August 2008- Ned started 2nd grade and his teacher has a system where the students earn fake money for work they do. The first two days of school Ned earned enough for a small toy and a piece of gum. Dusty saw the bag, looked at me with wide eyes, showed me the gum and said, "Can I have this?!"
I said, "No, sweetie. I'm sorry, that is Ned's."
Ned quickly turned around and said, "That's actually what I got it for."
I said, "You got it just for Dusty?"
He said, "Yeah, that's why I got that."
I was so touched. He is such a thoughtful brother.
July 2008- Dusty: "Mommy, why do you have jiggly right there?" (pointing at my bum)
Ned: "Dusty, that's called fatness!"
May 2008-Daddy and Ned were in our closet and Ned said, "Look at all of Mommy's shoes, that is why she is a loser."
Daddy started to get after him for calling mommy a loser and Ned said, "That is why she always loses when we race to get dressed."
May 2008-Dusty looked on the shelf in his closet and asked, "What is that toy in that Target bag?"
I looked into the closet and said, "Oh, that's not a toy. There are tapes for our VCR in there."
Ned asked, "What's a VCR?"
Wow, I must be getting old!
March 2008-I told Ned that he had to finish his homework before 4:30 or he would lose his Wii privileges. He asked what would happen if he was still working on it at 4:30. I told him that would be fine and he would not lose his privileges as long as he was working on it. He said, "Oh, good, then I have 15 minutes until I need to start." It was 4:13 at the time... what a stinker!
November 2007-Ned was student of the month at school. His teacher wrote on the nomination slip, "He is helpful, kind and courteous to his classmates and his teacher! :)" She really even put the smiley face. :)
I am so proud of him. I am so glad to have a son that is so thoughtful.
June 2007-When I told Ned that his new cousins name was going to be Spencer he said, "Oh, like the name of a candy!" Puzzled, I asked, "What candy?". Ned replied, "You know, dispenser." Trying to think like a 6 year old, I said, "Like Pez Dispenser??" Ned, happy his mommy finally gets it, "Yeah, Pez Dispenser!"
Somewhere around 2 or 3 years old Ned could not say his "J" sound very well. He would usually replace it with a "D" in the beginning of a word. When he would do something well he would say, "I'm a good dobber." He meant Jobber, meaning he had done a good jog. He would even say it to us, "Mommy, you're a good dobber!"
Around the same time he would say, "Mooky, sir." Meaning 'excuse me, sir'. I always call the boys 'sir'. He called mommy sir til he was almost 6 years old. He did not quite understand the whole sir-mam thing.
At about 2 1/2 year old Ned knew about 45 ASL signs. He love to sign. His favorite was "more". He would us it for more and for again. If he wanted more tickles he would sign more. If he wanted you to spin him on the chair again he would sign more. It was so cute to see those tiny little hands sign all those signs.
