my eldest

for aunt katelyn:

1.  rachel, please correct me if I'm recounting incorrectly:

cooper carried beckham off of the stairs and into the family room.  after setting him down, he gave him a little nudge with his foot, attempting to prod him in the desired direction.  rachel said,"cooper, it what world do you think it's ok to kick your brother?"  coop thought about this for a minute and then and replied, "I don't know.  I only know this world."  

2.  "Mom, I love you twenty-fifteen pounds.  That's a lot."  

Thanks coop.  How much do you love senny? 

"one."  

one what?  

"just one." 

how about beckham?  

"one."  

I love being the favorite.

3.  While playing play-dough with lindsay:  "this is such a great experience!"  

4.  said in an english accent, "I do declare, this is a bizaster!"  this is said often, in a wide variety of circumstances.

5.  to his friend allison, "oh, you lost a tooth!"  

allison, "yeah." 

 cooper,  "are you going to be ok without it?"

6.  cooper wasn't thrilled about eating his dinner.  his dad told him he'd be pretty hungry if he didn't eat his dinner.  Cooper, "dad, that is not uhsponsible."  dad replied that he thought he was pretty responsible.  "no, dad.  only mom is unsponsible."  we're working on what it means to be responsible.  and how to say it.

7.  the word enormous has been used very frequently the past few days.  it is used in place of "hilarious" or "great."  

- we were walking/riding around the pond at our local park and when one of the ducks would flap ferociously or waddle and shake his tail or dive into the water, anything cooper found remotely funny, he would exclaim, "oh, that is enormous!"  

- he made his own sandwich for lunch today.  wheat bread, ham and honey mustard (sorry dent, he must have some banks in him) and when he finally tasted his masterpiece he proclaimed, "oh mom, this sandwich is enormous!"  

I personally think he is enormous.