More Sammyisms

Sammy: Annie, can you hold me in your arms?
Me: ((heart melts))


Sammy: What are you listening to? 
Me: A story about boys in space (Ender's Game) 
Sammy: What!? Boys aren't "aposed" to be in space.


‎Sammy: Why do they make stores so big? 
Me: So they can sell lots of stuff 
Sammy: If they made just little stores, they can have just one thing.
Me: What one thing would they have?
Sammy: a toy
Me: What toy?
Sammy: A lego face


Out of the blue, Sammy asked: Why do people need pinkies?


‎Sammy: I like your shoes, Annie! 
Me: Thank you. 
Sammy: Why do they have sticks on the bottom?


Sammy: When I eat, I'm going to eat outside so I don't break your house, 'cause I'm going to get big like the 'Credible Hulk. He's SO big.


Sammy: Why is one a tooth but two is teeth? 
Me: Because two is more than one. It's plural. You change the word a little when it's more than one. 
Sammy: Two is a turtle?

A book without pictures! What fun is that?

Sammy: "What are you doing?" 
Me: "Reading a book." 
Sammy: "Without any pictures?" 
Me: "Yep, no pictures." 
Sammy: "The same one?" 
Me: "Yes, the same one as last night."
Sammy: "Why it take you so long to read your book?"

What time is it Sammy?

Sammy: "My watch says, 'It's time to get Annie (me)'."
Me: "Not if I get you first!"


 **POW, POW** 
::Sammy falls dramatically to the ground:: 


Sammy: "Help me, Annie Doctor. I've been shot." 
Me: "Oh No! Who did this?"
Sammy: "You did, when you were a bad guy."
Me: "I'm sorry! Let's get you better so you can play and have fun."
Sammy: (weakly) "and catch bad guys"

A little bit of self control

Every year we put out cookies and carrots on Christmas Eve for Santa and his reindeer. (Those poor reindeer have to share one carrot.)

Sammy carefully chose the cookies he wanted to put on the plate and then took one for himself. A little later on, I heard him walking down the hall, saying, "I'm just going to have one m...." Then he stopped, turned around, and walked back to his room, saying "No, I'm not going to eat one of Santa's cookies."

That took a lot of self control and quick internal dialogue for a little boy who's extremely picky about food but LOVES cookies and cakes and ice creams.

What I'm Reading

Tonight when I got home from work, the rest of the family went out go Christmas shopping. I made myself a light dinner, turned off the TV in the living room, and settled down on the love seat to read a book. I stayed there until after 10:00. It was nice to be alone in the quiet, a kitty plopped down on top of me, with a good book to occupy my mind.

I'm reading HOW I KILLED PLUTO AND WHY IT HAD IT COMING by Mike Brown

I'm enjoying it very much. I LOVE science, especially physics, specifically astrophysics and astronomy, so I knew I had to pick up this book when it was released (which was 2 weeks ago). When I brought it home, Sammy looked at the cover and asked "Why is that rocket bullet dying that dot?" Such a simple question with a very complicated answer. 

Sammy used to have planets hanging above his bed, so I used those to explain why Pluto (which he used to pronounce Mooto when he was younger) was a small planet and couldn't be a BIG planet anymore. Of course there were many more factors that contributed to the definitions of planets and dwarf plants, but he's only 3. When I put Sammy's question on twitter, Mike Brown, the author, replied with "the dot had to die." 

I'm half way through (page 135)...I think Eris (the 10th "planet") is about to be discovered, which sends Pluto on the path to it's eventual doom. I've found this book to be very engaging. It includes aspects of the author's personal and professional life and explains the science behind astronomy in a way that a person of average intelligence can understand it.

I've checked this out of the library, but I can tell it's going to be a book I'm going to buy.

Always Together

Today Sammy asked me and Mom, "Can we be friends forever so we can always be together."

I just adore this kid.

A Halloween Card

Sammy received a card in the mail today for Halloween. He opened it up, looked at the picture, and said "Wow, it's for trick-or-treating!" When asked what it says on the inside, he said, "It says I'm supposed to go trick-or-treating tonight and put on my Iron Man costume." I think he's excited for Halloween.

Two Sammies

While we were driving around on Saturday, Sammy (3) said: "If Daddy was my age, I could carry him on my back. Then there'd be two Sammies, and we could grow up together."