Ah, the funny stories begin!

1. I had an employee that needed to borrow something from me that I had at home, and I have a tendency to forget those things if I don’t write them down, so I made a little note on the back of my hand, in red ink. Bacchus saw it last night, and said, “Oh, no! Mommy, ouch!” I told him that it wasn’t an “owie”, but that I had written someone on my hand with a pen. Then he said, “Mama, no-no, pen, hand”. Yep, that’s right. That’s what I get for trying to teach him something.

2. I went to wake him up this morning, and he said, “Ouch”. I asked where the “ouch” was, because in the car coming home from Kearney , he said, “Ouch, tummy”, and later had some bowel issues…so he gets it. Anyway, I said, “Where is the ouch?” After a lot of guesses on my part, with a “no” answer, he said, “Ouch, cookies!!”. Um…ok.

3. I was asking him what he wanted for breakfast this morning. “Banana cake (bread)?”, “no”, “Eggs?”, “no”, “Bacon?”, “no….OH, YES!!! Bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, BACON!!!” - yelled, while jumping up and down on his knees. So, apparently he likes bacon.

Te-Te and Wa-Wa

Uncle Te-Te and Aunt Wa-Wa make great bread for a Bacchus sandwich!

A taste of things to come....

While picking Bacchus up at daycare today, one of the one year olds toddled over to me, holding his little arms up. I couldn't resist, so I picked him up, marveling at how light he felt compared to our big boy. I was focused on the fact that Dane appeared to have a poopy diaper, when the sitter said, "Uh-oh...look at that face!". I looked over at Bacchus, who was staring at me, open-mouthed. He jumped up, ran over, and started tugging at my pant leg, as if to say, "Hey, mom! You picked up the wrong kid!"

I quickly surrendered Dane to have his diaper changed, and Bacchus and I headed for home.

Funny story from Nana

One evening this past week I saw on the chicken-cam that there was an egg in a nest, so I said "Bacchus, do you want to go out with me to get an egg?" He jumped up and ran to the door. He looked out, stepped back and said "Nana -- it's DARK!" I said "That's okay, here's a flashlight for you." He was excited to have the flashlight, and started down the sidewalk, but he was holding the flashlight so that it was pointing at the sky. I said "Bacchus -- you have to shine it up ahead so you can see." So, he pointed it at his head and continued stumbling down the path in the dark :)