They Hear What They Want

Me: "Noah, where do you want to go to college?" Noah is 4 and a half but it's never too early to start inquiring!

Noah: "I want to go to southern Alaska." SOUTHERN ALASKA? Where is that coming from? I didn't know Noah knew the words southern or Alaska. I truly never know what is going to come out of his mouth.

Joshua: "Noah, there is too much snow in Alaska. Pick some other place."

Noah: "Where did you go mom?"

Me: "Michigan State Univeristy."

Noah: "Oh ok. I'll go to University of Michigan like you and daddy." HOW could he have just heard that? How?? There was no TV on, no flying saucers going through the room- there was NOTHING to distract this kid and yet he transposed the very critical order of words.

Joshua: He said nothing because he was rolling around on the floor laughing at Noah's unintended verbal slur and the clear look of ARE YOU KIDDING ME on my face. Joshua has been threatening attendance at U of M for years at this point. And even bought a Go Blue t-shirt the last time we were in Michigan- with his own money.

I have professional baby pictures of both boys sporting MSU onesies. I think they are holding it against me or something.

-Sheryl

Happy New Years 1966

The boys were looking to watch something that wasn't football related so that means we were digging around in On Demand selections. I came up on Batman, the 1966 version.

In the age of all things done with super duper computerization and electronics, I thought for sure Joshua would be done watching this thing in 7 seconds. NOPE. He was cracking himself up with the very unrealistic special effects. He also asked why the caped crusaders spent so much time running around to all their vehicles instead of just storing them all in the Bat cave like in the cartoon. It was a pleasant sign that he's willing to keep his imagination for a while longer before reducing himself strictly to realism.

By the time it was over both boys were back to running around as Jedi's. Well I think Joshua is a Jedi, Noah is some kind of bad guy. He even put on a pair of his brand new Star Wars underwear that had a bad guy on it. In an effort to be authentic. And they've both promised to start getting dressed beginning tomorrow. They've spent the better part of the last two weeks only wearing pajamas.

It's been a very Happy New Year!

-Sheryl