Our boys love the “Little Park” by our house and one of the most fun things is the talking/listening thing.  On one side of the play structure is a tall pipe with a cone-shaped top to speak into and from which to hear.  The other end is up on top of the play structure.  The boys love talking into these and seeing if they can hear the person on the other end.

Yesterday Cole and Alex were talking (shouting) in to them.  Cole, eventually tiring of the game, walked away saying, “Alex, we’re not online anymore.”

Ha! They are definitely children of a new era…

While enjoying dinner with Grandma and Papa, Cole observed Papa drinking ice water, then chewing on ice cubes.  A moment of thinking, followed by giggles…”Papa’s going to have ice come out his penis!”

Horrified, we responded, “Cole!  What are you talking about? Don’t say that.”

Cole, still giggling, repeated, “Papa was eating ice, so he’s going to have ice come out his penis!”  Finally, we figured out his train of thought, and his understanding of how food works it way through the body.  Then we promptly moved on to a conversation about what things we talk about (especially at the table).

As we walked in the door from the garage, Cole went in first, then I held the door for Alex.  Upon seeing this, Cole says “Thank you for helping Alex Mommy, thank you very much for that!”

Lying in bed this morning we heard Cole begin to stir.  Soon, he’d woken enough to begin talking and eventually singing.  The more he woke up, the LOUDER the singing, until he broke out in a rousing rendition of, “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me!  I stand alone on my tip tip toes, the B-I-B-L-E!”