Prestonisms

• Preston tends to mix up his words and invent new ones that sound good to him. One his latest words is micro-eezer (microwave and freezer).
• Preston calls pine cones ice cream cones. Gotta love that kid!
• Preston will ask for some of my drink and say, "Can I have some of your coconut?" instead of "Coke."
• When Preston finally started to say his "l's" like an "l" instead of like a "w" he really enunciated his words. He would say things like, "Can I pa-lay with you?" or "Let's do la-etters."
• Preston loves to make statements like, "This is dee-licious!" and "This is so TASTE-EE!" He really emphasizes those words. His voice is just so cute and unique!
• Preston loves carrying things around with him. One day he was carrying a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse set of "Go Fish" cards around. There was a picture of Donald Duck with a number 4 painted on it. I asked him what was on the card and he said Donald has a green 4. Apparently he knows his colors and his numbers. That kid is crazy! I never know what he has learned and what I need to teach him. He is always surprising me!
• Preston has become obsessed with trains and everything Thomas. He loves reading all his books, talking about the "big, big bridge" and is very fond of Percy and the color green.
• Dylan had binoculars and Preston wanted them. He said, "Mommy, he can't share 'key-nock-key-ers' with me."
• Preston has said, "Can you hold you?" forever. He recently started saying, "Mommy, can you holdge me?" He finally understands the "me" part, but apparently thought the word was holdge. So cute!
• Preston says, "Can I have a glass of sip?" It's a combination of having a glass of water and a sippy cup.
• I love the way he talks. He has a few voices. One sounds like Dori on Finding Nemo when she is speaking whale. If you haven't had the privilege of hearing the kid, it's truly funny. And I'm not exaggerating. He really does speak whale! Another voice is very growly and dinosaur-sounding. He seems to use that voice when he is being tough and boy-ish. And the other is his sweet, toddler voice. Why he has these voices, I will never know, but they entertain EVERYONE!
• I've had to get a little tougher on him and start saying no when he asks for unreasonable things. He'll look at me and say, "Hey, why not?" So funny!
• He gets a lot of phrases from me and/or Dylan. On our way to Wyoming I had his portable DVD player on. It had a scratch in it and was paused for a minute. He used his deep, scruffy voice and said in an irritated tone, "Oh, come on!"
• I think Dylan must have changed the song this summer when the hose was under the tramp because Preston now refers to "Ring Around the Rosies" as "Jump around the Hosies." Pretty funny!
• His favorite colors seem to be green and yellow, although he is not nearly as picky about colors as Dylan was at this age.
• He hates having his shirt taken off unless he is going swimming. He either needs to know he'll be putting on another shirt or pajamas or he will be getting wet soon. I'm not sure why, but he gets pretty frustrated and doesn't seem to get over it forever.
• If you take something from Preston, he won't calm down forever. He tends to play with one thing for quite awhile and gets really upset if you take it from him. But if you ask him if you can play with it, he is almost always willing to share. It's all in the approach with him!
• He is really loving reading lately. His favorite books are Clifford and Thomas the Train, but he'll let me read pretty much anything as long as it keeps his attention (so basically kid books for now).
• For some reason he favors counting in Spanish. He knows how to count to 10 or so in both languages, but when he spontaneously starts counting something, he usually counts in Spanish.
• There are lots of words that he uses in Spanish instead of English. He tends to mix both words in a sentence.
• We have neighbors behind us that are from Mexico. When Preston sees them in the backyard, he will stand at the back door and yell "hola" over and over again until they answer him. Eventually someone will usually call back, "Holy, como estas?" and he will reply, "bien."
• Potty training has been a chore with Preston. The other day I watched him back away from me and go over by the piano to poop. Since then, every time I change him he says, "I not poopy on the piano." It's funny how he makes the association between the piano and pooping in his diaper that day. He says that about several other locations as well.
• Preston has been calling me Mama lately. He used to say Mom or Mommy, but now it's Mama. At first it seemed odd, but now it's very endearing.