What I want to be

Me: "Max, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

Max: "Guess!"

Me: "A firefighter?"

Max: "Oh no way- I don't ever want to be in a fire!"

Me: "A doctor?"

Max: "OMG no! I don't want to see blood!"

Me: "A teacher?"

Max: "And repeat the same thing over and over again? Boring!"

Me: "So what would you like to be Max?"

Max: "I want to be someone who runs all over the place"

Me: "So you want to be a professional soccer player?"

Max: "Yes!"

Me: "What country do you want to play for?"

Max: "Brazil! They are the best!"

Me: "Any other countries?"

Max: "Not France, never France; they never win"

Me: "What about Argentina?"

Max: "Yes! yes! I would play for Argentina"

On Cavities

At our annual dental appointment today, Max found out he has 2 cavities. In the waiting room after:

Max (to random woman sitting in waiting room): "I  have 2 cavities and I don't understand why because I eat fruits and vegetables"

Random woman: "That's ok, it happens to all of us. I am here for cavities. Will you tell your daddy tonight?"

Max: "No, I won't tell him tonight, we are separated right now"

On Marriage

Me: "Max are you coming into daycare to say hi to Delphine?"

Max (big sigh): "She's going to want to kiss and hug me..."

Me: "Well yes, she misses you"

Max: "Two girls want to marry me; Sophya and Delphine"

Me (laughing): "That's true honey"

Max: "I can't control that"

Me: "Max!"

Max: "What? It's true!"

On Dragons

Max's interest in dinosaurs has now been turned into an interest in dragons.

Max: "For my birthday I want dragons"

Me: "Ok; which ones?"

Max: "All of them"

Me: "And will all of the dragons play with all of the dinosaurs?"

Max (giving me a "duh!" look): "No; dinosaurs and dragons did not live in the same period"

Me: "Oh, I didn't know that. Who was first?"

 Max: "Dinosaurs Mommy, THEN dragons. Not at the same time"

Me: "Ok, got it"

Pourquoi?

Brooklyn is in that questioning EVERYTHING phase

Brooklyn: "Pourquoi xyz?"

Me: "Parce que abc"

Brooklyn: "Pourquoi?"

Me: "Parce que ..."

Brooklyn: "Pourquoi?"

Me: "Brooklyn peux-tu SVP arreter de demander Pourquoi?"

Brooklyn: "Why?"

On Being A Smarty Pants

While Max was getting changed into his pjs tonight:

Me: "Max, have you taken your underwear off yet?"

Max (doing a little wiggle dance): "Yes! Look! Can't you see my sexy bum-bum?"

Me (laughing): "Oh Max- the girls are going to love you when you are older. We always like the funny guy"

Max: "Eewww..."

Pronunciation is hard when you're 2-yrs old

Brooklyn's favorite Christmas gift is a book called "The Gruffalo" which she asks that we read to her repeatedly. It goes something like this:

Me: "What book would you like to read tonight Brooklyn?"

Brooklyn: "The Fuckalooo!!!!!"

I really need to record her saying it, the intonation and pronounciation are just too cute and funny.

Modern Day Problems

I was making Max a peanut butter sandwich to bring to a friend's house for a play date. He asked me if his friend might be allergic to peanuts. The following is the conversation they had:

Max: "Henrik, are you allergic to peanuts?"

Henrik: "No, I'm not"

Max: "That's really good"

Henrik: "I know"

On cocktail etiquette

Max, on asking me questions about a work cocktail I was at

Max: "Mommy, tell me what goes on at your work parties"

Me: "I walk up to people and say hi, I'm Alyssa, what is your name?"

Max: "And if they know you, they come closer?"

Me: "Yes."

Max: "And what else Mommy?"

Me: "And there is music playing, and food and I had a glass of wine. That's all"

Max: "It was a short party tonight"

On 21st Children

Brooklyn (holding her vtec Genius Fun): "Mommy, don't touch my laptop, agreed?"

Siblings

The kids ended up in bed with me early this morning as we all slept in one room at my dad's.

Brooklyn (groping around in the dark): "Where's Max?"

Max: "I'm right here Brooklyn. Don't worry, I'll always be with you, except when I'm at school, but that's just because you're too little right now"

On Brooklyn

Max still says a lot of cute things, but with Brooklyn turning 2 and getting more into speaking in full sentences, she's earning her place on the blog now as well! Here are a few funny things she had said this weekend:

Me: "Brooklyn, what flavour of ice cream would you like?"

