The Things They Say Part 2

Eli has been a hoot lately...

During bedtime prayers...
Eli: "thank you for mama, thank you for papa, thank you for baby Julia, thank you for Flynn, thank you for my bed, thank you for Mickey's castle, thank you for beef.... (pause)... Mama, I prayed for beef!" He thought it was so funny that beef came out of his mouth. I did too. We both cracked up. His prayers are really funny. He is obsessed with the story of Moses and sometimes wants to pray for Pharaoh and baby Moses.


Eli: "Mama, you married Papa."
Me: "Yes."
Eli: "I want to marry you too."
Me: "You can't marry me, I am already married to papa."
Eli: "I just want to marry Elsa." (character from Frozen)

Eli was watching something on the computer. When he didn't do something I asked, I told him to turn off the show on the TV. He said "it's not a TV Mama." (When did Eli become a sarcastic teenager?!)

Eli: "Mama.. are you a lady?"
Me: "Yes, I am a lady."
Eli: "Don't be a lady ever again."

George and I were having a serious discussion and were getting ready to pray. We hadn't noticed Eli laying nearby and when he looked worried, I said "don't worry eli. You know that everything is ok right?" He sadly shook his head. I asked him "why not" and he pointed to a shelf that had a gaping hole where our TV used to sit. (It had caught on fire a few days prior). I am glad his biggest worry was the broken TV! It was nice to laugh in that serious moment.

Eli loves Mary Poppins. We often sing songs from the soundtrack. One day we were singing the "Perfect Nanny" song and I laughed when I heard him sing "we won't hide your spectacles so you can't see, put toots in your bed and pepper in your tea." The line actually says "put toads in your bed." I cracked up thinking about his two year old mind thinking the kids were tooting in the nanny's bed!

Eli: (Holding up his finger with a band aid that was wrinkled in one spot) "Mama....My band aid is crunkled!" I love that he said "crunkled" instead of "wrinkled", I didn't bother correcting him. That's one that can stay incorrect.

Speaking of "Actually," Eli loves to use it. It always makes me laugh when he throws it in a sentence.

After going #2 in the potty:
Me: "Good job Eli!"
Eli: "It's a sausage one!"