Things He Says

Driving past a Wendy's Kurt says, "Oh, I think we're hungry"

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After he'd gotten in trouble and I was leaving, "Don't walk away! Just be here!"

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I laid my head on Kurt's tummy and heard it growl so I told him was tummy was talking to me and it told me he was hungry. Then I thought he tooted so I asked him if his bum was talking to me. He giggled and said no. A few minutes later, he really did toot and Brandon looked at him with pretend aghast. And Kurt smiled and said, "My bum is just talking."

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Trying to decide where to eat dinner one night when we were in Chicago Brandon said, "Do you want breadsticks? Do you want pizza? Do you want a hotdog?" Kurt said emphatically, "No! I don't want any of that healthy stuff!"

Interview with a 3 year old

Q: What is the best part about being 3?
A: Opening presents is fun and going on the slip slide

Q: What was your favorite present?
A: A train - henry train

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Thomas the train engine-the thomas the tank engine book, dick and jane, the train book,

Q: What's your favorite big boy thing to do?
A: Watch shows and play games

Q: What is your favorite thing to do?
A: eat breakfast, then watch movies, then eat bumble gum, then play!

Q: What is your favorite breakfast food?
A: Um, lucky charms

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: "Sandwench"

Q: What is your favorite color?
A: Orange!

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Lightening McQueen guy

Q: Who is your best friend?
A: You! (that'd be mommy)

Q: What do you want be when you grow up?
A: Trumpet, a police guy, a looker, a fight the zoramite guy, a fixer, a practicer, firetruck man and spray all the fire away, baseball guy, a soccer guy... (he adds to the list all the time now)

Q: What is your favorite scripture story?
A: The bad zoramite and Norman (Mormon) and Joseph Smith

Q: What is your favorite word?
A: Train!

Q: Who's your favorite brother? (A trick question since he's only got 1)
A: Luke! (And he got it right! What a smart guy :) )

What a Slugger!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KURT

Outside fun and games. Only these two seemed interested in this fun toy

Ball Park Style Lunch - corndogs, nachos, gatoradeBirthday Cake
We love you! Chinata Time!! Batter Up!

As weak as I thought it was, none of the little boys could break it. Brandon ended up whacking it to pieces and then dumping all the candy out.

Birthday Cake

Chinata

I wanted to start a birthday tradition for the boys and decided on making a pinata. Kurt cannot pronounce that word, so he calls them chinata's. Here I am, making the shell.

The very tedious process of tissuing begins...
Adding the stitching...

The finished product

Chicago

Brandon had a pedagogy conference in Chicago so we all decided to tag along and play while he was busy learning.

Our first stop became the ER. After taking a nap at the hotel shortly after our arrival, we went down to the pool. There I noticed that Kurt had a dirty belly button. When I tried to clean it out, I discovered that it wasn't dirt, but a bug- burrowing in. Not wanting to attempt a removal, our only option (at 6pm) was the local ER. 4 hours later...the ER so slow...we were discharged and told to watch for syptoms of lime disease. What a way to start our trip - getting a tick in your hotel room!

The next day the little boys and I visited the Brookfield Zoo. I'd read that it was supposed to be one of the best in the country.
They have a really cool real life, real size dinasour exhibit right now. I didn't get many still shots b/c I was trying to drive the stroller and video the exhibit for Brandon to see. The dinosaurs moved their head/necks and tails and made their real sounds. Kurt spent the entire exhibit with his hands over his ears. He told me when we got out that he didn't like dinosaurs anymore.

Kurt really liked the zebra - he called it Marty..."Melman" lived across the way and he thought that was cool.

Always fun to see a Bald Eagle up close

The bears were very active. They'd just gotten fed. This guy was still working on his fish. A fun picture moment. Two little Joeys.

They had a few areas really set up for little ones. This building was great for them. We went later in our day so they could get out of the stroller and run around and play. They could play with animal toys, design their own zoo, be a fish, explore some tunnels, do some crafts, "water" the plants in the greenhouse...They also had a do-it-yourself face paint station. Kurt started on his own, making himself a whale. I wasn't sure how to help make his face look like a whale, so it just stayed blue.

And he decided Luke needed to be a tiger. Mom did this painting though.

Zonked after a long, fun day at the zoo