Jack talk

Jack and I were sitting at the table in the backyard the other day talking about the animals. Jack asked me "Where are all of the squirrels?" I said, "They are probably sleeping so they can wake up early to find all the nuts they hid."
"Where do squirrels sleep?" asked Jack.
"They sleep in nests in the trees." I answered.
"Where?"
"Up there" I pointed. "That's where they sleep and keep their baby squirrels."
"What's a baby squirrel?" Jack asked.
"It's a little tiny squirrel."
"Like a chipmunk?"
"No, chipmunks are different. Squirrels are the ones with the long tails."
To which Jack replied. "Oh, you're right Mommy. Squirrels have tails, and chipmunks have butts."

Can't argue with that logic! :)

Jack and Drew have recently gotten acquainted with a new babysitter Cameron. She lives right across the street from us. Jack can see her house from his room. Jack really likes her and asks when she is coming back to play with him all of the time. I told him that maybe we would have her back soon and he told me that, "Cameron will come over again soon and I will babysit her."

The other night Jack was finished with dinner but hadn't even touched his vegetables. Drew was in the pack n play and Jack was trying to dump a box of toys in with him. It was full and really heavy so he couldn't do it. I told him, "That's because you didn't eat your vegetables. Vegetables make you big and strong."
Jack says, "Oh yeah, I forgot, I have to eat my vegetables so that I can get big and strong like Daddy!"
So he came back to the table and ate a few veggies and went back to try and lift the box. Still too heavy. I said, "I guess you need to eat the rest of them."
Jack says, "Oh yeah, you're right Mommy."
This time while Nick was helping him to eat his veggies, I went over to the box (unseen by Jack) and took some of the heavier items out. The next time he went to lift the box he lifted it easily and dumped the toys into the pack n play for Drew. He was so excited and told me, "I'm stupor strong because I ate my vegetables!!!!" (Mommy is a little devious sometimes;)