Just Hangin' Out at the Pumpkin Farm

Hangin' out in a giant red adirondack at Lynd's!

The Darndest Things

Following my last blog post, Jason reminded me of more Emerson-isms, worth sharing...

 

• "Hi babe.” --- Greeting me when I come home from work.
• "You gotta be kidding me." and related..."Are you kidding me with this _____." The blank includes shirt, rain, traffic, etc.
• "How was your work?" --- In response to "How was your day at school?"
• "Is it pumpkin time, yet?" --- Emerson thinks Halloween is actually "pumpkin time." I won't correct it.
• "That is so weird." --- Usually about things that are, in fact, not weird.
• "Aaaaaaawkward." --- More often than not, he uses this correctly. Except when he told his teacher, "Miss Emily, you look awkward today." I'm regularly telling him he can't use this word until he understands it.
• "You are a good cook." --- After I set the bag of Chipotle burritos on the table. And he's sincere.
• "Next time. Next time." --- As in, when we go to the store, next time, he's going to be good. And next time, he will be on green all day (stoplight of behavior at school...green, yellow, red).
• While showering, he told me, "I'm getting bigger, Mommy. I'm a big boy now. My feet are bigger. My legs are bigger. My penis is bigger. My belly is bigger." He was clearly working from the toes up. Clearly.
• Some people call them Pinocchio and Scooby Doo. Emerson calls them, "Pokie Dokie" and "Scoobadie Goo.”

 (If you're subscribed to this blog, and got it twice, I had to go back in and update the spacing. It was weird. And awkward.)

I hope everyone gets to experience the wonders of toddlerhood.

"E" is for Vocab-Rich Elephant

A way of saying things.

"Go, babe." --- If I linger too long at a green light. Total mimic of Jason. It sounds like "bebb."
"No, we're good." --- In response to if he and Jason needed anything before I came upstairs.
"Don't eat my food, Daddy." --- If he gets up from the table for a potty trip. Every time. Jason swears he's never taken his food, but I wonder.
"Ello, Guvnah!" --- In his best British accent.
"I love you the most." --- Although he says it to many people, I, of course, think he only means it when he says it to me. Smart boy. The girls are going to love him.

Memory of an elephant!

Recently, he heard the "Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go..." song and recalled when Jason used to sing that to him as a baby. He often tells me about Mia holding him when he was a baby. I typically chalk this up to him seeing pictures, but I don't rule out that he actually remembers it. And when seeing me with a Yuengling in hand, told me it was Auggie's. This is likely from when we were in Hilton Head and Beth was often seen with baby Auggie in one hand, and a Yuengling in the other. He remembered the can, for Pete's sake.

He continues to tell me about his brothers and sisters in his belly. Currently, "Mylacole" (sister) is on the sidewalk. His two brothers "Shockashow" and "Shockashoe" are in his belly. "Baby Braxton" (a sister) is way way way in his belly. And she's screaming because her leg hurts. But we can't hear her because she's way way way in his belly. (This one concerned me a little bit.) This all traces back to my pregnancy earlier this year as well as lots of school friends getting younger brothers and sisters. Including, you guessed it, Baby Braxton. Braxton is the younger brother of Jet, one of Emerson's very close pals at school. The rest are genuine creations of Emerson.

"That stop sign is an octagon."

In addition to dozens of songs by heart, he can mostly say our prayer at mealtime and bedtime. With a little help, of course. We're impressed lately with his knowledge of shapes, and his ability to find them everywhere. He identified the semicircle trash can. The octagon stop sign. The rectangle chalk board. The pentagon street sign. You get the idea. He's drawing most of these shapes, as well as watermelons, faces, and lots of Fs, Hs, Es and Ls. And all of the Es are "my Es" according to Emerson.

We continue to be amazed, every day, of what this little boy is capable of. He teaches us so much.

These two pictures warm my heart.

He's trying to help Berlynn climb the ramp at the pumpkin farm last weekend.



Pumpkins - Take One.

We love this time of year. We love pumpkins. We love bonfires. We love changing leaves. We love football. We love cooler weather. You get the idea...we love fall. There are so many great fall traditions! We used to go to Jacquemin farms when we lived in Dublin (2008, 2009 and 2010), but since moving, we're heading to some new places. This past weekend, we went to Dill's. They had tons of kid activities, and Emerson and Berlynn were fully worn out by the time we left! Berlynn was asleep before they got home. And Emerson stayed awake in the car, but was asleep within 15 seconds of hitting his pillow and slept for 4.5 hours. Next weekend, we're headed to Lynd's to get out in the patch and select our pumpkins for carving! So much fun can be exhausting!

VIP at the New Albany Classic

For the second year in a row, we've been lucky enough to get VIP passes to the New Albany Classic, courtesy of Auntie Jeeka. This year, Poppy was also able to go. Emerson had a great time...horses, petting zoo, rides, and lots of good food! He even got his own I.D. card with the New Albany police department. This will be great to show him down the road...when he's getting brought home by that same police department for causing mischief.

And I know he had fun for a couple reason. He told me. And he took at 3.5 hour nap afterward.

We love horsies!

I'm pretty sure he'll have a full-size version of this one day.

Slide time!

He's taking his job very seriously. Or maybe just trying to impress his cute passenger.

Since he didn't get the "polka dot dog" (dalmatian), he settled for the "zreba."

We loved these little piggies!

Down the slide again with Jess!