I love this huge smile on Colton's face so I thought I would share!!

 

Last night we went to play with Zoey and Charlee!  Colton and Charlee were very excited to be together to play again.  They both seem to talk about eachother all week, so our get togethers are always a really great time.  Colton's favorite word this week is 'no'.  It seems to be his answer before he even really knows what the question is.  Austin has been testing him . . .

Austin:  Colton do you want to go to the beach?
Colton:  No
Austin:  Mommy, Colton doesn't want to go to the beach?  Colton we could wear our beach clothes.
Colton:  Oh . . . (thinking, pondering)
Austin:  So, do you want to go to the beach?
Colton:  mmmmm . . . no
And then both boys break out into laughter, since Colton has now just said the funniest thing ever. 

These little conversations are happening all the time and I love being able to listen to them.

Austin has also been very inquisitive around bed time.  I'm sure it is just a new stalling tactic but he sure does come up with some good questions.

Austin:  Mommy, I need a drink of water.
Me:  Okay.  (I head to his bathroom to get him a drink of water)
Austin:  Mommy, once I drink all of the water from my bathroom how do we get it filled back up?
Me:  Well, we have a pipe that runs from your sink to the water tower and we get water from the water tower. 
Austin:  Well, doesn't the potty water go into a pipe too? 
Me:  Yes, it does.
Austin:  Well, how does the water from the potty know where to go?  Does the potty water come back up the pipe to my sink!?! 
Me:  No, it is two different pipes.  So, the clean water comes to the sink and the potty water goes away from the house.
Austin:  Where is away?  Where does the potty water go?
Me:  To the sewer.
Austin:  And what does it do at the sewer?
Me:  The sewer is just where all of the potty water goes.
Austin:  (Clearly not convinced this is the right answer)  Oh, okay mommy.

We are looking forward to a fun weekend!!

Going to visit Jon and Clare's house!

So Austin has been persistently asking if we can go to Jon's.  I don't know if the cold weather is making him want to head out to Jon's where it is sunny or what.  But, about every other day he will ask me when we are going to Jon's.  Here is how one the conversations rolled out . . .

Austin:  "Mommy, can we go bowling some day?"
Me:  "Yes Austin, that would be a very fun thing to do some day."
Austin:  "Then after bowling can we go to Jon's?"
Me:  "Well, it is a really long drive to Jon's, so we have to plan out a trip.  And then we can go there."
Austin:  "Well, Colton and I will sleep the whole way and you could make pbj's for us to eat in the car for lunch.  That way we won't even have to stop.  We can just sleep and eat sandwiches until we get there!"

This morning on the way to school . . .

Austin:  "Are we doing anything on Thursday?"
Me:  "Nothing special planned."
Austin:  "Well, let's go to Jon's on Thursday!"
Me:  "Well, Austin, Thursday is only two days away and I have to work so that isn't very much time to plan a trip to Jon's house."
Austin:  "Well, two days is a long time mommy.  You can just tell your work that you have to go to Jon's on Thursday."  (He says this with his adorable shoulder shrug, while his hands are in the air)

He has got it all figured out, that's for sure!!