We were talking yesterday about Colt going to WV with my parents a day earlier that David, myself, and Kylie. Nana Gail said, "Colt we have a plan don't we?" Referring to him riding with them instead of us. Colt was so excited he didn't even slow down, but said, "YES WE DO!! What is the plan again?"

Colt learned how to button/unbutton his collared shirts and has informed me that, "NOW I CAN DO EVERYTHING BY MYSELF!! Except, maybe, climb the ladder to the attic." (oh, really? that is a random thing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colt came running into the bathroom saying, "MOMMY! I need to tell you a secret!!" Then he stubbed his toe and say. "ow ow ow ow! Wait, Mom, that was NOT the secret that I wanted to tell you." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colt saw a picture of girl about my age and said, "Mom, she was pretty. Even prettier than you." Should I take that as a compliment???

Kylie was playing near our fireplace this morning.  Even though there was no flame, we teach her not to get near it anyways.  Colt said, "Kylie, don't touch! I don't want you to get burned! It would take A WHOLE DAY to teach you to stop, drop, and roll!"

This is a friend of ours and Colt has come to love and sing this song - hahaha - in fact, he was quite upset that we didn't sing this song Sunday at church.
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Colt was eating popcorn beside me, and I heard him crunching something.  So, I asked if he was eating the "kernels?" He said, "No, but I ate a "cranel."
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We watched Toy Story 2 and started talking about going to college and moving out of Mommy and Daddy's house when this conversation started, "Mama, who am I going to marry when I grow up?  I wish I were a girl then I could marry Eddie. . ." (our 400 pound black friend) - oh my.  What do I say to that?  It made me laugh out loud.

"Momma, why is the word 'sandwich' at the end of 'peanut butter and jelly sandwich?'" That's just what it's called Colt :) "Momma, did Adam and Eve name it that?"

I was clipping Colt's fingernails tonight when he told me one of them 'FEELS like it LOOKS funny." Interesting concept Colt. He also proceeded to tell me that the fingernail clippers were a "great invention!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David and I were laying with Colt in his twin-size bunk bed tonight when Colt decided it was a little "uncomfortable." He reminded David that "Mommy is pregnant and doesn't need to be squished" :) Sweet boy.

I was pushing Colt and Kylie to the park in the double jogger. I'm adventurous enough to push and jog on the flat parts at this point in my pregnancy. Colt surprised me and made me stop to laugh when he turned around and said, "good exercising Mommmy!" What a good little encourager.

David was tickling Kylie and she was getting a little irritated at him. So, Colt said, "Dad you shouldn't FAROKE her!" I have been telling Colt not to "provoke" his sister :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colt just asked me if we could watch "Snow Wipe" sometime. . .

When I came home from work the other night I was greeted by a sweet little boy's voice saying, "Is that my sweetie, precious Mommy?!" He's been carrying on like this recently. Pretty cute :) ----------------------------------------------------------------- We went to a birthday party yesterday and Colt was excited about eating some cake. It made me laugh when he asked if "they had fired the cake yet?" (lit the candles)

Colt keeps throwing us off by saying things about "laying babies" instead of "having babies" like we are used to. Examples: "Mommy, who laid you? Who laid Nana and Gramps? Why can't you lay the baby at the lake next week on vacation?" We are working on terminology.

We went out to eat Monday, and the restaurant was virtually quiet. . . except for Colt. He spotted a lady with poofy bleach blonde hair and said (very loudly), "Look Mom! She looks like a lion!!" (and even repeated it a time or two until I acknowledged). Then, a little later a tall lady dressed in red and white walked by. Colt quickly stood up and pointed at her saying, "Look! She looks like Santa!" This was a first. Though David and I were embarrassed we couldn't help but laugh about it a little. Never.A.Dull.Moment.

Colt has been on a roll the last 2 days. . . (Driving him from Grandma and Grandpa's) "Mom, are we in another country yet?" No, we didn't leave the country. We are in a different STATE. "OH! Well I want to go to NEW YORK! NEW YORK!" Ok, and how do you know anything about New York anyways?? --------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, it's been lingering around 105-110 degrees. Colt had a lot of fun at Grandma and Grandpa's swimming pool last week and informed me that we need to "dig a hole in our yard, POUR CEMENT, and fill it with water!" I asked him how he knew to pour cement? He said, "that's just what builders do!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Mom, this next baby is going to be a boy because it is a PATTERN. Boy - Girl - Boy - Girl." Guess we better get on the ball if we are having at least 4 according to Colt. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "When I grow up I'm going to be a race car driver, policeman, fireman, mailman, and builder." How are you going to be all of those things Colt? "I'm going to do them ONE AT A TIME of course." Of course. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Admiring the happy meal toy display at "Old McDonalds" - "Mom, how did they CREATE this? Will you ask them?" ------------------------------------------------------------------

When I left Colt to take his nap I told him I was going to do "my chores" (i.e. cooking, cleaning, laundry).  He said, "I have chores too! Like picking you flowers and sleeping and stuff." hahaha
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Later, when he woke up from his nap, he came downstairs and said, "Mom, so are you working hard down here?"

