Jubilant Joel

Some of the funny things that Joel is saying these days....

Joel, on our way to Chick-Fil-A when we are slowing down due to traffic, "Momma, I tink we stuck in traffic." (Do you think he's a product of the infamous LA traffic?) And a few days later, when hitting some slower traffic he said, "Momma, I tink tis traffic getting gow (slow)."

If Joel disagrees with your decision on something (and it's out of his control, i.e. while I'm driving), he will tell you, "I tink tis not a good idea."

Joel - "Dadda, where are the moon and the stars?"
David - "I don't know, Joel, I can't see them."
Joel - "Don't worry, Dadda. We'll find them."

EVERY time we drive through a tunnel of any length, Joel reminds us, "Turn the lights on!"
and as we leave the tunnel, "Turn the lights off!"

Joel stuck a small screw into the lock of one our doors and was desperate for me to get it out.
LB - "Joel, I don't think I can get it out."
Joel - "Momma, you can do it. I know you can. You almost there. You doing a great job, Momma."
I finally remove the lock cover and finally pull it out.
Joel - "Momma, you did it. Great job, Momma. I knew you could do it."

One morning, the boys were awake and had been talking in their room for a little while. Silas decided he was ready to get up and said, "Momma, Momma..." a couple of times. Joel said, "Guy-was, let's say, 'Momma' real loud. Ready...1...2...3....MOMMA!" For the record, Silas did not join in, but it sure made me laugh.

Their favorite song these days is "Hi-ho" from Snow White. They love it. We sing all the time...they love to sing the dig-dig-dig parts, the in the mine echos, and of course, hi-ho. They sang it all the way through the check-out lane to the car in the grocery store the other day. It was quite humorous....I'm not sure the other patrons appreciated it as much as I did.

Joel, positioning his legs so that they are crossed, as he leans against the door frame, "Momma, look! I standing like you and Dadda!" I didn't know that we stood like that.....

I brought Joel something to eat for breakfast and he said, "Thanks, Mags!" I asked him to clarify and he said it again, "Thanks, Mags!"  I asked where he heard that and as I suspected, it was from a Saturday morning cartoon that my boys love called Turbo Dogs. Cracked both of us up!

Joel doesn't "forget" something; he "two-gets" it.

When you ask Joel a question that he doesn't know the answer to, he'll say, "I can't know."

I was washing Joel's hands the other day and I said, "Joel, your hands are really dirty." With great inflection and conviction, he said, "I know!"

Nothing gets by Joel. If you are talking about something and doesn't know what, he's not afraid to ask. "Whatchew talkin' bout, Momma?"

One day Becca made an apple pie. Joel overheard her say something about it and said, "Apple Pie! Mmm-mmmm-mmmm!" while he rubbed his belly. He went to bed before we cut into it and was none too happy about it. In his bed he told me, "Momma, those people (some of our guests) gonna eat it all gone." Don't worry; we saved him a piece!