I have a long list of notes on my phone trying to record the funny things these boys say on a daily basis.
Some of the most common phrases you'll hear these days in the Fritzler household are:
"Hey, what doin' here?"
"What happenin?"
"That fine."
"Sorry 'bout that mom."
"Mommy, no pee wear." (i.e. Mommy, I won't pee in my underwear -Luke)
We recently changed to a different home church. We've been going for many years to a church in Colorado Springs. It was a hard decision to move, but we found it really difficult to stay close to people at church when we live so far away, especially now that we have little kids. Of his own accord, Ben decided to refer to the churches according to their exterior colors. The church in the Springs meets in a Bridge Club building built out of bright blue metal and the new one we're going to in Littleton has red brick on the outside, so he always asks if we're going to the blue church or the red church.
Their sentences continue to get longer and longer. One day when Ben was looking for his a picture he colored he was walking in circles saying, "Picture. I put it somewhere. I find it." Another day he was looking for his computer (which broke many, many months ago) saying, "Ben's 'puter. I miss it. I work. Where is it?"
When Luke is calling for Dave, instead of yelling for "daddy" he usually says "Hey love?" just like mommy :)
Luke still struggles with getting hurt. He does not have a high pain tolerance at all. He can't help but milk every injury no matter how minor. Often he will say "poor Dewey" when describing to Ben or others what happened.
I yelled down to Dave asking if he wanted some cheese and crackers. Luke yelled up, "No thanks, I'm good."
I crawled into their tent only to be pushed out by Ben. "Mommy, go away. Not fit in there."
Unfortunately, Luke already has the attitude of a teenager. He's constantly retorting back, "Why not?" Or my favorite is when I'm giving him instructions and he says back repeatedly, "Okay Mom. OKAY MOM. OOOOKAAAY MOOOM" with more attitude in his tone than you can imagine.
Several weeks ago Luke decided not to nap. He rolled around in bed for an hour and then woke up his brother before I could stop him. I was livid. Ben does not get enough sleep as is. I let Luke know I was NOT HAPPY. And let me tell you, he got the message. I told him he was NEVER to wake Ben up again. This was when the "OKAY MOM's" started. And ever since then, every time he is going to sleep for nap or night time, he reassures me of his own accord, "Not wake up Ben." And I say, "That's right. Thank you Luke!" It gives me hope. His brain has the capacity to retain instructions pretty well!!
Ben has invented a few words of his own:
Mowing= Mowering
Singing= Songing
He has told me on more than one occasion, "No songing mom."
You know how they always say to give kids options. Well, anytime I give Ben options it doesn't work. For example, I ask, "Do you want grapes or watermelon?" He says, "Grapes and watermelon. Two." (Two means "both" in his mind.) "Do you want milk or water?" "Milk and water. Two."
Ben asked to watch "Piggie songing" one day. He had to repeat it several times before I realized he was asking for the movie Sing.
Mary and I were laughing so hard one day when Ben fell off his scooter riding downhill. In between sobs and lots of tears he kept saying, "Wind blow Ben." In other words, he was blaming the wind for knocking him off his scooter! He's a clever little guy...
One day Dave was giving him high fives but like every dad, he kept moving his hand away so that Ben couldn't reach it in time. After a few times, Ben outsmarted his dad. He said, "Daddy, owie hand?" Dave fell hook, line and sinker. He put out his palm and said, "No Ben, daddy doesn't have an owie on his hand." Ben snuck in his high five with a huge grin on his face. Won't be the last time daddy is beat at his own games!!
Luke's one-year gotcha day is coming up on June 19th! When we asked him what he wanted to do to celebrate his gotcha day he said without hesitation, "Take boys on plane." Hahaha!
Ben was saying bye to our neighbor and I thought it was so cute he made up his own farewell phrase, "Bye Mr. Brad. I see you more!"
I love when I catch little private conversations going on between the two boys. One day, Luke had gotten up from his nap before Ben. When Ben came downstairs a little later Luke says, "Hey Ben, sleep good?" "Yeah, I did."
We were outside one hot day riding bikes and I said out loud, "Whew, mommy's stinky" not really expecting either child to care. Ben says, "Mommy shower?" I didn't even know he knew what that phrase meant.
Like most parents, when we're giving instructions we ask that the boys acknowledge that they heard us by saying, "Yes mom" or "Yes dad." Luke likes to think he's the boss of Ben and I've heard him on a couple occasions telling Ben to do something. He follows it with "Say 'Yes Dewey' " LOL!!!
There was a morning not too long ago when the boys and I had eaten scrambled eggs and chicken sausage for breakfast. I had a stomachache later that day and was laying on the couch. I asked Ben to stop jumping on my stomach explaining that my stomach hurt. He says, "Ohhh... mommy stomach hurt? Chicken sausage?? Sorry 'bout that mom." I guess he thought the chicken sausage was to blame!
