Counting

Phillip is totally into counting. He counts everything! We're now working on the 13 - 20 part, but he's doing well. At dinner the other night, he was counting something (there is no telling what!) and he stopped at 8. Andrew chimes in,

"9, 10, 11, 12!"

Way too smart for his own good! See ya later alligator...

Phillip's Stage Debut

We just finished VBS at our church. I taught and Phillip got to participate. On Sunday night, June 15th, the church held VBS family night. This is where all the parents come and get to experience a little of what the kids did each day. The kids also got to demonstrate some of the songs they learned in music class with Mrs. Brenda. Since Phillip has never been on stage before, we had to bust out the video camera and get it all on tape. Since I had to be on stage with the kids I taught, Chris stepped up and played camera man. The following video is the 4 yr olds, Pre-K (kids who have finished Pre-K), and Kindergarten (kids who have finished Kindergarten) classes singing "Teach Me" and "I Can Do". The woman in the blue flowered shirt is Mrs. Brenda and the ladies in the green shirts are some of the teachers and helpers. Phillip is mostly in the middle of the shot with the yellow lei on and you can see me during the first song at the very top center of the screen. We had to cut out the first couple of minutes of the video (don't worry, we didn't cut any of the singing), due to size constraints. Sorry, Grandmom and Granddad, we'll show you the whole thing next time we see you. (For some reason, blogger wasn't letting me upload the video, so I used YouTube. It really decreased the quality and made it very pixelated. I will maybe try again to get better quality, but at least it's posted!) I hope you enjoy Phillip's stage debut!

See ya later alligator...

Spider-Man and Super Man

Phillip got a Spider-Man costume for his birthday. It's just been sitting around and he hasn't really mentioned it...until today. He woke up from his nap asking if he could put on his Spider-Man costume, so he put it on.

Soon after, Andrew woke up from his nap. When I came walking out of his room holding him, Phillip was standing there in his costume. Andrew's face was priceless! He was really scared, he let out this little wimper and couldn't stop staring. I said that it was just Phillip in a costume. He said, "Oh.", but I don't think he really believed me. Then Phillip said, "It's just me, Phillip." and Andrew was still staring. Then, Phillip lifted the face mask and showed him and he got this big smile and said, "Oh." again.

Then, when I laid Andrew down to change his diaper, he kept saying that he was Spider-Man and I said, "No, Phillip is Spider-Man." So, I asked Phillip if he wanted to be Spider-Man for Halloween and he said that he did. So, I said to Andrew, "Well, Phillip is going to be Spider-Man, so how about you being Super Man?" He said, without hesitation, "Yeah! I'm Super Man!" He then went running out of his room like he was some sort of super hero. I think he thought that meant there would be a costume for him too! Considering the child doesn't even know who Super Man is, he was pretty darn excited! I wonder if these choices will hold up for Halloween or not?!?

Frustration

Here's a conversation between me and Phillip today on the way home from his doctor's appointment.

Me: Breathing a big, exasperated sigh because the person in front of me took forever and a day to turn.
Phillip: Are you so frustrated mommy?
Me: Yes, Phillip, I am.
Phillip: How are you so frustrated mommy? (He uses the word 'how' for the word 'why'.)
Me: Because the people in front of us took a long time to turn.
Phillip: They took a long time to turn? I know mommy, I know. (All soothing and comforting, like he was the parent!)

They really do say the darndest things! See ya later alligator...

Ding Dong

I need to give you a little background information to make this story even funnier. From the time that Phillip & Andrew were little, Chris' mom would push their belly buttons and say, "Ding Dong", like it was a doorbell. We still do it to both of them and they love doing it themselves whenever they see their belly button.

We went swimming this afternoon. We normally strip the kids out of their wet suits and bring them in wrapped in a towel. I had Andrew on his changing table, finishing drying him off. As little boys do, he started playing with himself while I was finishing up. He then started pushing it and saying, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong!!" It was too funny, because technically, he was right!! I said, "No, you do that with your belly button." and put his finger in the right place. He looked a bit confused, but then it was time to get dressed, so he forgot about it.

See ya later alligator...

Phillip's 4th Birthday

Phillip is now 4!!! That is totally unbelievable (at least to me!). He actually turned 4 on May 24th, but his party wasn't until the 31st, so that's when we celebrated. When we first started talking about his birthday a few months ago, he told me he wanted to go bowling for his party. Ironically, the child has never been bowling in his life. But, he's been saying that's what he wanted to do ever since I first asked him, so that's what we did. We invited 10 of his closest friends to come to the bowling alley and celebrate with us.
And we all had a blast!!

He was also very specific in that he wanted a "Spider-Man cake with icing and 4 candles, balloons, and decorations" at his party, so he got that as well. My friend Madeline made this awesome Spider-Man cake, isn't it fabulous?!? Thanks again Madeline!


Here's Phillip blowing out his 4 candles, which he'd been practicing all weekend. That's our friend Wesley to the right just helping him out a little! And that's Wesley's mama, Nancy, holding his arm and trying desperately to get her child out of there before he blew them out himself.
(Don't worry Nancy, I don't think Phillip even noticed he had a little help!)


And now, how about a trip down Birthday Memory Lane...

Here's Phillip on his 3rd Birthday at Pump It Up, what a big boy he is!!

Here's Phillip on his 2nd Birthday, we celebrated at home that year.
Can you tell how much he loves cake?!?

Here is Phillip turning 1 at Frank Brown Park. We're very lucky that this catastrophic cake event did not traumatize him on birthdays and cake for the rest of his life. Mommy did a very poor job of planning the party and decided to have it during nap time, not a smart idea. He was upset from the second we put him in his high chair, we had to force him to even touch the cake. And he continued to be upset until we got him out of there. Best laid plans...

Here is Phillip on his Birth Day at the hospital. What a sweet boy he is!!

I'll be posting more about his great gifts later, but wanted to get these posted for those of you who couldn't be there. Happy Birthday Phillip! You're growing up too fast.