"Nathan-isms"

Nathan has been cracking us up lately....he is the funniest kid.  I'm sure a lot of it is his age.  Aren't Kindergarteners notorious for saying cute things?  He's always quoting movies, and does some pretty hilarous impersonations.  My favorite is when he imitates "Charlotte" from the Princess and the Frog.  I know, it doesn't sound that funny, but let me tell you, when he says those lines with a southern accent and that whatever she does in her throat ("I thought wishin' on stars was for babies n' craaaazy people..."), he has us rolling on the floor!

The other day I bought him some Scooby Snacks (graham crackers shaped like dog treats) and he was worried that someone might get confused and think they were really dog food.  So, he made a sign:

 "Scooby Snacks, actually"

Here are a few things he's said recently that have made me smile:

Nathan had been begging for cherries, so we bought some, brought them home and washed them for a snack.  After he ate one he said, "That's it!  I'm buying seeds for a cherry tree in our back yard!"

He has a little friend who always shares her fruit roll up with him at snack time.  On his birthday she tore it apart and gave him the bigger piece because of his special day.  As he was telling me about it he said, "In my mind I was thinking, 'It's not that big of a deal.  It's only a birthday!'"

I had asked Nathan to check the mail for me when we got home from school.  Ryan and I waited on the porch as he ran down a couple of houses to the mail box.  He was taking longer than usual and I was about to walk down and see if he was okay when I heard him yell, "Mom, I'm not lost!  There's just SO MUCH mail!"

When I was steaming broccoli for dinner one night, Nathan was wondering what the horrible smell was.  I told him that broccoli kind of smells funny when you cook it, so when Scott walked in from work Nathan called to him, "Dad, don't breathe the air!  You'll get broccoli in your nose!"

From the bathroom one afternoon:  "Don't worry, Mom!  It's just me in the bathroom, not a robber!"

Good to know!

We were going out for a walk the other day and Scott asked Nathan if he wanted to ride his scooter or walk.  Nathan said, "Dad, I can ride my roller blades.  I'm pretty much a professional."

A little while back I had organized all of Nathan's things into different baskets on his shelves.  I told him what I had done he asked what organizing was.  I explained that it was making a special place for your things so that you always knew where they were and where to put them when you needed to clean them up.  A few days later I noticed him unloading the baskets and putting everything in a different place.  When I asked what he was doing, he said he was "UN-organizing" his room.  *Sigh.*  Everything made it back into a basket though, and the room looked clean, so I figured we'd deal with it later.  The next day Ryan got one of the baskets and dumped it all over to play with the toys.  Nathan said, in an exasperated tone (which I'm sure he's never heard from me!), "Ryan...I just spent a long time unorganizing all of this!"  Welcome to my world, Nathan. :)

I sure love this kid, and I'm so thankful that he is in our family.  He definitely keeps us laughing!