1/1/14:
Dinner was ready so I called to Steve to come to dinner. But instead of
calling him Steve (like I usually do) I said, “Dad come to dinner.”
Spencer: “Who are you talking to?”
Me: “Dad.”
Spencer: “My dad?”
M: “Yes.”
S: “The dad in the office?”
M: “Yes.”
S: “The dad that I call dad and you call Steve?”
M: “Yes.”
S: “Oh…why did you call him dad?”
M: “Cause that’s his name.”
S: “No, that’s the name I call him. His name to you is Steve.”
2/2/14:
Spencer gave his first testimony in Church today. He saw another little
boy get up with a dad and give one. Spencer saw the little boy, who is his
friend, and he wanted to go up too. I told him he could only go up if he did it
all by himself. Spencer said “what do I say?” I told him he starts by saying
that he wants to say his testimony and he ends with ‘in the name of Jesus
Christ, Amen’ and then I told him to just say whatever he felt about the church
or gospel or Jesus. Finally he decided what he wanted to say and practiced a
few times whispering in my ear to make sure he could remember what to say. Then
he walked up by himself, went up to the microphone and said, “I want to say my
testimony. I know Jesus loves me. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.” Then he
ran and down and said in a very loud whisper “I did it!!” Then everyone around
us started laughing. It was really cute. And I was very proud of him.
2/9/14:
When I was growing up I called the weapons the Jedi’s used in Star Wars
“life-savers” because I knew the candy before I knew the movie.
Spencer, however, we are raising as a nerd apparently. Case in point:
Spencer was eating a life-saver candy and he said, “Mom this light saber is
really good.”
2/21/14: Spencer and I went to the doctor because he had what turned
out to be hand, foot and mouth disease. While the doctor was examining him we
had to pull down Spencer’s pants to examine the sores on his bottom. After the
doctor was done looking I was helping Spencer pull up his pants and Spencer
leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Awkward.”
3/5/14:
Spencer loves Jillian Michaels (trainer from The Biggest Losers). I do
work out videos on my ipad in the morning and several months ago he discovered ‘Jillian
Michaels 6 week ab workout’ and I guess he really liked it and her because now
he says “That is my exercise teacher”.
Today I decided I wanted to do one of her exercise videos and Spencer
woke up to find me using his exercise teacher and he had a bit of a fit.
“That’s my exercise teacher! Not
yours! She loves me to exercise with her, not you!” It went on and on until I
was done with the workout. I finally gave in though and I will no longer work
out to Jillian Michael videos (unless Spencer is asleep).
3/26/14: Spencer has an imaginary friend named Jones. He doesn't play
and talk with him but they have a lot of adventures together. We’ll be eating
lunch and he’ll say that him and Jones went to climb a mountain today or went
for a drive “because Jones knows how to drive.” A few weeks ago I asked how
Jones was doing and he said he was dead.
Me: “Oh! I’m sorry how did he die?”
Spencer: “Someone just killed him. I don’t know who.”
Me: “That’s sad.”
Spencer: “Actually I do know who killed him. It was Lord Voldemort.”
But a few days ago he decided he was alive again. Today he told me all
about his family. It started off with Spencer coming up to me wearing his
Superman outfit holding a blue ball.
Spencer: “Hmmm I wanted to put this ball in my shirt but I can’t
because this superman costume is all one piece.”
Me: “Why did you want to put that ball up your shirt?”
S: “To pretend to me a mom.”
M: “But only girls can be mommy’s. Boys are daddy’s”
S: “I know, I just wanted to pretend….I have pink lips like mommy’s”
M: “A lot of people have pink lips, even daddy’s.”
S: “Jones doesn't have pink lips he has white lips. He wears white lipstick.
It’s boy white lipstick. But his mother has pink lips. Her name is Mary
Lapoota. And Jones doesn't have a little brother like me he only has a big
brother. But he does have a baby. His babies name is Rod Lalaloo. And he has a
little, big brother named Spencer Arona…It’s Spencer like me! Cool huh?!”
