Quote of the day Wednesday January 28 2009

Sarah: "I love you so much Ben"
Ben: "I love you too Mummy.......because you are such a sweet girl."
Just melts my heart.

Blast from the past......

Okay this is in reaction to Ruth's post "Trains do my bidding"

Two of Ben's first words were "bus" (meaning bus obviously) and "moungee" (meaning monkey) around this time he was pretty obsessed with both buses and monkeys. He would point them out everywhere. Then the most amazing thing happened........... Telus launched it's monkey ads. And then plastered these adds all over T.T.C. buses. Resulting in plentiful "Moungee-bus"s. I'll never forget the first time he saw one of these adverts on a bus, he was so excited;
"Moungee!...Bus!... Moungee!... Bus!.......... Moungeebus! Moungeebus!"
No wonder he thinks the universe bends to his will!

Snow! Snow! And More Snow!

It's hard to believe so much snow fell today. Well I guess that's Canada for ya. When there's no thaw between snow falls it can really start piling up. I know one person at least who really doesn't mind. He had to tunnel through the snow bank at the edge of the drive way to get to the lawn! After we finished shoveling we decided to talk a snowy walk around the block, and Ben insisted on bringing his shovel, so that he could plow the street......

Of the rosey cheecks and the snow covered.....

Quotes of the day- January 14th 2009

Today I have more than one, and the day isn't even over yet! I guess it's just a funny sort of day.

Shortly after a somewhat sticky breakfast:
Ben:" From now on, I'm not going to wash my hands. Instead, I will wipe them very slowly on my sweater."
Me: "No Ben."
Ben: "On your sweater?"

I'm in the kitchen putting cups away, and my leg is being repeated whacked (gently) with a large stuffed polar bear while Ben is joyfully singing a song I've never heard before:
"Swing your bear side to side,
side to side,
into every single little Mummy,
Swing your bear side to side,
side to side.
And do the actions,
of the polar bear activity"
At this point I just about collapsed with laughter so I didn't get to hear the rest of the song.

A little while later this self same polar bear was "talking" (Ben has a special voice that he uses when he makes his toys talk, it's very high pitched.):
Bear: "I'm a dog, I'm certain! I'm a dog, I'm certain!"
Ben: "Mummy he's lying!"
Bear: "I'm a dog, I'm certain! I'm a dog, I'm certain!"
Ben: "Mummy, he's lying he says he's a dog when he is clearly a bear!"

Quote of the day January 12th 2009

Sarah: "It was like a long time ago."
Ben: "How long ago Mummy?"
Sarah: "Like over a thousand years ago."
Ben: "Is that a long time ago?"
Sarah: "Yes, a very, very long time ago."
Ben: "Like when you and Daddy lived on Keele st?"

It's extremely difficult to explain the concept of time (especially to someone who barely has a three year frame of reference). I never thought about it overly much until I had to explain it. It don't like to think about it for too long, 'cause it kinda freaks me out.

Why snow is fun!

Daddy can do the drive way and I'll do the lawn!