carry Hannah all day and show her all around the house and to the squirrels and birds too!  (his words not mine)

♥

The Evolution of a Sentence

When Sam was 12 months old he had 1 word.

At 15 months he had 3.

I was starting to get worried and wondered if he would ever talk and then at 16 months his vocabulary exploded! I think he had upwards of 25 words that month. As he got older his vocab got bigger and bigger and then came the sentences.

At first it was hard to understand most of what he said but I quickly learned what he meant.

By age 2 he was a chatterbox just like his daddy! His sentences would go something like this:

Daddy work?

Then it was:

Daddy at work?

Today it was:

Is my dad at work today?

He has been using sentences for a long time now but this morning it hit me – wow, he speaks in complete sentences now. I told him yes, daddy was at work and he replied:

Did he take the motorcycle or the car?

I was having a regular convo with my son – how cool is that!!!

What a difference a few months can make in the life of a toddler … oh and lately he calls us “mom” and “dad” – cracks me up when he does this cuz it makes him seem sooo grown up! Its even funnier when he yells “Spark!” lol

The Kissing Hand

We pulled out some new books this weekend – one of which was The Kissing Hand – It’s the sweetest story about a little raccoon who doesn’t want to go to school – he wants to stay home and play with his toys and friends. The mom tells him its ok to be a little scared but school is fun and he will have a great time. Then she tells him a little secret – its called the kissing hand – she opens his palm and places a kiss inside and tells him that all he has to do is hold his hand to his cheek and know his momma loves him.

Well this morning as we are leaving for school Sam runs over to Hannah, opens her hand and kisses her palm – then looks at me and says “Hannah has a kissing hand too!”

My heart melted….