Weston Is Funny

I must say, having a talking toddler is the best thing ever. Here are a few recent Weston tidbits:

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Last week when the State of the Union Address was on TV, I told Weston a few times that we were watching "President Obama." Then, after a few minutes, I asked him who was on TV. First he said, "Obamie!" and later he said, "Cubbins." The next morning, we asked him again who we had watched on TV the night before, and he said "Robot man." (?)

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Weston is currently obsessed with spatulas. They go with him everywhere - to the playground, to church, to his crib at night. If need be, he can be quickly spotted in a crowd of children because he is the one clinging tenaciously to a spatula:

Therefore, you can probably imagine his delight when we introduced him to this internet video. It has become his absolute favorite thing to watch on the computer, and he can watch it eight times in a row ("Pascha cidee gan, peese!!") without losing interest:

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When Weston does something funny, we usually chuckle and then say something like, "Hey, Weston, you're a funny kid!" One time, he did something funny, and then laughed at himself and said, "funny kid."

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One morning when I came into Weston's room to get him up, I happened to be wearing a red t-shirt with my red pajama pants. Weston looked at me and said, "Santa!" Then he went on to talk about "peasants" (presents).

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One of our child's favorite playthings is his Zurg action figure. Weston makes me and Tim hold Zurg and talk like him, so that he can then show things to Zurg and have a conversation with him. Usually it starts when Weston looks at us and points to Zurg ("Zug!"). After we've picked him up, Weston will look at him and say, "Hi Zug!", or sometimes he'll feed us a line by saying, "Hi Wetton!" Then he'll proceed to show Zurg all of the other toys in the room. Zurg is required to be extremely excited about this.

(When Weston is especially well-behaved at breakfast, sometimes Zurg will come and give him his gummy vitamin. If only you could see the joy.)

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When Tim was cooking dinner one time, the smoke detector went off. While Tim ran around opening all the windows (we don't have a stovetop fan), I grabbed a pillow and started waving it under the smoke detector to get it to stop screeching. Weston was fascinated with the whole operation. Over the next several days, he kept talking about the "pee-yoh" (pillow) that kept beeping ("BEEP BEEP!!") because Mommy was waving it around. He'd run into our bedroom and point to the beeping pee-yoh.

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On the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, there's a piano on one side of the captain's quarters that appears to be playing itself. Tim and I pointed it out to Weston one time, and now every time he sees it, he gets really excited and yells, "PI-WET PINANO!!!!" (pirate piano)

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Weston caught me making a face like this one morning when I was putting on makeup, and now he likes to do it all the time. After a few moments of doing it, he CRACKS up and hops around for some reason:

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Sometimes I let Weston have some of my cereal while I'm eating breakfast, and one time when the cereal was all gone, I let him have a taste of the milk in the bowl. I'd been eating Cinnamon Life, so I asked him, "Does it taste like cinnamon?" Now, whenever he tastes the milk from my cereal bowl, he yells, "CIMMANIN!" (Even if I'd just eaten Kix, or Cheerios, or whatever. I think he thinks that "cimmanin" basically means "cereal milk.")

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Weston fancies guns very much. He has a little water gun that he plays with often, but when he was at Gangy's house, he had a whole arsenal of Jerebrett's Nerf guns to hold and shoot. Ever since then, he has started shooting people as a greeting. When he sees someone new, he'll either grab a gun-like object (straw, wooden block, etc.), or just use his hand, and yell, "Boom boom!!" That means you've been shot. Really, it's a compliment. (And don't worry, he has mastered the healing art of tickling, so he knows how to tickle you alive again.)

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Weston has gotten very good at anticipating the end of his favorite TV shows. When the end is near, he starts his "BAH BAH!!" (bye-bye) shouts. For instance:

Thaaaaaat's Elmooooo's woooooorld!
("BAH-BAH ELMO!! BAH-BAH ELMO!!")

Hip-hip hooray, the Super Readers saved the day!
("BAH-BAH SUPAH WHY!!")

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!
("BAH-BAH MICKEY MOUSE!!")

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I attempted a photo shoot with Weston recently while he was playing with his ramp. (He loves when Tim and I build ramps with his wooden blocks.)

First I took some candid photos of him playing:

Then I said, "Hey Weston, can you smile for the camera?"

Then, when I thought our photo shoot was over, Weston stood up, walked over to the TV, and then turned around and looked at me (ready with his official pose, I guess?):

Then, he struck a new pose and looked at me like this:

Hahahaha! We love that kid.