Toddle Monkey

I call him Toddle Monkey on this here blog. Soon he'll move up to 'Six'.

But not yet~

even despite trying so hard to be big like his older brothers and sister.

He keeps reminding me that he'll be 'fo-wah' in June.

He begs me to let him play his big brothers' computer games, because for heaven's sake, he's not little. "He's firty inches tall!!"

"Not tall enough," I say.

Then he gives me this look....

And then I turn on the computer game for him.

But only for a minute..

or two...

Don't judge me for my weakness. You'd crack too.

Especially if he asks you for just a "teeeeny tiny bit of that delicious, delicious bahloo alligator". (Gatorade)

I don't dare correct him. And I've threatened asked his brothers and sister not to as well. Toddlerhood passes so quickly. I just want to hold on to these little things for a few more moments. Heck, he only said "hocks and hoozies" for a week before moving onto the grown up version "socks and shoes". He didn't graduate up to "socks and shoezies", nope-- he just blew right past that to 'socks and shoes'. Stinker! Doesn't he know that I have five others that say socks and shoes??!!??

Of course he's the only one I've ever had to call Apple Jacks 'Michael Jacksons'.

And, I don't quite know what to make of that....