Will-isms Part 6

Wow! It's been a little over two months since my last "Will-isms" post!

1) (Apr) Looking at a book with Will, a character is looking through a monocular. At the time, I blanked on what that was called and when he asked his favorite question ("What's that boy doing?"... he's forever asking what everyone is doing, even if he knows the answer... I suppose that's better than "why?"), I sort of stumbled and said "I forget, buddy. We'll have to look that up." He replied "It's a telescope, mommy!" Similar, but not exactly. I was just surprised he knew the word telescope so casually.
2) (Apr) I'm browning some ground beef for dinner and Will wants to watch. He says "It kinda' looks like worms, mommy." Gross comparison, but I love that he makes that connection.
3) (Apr) Will spots the moon in the sky above our chimney and tells me so. He adds "The moon is a crescent, mommy." How does he KNOW that word???
4) (Apr) Will's been very observant/curious about private parts lately. Often, when we go in the bathroom for him to pee on the potty, I go pee on the big potty too. He must have glanced when I was pulling up my pants because he asked me "Where's your junk, mommy?" I told him it's not called junk and that mommy doesn't have a penis like Will & daddy. I add that boys have penises, but girls (like mommy & Sophie) don't have penises. Then I silently pray that we move on before he thinks to ask me what girls have. I prefer to teach him proper names and not silly nicknames, but I'm not sure I'm ready to discuss the word "vagina" with my 2 year old son. Instead, he asks me "Does Diego have a penis?" I say "yes, he's a boy." He asks "Does doggy have a penis?" I ask "Is doggy a boy?" Will says "yes", so I ask "Then what do you think?" He says "yes". And then out of the blue the next morning he asks Craig "Where's doggy's penis?" :) Craig wasn't a part of this initial conversation so this totally caught him off guard - LOL. He has since asked me "what girls have" and I've told him but did not elaborate except to say "but we don't have to talk about that unless you really want to." Thank God he dropped it.
5) (Apr) At Sophie's party, Will puts on his rain boots and starts heading out the door saying "I'll be back", as though he's a teenager heading out to a movie. Whoa! That's a scary foreshadowing! Of course, we stop him (it's also raining) but it's funny that he was so casual about it.
6) (Apr) Craig's singing "Old MacDonald had a farm", and says "and on his farm he had a Will, E-I-E-I-O." (My boys sing CONSTANTLY.) Will jumps in with "No, he didn't have a Will - sing it the right way, daddy."
7) (Apr) At dinner, Will tells me to "shake your head 'no'". I don't know why he wants me to but I do and he smiles (pleased that I'm playing along) and does the same. Then he says "nod your head 'yes'". Again, I'm surprised he knows the word "nod"! I do what he says - praising him for his use of that word - and he smiles and mimics again.
8) (Apr) Playing with the fridge farm by himself in the kitchen, Will says "Silly songs make me laugh." :) That kid is so cute.
9) (2009/2010?) For a long time now, Will has called bumble bees: "bungle bees" - rhymes with jungle. I just love it!
10) (May) Going to bed at Kelly's house (temporarily) since we were there for a game night. Sophie is nearby in the pack 'n play and Will is laying down in the guest bed. So I tell Will if he's going to talk or sing (as usual) he needs to whisper so he doesn't wake Sophie. He was so good that night and did very well staying in bed and whispering. I told him I'd come up to check on him a few times and, one of the first times, he proudly told me "I whispered the 'ABC's', mommy, so I wouldn't wake up the cows and goats." How thoughtful. He can't go to Kelly's house without thinking constantly of the farm animals.
11) (May) Aunt Casey is babysitting and just finished reading a book to Will before nap time. Randomly, he tells her "Boys have junk called penises. Girls don't have penises. They have belly buttons." :) That's true...
12) (May) Will colored two pictures of cowboys and then asked if we could hang them on the fridge "for decoration".
13) (May) Sometimes Will takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R to finish his lunch when he knows he's taking a nap after. Today I'm getting impatient and trying to hurry him along and get him to stop talking and singing. He asks me "Are you cranky, mommy?" LOL