I was helping Colt with a puzzle on the computer this morning when he got so excited and said, "Who's the man?!  Mommy, YOU are the man!"  Wow.  Thanks Son. :-)

Colt got one of his toy cars stuck between the wood floor and the bottom of the door.  When I couldn't get it out Colt said, "Mommy, can you call God and ask him to come to my house to get my car unstuck?"

VERY randomly this morning,

Colt: "Mommy, do you want to have another baby?"

Me: "Not really. . . or not right now.  Why do you want Mommy to have another baby?"

Colt: "Because babies are fun."

Me: "Then why don't you have a baby?"

Colt: "Because I'm a BOY.  BOYS DON'T LAY BABIES!"

Kylie was holding onto Colt when he looked at her and said, "Sis Sis, you are causing me to strain!"

Me: "Colt, you need a hair cut."

Colt: "I don't really want a hair cut."

Me: "But your hair is getting long."

Colt: "Well your hair is long Mom.  Maybe you should get a hair cut.  I like my hair all sizes."

David was going somewhere and told Colt he was going to miss him so much that he would probably cry. . . Well, Colt had a great idea and told David that God was always with him and since we don't know what God looks like, he could pretend that God looked like Colt or Mommy. Then he wouldn't cry.
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David was laying with Colt the other night and was pretending that Colt was his pillow. Colt said, "DAD! I am NOT pillow! DO I LOOK LIKE A PILLOW? No, pillows are rectangles. Do I look like a rectangle? No!"

and that same night:

"Dad your breath stinks. It smells like tomatoes. If you go brush your teeth, THEN you can come lay with me again. Ok, Dad?"
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I gave Colt a taste of guava/mango juice. He said, "Mom, this is GOODER than any other juice I've EVER had!"

Me: "It's BETTER than any other juice. . . "

Colt: "Yes, it's BETTER AND GOODER! Now, may I please have another 'scoop'?" (scoop?? of juice?)

Today at church David and I were both on stage with the worship team. When David dismissed the children for children's church I noticed Colt was coming towards me instead of the door. . . Sure enough, he walked up on stage and said, "Mommy, um. . . mommy, I need to tell you something. Mommy, sometimes I like to go home and play with my toys." THEN, he went to class. Good talk son.

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Colt: "Mommy, I'm going to be the horse and you ride in the 'carrot'."

Me: Carrot? You mean carriage?

Colt: "No, carrot. You ride in the carrot so you don't get hurt and don't go too fast."

Me: Carrot? You mean chariot?

Colt: "Yes, carriot."

Me: ok.

Colt left his beloved "night night" (a blanket he likes to sleep with) in West Virginia. Once he figured it out he said, "Mom this is a pretty sad day. . . "
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Colt was so tired from playing with Sarah one evening but really didn't think going to bed was a good idea. How did we KNOW he was tired?? Because he said, "Just let me finish drinking my movie first, then I will go to bed."

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Colt wanted to get out of his seat and ride in the front while we were doing about 70 mph down the Turnpike. David said, "Colt you can't do that. It wouldn't be safe, and Daddy would go to jail." I guess Colt didn't think that was a bad idea because he said, "Daddy, I want you to go to jail. . . then you couldn't spank me." We all got a good laugh out of that.

Colt is on a "teeth brushing" kick. . . so much so that he is really picky about what he eats, always asking if it will give him a cavity, or if it's good for him and makes him strong. I don't really know where this minor obsession came from because I try to tell him that you don't have to brush your teeth 87 times a day, 3 is enough.

Nevertheless, the saga continues. His little friend is having a bday party at a candy shop, and when I told Colt the FIRST THING he said was, "Do they have a little sink and tooth brush for me to brush my teeth after I eat some candy?"

When I told him probably not, but that we COULD brush when we got home after the party. . . he said this, "I have a good idea! How about we sell candy at our house and have the party here! Then, I could brush my teeth!" Good thought, huh?

Colt this morning: "Mom, please coming upstairs and play with me OR NOT!. . . I mean, OR ELSE!"

Kylie was being a little too loud for Colt I guess because I heard him saying, "Sissy, you are driving me NUTS!"

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Colt wiped his hands on David's pants tonight after finishing an orange. David said, "Colt, we don't wipe out hands on people. You need to get a rag."

To which Colt replied, "Oh, I didn't know you were a people Dad."

Just some funnies . . .

Colt says, "Ready for not, here I come!" when playing hide and seek (instead of "ready OR NOT").

He also says "All a MORED!" (instead of all a board!) - no matter how many times I correct/teach him otherwise.

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Yesterday Colt had just finished eating a banana in the back seat and Kylie was starting to fuss. I asked him to give her the pacifier, but he refused until he wiped his fingers off! I told him that he always needed to obey and we went back and forth for a minute until he said, "but Mom! I don't want sissy to CHOKE on my banana fingers!!"

