Dylanisms

What can I say about this little monkey? So much joy, laughter, fun and frustration all wrapped into one super independent five-year-old. He is a non-stop ball of energy who loves life and learning. He LOVES to explore and imagine and is one of the most creative people I have ever met. He continues to keep me on my toes, even as a slightly mellowed down 5-year-old version of himself. Here are some of the latest and greatest Dylanisms that I actually managed to write down.

• During the spider bite adventures, I told Dylan his arm looked swollen. He looked at me nervously and replied, "Why, what does swollen mean?" "It just means it's a little bigger than normal, bud. Don't worry." He looked down with a serious look on his face and said, "That's cuz I'm tough, Mom."
• Dylan was playing dentist one day and brought down is magnifying glass and a clothespin to inspect my teeth.
• All three kids were playing cowboy one day and Dylan gave some pretend chili to Anthony. Anthony played along and said, "Yum, this is really good. How'd you make it?" Dylan replied, "I have the best recipe. I put in beans, peas, brown sugar, salt, tomatoes, tomato sauce... I make the BEST chili."
• We were in a public restroom and Dylan asked me if the feminine hygiene products were paper towels. I said no. "Mom, can I have some change?" "No bud, we're not buying any," I anticipated. He responded, "Why mom, what are they?" Honestly, his curiosity will not let me get away with simple answers.
• Another day, he was looking at something and said, "Oh, I certainly love that."
• At Dylan's preschool graduation I was crying. He asked me why. "Are you crying because you're happy? Sad? Excited?" "No, buddy, I'm crying because you're getting big and growing up so fast." "Oh, okay." A few minutes later I took him to the bathroom and when I saw myself in the mirror I started crying again. I was talking to myself and said, "No, I am not aloud. Stop!" "Mom, why are you not aloud? Did you lose your voice or something?"
• We made and painted some stepping stones with the kids' handprints on them for Father's Day. While Dylan was waiting for his turn, he decided to paint a leaf. He brought in the painted leaf and said, "This is for my father. But not my father, this is for my Father in Heaven for Father's Day." It was so sweet.
• I told Dylan to get a ball out from under the couch that he had lost. He told me he couldn't because he didn't fit. I told him to try anyway. He slid under feet first and stopped. "See, I don't fit. My penis is stuck." Later he corrected himself and said he thought it was probably just the buckle on his pants that was stuck.
• I was in the left-hand turn lane and Dylan noticed another car turning left the opposite direction. He said, "Uh-oh, mom. That car is on the same track as us."
• I was in the basement and could hear water running so I went to check it out. Running water is never a good sign around here. Dylan had undressed himself and Preston and was running water for a bath. I asked him what he was doing and he said simply, "I'm giving us a bath. We were dirty."
• Preston was in the tub handing me ocean toys. When he handed them to me, I would say the name of the animal. "That's a seal, Preston. Seal." Dylan quickly corrected me. "No mom, that's a sea lion." Preston handed me a whale. "Whale." "No, that's not a whale, that's a sperm whale. Preston, say sperm."
• We were at the store and Dylan had given Preston a glitter ball. I wasn't going to buy it so when we went to check out, I put it back. Preston started crying so Dylan went to his rescue and brought it back again. I told him to put it back and he said, "I can't put it back. It makes him too sad." We left without the glitter ball and Dylan said, "I know what I'm going to get Preston for his birthday...a glitter ball. Yeah, a glitter ball would be a good brother's day present."
• I was talking to Marcos about a place called Toad's and Dylan asked if it was a place for kids. I said yes. He said, "Do you know what I call places that are for kids?" "What?" "Where a kid can be a kid and a mom can relax and take a break from her kids." I started laughing and he said, "Mom, I know what I'm talking about. Where a mom can relax and take a break from her kids."
• Dylan put on some yellow basketball pants and said, "Oh, I love these golden pants."
• One day when we were in the car I was telling the kids about the pioneers and Pioneer Day. Dylan was kind of serious and said, "I'm looking at that cloud. Do you know why I'm looking at that cloud? That's the cloud where Jesus lives and I'm going to look for Him." He always says sweet stuff like that when we are talking about spiritual things and he feels the Spirit.
• (This one's about Anthony, but I thought it was worth remembering. He isn't LDS for those of you who don't know him.) Anthony looked at me out of the blue and said, "Okay, let me get this straight. You call God Heavenly Father and I just call Him God, right?" I said, "We call him God and Heavenly Father, but He is the same person and He loves us very much."
• I overheard Dylan say to Anthony, "Anthony, do you know that we're really brothers because you're a part of our family?" Anthony replied, "Yeah and brothers really love each other." Too cute!

Dylan the police officer - this kid loves to pretend

My mom bought this bug belt for Dylan when he stayed over at her house. He would not take it off. He told me he wanted to go exploring when we went to the park. This is how he looked for several days. He got a lot of "cool belt" comments during our outings that week. :) It's still one of his favorite new things.

Dylan's bug belt