Kids Say the Darndest Things – Part 2

Layla said "Daddy" way before she said "Mommy." I felt like the child was NEVER going to say Mommy (now she says it at least 200 times a day:). She even called me Daddy for a period of time. She loves her Daddy soo much. Well, Daddy is no longer Daddy to Layla, he is exclusively…"Chaaar-lee." Oooh, let me tell you, Chaaar-lee is not too happy about this one. She now greets us as "Hi Mommy, Hi Char-lee" or "Good morning Mommy, Good morning Char-lee." It is hilarious! So to help Daddy feel better about things he is only to be referred to as "Daddy" until little Layla switches back to calling her Daddy just that.. Hilarious child!

Connor has another new infatuation…statues. Not sure where he picked this up from, but either way he is fascinated with statues right now. He pretends to be a statue frequently. We bought the new animated movie Rio for the kids the other day and they LOVE it. In one of the scenes the birds are flying through Rio de Janeiro and they soar pass a huge statue of Jesus with his arms spread out to the side. Connor was FASCINATED! He immediately asked about the statue and Charlie told him “it’s a statue of Jesus.” Later that night after dinner, Connor and Layla were playing and Connor stopped, stood up, spread his arms out to the sides and said look Mom “I’m a statue of cheese-its!” It was ALL Charlie and I could do to not burst out in laughter, it was absolutely adorable! He of course meant “a statue of Jesus.” I love.that.boy!!!!!