The Adventures of Cat & Jack: Our Favorite Things (or, current obsessions)

Jack: anything that makes a variation of the sound, "vroom." This includes helicopters, busses, trucks, and tractors, but his favorites are trains and cars. He recently discovered "Thomas the Train" and now asks for "choo choo" about 300 times a day, and loves it when I sing him one of the songs from the video we have. Those songs have become his lullabies of choice at naptime and bedtime too.

He loves to zoom around our house, mostly on our tile hallway/motor speedway on his knees, with a toy car/train/tractor/truck/helicopter/bus in each hand. He's logged so many miles on some of them recently, that apparently they needed to be laundered. This is what I found in our dirty clothes hamper this morning:

Cat: The Sound of Music. I first started playing the CD for her in the car a few weeks ago because I thought she'd like "My Favorite Things," and she was hooked immediately. I was really proud of her that as soon as she heard Julie Andrews' voice, she said, "That's Mary Poppins!" Atta girl!

Last week I let her watch the first half of the movie, and she loved it too. She now asks to watch it several times a day, and she's learning the songs. This was the kids tonight after dinner and baths:

(Yes, of course she's wearing a leotard and tutu. What else would you sleep in??)

To view Cat's debut in the part of Maria, click here.

Quotable Cat

"Do you even know what LOL means?" (1/11/14)
"Tonight can I exercise on the elliptical? I want to gain a few pounds or lose a few pounds." (6/16/13)
(while "teaching" her friends about fencing) "I had 21 years of training. I trained until I was seven."(10/13/12)
"Mom, can you do the cream cheese? I'm better at eating than spreading." (Oct. 2012)
"I can still go pretty fast cause my mind's pretty big. It can fit a lot of stuff in it." (Sept. 2012)
(to Eliza) "Your breath smells like burned pickles but it's okay cause you were eating a lot of chips." (8/26/12)
"I want to clean my room so it can be fick and fan." (7/10/12)
(Cat asked me to be a wicked witch and I wondered what I should do in the role) "The wicked witch brushes our hair really hard." (7/10/12)
"You always make me cry! Every time I cry it's because of YOU!" (5/16/12)
"Mom, can you find me on Facebook?" (Jan. 2012)

Jackisms 2013

"Why can't we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonald's?" (10/11/14)
"Guess what? I burped 4 times and farted 3 times. {BURP}. I burped 5 times and farted 3 times." (2/1/14)
"Grammy, how does your sister tickle YOU?" (1/11/14)
"If you're going to marry two boys first you kiss the first boy then you kiss the second a boy on the lips." (6/20/13)
"Pepperonis are the funnest!" (5/25/13)
"Did you know that cheetahs are the fastest tigers on land?" (5/22/13)
"First it was the dinosaurs, then Lehi, then Rescue Bots, then us." (5/8/13)
"Did you know champagne is another word for water?" (5/21/13)
"Prepare to BE a MAZE!" (5/20/13)
"If this bread goes in the trash, it can be recycled. And it turns into a toy!" (2/20/13)
"Mommy, look. My job is easier if I'm a crane. Rrrrrrrmmmm." (2/20/13)
"Does chocolate really MELT?" (2/11/13)
"Mommy. Are you LISTENING to me?" (2/11/13)
"Big bad wolves can't blow this house down cause it's made of bricks and yarn and a little bit of wood." (2/6/13)
(While working on a puzzle) "Ooh, I'm getting so clever at this." (1/24/13)
(While explaining hibernation to me) "Did you know bears celebrate all winter?" (Jan. 2013)

Eliza's Funnies

"Luke tried to eat my whole head, Mom." (6/27/14)
"Mommy, I like how Luke whacks you in the face, and whacks you and whacks you and whacks you." (3/25/14)
"Can I help Luke slobber on his hands because he likes to slobber. (I laugh) I'm serious! He likes slobbering!" (Feb. 2014)
(because I made her eat an egg she wanted me to cook for her) "I wish I didn't have a Mom like you!" (1/31/14)
"Grammy's gonna be late if she isn't on time." (1/3/14)
"I'm a superhero. I save people and I'm stylish and awesome." (12/29/13)
(about Luke) "His kisses are just like slobber." (11/17/13)
"My Daddy is the best daddy ever. He is stronger than ANYBODY." (11/8/13)
"I wish I had a bird on my finger I could keep." (10/25/13)
"Stop talking at me! I'm getting angry at you cause you're making me sad!" --buries head in hands to "cry" for 3 seconds -- (6/14/13)

6 comments:

SusannahMarch 23, 2010 at 10:02 PM
a) You're Adorable.
b) I'm really impressed and excited by how much you've blogged since your 2 month hiatus. Making up for lost time?
c) Your new baby barely makes it into the posts. She not interesting yet?
d) You have the Thomas songs memorized?
e)Jax is practicing to be civil engineer like his dad. Maybe he'll design rail roads.
f) I LOVE the pic of the kids.
g) I can't wait to see her singing video. Seriously.
CelesteMarch 24, 2010 at 8:52 AM
I don't know what was my favorite .... Cat's energizer bunny version of the song (it keeps going and going...which now that I think of it, it kinda does in the movie ... they have at least three costume changes throughout the song, don't they?) or her adoring fan (Jack) scooting out of the way of her fancy tappin' shoes. Such cuties! (Elena keeps saying: "Kitty Cat again!" so she's a fan, too.)
UnknownMarch 24, 2010 at 7:29 PM
That's funny...it reminded me of "The Song that Never Ends" from the Lambchop show my sisters use to watch. Jack was such an attentive audience member too! You really need to let her take dance class mom, she's a natural! I love that movie, but thought Ashlyn was to young for it...maybe I'll try. She's really into Wizard of Oz right now though. Maybe I'll try Annie first.
SusannahMarch 25, 2010 at 7:09 AM
Just finished watching Cat sing. Jack is awesome. It's also awesome how you're trying not to laugh. And Cat's marching. That might be my favorite part. Or that she keeps repeating herself as the Energizer Bunny of Do-Rainy. Maybe Ben prompting her on the right words to a Sound of Music song. Oh its just so hard to pick a favorite part!
MMarch 25, 2010 at 7:44 AM
I'm starting to wonder if Jack and the Boy were twins separated at birth.

Amen with anything that goes vroom!

And those kids watching Sound of Music! Maybe you and I were separated at birth!
millerc1024March 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM
I LOVE IT!! My goodness, I miss them! Thanks for sharing. Made my day!

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