Thursday, March 4, 2010
Little Performer
Enjoy!
ABC's
Sam is starting to recognize letters and their sounds (mostly thanks to a video he got for Christmas called "Letter Factory"). He also likes to play with his magnetic letters and will pull them out of the bag and say, "Mom, look! It's an 'O' " and it really is an O! What a smart boy!
He also ALWAYS sings the ABC's by ending it, "Next time won't you sing with ELMO." We keep trying to tell him that it's, "Next time won't you sing with ME," but Elmo has a pretty solid place in his heart!
I am a Child of God (or cheese...either works apparently)
He is such a ham!
Sorry about the song ending so abruptly - my camera ran out of memory card space before we could finish.
We love our little performer!!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Sam Funnies
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Sam and I were playing catch. I threw the ball to him and hit him squarely in the chest. He was wearing a San Diego Zoo t-shirt with several animals on the front. The throw must have been a little harder than he liked because he said, "Ow Mom! You hurt my elephants!"
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Each night we crawl around on the floor helping Sammy pick up his toys before he goes to bed. One night, Dave let Sammy get on his back for a horsey ride. He told Sam that he was a cowboy riding his horse. So now, each night, the conversation goes something like this...
Sam: Dad I want a cow ride
Dad: Horsey ride Sam, I'm a horse!
Sam: No Dad, you're a cow!
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We had some friends over a few weeks ago. Carrie was asking Sammy to name the type of ball on his pajamas. Sam, apparently missing where she was pointing said, "That's my peanut."
(He appropriately censors his own comments, the best part was watching Carrie turn a deep shade of red. Maybe we should have waited to teach him the name of that body part.)
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Sam is a sponge. Whatever we say, we'll be sure to hear it again. This means he's picked up words like "Gosh Dangit" and "Oh my gosh." So we've been working on replacing these phrases with "oh man!" The other day, Sammy dropped a piece of food on the floor during lunch. I said, "Oh man!" and Sammy said, "No mom, say "my gosh!"
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The other day, Sam was pushing his plastic chair around the hardwood floor and it made a horrible screeching sound. I was on the phone for work, and the following conversation ensued...
Mom: Sam, are you making noise?
Sam: Yes. I'm making nose-y.
Mom: Stop making noise with your chair or I'm going to throw it away.
Sam: (walked over to the garbage can - looked in and said) No, it can't fit. See the milk in there? It can't fit. (Funnily enough, he was right. Sometimes he can be very logical.)
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Sam's latest argument for not sleeping:
Mom: Sam, it's time for a nap.
Sam: No Mom, I can't. I'm awake!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A Visit from Santa Elf

The book comes with this cute little elf, who hides around the house watching the children all day and then returning to Santa each night to report if they have been naughty or nice. Sammy LOVES him and looks for him faithfully every morning. We wanted to think of a creative name for him, but we really wanted Sammy to name him. When we asked Sammy what his name should be, he said, "Elf." (we're working on creativity - maybe next year, he'll be given a better name)
The night we started this tradition, Sammy was heart-broken that he didn't get to play with the elf. So, we gave him a little Santa Claus instead. And from that point on, any Santa that Sammy see's is "Santa Elf." (Driving down the street past a Santa lawn ornament, "Look mom, Santa Elf! See it? See it Mom??" The Santa in the mall = Santa Elf. If he's wearing red, has a beard and carries gifts, he's Santa Elf.)
So here's our sweet Santa Elf wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Great big brother
Here's that giggle video I mentioned:
One final thought: Michelle picks me up from work and we're sitting behind a truck waiting to pull out. Sammy from the back seat yells, "Go Go Go!... Come on, My Gosh!" Oops, I guess the road-ragedness is contagious. We'll have to watch how we express our frustration!
Second final thought: Cute: Sammy calls all stuffed animals pooh (because Winnie the Pooh is his biggest bear). Not as cute: Cinnamon bears are therefore called pooh, thus comes: "I want to eat pooh!" (To myself: "be mature, be mature, be mature ... Nope!") Dad: "You want to eat pooh?! Bwahahahaha!!"
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Big T-W-O
Sammy turned 2 a few weeks ago! He had a great time opening presents.
We celebrated by opening presents and blowing out candles at home and then we went to Grandma's for more presents and candles.
Here he is opening presents...
Sammy didn't quite know what to do with the birthday candles. It was fun to watch him learn what you're supposed to do with them.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Under the Lights
Sammy was quite concerned with this process!! Every morning he'd wake up and walk over to the light machine and say, "Hi baby." He's pretty intruiged by those lights!
I think Sammy is a little jealous of all the attention Katelynn has been getting - so he tried to make himself yellow as well!
He's such a good big brother!