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After spending about a week at Papaw and Nana's house, Colt kept calling David "papaw" ALL evening when we got home. That was funny - hehe

Me: "Sissy has diarrhea. . "

Colt: "Diarrhea? Is that a movie?"

Colt: "Mom, I want a costume like Luke Skywalker and a LIGHTSAVER!"

Me: "It's lightSABER not lightSAVER Colt. . . buh buh saber."

Colt: "Oh, sorry. I was a lightBABER!"

Me: "saber. . .not baber."

Colt: "Mom, how about we pretend you can say it however you want? Like lightSAVER and however you say it."

Colt and Great Gma Haas sitting in the same recliner reading a book. . . Colt says, "Can you please scoot over, you are squishing me."

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David asked Colt how he could be a better daddy, and Colt said," Don't say that Dad! You are the best dad EVER!"

So I asked Colt how I could be a better mommy. . . (hoping to get the same response), but Colt said, "Never spank me. Just show me lotta lotta lotta grace!" - I did tell him that I only spanked him because I loved him :-)

When Colt was getting dressed he took his pj's and threw them under his train table.
ME: "Colt, is that where your clothes go?"
COLT: "That's where I want them to go."
ME: "Well, that's not where Mommy wants them to go. Please put them in your drawer."
COLT (with a BIG grin on his face): "You can handle that Mom. You are a big girl."

Mother Nature:

We had to get rid of our rabbits - granted, they were pretty much wild, but we did feed them and they might have called our backyard their home if they could talk. BUT, the neighbors didn't like them much. I thought they were beautiful. Anyways, after two visits from the Animal Control dude and the threat of a citation. . . we prayed that we would be able to catch them, and WITH GOD we did! When Colt asked who we were giving our rabbits to, I told him "mother nature" and she has a BIG yard! So, he was ok when we dropped them off far far away in the forest, by a stream of course :-)

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Darlin:

Colt this morning: "Mom, you are my Darlin! A Darlin is someone who plays with me and is nice."

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Boogers:

(This is an account told to me by Mama T) Colt was talking to Mama T on Skype when he started to pick his nose. Then he stopped and turned his back to the computer so she couldn't see him (and picked his nose). When he turned back around, Mama T asked Colt what he was doing when he turned around. He (honestly) told her, "I was picking my nose but it's not nice to do that in front of people."

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He is learning. . .

I took the kids to Chik-Fil-A for lunch today to let Colt play with his buddy for a bit. They weren't getting along well, so I wrapped it up and told Colt we were coming home. Well, I'm embarrassed to write this, BUT he started screaming and crying "I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME!!" (repeatedly and very loudly). Not saying this was a first tantrum or anything, but it's definitely rare in our house - it's just not tolerated.

When we got home, Colt had to sit and think about why he was going to get a spanking while I brought the baby and everything in from the car . . . his spirit had changed and he actually apologized (on his own) for "crying, pouting, being mean to Mommy." I told him it was ok to "cry," but we don't throw fits or pout - that's just selfish and unthankful, and it doesn't please God or Mommy. He accepted his discipline well and went down for his nap.

Well, he just got up and came to straight to me. Crawled in my lap, hugged me and kissed me. . . THEN said (again, all on his own), "Mommy, I'm so sorry for being bad at Chik-Fil-a. I love you." Awww, my heart melted!! There IS HOPE!! haha.

I love this boy. Then, he said, "Mommy, sometimes you yell in my face too and I forgive you."

But I've never yelled in your face Colt. Mommy wouldn't do that. . .

"Well, if you did I would forgive you too."

Colt has used this word at least 4 time today - "yestertime."

YESTERTIME: A 'yestertime' is any event that has already occurred according to a 3 year old.

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David sent me this text while I was working Saturday and it made me smile. . . BIG:

(David to Colt) "I love you, Kylie, Mommy."

(Colt to David) "I just love Mommy."

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Another thing that has made me smile is Colt telling his friends about Jesus! We've always taught him about Jesus and remind him to share the love of Jesus. . . or when he does things that don't "please God."

The other night he told me he had told one if his friends about Jesus, but his friend already knew Jesus!

Then, we were playing at a park and he came to me just distraught that he told a little girl that God loved them and wanted them to share, and she told him he was wrong.

So much learning going on here. . . so thankful for his tender heart.

Coltisms

"tip" - is really a "pick" that he uses to play his guitar (ALWAYS a tip, never a pick)

"goggle" - is really gargle/mouth wash after brushing (his favorite past time)

lovely "pichnic" - lovely picnic

I'm glad he hasn't out grown funny pronunciations yet :-)

"Mommy, these blueberries are MUCH good for you!! They make you poop like beans do! Have some. . ."

Colt was walking around church yesterday with his Bible open "reading" things like:

"Genesis 1:1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

"John 40:60:90:30:50."

"When we sin, it makes God sad. But God still loves us no matter how much we sinned."

He has such a sweet heart. I love him.