Proud moments in toddlerville

Early morning, Saturday--mommy and daddy's bed.

Levi: TA-DA!!!!!!!!!!! (brandishing something in his hand, waving triumphantly)....

Mom: What is that Levi?

Levi: It's a booger.

Dad: Awesome.

End Scene.

The Negotiator--or how the war against the smoothie was won.

Early morning, Thursday--breakfast time (day two of operation "get son to drink new smoothie drink).

Levi: What you making me mom? What we gonna eat?

Mom: How about you try this smoothie? It's delicious. It has banana! Max and Jake LOVE smoothies.

Levi: Noooooooooo! No mom. I don't like smoothie. I want peanut butter and toast.

Mom: Okay, you can have peanut butter and toast and you can just try the smoothie. You can have both. Just one sip of smoothie!

Levi: I don't WANT a smoothie. Just peanut butter. And toast.

Mom: Sorry little dude. No peanut butter and toast without smoothie. You eat way too much toast.

Levi: I don't LIKE smoothie.

Mom: You've never even TRIED smoothie. Try it, you'll like it. Hey, if you don't just try ONE SIP of smoothie, you aren't eating toast.

Levi: (head cocked to one side, contemplating) Well...... what do I get if I don't have smoothie and toast? Cereal Bar?!? I love cereal bar.

Mom: No, I don't have any cereal bar. We are all out. But you can have a smoothie! Yummm, banana.

Levi: (falls on floor in fit of hysteria, crying etc...) ahhhhhh! I WANT a cereal bar....Please mom, please. i NEED it. Cereal baarrrrrr.....a*(@^_%Q*!!

Mom: (cringing) Okay, okay, forget it. Just toast, with peanut butter.

Levi: Okay! Yummy. I love toast. And Peanut butter.

End Scene.

We stand corrected

Levi likes to make sure we know exactly what's what.

On movies:

Hey buddy, do you want to watch the movie Up?

Levi: No, no Mommy, it's not Up, it's Down!

On himself:

Aren't you a little man!

Levi: No, no. I'm not a man, I'm a boy.

On culinary delights:

Here's some pasta for dinner, Levi.

Levi: No, daddy. That's not pasta. That's mac and cheese.

On sports:

Good job Levi. You hit the baseball.

Levi: NO! no, Mommy. That's a foul tip. That's not a good job.

Well, okay then.

Potty Training.

Scene: Early Morning, Mom exiting the bathroom

Levi: "good job mommy, good job."

I guess he needs "Levi time".

Levi: Mommy, I wanna go potty!

Mom: You need to potty Levi? Great, let's go to the potty.

(The two proceed to the potty, where Levi makes himself comfortable)

Levi: Okay, Mommy, now go way.

Mom: You want me to go away?

Levi: Yes, go A-WAY Mommy. I need privacy.

Future's so bright...

In response to Levi's request to "Turn out the lights!" as we walked down Eastern Parkway on this very sunny morning:

Problem solved.

Persistence

The scene: 6:00am, Saturday, Our Room.

Kevin has sleepily stumbled from our bed to Levi's room and returned with a very awake toddler. Kevin settles them both into bed with the hope of catching a few more zzzzs...

Levi: Mama, Daddy....WAKE UP!

Tasha: No Levi, not time yet.

Levi: Luuunch?

Kev: No Levi, go to sleep.

Levi: (trying again) Breakfuust?

Tasha: Levi, please just go night night. (rolls over and pretends to sleep)

Levi: Mac n' Cheese?

Kev: (groans) No mac n' cheese Levi, it nighttime.

Levi: b'nana?

Tasha: (still pretending), no, no b'nana.

Levi: ohs?, bar? (cheerios, cereal bar)

Kev: Levi! No. You. Sleep. (grumble, grumble)

All is silent for a while. Levi seems to settle in to the pillows; draping an arm around Tasha's head. Kevin's snores resume.

Tasha: (slowing fading into dreamland...)

Levi: Luuunch?

Words I never thought would be strung together in a sentence...

Say bye bye poo poo! 

No Levi, the tv doesn't want a cracker.  Or a kiss.

Please don't stick your hand in the toilet.

More to come...

Thanks to Amy for the pic!