Mother's Day

My Mom Helps Me Grow:

My mother is the most wonderful mother in the whole world. I like to make her smile by helping her do the dishes. I think she smells like mommy. She's as pretty as her fox shirt. My mom likes to go to the restaurant. Orange is her favorite color. Her favorite food is sandwiches, but they are different than mine. I think my mom is 28 years old, and she's almost as tall as Daddy. My mom is very smart and knows a lot about books. I think my mom is funny when we dance. Did you have a good day? is her favorite thing to say. I like it best when she takes me to the playground. Before I go to bed, my mom eats dinner with us. My favorite time with her is when we be together.

Happy Mother's Day!

Beckett

Written at preschool in May 2014


Hats Off to Mom:

My mom wears many hats in our family.

My mom is a teacher. She taught me to zip my hard jacket.

My mom is a magician. She can always find lost things. Once she found my really small train engineer.

My mom is a chauffeur. She drives me to the toy store in summer.

My mom is a sanitation worker. When she sees my room she says "It looks great!"

My mom is a cook. I love it when she makes quesadillas.

My mom is a nurse. She always makes me feel better when I get hurt.

My mom is the best mom ever!

Written at preschool in May 2014.

On Felix

Felix: Inconsolable after waking from his nap.
Beckett: I think Felix misses his dad.

Felix: gabahranoebkju adkh.
Beckett: Felix says baby words.

After all of Felix's naps: Did Felix take ten naps?

Mother's Day Card

My mother is the most wonderful mother in the whole world. She's as pretty as I like. She is 2 and 1 old, and she's 69 - 8 - 7 tall. Her favorite food is salad. In the good old days, when my mom was little, she used to eat little things. I think my mom is funny when she plays toys with me. I like it best when my mom play, "Yes, you can!" with me. I wouldn't trade my mom for rolling a ball!

Happy Mother's Day

Love,
Beckett

On Summer

B: "Is it summer or still winter?" Asked everyday this winter.
B: "Is it summer or still spring?" Asked everyday this spring.

B: Is it summer or still spring?
Me: It's summer vacation.
B: It's summer. I'm sooo happy.
B: It's summer concation.

B: When it's summer I will go camping, potty train, and have my birthday.

Move It Jagger

Beckett loves the "I've Got the Moves Like Jagger" Song. Loves it. Every time it comes on the radio he says, "It's the Move It song. I love this song."

At the playground there is a steering wheel. Beckett pretends he is driving a car to the playground and the "Move It Jagger" song is playing on the radio. It's pretty funny to hear him sing "I got the moves like Jagger. I got the moves like Jagger."

The Potty

B: Dad. I will you use the potty. And you can wipe my bum. That is your job.

B: When your body tells you to go potty you go potty. When your body does not tell you to go potty you still play.

B: Look at that huge pine cone.

B: I love potty songs.

B insists that underwear is for his birthday.

B Says

At the barbershop with Nate
B: "Oh. You guys are two guys."
One of the guys: "And you are one guy."

Upon returning from my exile in the basement, I can hear that Felix is crying upstairs in his room with Caitlin:
"Mom, Mom I am so glad you are here because Felix needs you. FELIX, FELIX Mommy is here. ... I will go get Felix."
He runs upstairs to get his brother. So sweet.

Upon dropping Caitlin off at home:
"Caitlin thanks for coming to my home."

We are in the car taking Caitlin back to her house, and we see Max on his bike.
B: Oh Max's bike have training wheels like mines.
Me: Your bike?
B: My bike is at the tent store. (REI)

Me: Beckett, we need to go pick up Caitlin.
B: I not want to pick up Caitlin.
Me: Why not?
B: Because I need you.

Stuff B Says

"Felix is crying. He have crying things coming out of his eyes."

"No mommy. You tell me." Said whenever he doesn't want to make a decision or answer a question.

"Daddy can take care of me." or "Daddy takes care of me."

Beckett and Daddy have started telling really elaborate train stories in bed at night. Beckett is the engineer, Mommy is the conductor, Daddy is the fireman or the brakeman. Felix is in the caboose. Beckett does more everything. He won't let Daddy apply the brakes. Felix a boy wonder and fixes the train, builds the tunnels, and fixes the tracks. The passengers on Beckett railway aren't very happy. Stations are often passed by and sometimes the passengers get kicked out of the train.

One result of the train stories is that Beckett is really eager to go to bed. He starts asking if Daddy is coming home very early in the day, like on the way home from preschool. One day, the moment that daddy got home, Beckett told him he was ready to go to bed.

"Felix, you the cutest baby." "What's the matter Felix?"

Listening to the radio in the car: "Is this the move-it song?" (I've Got the Moves Like Jagger was playing) or "Oh, I like this song" (said to all sorts of random songs.)

Sticky

B (laughing): Felix's hands are sticky now.
Me: Well, stop letting him touch your sucker.
B: But he wants to touch my sucker.
Don't I know it.

Warm Pants

B: "Momma, you wash my warm pants? Thanks for washing my warm pants, Momma."

Pretend Phone Calls

Beckett on a pretend call on a toy phone:
"Hi Daddy. You're driving in the car? ... You're at work already? ... I'm at home. ... Playing patty cake. ... Mark it with a D and put it in the oven for Daddy and me. ... Okay. Thanks for talking to me. Talk to you later. Bye."

Laundry

Beckett is really into doing laundry right now. He will load the washing machine while I sort the clothes. He will take the wet clothes from the washing machine and put them in the dryer, and he will take the dry clothes from the dryer and put them in a basket. He sometimes will even go load or unload unbidden.

I not like it anymore.

Say this in a really sad, whiny voice to sound like Beckett. This phrase always makes me laugh.

Moaning

Felix has a moany cry, and Beckett, seeing how effective this cry is, has started moaning too. It's like I have two babies. It drives me crazy. We've had lots of talks about not moaning and talking instead. Maybe it's sinking in because the other day Beckett said, "Moaning is for Felix."

Mommy's Room

Beckett talks about Beckett's room, Felix's room, and Daddy's room. When I asked him where Mommy's room is he said, "Maybe there" and pointed to the bathroom.

Sweeping

While sweeping the floor to his best 3-year-old ability Beckett says to me, "I love this game, Momma."

Shot

Beckett after getting a shot at the doctor's:
"So nice of the doctor give a band-aid a me."

Chattanooga

In bed in Chattanooga Beckett tells me what we are going to do the next day:

"Go a car. See Grammy. Get some nummas. See Grandpa. Say "my pal Beckett." See a temple. See trains. See train tracks. Have fun."

Nate had told him about what was going to happen the next day. He added the train and train tracks himself. It all came true.

Power

We had no power for 3 days. On the 4th day when the power was back on B came downstairs and said to me, "When the power's out need a flashlight, mom."

3 Years

At his 3-year check-up:

Weight: 34 lbs. (74%)
Height: 40.8 in. (off the chart high)
BMI: 14.4 (6%)