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We’ve taken to playing some basic childrens games now as Connor starts to grasp the rules. Besides the hot-and-cold game one of his favorites is Simon Says. This is one game that we’ve taken to entertaining Connor in the car with. Well, today on the way into town we were playing. As Annalise so often does, she was crying (she just doesn’t like her car seat). Connor wanted a turn as Simon. His first command, “Simon says ‘cry’… very good Annalise!” At church we were singing a praise and worship song called “I am a friend of God.” Nanny was holding Connor and said to him, “Do you know you are a friend of God.” Connor quickly answered, “Yeah, but Tyler is my best buddy!” I was changing Annalise’s diaper and talking to her. She got to kicking and sqirming so much that she was starting to move outta the area where I was changing her. As I was talking to her I teased, “Where do you think you’re going little one?” Connor was watching and in a tone of voice that was like don’t-you-know-any-better-Daddy answered my rhetorical question, “She can’t go anywhere Daddy; she can’t drive.” Today Connor told Mommy, ‘I want another daddy.’ What! Actually, it’s not what you think. Tracy asked why and he responded, ‘Because they’re a lot of fun.’ (I was outside giving Jazz a bath and letting him play with the hose when I didn’t need it.) I was putting Connor and Annalise into their car seats getting ready to leave the house the other morning. Connor was already buckled in and as I was putting Annalise into her seat she started crying. So I started talking to her. “Hey cutie-pie, don’t be doin that,” I’d say. Connor got a little testy and said, “No, don’t call her that.” To which I replied, “Why? She is cute isn’t she?” And he said, “Yes… but she’s not a pie.” Connor is at the age that he gets into endless series of asking why sometimes. When we run out of answers or patience, whichever comes first, we tell him, “Maybe you can ask God one day.” Recently he did this, we ended with asking God, and he looked down at his chest and said really loud like he was trying to wake someone up, “Hello! God!” The other day Annalise got to crying really hard. When she does this she starts stutter-crying (waaaa-wa-a-a-a, waaaaa-wa-a-a-a). Connor heard this and asked, ‘Is she a sheep?’. We could do nothing but laugh. And now whenever she does it, I can’t help but smile. I have visions of being in Target with Annalise crying really hard like this and smiling/laughing a bit… with people watching thinking they should call Child Protective Services because we are sadistic parents or something. |
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