Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!

Stephen likes to wake up every single morning at 6am when we are lucky, 5:45am or earlier when we are not. Lately he has learned to entertain himself playing in the room for a while while Mama and Papa try to get a few more minutes of sleep. (Ever notice that those last few minutes in the morning are the very best moments of rest you can get?)

The other morning I was asleep with a pillow over my face and Stephen came up to me and put his face as close as he could to mine, with a huge grin and whispering,

Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!

Over and over, trying very gently to wake me up.

Racism in 2013 (Language Warning)

So mere moments after meeting me in a professional setting the other day this otherwise un-noteworthy guy tells me that he misses the South because "the n******s knew their place" down there. 

!!! 

And I failed to do my civic duty by not busting his face...

Poquito (Just a Little Bit)

Stephen learned a new word: Popo (poquito). He holds up his finger and thumb almost together and squints, saying popo, popo (Just a little little bit!)

Papa: No, Stephen, we can't go outside right now.

Stephen (squinting with hand sign): Popo! Popo!

Papa: Ok, just a little bit.

Stephen (happy)

Mama: No, Stephen, no more leche!

Stephen: Popo! Popo!

Mama: No, no more leche!

Best Friends 2

When Sarah is happy and getting what she wants, she wants to be best friends.

Sarah: Papa, you wanna be my best friend forever?

But when she does not get her way, or she is crabby, she rescinds her friendship.

Sarah: Papa you're not my best friend!

There is another phrase she has been using to express her dissatisfaction:

Sarah: Papa you're not invited to my happy birthday!

Best! Friends! Forever!

Mama taught Sarah a little game they do together.

Mama and Sarah (clasping pinkies): Best!

(Clasping thumbs): Friends!

(High five): Forever!

Nakey

Sarah (partially or fully naked, running around and laughing): I look kind of nakey?

Sarah: Mama, you look nakey!

Same Shirt

Sarah and Papa are both shirtless.

Sarah: Papa, look! You and me both have the same blusa (shirt)!

Peter Pan in the Park

We discovered Kiwanis Park, a big park in Tempe where they were showing family movies on Fridays in May. Papa escaped early from work in time to head down with the whole family.

Now, Sarah was drawn to screens since she was a baby and was captivated by a TV screen at the grocery store. Stephen, on the other hand, has shown almost no interest whatsoever in watching anything on a screen.

So Stephen had no interest whatsoever watching the movie in the park. He was much more interested in the girls sitting in a wagon nearby, or tumbling around, or getting up to walk around. Not even the doggie on the screen could capture his interest. So Papa and Stephen got up and walked around instead, and went to play in the big, nice play area nearby.

Halfway through the movie Mama and Sarah followed and we all had more fun playing on the playground.