Spencer Says

April 4, 2014

It had been a very long day, so after dinner I laid down on the couch to rest. Spencer kept trying to get me to play pretend with him, but I told him I was too tired and to play with Rod. He said he didn’t want to play with Rod so I told him to go play by himself.

Spencer: “No I’m not going to play by myself! Stop being like that girl from Frozen, that sister when she’s in bed and doesn’t want to play. I’m like Anna and I want to play. Stop being like Elsa!”.

October 2013

What is something mom always say to you?

-Put your pants & underwear on

What makes mom happy?

-I do!

What makes mom sad?

-When I mess up my room with toys and teddy bears and dinosaurs and crackers and lots of crackers.

How does your mom make you laugh?

-When you drop toys and everything

What was your mom like as a child?

-You were afraid at Daddy’s game.

How old is your mom?

-One

How tall is your mom?

-You’re as tall as you

What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?

-Cartoons

What does your mom do when you’re not around?

-You call me at work cause I’m busy at work

What is your mom really good at?

-Vacuuming

What is your mom not really good at?

-drawing pictures of hearts

What does your mom do for her job?

-Type on the computer

What is your mom’s favorite food?

-Oranges and Lettuce and ice cream

If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

-A squirrel with a tail

What do you and your mom do together?

-Wash my car

How are you and your mom the same?

-We both like milk and juice and cookies.

How are you and your mom different?

-Watch different cartoons.

How do you know your mom loves you?

-Because she hugs and kisses you lots and lots

What does your mom like about your dad

-Playing with him

Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

-To girls nights.

6/29/14:

Spencer and I were playing Power Rangers. He was pretending he was a bad guy and I was the Yellow Ranger. He had this evil lava that if he put a power ranger in it they would turn evil. So he tricked me and threw me into the lava. When I was “evil” we starting doing evil things together. We beat up the other rangers and their cute little dog. And then Spencer said, “Heeheehee (evil laugh) now let’s drink lots of juice and no water. Because too much juice is bad for your body! Heeheehee” 

Wow Spencer you are really evil.

8/10/14: Spencer is really in to Super heroes lately. He knows most of the major super heroes and their counterpart names (ie. Spiderman is Peter Parker. Hulk is Bruce Banner etc.) He was pretending to be Superman/Clark Kent. We told him that Kal El was superman’s name that his real parents named him, and Clark Kent was the name his earth parents named him. He came up to me later and in his deep pretend voice said, “Hello, I am Superman. But my real name is Cowbell.”

8/12/14: A few months ago Steve was talking to Spencer about baptism. He quoted the scripture that says a man must be born of the water and the spirit, and told Spencer that when we’re baptized it’s like we’re born again, etc etc. Well in Spencer’s little 4-yr-old mind he thought that meant would literally be ‘born’ again when we are baptized (we’d be a little baby and grow up a second time). Steve and I both have tried to explain to him many times that it’s a metaphor, and he says he understands and but then he says stuff like this:

-We were visiting Grandma Oliver and eating Sunday dinner when Spencer turns to me and says, “Mom when I’m baptized and born again will you name me Clark?” (Grandma Oliver and I could not stop laughing)

-I was getting Rod ready for bed and putting on a sweat shirt on him that used to be Spencer’s when he was little. Spencer, “Mom whose shirt is this?”

Me, “It used to be yours but now it’s too small so we’re going to let Roddy wear it now.”

Spencer held the shirt up to him to see how it would look and I said, “Spencer that’s way too small for you.”

Spencer, “I know. I just wanted to see if I can wear this shirt when I’m baptized and little again. “

8/22/14: Spencer was in the Kitchen eating and I was down the hall using the bathroom in my bedroom. While I was in there I sneezed. About 30 seconds later I see a little hand poke through the bottom of the door with a Kleenex.

Spencer, “Here mom, here’s a tissue.”