Dr. Reeves

It went something like this...

Hudson told me and Ryker tonight he wanted to be a doctor when he turns four. 

Ryker: what kind of doctor Hudson? There are all kinds. An eye doctor, a kids doctor...

Hudson: I want to help get aunt stephies baby out her belly. Her baby boy. 

Me: oh you want to deliver babies! 

Hudson: yes. When I'm four. 

Miracles.

Hudson softly rested his hand on aunt stephies belly tonight to feel his new little cousin move. It was the sweetest. He was smiling ear to ear and very talkative about his excitement. 

When we got in the car to go home, we were still talking about our new baby. 

(Please note the entire conversation below was done with Rykers head down playing the game on the iPad.)

Ryker: "How do they get the baby out of there?"

Me: "well they have a tiny whole they make near her belly  that the doctor opens and stretches and they are able to pull the baby out. It's truly a miracle!"

Ryker (in a low deep very serious voice not looking up from the iPad): "whoa. Oh gosh. I'm glad I'm not a girl!!

"And so then what, how do they close the hole? That must hurt!"

Hudson (takes his nunnie out to chime in): "yeah, I bet she cries!"

Me: "well God takes a lot of the pain away. The hole closes back up sometimes by itself. Babies really are a miracle."

Ryker: "whoa. I'm really glad I'm not a girl!"

Potty training

(My apologies in advance for all the potty talk this post) 

Hudson keeps going to potty this morning. I know he needs to poo poo but instead he just tee tees. On the 4th time on the potty I asked him "where's the poo poo Hudson" and he answers "it's sleeping" 

Me: "well let's wake it up"

Hudson (in a whisper) : "no we have to be quiet"

Ok Hudson. You win. So I go into my own room and proceed to get dressed for the day. 

A few minutes later...enter Hudson. 

"Mommy I have poo poo"

"In your pants?"

Nods. 

"Ok let's go clean it"

Hudson: "you wash it for me mommy?"

"Yes"

Hudson (dramatically): "Aw thank you mommy!"

We go into the bathroom and I strip him down expecting one large lump but instead find more of a lumpy yucky mess  in his paw patrol undies. 

I wash his hinnie (is that how you spell hinnie?) and proceed to explain to him that I will have throw his underwear away. 

Complete breakdown. 

"I don't want to throw it away. I don't want to throw it away!"  Over and over. And over. 

I was standing firm until it dawns on me he had asked before if I would wash it. Now I'm realizing he was asking about washing his underwear. 

I feel bad now. I grab his soiled undies out of the trash and (gag) attempt to get the mounds of mushy poop out (gag). Even disgusting for his own mom!  The whole time he's saying "thank you mommy". 

And now it's 7:30am. Good morning! 

What I hear

"Paw patrol makes me happy" -Hudson

That medicine will make a your nose feel a little better. "What about much?" -Ryker

"I love you mommy" -Hudson

"Elle is just the cutest. She has the cutest everything." -Hudson

"You like pink mommy? Girls like pink." -Hudson 

"The only babies I love are Whitney and Elle. I want to show them to William." -Ryker

Aunt Susan babysat for the boys overnight while Steph and I traveled to Houston to visit with Jill (waiting on Whitney!!).  I had left a wallet with some things they may need - keys, credit card and cash.  One night Susan was doing laundry and found a $20 bill in Hudson's pocket!  Guess we have to watch that kid.  Reminds me of the time we lost Justin's wallet for a few days and later found it lodged in Hudson's high chair! 

Goals

This morning we decided we'd send Ryker home on Medium Kate's bus.  So we were talking about his new bus number in the car on the way to school.  He was super excited about going on see Baby Elle today!

Some mornings I ask him what his goals are for the day.  (Defining goals one morning was challenging.  "What's a goal?"  ... It's an accomplishment.  "What's an accomplishment?"...It's something that makes you feel good when you achieve it.  "What's achieve it?"...) 

He eventually got it and now I try to remember to remind him about setting goals for this day. 

Ryker, can you tell me and Hudson what your goals are for today?

"To be nice."

Well that's a great goal.  What else?

"To stay on green."

Good! 

"Oh, and to get on the right bus!"

(Laugh out loud)

"What????  It's important!"

Yes, Ryker it is very important.  I think those are fantastic goals for today!

Little convos

Ryker who sits next to you at school?

"Oh still Olivia. She sits to the right."

Who sits to the left? 

"No one."

Who sits across from you?

"Hmmmmm....Jolie. Jolie!"

Nice. Sounds like you are surrounded by blondes!

(Giggles)

Well who is the prettiest girl?

Thinking...thinking (index finger to chin)...thinking...

"Well all of them!!"

Heartbreaker. 

I did get him to eventually admit that mommy is the prettiest. Which is the answer I was looking for originally! 

Secret convos

Since aunt stephi and aunt Jill enjoyed I thought I'd capture this. 

Bob the elf showed up this morning. The boys were ecstatic and surprised when they found he had left them a note in the bathroom. 

Later that evening I heard ryker sharing some elf info with Hudson. 

"He flew here"

"Bob is wAtching"

"You can't touch him. No you can't touch him"

"I think he came to see me at my school today.  Well I think"

"Maybe we can tell bob to tell Santa to bring Cosmo a bone for Christmas"

Christmas in the oaks

The boys met us in Nola (thanks Yaya!!) and we spent the day with them in City Park. 

Starting at the extremely crowded slides we eventually moved on to Storyland where they played in the life size houses. Since it closed at 5 and didn't open again till 6pm we decided to walk over to Ralph's in the Park for a quick dinner. The boys were extremely well behaved and even let me take a pic on the way out. 

They picked me flowers, we sang, we skipped, we laughed...love these boys. 

We finished the night at the lights. It was a wonderful family day!!

Battleship

Ryker and I played battleship tonight. Ryker was learning the rules and mastered them pretty quickly. He would do a victory dance and song after every successful move. I was literally laughing out loud!  Guess I'll have to teach this child to lose gracefully too!