Robotship gonna get you

I took the boys to St. Simons for Abraham's winter break (Winter break at preschool??!!). I'll be honest-it was both harrowing and fun. Now that a little over a month has passed, I think I have recovered enough to remember the good parts they: Seeing grandparents (my parents), not wearing winter clothes, playing on playgrounds, seeing my sister and Ashley.

Also on that trip, Angelo discovered his fear of mechanical robots. Grand pop got a robot from a friend of his and one night Abraham, Angelo and I played with it. It's pretty big and talks and walks. The next day, Grand pop took Angelo up to the room where the robot was to show him. Well, he freaked out, ran in the corner and cried. Angelo spent the rest of the trip saying "robot ship gonna get you." (pronounced: robot ship gonna get yooowwwww). Every time we talked to Aaron on the phone, Angelo would shout out that the robot ship was gonna get you and would want to exp

lain that Aaron on the phone. Abraham was very respectful of this fear and didn't ask to play with the robot. When Angelo was napping we would get it out but that was it. 

He now kind of has a curiosity about robots and is ok with them as long as they aren't moving or talking. 

Happy Nose

Angelo's favorite song lately is "Happy nose" (If you're happy and you know it). He will frequently say "happpy nose" and start swaying back and forth. That means you have to sing it. Other faves are the Batman theme (he likes to fill in the Batman part after the nuh nuh nuh), and 5 little monkeys. When he gets a chance (ie brother doesn't answer) he likes to fill in the  "no more monkeys jumping on the bed!" part. 

Have I mentioned the cape recently? He's basically been wearing a red cape tucked into the back of his shirt for over two weeks--including sleeping. The other day I woke up to him silently holding the cape in my face waiting for me to tuck it back in his shirt. 

When he wants the cape he shouts; "Mommy! I be super hero!" 

So, I guess the costuming mania has now spread to the youngest member of the family. 

More tough questions

Last night when I was reading to Abraham he told me that when I was very old, he would read to me. And then he told me that when I was very old, I would die and my body would return to the earth. Followed by this series of questions: "but when you are up in the clouds are you sitting down or are your standing up? Are you lying down?" He really needed to know this answer-when you were dead and you went somewhere else, could get up and run around. We haven't been that clear about what happens. I don't like making up answers that I don't know for sure. I always answer the " where do you guy when you die" question with a bunch of possible scenarios. Abraham seemed to really really need this answer. I could have made something up but all I could come up with was, "well, we just won't know for sure until it actually happens." That seemed to satisfy the curiosity for now. But I guess I need to be better prepared for questions like this.

How bout Angelo?

Tonight, Angelo was in my lap. I called him "my baby" as per usual--Abraham has forbidden me from calling him this since he was 2. Angelo looked up at me and said. "No. I'm not baby." To which I responded, "well what are you then?" And his reply, "How bout Angelo?!" (pronounced An-a-lo (strong l sound).