Beautifying the Outdoors

Nathan is going to be such a good graffiti artist when he's older. I sent him outside with the chalk because I got tired of cleaning it off of the walls and furniture inside. He knows he's not supposed to color anywhere except the chalkboard and he doesn't like getting in trouble, but he just can't help himself. It sure didn't take him long to cover the back patio. He was even coloring with both hands.

Nathan worked up quite an appetite after all that coloring. He couldn't wait to eat those "snakes" that Steve was grilling. Apparently, he misunderstood as we talked about the steaks.
As usual, he devoured that corn on the cob.

Here are some random stories and phrases that Nathan has been entertaining us with lately.

Every day when Steve gets home from work, Nathan asks him, "Daddy all done flying those B-1's?" Steve tells him that he's all done, so Nathan immediately wants him to take his flight suit off. He thinks that if Steve keeps his flight suit on, there is a possibility that he might go back out and "fly those B-1's." Then if Steve walks out of the room without a shirt on, Nathan immediately tells him to go put a shirt on. Nathan is the wardrobe patrol. I was wearing a tank top one day and he told me to put a different shirt on.

Last night, Nathan asked me if I was going to "fly those B-1's." I told him that I just might do that. I asked him if he wanted me to go fly and he said, "No, I want Daddy to fly B-1's and Mommy stay home with me."

One day Nathan kept telling me that he, "not like debba." He calls Aunt Deborah, "Debba," so I kept telling him that he does like Aunt Deborah. Then we would give each other blank stares. Then, one day we were watching Noggin, and Yo Gabba Gabba came on, and Nathan mentioned again, "I not like Debba Debba." That makes more sense. Aunt Deborah, you're still in good standing! Uncle Matt, I wish I could say the same about you.

Nathan hates the idea of bringing a baby into the family. I explain to him that he's going to be a big brother. Then I tell him that Uncle Matt is Daddy's big brother and Uncle Joe is Mommy's big brother. His response to that is that he doesn't like Uncle Matt or Uncle Joe. He doesn't want to have anything to do with anything big brother related.

Here is another misunderstanding. I have been thinking that Nathan has been asking me to "wash armpits" for the past couple of days. I don't ask questions, I just pretend to wash his armpits. He would always laugh so I figured everything was okay. Then I figured out that he was asking to "watch Wonder Pets" on Noggin.