Posted on September 6, 2008 by Nancy
Burke was sitting on my lap in his room this morning. This is the conversation Mike and I had with him:
Burke: Yucky nose!
(meaning his nose is running.)
Mike: Do you want Daddy to get you a Kleenex?
Burke: No. Shirt!
(As he reaches for my shirt to wipe his nose!)
Needless to say, Mike lost it – which made Burke laugh too…as Mom is sitting there wondering where the heck he GETS this stuff. Mike is sure it’s ingrained since he’s a boy. *sigh*
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by Nancy
A conversation I had with Burke today
Burke: What’s that?
Me: That, my friend, is dinner.
Burke: Friend?
Me: Are you my friend?
Burke: (smiling) nooooo…
Me: Are you my son?
Burke: Nope. Just Burke.
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Posted on August 13, 2008 by Nancy
I can’t believe I forgot the one picture I was looking for when I took the pictures off my camera. Oy.
Anyway…while Pop Pop and Mop Mop were visiting, Burke and Mop Mop spent a lot of time lacing. Very carefully lacing – to make sure it came out just right.
Lacing with Mop Mop
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Posted on July 18, 2008 by Nancy
Candid Carrie sponsors this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in!
This is actually going to be 2 pictures. The first one is when Burke was about 1- 1/2…he’d just “moussed” his hair up with some pear juice at lunch time.
Pear Juice Mousse
The second one was taken last week. I’d just put Aquaphor onto Logan’s head to try to combat some cradle crap cap. Burke took one look and said “Logan’s a Dinosaur! ROAR!” LOL
DinoLogan
I posted both because the similarities are just crazy! When I took Logan’s picture, I was immediately reminded of the pear juice mousse – but I hadn’t gone back to look at it until right now.
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by Nancy
Seems Fridays are the days when people ask you to join in on stuff…Candid Carrie does this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in!
One of my favorite fotos is when Burke asked to hold Logan for the first time.
Holding Logan
(About two seconds after this was taken, Burke decided he’d had enough and “let go” – and this was before Logan had learned how to sit on his own! ACK!)
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Posted on June 22, 2008 by Nancy
…for a bigger swing!!
Burke decided to try out Logan’s swing. You KNOW you’re too big when you can reach all of the controls yourself. LOL
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Posted on June 14, 2008 by Nancy
Cathy, Cathy, Cathy. These Jib Jab sessions are going to be the death of me 🙂
Here’s the first one sent today:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/7YpUxDTUBwERbVu9TLtrQbLv#/view/8R3oBuRQQKURzEyj5ahybsve
Yup. those are MY kids breakdancing. LOL!! I made the mistake of opening it in front of Burke. . . so he was sitting here watching it with me. “Burke dancing!” pause. “Maggie dancing!” pause. “Logan dancing!!” He loved it. I think I had to replay it about 14 times before the only thing that would tear him away was some pizza. AND after the pizza, he came back over to me and said “I need more Burke.” It took me a second to realize that he meant he wanted to see “himself” dancing some more. I finally gave up and showed him how to push the mouse button to replay it himself. I have no idea how many times…
THEN comes THIS one:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/SvXzCebsmHkmS9wjiRj8SJKX#/view/cORhDFrsv7RtZ7vxjL16vcCw
Sharon and Jason. Totally fits – in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the ones to dance for the original video *grin* (although, the models are kinda pasty white…)
Burke liked that one too, but not as much as watching himself. He did request one of Grandpa though…Cathy? 😉
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Posted on June 14, 2008 by Nancy
One of the only things that will calm Burke down when he gets…let’s say, upset…is turning the TV on. When he’s going on something like a “Maggie took all the good toys and I’m not going to stop crying for 3 hours” type cry, I am all for the calming effects of the TV. Right now, Curious George is our friend. However, when he’s upset because “I did something to upset mommy, she punished me, and now I’m upset” I have a hard time using the TV to calm him down…even though that’s usually what ends up happening. *sigh* Am I rewarding his bad behavior??
Take this morning for example, it all started with Burke coloring on non-paper items (with markers) so I took the markers away. Continued with coloring on non-paper items (with crayons) so I took the crayons away. Screeching ensued. After trying to talk with him and let him know that the screeching hurt my ears (etc. etc. etc.), he kept screeching so I took him upstairs (the normal progression). I left him alone to “think about things.” He threw books at the door. I went in and told him if he did it again he’d get a spanking. Did it again. Got a spanking. Did it AGAIN. Got another spanking. (I can’t not follow through on a threat!) So…now he’s calmed down a bit and we go back downstairs. Logan is “playing” with the Legos (which Burke thinks are HIS), and I can see a meltdown starting to happen, so the TV is used as a diversion (I have to put Logan down for a nap anyway and the TV serves as a mindless distraction so I know the twins won’t get into too much trouble while I’m out of sight)…but then I think “damn. Am I rewarding the bad behavior from before???” I can only hope that he doesn’t associate the two…
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