chewed out

He had a sippy cup in his teeth and was shaking his head back and forth and the sippy cup was flying around smacking me in the arm. I snatched it out of his mouth and put it down.

He yelled, "No Mommy! You're ticking me off now!"

bipolar

This is what Andy told his father this morning as he sat at the breakfast table before school:

"Hi Daddy. I woke up this morning. I cried and cried and cried. I was happy."

Somehow I don't think we've properly explained the nature of various emotions to him.

piglet

Uncle Davey is home this week to do some work on one of the family houses. So of course Andy has been all over him like a piranha on a pork chop. Today Davey and Andy and I picked up lunch for ourselves and our mom (Meme) and brought it back to her kitchen.

Andy was hurriedly working on his giant pile of rice and beans. Davey set his plate down next to Andy's elbow and went in search of silverware. Andy promptly helped himself to Davey's meal and in particular went to work on the tortilla chips. When Davey came back and absent-mindedly picked up his plate Andy suddenly got very upset.

He threw his hands out to the side and said, "Oh dear! There goes my food! Davey took it away!"

It was mighty difficult to explain the exact nature of the situation to him. Parents and grandparents freely share whatever is on their plates with the little free loader. Davey obviously just doesn't get it.

not surprising

Today on the way home from school I asked Andy what he'd done and what he'd learned.

He said, "No means STOP."

I asked, "Who said that?"

He answered, "Miss Kim said, 'Stop, boys! Stop everything!'"

Looks like there's all sorts of trouble to get into, no matter where a young lad finds himself.

don't tease me

Andy just got very angry at the little crane in his train set, burst into tears, and announced, "I'm running away!"

cruel baby

We're sitting on the couch watching the Coal Bowl.

I reach over to give Andy a kiss in the general vicinity of his ear.

"Stop it Mommy! You're ticking me off!"

Ouch.

EDITED on 9/29 to add this:

Andy was drinking out of a bottle of water and he spilled some on his leg. Shawn couldn't help but laugh.

This enraged Andy and he puffed up like a chicken and yelled, "Stop it Daddy! You tick me off!!!"

'tude

Last night we were playing in Andy's room before bed. He was clean and in his jammies and has recently discovered how much fun it is to hide under his crib. There's a bed skirt so it's like a little cave where he can hoard his Hot Wheels in private.

Shawn and I were talking while Andy rolled around under there and suddenly, in a quiet moment, we heard the him say, "It's a bad attitude."

I said to Shawn, "What in the world?"

He peeked out from under the bed skirt and said slowly, "It's a bad atti.....tuuuude!"