Will-isms

Another (long-overdue) Will-isms post! Sadly, I have not been as on top of logging his "funnies" as I would like. But I've gotten quite a few...

1) (July) We're going for an evening walk in the wagon and I tell Will he may choose just two matchbox vehicles to bring along. He decides: "Okay, I'm going to bring my red pick-up and my Chevelle." On the walk, we stop to chat with a neighbor who's husband owns a real Chevelle and Will was so amazed and full of questions.
2) (July) Craig and I have just been working outside for a couple hours picking up tree branches, bark and saw dust from the ash trees while the kids are napping. We come in to shower as the kids are getting up and Will notices the dirt particles and saw dust covering Craig's arms. He asks "Daddy, why do you have crumbs on your arms?"
3) (July) I'm getting ready to go for a walk.
Me (to Will): "Should I go for a walk by myself?"
Will: "No, I wanna' come but I'm not ready yet."
Me: "When will you be ready?"
Will: "48 minutes" :)
4) (July) Out of no where, Will says "I grow up so fast." I guess I've told him that a bunch.
5) (July) Craig (to Will): "What's daddy's favorite football team?"
Will: "The Colts! 'Cause they have Peyton Manning!"
The Colts are not actually Craig's favorite team but he does love Peyton Manning. We were just surprised he remembered this!
6) (July) I've just told Will he needs to come sit down on a chair for a time-out because he was talking back to me. He then tells me: "I can't. I'm too busy." (Playing with his trucks.) I reply "Well I'm sorry if my discipline doesn't fit into your agenda, but you need to come here right now and have a seat".
7) (July) Last night, Will and I read a Dora book about the first day of school. As usual, there were several words/phrases in Spanish in the text. So this morning as I'm changing Sophie's diaper, Will comes in to tell me: "Buenos Dias, Mommy!" :) So cute. He also knows all his colors in Spanish.
8) (Aug) The kids and I are eating dinner while Craig's at the park playing basketball with some guys. Will's asking about it and is always curious as to what everyone is doing when they aren't with him. He asks me "Who are daddy's friends?" I say "I don't know who all is playing tonight, buddy." Will responds "I think daddy's playing basketball with Peyton Manning." I say "I'm sure daddy would LOVE to play basketball with Peyton Manning, but I really don't think that's happening."
9) (Sept) Will is quizzing Sophie on animal sounds. He's making his way through the basic farm animals and then says "Okay, Sophie... this one might be tricky... what does a rooster say?" I love that he picks up words like 'tricky'. I'm sure I've said that one to him.
10) (Sept) Will is circling our friend Mike's parked truck in our driveway on his riding tractor. Craig said to Will: "Will, you need to be careful so you don't hit Mike's truck. Why don't you just stop riding for now and then you can ride all you want when Mike leaves?" Will waits a few moments and then says "Okay, Mike... It's about time to go home!" :)
11) (Sept) Our friends are over on a Saturday evening. We have two friends named Mike and one of them isn't there. Will asks "Where's the Mike with hair?" Haha!!! The Mike that was at our house shaves his head.
12) (Sept) Will is obsessed with knowing all the names of cars, trucks, construction vehicles, etc. In one of his books, there's a picture of a cow on the side of a tanker truck. Will informs Craig that it is a "dairy truck... and it's also called a tanker truck... and it's also called a semi truck".
13) (Sept) Nana (to Will): "How's your headache? Did you get rid of it during your nap?"
Will: "Yes. I left it under the bed."
14) (Sept) Will - talking to himself about Lightning MacQueen: "That's a Camaro... No, that's not a Camaro, silly!... That's a race car!"
15) (Sept) "Daddy, do you want to go swimming with me?" (It's fall and about 60 degrees outside.)
16) (Sept) This is not technically a "Will-ism"... but a funny random from Craig to Will that I overheard from another room: "See? That's why it's better to walk forward." LOL
17) (Sept) We're all riding somewhere in the car and Craig is driving while I look at a toy catalog that came in the mail.
Will (to me): "Can I look at that catalog?"
Me: "Yes. As soon as I'm done with it."
Will: "You're done with it."
Me: "Not quite yet, but almost."
Will: "Don't argue with me."
(Ooh! Mouthy one, ain't he?)
18) (Sept) At bedtime, Will is discussing how gross and smelly it is when elephants poop. [How does he know?] I agree with him and ask him who he thinks cleans it up. He tells me the elephant daddy cleans up the poop. Then he goes on to tell me that "giraffes don't poop". I tell him that yes, in fact, they do. He got a silly grin on his face and said "no, they don't!" like I just said the funniest, most ridiculous thing he'd ever heard. I explained that every animal and person that eats food and drinks water has to pee and poop. I went on to add that even birds and snakes and fish poop! I could see the wheels turning and he was just baffled. He said "Noooo!" again in that you're-ridiculous-and-kidding-me tone of voice and added "fish don't have a butt!" I just burst out laughing and he added "Nemo doesn't have a butt!" After I managed to compose myself (he was laughing hard too, probably still thinking I was kidding him), I said "just because fish and birds don't have a bottom like you doesn't mean they don't poop... Their bottom just looks different and they may just have a hole where the poop comes out." He thought about that, still in disbelief, and said "I have a light butt... elephants have a gray butt." I agreed that animal bottoms look different than people. He also said "my giraffe costume [for Halloween] doesn't poop... but a real giraffe does poop." Haha. I agreed again. The whole thing was just really funny.
19) (Oct) Will and I went outside to watch a beautiful sunset after Sophie went to bed and Craig was out playing basketball with friends. We were cuddling on the deck and I told him "Some day you might like to watch the sunset with a special girl... You know, after daddy and I got married, we went on a special vacation called a honeymoon and we watched lots of beautiful sunsets. You might do that too some day." Okay, fast forward to about 15-20 minutes later. We're inside and Will is working on his USA puzzle before bed. He tells me "I'm going to take my girl to the cow state". At first I'm confused, but then I remember our conversation outside. I ask "You are? Who's your girl? And which one is the cow state?" He replies "My woman-girl. We're gonna' go to the cow state for vacation!" I look at the puzzle (which has a small picture on each state to represent something that state is known for) and figure out which state he means. I ask "You're going to go to Oklahoma for your honeymoon?" LOL And he says "Yes!" Haha.
20) (Oct) Randomly at bedtime, Will asks me "Mommy, what's the quickest way to get to Kelly's house?" I laughed and gave him very specific directions just to be as direct as his question was. Haha. I later told Craig and he said Will had asked him the same thing more than once. Guess he's anxious to get to the farm again soon!

Okay, that's all I've got for now. Till next time...