18 Months of Colinisms and Lyndonisms

I love my kids, but I’m terrible at keeping up with this blog about them. We’ll see if I can do better, or if it will be yet another year and half before I do another. I make no promises.

Lyndon is now preparing to start kindergarten, an exciting yet depressing time for us as parents. I know he’ll do well, but just don’t want to that milestone to come just yet. He is as curious and inquisitive as ever, and is intensely interested in all types of animals. He frequently snatches up toads, snakes, cicadas, etc. Basically anything that creeps people out, he’s game. He still loves pizza, corndogs, White Castle cheeseburgers (no other type of burger), Pop Tarts and fruit. It was not my intent to feed my kids crap, it just happened. He did great at t-ball this year and really enjoyed it. I was a very proud daddy watching him hit the ball so well, and, more importantly, being a very well behaved kid and listening to his coach. He is growing to be a very creative kid, and enjoys drawing and music. For the latter, he and Colin are wearing out the new Cars album, to the point that I pretty can't listen to it any more. It's sad when you want your kids to like your music, then regret it when they want to hear 1,434 times in a row.

Colin continues to be a character in his own right. He has moved off of his obsession with eggs, and now is completely consumed with gum. Not just chewing it. Ownership, distribution, and just holding the pack, he’s all about gum. In fact, I believe he likes possessing gum more so than chewing it. He’s still quirky – still doesn’t like strawberries or cheese, but he’s much more adventurous than Lyndon in his willingness to eat food. He loves spaghetti and meatballs, apples, and carrots (with ranch…gotta start them on veggies somehow). And Cocoa Puffs. Every day with the Cocoa Puffs. He had his first swimming lessons this year and did well despite being scared. He still goes everywhere with his Blankie, Linus style.

And now, let’s review some of their great sayings from the past year:

Colinisms

" I am going to make cheeseburgers out of my boogies." – May 2011
Lyndon- "You cannot throw a baseball in the house. It's too hard." Colin - "You're naked, by the way."
"I don't want to get go, I want to eat chicken wings." February 2011 at the Super Bowl
"I want to get down so I can pester Lyndon." – January 2011
Yuletide Colinism, after sustaining minor injuries after falling on a nativity scene: "I fell on Baby Jejuss." – December 2010
“Poop don’t talk.” – November 2010
"Daddy, I dropped my gum." Me: "That's a rock." Colin: "Can I eat that rock?"
"I want a marshmallow." Me: "No, you get one." (he had already had one). Colin: "OK, one more" as he walked over and grabbed the bag
"Daddy, I am going to punch Lyndon.”
"It looks like a rectangle, but it's a Pop Tart."
Colin was in a video shoot for a commercial for MLGW. The director obviously isn't used to kids. He's giving my 2-year-old detailed instructions on what he wants him to do, and Colin looks up with a snot bubble in his nose and drool hanging from his chin and says, "YELLOWWWW."


Lyndonisms
"You know what would be cool...if we left the door open, and toads came in while I was asleep, and they got on my head." – July 2011
"I saved the seeds from the popcorn so we can plant it in the garden."
Me: "To grow corn?"
Lyndon: "No, popcorn." – June 2011
"Is fabulous gooder than awesome?" - May 2011
Lyndon while at the store: "AAAAAAAGGGGHH!"
Me: "What is it?"
Lyndon: "Nothing, I was just screaming for no reason." – May 2011

"I'm going to be a fireman when I grow up, but I'm still going to live with you." – April 2011
"I know how Michael Jackson died...he drank too much medicine."
“I’m going to punch Colin in the face nicely."
"Does your eardrum have drumsticks to bam on it?"
"I wish animals had to go to school every day and we didn't." – December 2010
"When I was a baby, in mommy's tummy, did I ever try to come out of her mouth when she talked?" – November 2010
"For animals, is every day the weekend?" – December 2010
Lyndon's Bible: The Lost Verses - "But Daddy, something HAPPENED in Bethlehem. There was a good Abominable Snowman and a bad droid was going to get Jesus, but the Snowman had to save him!" - December
"You know why I don't like 'Winnie the Poo?' Because it's called 'Winnie the Poo.'" – November 2010
"A tornado came, and it electric a building and the building fell on somebody and it gave him powers and he turned into a super hero called....THE BUZZARD! He is faster than anybody." – November 2010
"When Colin was a baby, I liked to smell his hair and then he growed up and I still smell his hair. Because I love to smell his hair."
“Colin is trying to vaccum me.” October 2010
While playing in the back yard, I turned over a rock telling them, “maybe we'll find bugs...or a treasure.” Lyndon: "Bugs ARE treasure." October 2010
Mom showed him fossils of a trilobite and said, "they lived millions of years ago." Lyndon: "Like when mommy and daddy got married?" August 2010
We sometimes recycle the boys' toys via yard sale or Goodwill, so Lyndon likes to talk about "selling" his toys). "You know what I want to sell...Colin's head." July 2010
Lyndon: "I haven't had a treat today." Me: "You ate two popsicles at the picnic." Lyndon: "They weren't treats when I ate them." July 2010
Tonight's Lyndonism: "Do people lay eggs?" I said, "Why yes, son, Peyton Manning did in the Super Bowl last year..."
"I just think that some spiders are Italian." June 2010
"Flies land on poop?" ("Yes, son.") "And they get their legs dirty?" ("Yes"). "How do they wash them off?" June 2010
"When is your hair coming back?" (to me, of course) May 2010
"If I kick your head off, you won't have a face?"– March 2010