...notes to myself...: Our Reed, way back in 2006

January 2006

End of January 2006, Reed told me "Me and Amy get big, no we need Mommy and Daddy anymore" – heartbreaking!
8 = Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin
Says “McGondalds” instead of McDonalds

February 2006

2/22/06 – Reed said he wants to marry Amy when he turns 6 (old enough to marry in his book)

March 2006

April 2006

4/12/06 – As he was laying in the tub, Reed said “I'm just going to lay here and watch the clouds go by”
4/15/06 – As he went to bed, Reed said he forgot to make a list of things he wanted from the Easter Bunny, then he asked how Easter Bunny gets around, whether he'd go to Amy's room or his room first, and finally he said he'd keep his eyes open just a bit while he slept so he could see the Easter Bunny.
4/28/06 – Reed sadly said “I don't want to have curly hair anymore” :-( Son, I sure remember feeling that way! But just wait until you’re older and the girls all think it’s dreamy.
Late April – Reed says “you crazy nut” to people....thanks, Kiki, for that one!

May 2006

5/07/06 – Once again, Reed said when he and Amy get big they won't need help from us anymore. Then he added that Amy would live in our house and we could live somewhere else.
5/10/06 – While riding in the car, Reed asked me “Mommy can you turn the music off, please?” Amy proceeded to chat away, then he asked "Mommy, can you turn Amy off please?" with a big grin. :-)

June 2006

6/4/06 – Today we took both kids for their first movie! We saw "Over the Hedge" and both were surprisingly cooperative. Amy didn’t even sleep through a minute of it!
6/9/06 – Reed and I were going to the “Sneak Peek” of Fairfax Fair, where employees get to go before the fair starts, to check things out. Reed literally ran all the way over there and also yelled “the Fair! the Fair!” and “I'm so excited!!!” :) There weren’t many rides open, but we did go on the gigantic Ferris Wheel, which made me a little nervous, it was so tall, but Reed didn’t seem to mind.
6/27/06 – Well today at school during nap time, Reed found a stray bead on the floor….and stuck it up his nose. I was able to get him to blow it out, thankfully.
June 2006 – Reed says "coffeecat" instead of copycat. It’s cute so we don’t correct him.

July 2006

7/9/06 – Cousin Seab Larson came for a visit, so we took him on a tour around DC. We had a picnic in front of White House, and Reed noticed a grove of trees in front of the White House and said “I think monkeys live here”. Ah, out of the mouths of babes…but I’m sure many might agree that George W. Bush is monkey-ish.
July 2006 – Reed says “wild up” instead of “wound up”, which is really entirely more appropriate.

August 2006

8/06 – Reed likes to make up new words to familiar tunes and is very creative with them.
8/11/06 – I called you when you stayed overnight with Grandma & Poppy. You’d made lemonade and were telling me it was good and you’d save me some. You sounded so grown up!
8/16/06 – Reed asked when we were going to the woods to play with Bambi. I said something about Bambi being all grown up and you told me that was just in the story, in the world he was still little.

September 2006

9/5/06 – As part of our vacation, we went to the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL. You were so excited about seeing all the animals, you would finish up checking one out then say “let's go to the next animal!!” and run ahead.
9/13/06 – We were talking about your cowboy costume for Halloween and I suggested you could say “howdy, partner” to people when trick or treating. You said “Maybe we could bring my CD player downstairs and put it in the wagon and bring it with us trick or treating – we could play the cowboy songs and I could sing along!"
9/20/06 – Reed's class made cookies today and he saved one for me. I told Reed I’d eaten it and he asked “did you enjoy the icing?”

October 2006

10/22/06 – We were at the Wenzells for dinner and they had chocolate/vanilla ice cream...Reed said “Look at that two-headed ice cream!” – he was really really tired and kind of loopy, I think. :)

November 2006

11/1/06 – You were Woody from “Toy Story” / a cowboy for Halloween. Just like last year, you really seemed to get more of a charge from handing out candy than the actual trick or treating. If there were kids across the street from our house, you'd yell “over here!” and want them all to come.
11/2/06 – You are so sweet and proud of Amy when she does something new. And you always say “I love you”.
11/6/06 – You told your first real joke! “Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9!” Yay!
11/14/06 – We were reading a book about dinosaurs and there was a green one in some tall green grass, with a predatory dinosaur nearby. All on your own, you said that since it was green, the other dinosaur would think it was just part of the grass and so it would be safe. Wow.
11/24/06 – Reed can be so thoughtful. He really wanted to make a craft for Aly after she made something for him and even said “maybe we can make two - one for Aly and one in case she has a visitor”

...notes to myself...