What the kids are saying these days ...

The kids are cracking us up lately. Here are just a few of the things that have had us cracking up.
Georgia is saying more every day. A couple days ago she was singing a Christmas song: "Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra raaaa!"

Also, both kids are really big into Knock Knock jokes these days, and it's so unfunny it's funny. One that Nate can actually do is:

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Atch.
Atch Who?
Bless you! Ahahahahaha!!!

But most of the time it's more like:
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Uh .... cough.
Cough who?
I'm coughing and sneezing! Ahahahahaha!!!

or

Thomas!
Thomas who?
Thomas is going to crash!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!

It doesn't matter if it's funny or not, Georgia will just cackle at every joke Nate tells. And then she runs around the house constantly saying Knaw Knaw!!! and then cracks up.

Sunday morning we were getting ready to go to have Christmas with Grandma and Papaw, and Nate was in rare form. I don't think he stopped talking for several hours. He was telling me, "Mama, I know a lot about water and bubbles. I had a dream about it! And I know a lot about building towers, and trains, and cars...." After awhile I said, "You sure are talkative this morning!" He said, "Yes, I am!" and just kept on talking. A little later I heard him telling Blake about all the stuff he knows about, and then he said, "Daddy, I am talking a lot!" Blake was a good daddy and said, "I love to hear what you have to say!" :)

Nate has a bit of a stubborn streak, if you didn't know. A quirky thing about him is that even at 4.5 years old, if he wakes up in the middle of the night or when he wakes up in the morning, he doesn't just get out of bed and come to our room ... instead, he prefers to lay in his bed and scream until someone comes to get him! Of course this often wakes up Georgia, and it's just a big pain in the butt. So the last couple of weeks I have been talking to him about and practicing when he wakes up to get out of bed and just come into our room. (I think part of the problem is that his bed is a bit difficult to climb out of because the sides are high.) Anyway, the other night I was going through the routine and said this is what you need to be doing instead of screaming because you're a big boy now. He just stopped me and said matter of factly, "But I'm just a little kid!" So that was equally endearing and aggravating!

On Tuesday, there was a parent-child activity at school, where we could come and make little Christmas-y things with Nate and have a snack time together. And we totally forgot about it. My phone was dead that morning, and when I finally remembered to put it on charge at work, I saw I had a text from Alisa that Nate's teacher clarified that the activity time was at 1:30 that day. Ack! It was 1:40! I knew it would take me at least a half hour to get there, so I called Blake and he left right away and got there in time for the snack together. Nate was not the least bit bothered that we missed the activity and was just pleasantly surprised to see Daddy show up at school. We felt awful though!

That evening I was asking Nate about his day, and he told me how surprised he was when Daddy walked in. Then he was telling me other things that happened that day, and it's so hard to figure out what really happened because insignificant details are included with the bigger happenings, and it just gets confusing. But then I heard, "Then I was walking down the hall holding hands with my best girl, and ..."
Me: Whoa whoa whoa! Back up. Who were you holding hands with?
Nate: My best girl!
Me: Who is your best girl?!
Nate: Trinity.
Me: But ... I thought I was your best girl!
Nate: (laughing) Naw!!!!
Hmph. And so it begins, I guess!

Then on Wednesday, Alisa emailed me a conversation she had with Nate:

Nate to the Toy Train DVD on TV: Do you remember me? It's me, Nate! Nate Payne! I love trains!
Alisa: Hey Nate, what is your address?
Nate: (says address)
Alisa: Yes! Do you know your mommy's name?
Nate: err...I just call her mommy?
Alisa: Yes, her name is mommy, but it's also Colleen Payne. Do you know daddy's name?
Nate: Blake Payne!!!!!  Aaaand this (points to cat) is KITTY CAT PAYNE!!!!