Till the cows come home.

I have been meaning to post this story for a long time.
A few months ago Parker got into trouble ( which is such a unusual thing for him HAHAHHA) Anyway Tony got upset and told him to go to time out. On his way to time out Parker asked Tony how long he would have to stay in time out and Tony told him "until the cows come home". Parker went to time out visibly upset but it was not his ususal telling us that he doesn't care and that we should go to time out ourselves because we were mean to him. No, this time he was crying and when I asked him why he was crying he said," I don't want the cows to come home. They will bite me." So I explained to him that this was just a idiom, something that you say but in truth you mean something different. He calmed down a little bit and everything was well untill Tony and Zack decided to tease Parker about the cows coming home. I guess the cows coming home have traumatized Parker more than we thought.
Last saturday when I was taking out the trash I went through the garage (it's shorter that way) After closing the garage door Parker ran up to me and asked me where dad was , I answered home and then he asked me where Zack was and I answered home. That is something that he started doing since the cow incident everytime he heard the garage open or close. He would always ask who was leaving or coming but this time nobody was leaving and everybody was accounted for and at home. I did not see his next question coming . He asked " Did the cows come home?"
Poor little guy. I am wondering how long he will be waiting for the cows to come home?

Parker

Parker said a couple funny things over the last couple of months and I wanted to put them down somewhere before I forget.
My parents do not speak english and my kids do not speak german that made my parent's visit last Christmas pretty funny. Parker would regullarly get upset with my mom for not understanding his commands. He thinks he's in charge. So anyway we were on our way to the store and parker had taken some collecter Mario Galaxy Trading Cards with him into the car. He kept asking me to read the descriptions on the cards to hom. I kept telling him that I could not because I was drivin. So my mom offered to try and read them to him. He gave her the cards and told her,"Omi just don't read it in german. Read it in "mario"". Now I finally know what language this child speaks, because half the time I cannot understand what he is saying. I guess I should check if a community college around here offers a crash course in "mario".


Yesterday Parker and Zack were constantly getting into fights. It seemed that they were bothe egging each other on. It was just one of those days. Parker is almost 4 and he thinks he is soooo old. The best way for Zack to get Parker upset is to call him a baby or tell him he is younger than 4. Anyway Parker comes running into the family room yesterday and tells me'" Mommy Zack said I'm one". I did not answer. I decided to ignore him and then sometimes they go away and take care of their differences on their own. But this time that wasn't the case. Parker sat down next to me on the couch and said:" Mom, yestermorning Zack called me one." I just started laughing. I had completely forgotten about Parker calling yesterday Yestermorning.

After grocery shopping today I turned on the radio in the car and as I was putting on my seatbelt Parker said pretty loudly:" Let's get this party started. Turn up the volume mom." Wow, not even 4 and already a party animal.

Last week we took a trip to Charlotte NC. We went there to see the Suns play. The game was pretty bad and the Suns lost by like 30 points. I think the most esciting thing that happened was Parker falling down on the seat in the row below us. We were at almost the top row of the upper deck and those do not have alot of room. During the national anthem Parker started dancing and and with almost no leg room he tripped and fell. He still has a big bruise and a scab.
On the next day we went exploring downtown Charlotte. We took some nice pictures and went home right after that. It was one of those short trips but the kids got to sleep in a hotel room and they thought that was pretty cool.