Fun Tid-Bits From Today

Conversations from today on the drive home from daycare - me driving, K & O in the backseat:

Heather: Kyle, who did you play with at daycare today?
Kyle: {no response}
Heather: Kyle, did you play with Jackson at daycare today?
Kyle: Yes!!!
Heather: Oh yay! Kyle and Jackson are such good friends!
Kyle: Mommy! Jackson has baby brother.
Heather: Yup! Jackson has a baby brother.
Kyle: Mama, where's my baby brother?
Heather: You don't have a baby brother.
Kyle: Mama, why???
Heather: {no response -- didn't know what to say to that one...}
Kyle: Mama, why???
Heather: Because you just don't have one.
Kyle: Kyle want baby brother.
Heather: I know Ky Ky, I know you want a baby brother. But you do have a twin brother- Owen is your twin brother.
Kyle: Oh man!

LATER:

Owen: {out of the blue} Santa, Bob the Builder Truck Front End Loader please Santa! Please!
Heather: Owen, did you ask Santa for a Bob the Builder truck?
Owen: Yeah, I want a Bob the Builder Truck. I want a Bob the Builder Truck Front End Loader.
Heather: Wow, a Bob the Builder Truck Front End Loader?!
Owen: Yes!!! A PINK one!
Heather: A pink one?
Owen: Yes! Yes! Yes! A PINK Bob the Builder Truck Front End Loader! Pink! I want a pink one!
Heather: You know what sweetie? I don't think they make pink Bob the Builder trucks.
Owen: Oh man!

Re: the two photos above --- I picked the boys up early from daycare today so that we could play outside for awhile before it got too dark. After a "long bicycle ride" (everything is relative!) K & O swang in their swings for awhile but then had a hankering for some "hot coffee!" They went in their play shed and got all their supplies, then they got all settled in their little adirondack chairs. For about 30 minutes straight they "drank coffee!" A lot of the time was spent "pouring milk into the coffee!" (from the empty milk jugs they play with), and talking about how "hot hot hot!!!" the coffee was.

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Tonight we went for our 2nd annual Christmas outing to the "Big Hallelujah Lights" (a very festive and fun light display at a place near us called Peddler's Village). Last year we wore our baby backpacks and walked through it with the boys in the packs -- and they LOVED it. We promised ourselves that we were going to try to go every year. And tonight was the night. At the end of a long work/daycare day, as we were frantically packing up (diaper bag, snacks, sippie cups, hats, coats, etc., etc, etc, ) and heading out I said to Braydon, "I hope this is worth it!" Within about two minutes of our arrival at the "Big Hallelujah Lights" Braydon turned to me and said, "It was worth it!" For an hour straight the boys ran around in their glory, exploring the entire village, petting (and riding) the lit up reindeer, running through all the winding little paths, touching every tree they could reach, throwing pebbles into the meandering streams, and running back and forth over the little bridges. They were a delight for everyone there -- for some people we encountered, in fact, it appeared that Kyle and Owen were more thrilling to take in than the actual lights displays! We had a blast.

At the end of the day, as we pulled into our driveway at about 8:00, Kyle and Owen did their usual pointing out and oohhing and aahhing over all of our neighbors' grand "Hallelujah Lights." Kyle mustered, as cheerily as he possibly could: "I have one Hallelujah Light!" And Braydon and I laughed our tushes off!