Jackisms...

"What we do next?"

That is Jack's new phrase. As soon as we finish something, get dressed, get into the car, etc., he will say "What we do next, Mommy?" "Where we go next?" He started this about two months ago when Nana had taken him to Chuckie Cheese. When they were done and Nana loaded him into the car seat in her car he exclaimed: "What we do next, Nana?" Since then he wants to know the plans and wants to know constantly, "What we do next?"

Jack is also still very very interested in numbers and letters and begs to play with letters. He couldn't be happier than when and adult is playing with him and helping him "spell". He always is begging us to help him "spell something". He can spell four words by himself: Jack, Mommy, Boo and Poop (don't ask!) And he can sound out all of the letters of words....he just hasn't jumped to the point of putting all of the sounds together to make it into a word. He is pretty amazing though.

The other day he asked me to paint his toenails rojo (he loves to use Spanish words whenever he can squeeze them into our conversations). So, after he had asked me a few times, I agreed and painted his toenails red. He was so proud as now his toes looked "just like Mommy." I told him that he better not make a big deal about them because Daddy wasn't going to like it very much. He then looked at me with a terrible look on his face and said, "Daddy is going to kill me!" Where did he get that?

Then last weekend, when he wanted to go upstairs to see Nana while she was sleeping and I told him to get back downstairs, he said, "Mommy, stop yelling at me!" What????

Then yesterday, when I went outside to move the sprinklers and told him to stay inside while I did it, he opened the door and began to follow me down the steep deck stairs outside. Paul immediately tried to stop him and Jack said, "Leave, me alone!" and then as Paul grabbed his arm as he was going down the stairs, Jack twisted his arm free and said, "Leave...Me..A..LONE!!!!"

Then while sitting with his Nana...after she told him that they could eat and then they could read a book, he looked at her and said, "That sounds like a good idea!"

He's not even 2 1/2!!!!

We have a little stink pot (a smart one) on our hands.

Jack is also very social. He walks up to everyone and says, "What's your name?" all smiling and friendly. Most children his age won't respond and I see his little face saddening. It breaks my heart to see that.

My little baby (He does not want to be called a boy or a kid as he insists that he is a "BABY!") is such a little mini-adult. But at night when he snuggles up next to us in bed and falls into that deep sleep, he looks so sweet and innocent that he is for all purposes my tiny little baby....FOREVER!