Eli Quotes

We've been busy the last few weeks, but Elijah has still been cracking us up with the things he says. I've been jotting the quotes down for us to remember, and thought I'd post some here so everyone else can read what a silly things Eli is saying lately . . .

• At home two weeks ago Jon handed Eli a toy and Eli replied, "Thanks, hon!" Grandma Koorndyk says "hon" all the time, so I think he heard it from her. :)
• Also at home, Elijah came around the corner into the living room yelling, "Uh oh, uh oh! Diaper falling down!" while trying to hold his very wet and saggy diaper up. One side was undone, and he was waddling towards us with his knees together. I couldn't find the camera fast enough to get a picture of the very concerned expression he had on his face, but I'll never forget the look.
• Jon went to check on Eli, who was napping quite late one Saturday. Jon asked, "Are you awake?" Eli said, "No." Jon then said, "Do you want pizza?" Eli's head shot up and he shouted, "Pizza come home! Pizza come home! Pizza please!"
• I was sitting on the couch in Canton watching something on tv a few Saturdays ago when Eli came into the room, climbed up in my lap, and then put his hands on both my shoulders and his face about 3 inches away from mine. He looked me right in the eye and then said, "Mommy, I will hug you." Then he gave me a huge hug, right around my neck. Moments like that make all the sacrifices of parenthood worth it.
• After dinner last week I said, "Oh, Eli" for some reason, and Eli just looked at me and said, "Oh, Mommy," with the exact same expression and tone of voice I had used. What a cutie.
• I was headed outside last Saturday and yelled down the hall to Eli (playing in his room) to ask if he was ready to go outside. Eli yelled back, "Not yet! Wanna read another book!" Choosing reading over playing outside? Another proof that he is the child of Jon and I (both bookworms).
• Eli heard the my dad's grandfather clock chiming the hour a few weekends ago and came running down the hall to me yelling, "Clock is ringing! Lunch time today!"
• Elijah likes having a snack before bed (something he doesn't usually get) and last week when we told him it was bedtime he headed to the utensil drawer, opened it, and took out one of his spoons. Then he opened the lazy susan cabinet where the cereal is kept, twirled it around, and proclaimed, "Breakfast. I eat breakfast now." Nice try buddy, but breakfast comes after bedtime, not before. :)
• Eli has picked up some very adult sounding expressions and words, including "tomorrow," "maybe," and "a minute." So it's pretty routine to hear him say things like, "Play ball maybe?" or, if he doesn't get something right away he'll ask, "Popcorn tomorrow?" And if I say we don't have time to do something because we have to go he'll ask, "Mommy play a minute maybe?" It all sounds so strange coming out of a toddler's mouth, but he uses the phrases correctly at least!
• Elijah's favorite way to say yes is either "yep!" or "okay!" I can't even describe the expression he uses when he says it, but it is just priceless. I keep trying to get him saying it on camera but of course he clams up the minute he sees the camera in my hand.
  
• Eli walked in to our room the other night after dinner, while Jon and I were standing there talking, and said, "Hey guys," then turned around and walked back out. I'm guessing that when he's 16 we'll be addressed the exact same way as he quickly exits wherever we are.
  
• Elijah likes to tell us stories now. He'll say, "I read you now," and then he'll open up the book, turn the pages, and say, "Crash. Boom. Dora. The end." And then laugh like crazy. Good story, bud, good story.
• Mom and I just got home from taking Eli to the playground, and as we were leaving he said, "Bye-bye playground. Too dark. Go home. I'm little bit tired maybe." Quite the monologue for a 2 year old, but all of it true. It was dark, it was time to go home, and he was a little bit tired!