Jamerisms

Jameson's getting to the age where I need to start writing down the funny things he says. Here are a couple:

The other night, Jameson flushed the toilet while Mark was helping him brush his teeth. Mark told Jameson to stop doing that because it wastes water. Jameson said, "It's not water, it's bathroom!"

A couple weeks ago, we were grocery shopping and I put a can of cashews in the cart, noting that they were for Daddy. "Daddy's nuts!" Jameson exclaimed.

On Sunday I was putting tights on, getting ready for church. Jameson stroked my shin and said, "it's handsome."

He is a bossy kid. Tonight he told Mark, "no dance."

He steps on the scale, looks down and says, "46 dollars!" Then, "you try too, Mommy." I'd rather not, thanks.

He is a hungry kid. He asks for snacks immediately after a meal. He asks for birthday cake pretty much every day. (boyday cake)

He is speaking in sentences now, even though it takes him a while to get through it sometimes. The other day at the park, he went down the slide, then said to Mark, "you go slide too, Daddy." Kind of stammering.

He is also learning his letters! I was quizzing him with some lettered blocks and I was so impressed with his retention. He has a puzzle that spells his name, and he knows those letters, but he also knows X, and any letter that has a long "e" sound, he calls "e." I think he can't quite hear the difference between them yet, but he will mimic the correct pronunciation when I correct him.

He tells Blake to calm down, and to stop whining. Like I said, bossy.

He likes makeup. He digs in mine all the time, sometimes successfully applying lip liner or eye shadow in broad sweeping motions on his cheek. He is almost always upset when I wash it off.

We're trying to get him to stop sucking his thumb. It's slow.

He sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and is learning the ABC song.

Any up-tempo party song is "BYU basaketball music." He loves going to basketball games, and loves BYU. Sometimes when he's up in his bed (in time-out for hitting Blake, mostly), I hear him shouting "B.....Y.....U!" We try to get him to cheer for Utah and Utah State, but about half the time he'll respond, "just BYU."

He almost always says thank you. His please skills are slipping, so we're working on that.

He recognizes Conrad's house when we drive by, even if we aren't stopping.

He gives big hugs.

He tells Blake he's sorry when he pushes him down, throws toys at his face, or slams his head into the wall (although with how often he does these things, I doubt these are sincere apologies).

He likes Buzz Lightyear and will offhandedly mention to me that Buzz is stationed in Sector 4.

During breakfast, he likes to say "hi" to everything. "hello table, hello clock, hello bird, hello light," etc. Waving at everything.

He has a 100% success rate at hearing the garbage truck outside and hearing a plane fly overhead.

He is an encouraging kid. He says things like, "you can do it, Mommy!"

He gets frustrated, stopping on the stairs to hold his hand to his forehead and exasperatedly say, "holy crap."