Quotes

I haven't posted any Eli quotes for a while, so I thought I'd rectify that, since he's still saying something goofy almost every day! This is long, but it's been a while, and the quotes are mostly for me and Jon to look back on anyway, so too bad if the rest of you don't like to read. :)

• While playing trains I was told, "The smokestack thing is where you get coffee from. Then you sit in here (pointing to the cab) and drive around and drink coffee." Do you think someone's mother drinks a lot of coffee?!
• We've started the obligatory noticing our penis phase, and last week I was told this as Eli went running down the hall, "Penis! Penis! Penis! Boys have a penis, so only boys can fight!" I'm not even going to comment more on that. :)
• Grandma said at dinner one day that she wished Natey and Andrew lived closer. Eli looked at her with astonishment, as if Grandma had miraculously read his mind, and said, "I wish those guys lived closer too! You are thinking what I'm thinking, Grandma!"
• Eli loves princesses (could have something to do with playing with Lexi two or three days a week), and one day I was informed that when Eli grew up he was changing his name to Snow White. That should prove to be interesting!
• I bought Elijah clothes for Florida and he loved a shirt with guitars on it, but when I showed him the blue and orange plaid shorts that went with it rather well in my opinion, Eli stood there looking at them with disgust and said, "I do not like those shorts. I like that (pointing to the guitar shirt) but NOT that (pointing to the offending shorts)." I couldn't help laughing because he sounded just like Jon when I bought him an orange and red plaid shirt a few years ago. Jon didn't like it, and the aversion for "loud" plaid things is apparently genetic!
• On the way home from Lexi and Tori's one Wednesday a discussion about something led down the path of Eli not wanting to be alone. After reassurances that Mommy and Daddy wouldn't leave Eli at home alone, we then discussed how Eli would never be alone because God is always with him. He seemed to really like that, but then got a concerned look and said, "But God lives at Lexi and Tori's house!" I told him that God is everywhere, but Eli was pretty sure that God only lived at Lexi and Tori's house . Then I could see his little mind working and he declared that God lived at church too, and at BSF, and that he thought God might live with Grandma too. What a compliment to Jeff and Lori though, that Eli knew that God is present, welcomed, and loved, in their home!
• Eli's developed an obsession with saying "It's a secret." It's driving me nuts, so I'm hoping that stops soon. At least it's given us a chance to talk about what is an appropriate secret to keep and what is not. At first though Eli's secrets were cute because he'd lean over and loudly whisper a secret to me at dinner and then tell me not to tell Daddy  . . . who was sitting right next Eli and heard every word. Then Eli would get a sly grin and stare at Jon and say, "I have a secret, but I can't tell you!' Goofball.
• When asked to help clean with Grandma and Mommy last week, Eli informed us that, "Cleaning is boring for me. It just makes me madder and madder. The only way to get unmad is to play!" Too bad it didn't get you out of helping, bud! The funny thing is that Eli is a really good helper and cleans up without even being asked quite often. Who knew it makes him "madder and madder"?!
• Driving to BSF a few weeks ago Eli directed me as to where to turn (he likes to tell me that and I'm reinforcing left and right to him) and then he directed which parking spot I should park in.  Then, as I turned off the car Eli pronounces, "Good driving, captain!" in this deep little voice. I just cracked up, it was hilarious! I have no idea what prompted that, but it was so cute!