14) (May) Coming up from the basement, I'm trying to get Will to follow me because I have my hands full and don't really want him playing downstairs by himself. So I say "I'm going to go up. Will you come right behind me?" He starts to follow and says "I'm right on your tail, mommy." :) Where on Earth does he get this stuff?
15) (May) Warning!: this one is a little graphic. For a little while now, Will has been telling me what letter or number his poop or pee is shaped like after he goes in the little potty. Like if he only tinkles a little and it doesn't cover the bottom of the little potty, he examines and thinks it looks like a number. He'll tell me "Look, mommy! My pee looks like a 6!" or "It's a zero, mommy!" Another time, he finished pooping, stood up and said "It's a 'U'!"...(then turning to the side a little..."No, it's a 'C'!" LOL
16) (May) On the way home from the car show with daddy, Will says (totally out of no where, as most all of his funnies are) "My names are 'Champ' and 'Partner'." Those are the nicknames that Craig often calls him. So Craig taught him the word "nickname".
17) (May) Craig and Will are upstairs together while Craig's getting ready for work. While Craig is standing at the toilet to pee, Will comes over to see.
Will: Are you peeing, daddy?
Craig: Yes.
Will: That's a nice, big penis, daddy.
LOL - I about died when I heard this! :) And as an aside, I asked Craig first if he would mind me sharing this one and his response was "Of course not! Why would I mind if everyone thinks that of me?" Haha.
18) (May) At dinner time, I'm starting to get a little frazzled because Craig's out mowing the lawn, we're already getting a late start following a family bike ride, and both kids are getting impatient as I'm trying to get our meal on the table and answer the phone. Sophie's in her high chair fussing and squawking as she often does at dinner time and I say to her in a very exasperated tone "Come ooooonnn, Sophie! Give me a break! Just be quiet for a little bit. I'm hurrying!" Then Will says to me "Don't yell at Sophie, mommy. She doesn't like it when you yell. It makes her sad. She wants to be happy. So try to be nice, mommy." I can always count on Will to keep me in check. :) I apologized to both kids and changed my attitude.
19) (May) Same meal time. Now we're actually sitting down eating. Will says to me "Now remember, mommy, you're wearing underwear so you need to go pee in the potty. Don't pee in your underwear." Cracks me up. He's always giving me "now remember" pointers that I've previously said to him.
20) (May) I'm always trying to encourage Will to play pretend, use his imagination and tell stories. This morning before work, he's standing on the bathroom rug ("dry land") while he fishes with his paper fish and yard stick pole on the tile floor ("ocean"). He tells me "Now these fish are going to blast off into space.. and up into the sky they went. The guys are going to throw them really high up in the sky." I ask "What guys?" And he replies "the firemen." Well, okay then! A few days before, the bathroom rugs were pirate ships and Will was telling me everyone that was on his pirate ship and mine. I kept asking questions about what they were doing/eating/wearing.
21) (May) At breakfast on Saturday morning, Will asks me "Are we gonna' take your car or daddy's car to the library?" I say "my car". Will corrects me: "Actually, it's not a car. It's a Jeep. So don't call it a car, mommy... call it a Jeep." Craig is so proud.
22) (May) Playing with the toy kitchen right outside the bathroom while I'm giving Sophie a bath.
Will: I'm gonna' make you some food, mommy. (We just finished dinner.)
Me: Oooh! That sounds wonderful! What are you going to make me?
Will: Some BBQ strawberries... BBQ strawberry meatballs... and some applesauce. I'm gonna' BBQ, mommy. I'm a really good cooker.
Me: Mmm! That sounds delicious! (My mouth is watering - LOL.) I can't wait to try it!
Will is very pleased and hands me an (invisible) meatball to eat out of his hand a la Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer. :)
23) (June) Lisa (our babysitter) goes in to get Will up from nap and asks "Is George Johnson in here?" (That's an imaginary person that causes all the mischief at Lisa's house.) :) Will says "No, it's Will!" Then as they're walking downstairs together, he turns to her and says "You're killin' me, Lisa." LOL
24) (June) Will asks me which of his new matchbox trucks he can take with him to the strawberry farm. I absentmindedly answer him, but I call them "cars". He gets a silly voice and says "They're not cars! You're just kiddin' me, mommy."

That's all for now!