Brooklyn: "Blue!"

While I was putting her down for her nap:

Brooklyn: "Big owl please!

Me (handing her the big stuffed owl)

Brooklyn: "where are his hands?" So she could play patty-cake with him!

Brooklyn (with set of play keys in hand): "I want to drive the car!"

On Geography

The very cool thing about having had a winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup all in the same year is that Max has really gained an understanding/concept of the world and the countries around the globe.

Brooklyn: "Avion! Avion!"
Me: "Yes, look an airplane that is heading to the airport"
Max: "No, that airplane isn't landing"
Me" Oh no? Then where do you think it is heading?"
Max: "Maybe Orlando, or Ghana, or Argentina"
Me: "Or Brasil, for the world cup final?"
Max: "Yes! Maybe Brasil!"

Not to mention the number of times he has correctly identified country flags...that even I could not identify!!

On Being Money Wise

While grocery shopping last week, I decided to look at buying sealed containers for cereal.

Me: "What! This container is $18?!"

Max: "What!?"

Me: "And this one is $20??? Are these people crazy?"

Max (funny, frantic): "Mommy! Don't buy it!"

Almost 5 year old phone conversation

Max called his school friend Justin tonight and I, of course, put the phone on speaker to hear the cuteness:

Max: "Can I come to your house Justin?"

Justin: "Yes!"

Max: "What's your address?"

Justin: "Let me show you"

Max: "But I can't see"

Justin (mother whispering to him in background): "1740 Marchand Street"

Max: "Is your house far?"

Justin: "No"

Max: "Can I bring my little sister?"

Justin: "Yes"

Max: "And my Daddy and my mother?"

Justin: "Yes"

Justin: "Our teacher Dave is big"

Max: "Yes"

This went on for a good 10 minutes before I asked to speak to Justin's mommy so we could actually plan a play date for the boys; so cute!!

On Co-Sleeping

Brooklyn, usually the easiest child to put to bed, couldn't sleep tonight. She ended up in Max's bed as I was reading his story, which he was ecstatic about.

Max: "Brooklyn, do you want me to choose a book?"

Brooklyn: "Ya- book!"

Max: "Ok, how about this one?" Holding up a book on heavy equipment, one of Brooklyn's favourite things in the world

Brooklyn: "Ya!"

Max (rummaging through his Disney bin): "Brooklyn, do you want a character?" 

Brooklyn: Vigorous head shake "no" 

Brooklyn (holding out her arm): "Bobo bobo"

Max: "You want me to kiss it to make it feel better?"

Brooklyn: Nodding vigorously "yes"  

Max: "I want Brooklyn to sleep with me all night!"

Such a sweet older brother

Go Habs Go

Max has morphed into a die-hard Habs fan- no surprise given Pat's allegiance to the team! As I said to Pat recently, "Tree, meet apple". This is how every morning proceeding a game has been in our house, since the playoffs:

Max (coming to the edge of the stairs and saying to me): "Mommy, did the Habs win last night?"
Me (most mornings): "I don't know Max, we'll have to watch the highlights to find out"
Max: "I hope Carey Price got a shut-out!"
Me: "I don't know about that Max; the other team already had __ points by the time I went to bed"
Max: "I have to go talk to Daddy about this!"

On Being a Gentleman

Max and Brooklyn were playing together in the living room, when I heard Brooklyn cry out. I ran into the living room and saw them both lying on the couch.

Me: "Max, did something happen?"

Max: "No"

Me: "Why did Brooklyn cry?"

Max: "I don't know. I was just lying down on the couch next to her like a perfect gentleman"

Where does he come up with this stuff???

Kids see no color

Max is a huge hockey fan and really into the Canadians right now. We don't let him watch full matches but we do let him watch the sports highlights the next morning so that he can see the most important parts of the match. This morning, he saw an interview with PK Subban.

Max: "He has black on him"
Me: "Max, he is black"
Max: "Why isn't he white?"
Me: "Not everyone is white, sweetheart. Some people are black, some people are brown, some people are white with different features. We are all different."
Max (said in such a sweet, innocent, happy voice): "But we all have the same heart!"
Me (melting): "Yes, yes we do"

Really, mommy...really

Max's exact words to me: "Franchement Maman, Franchement" (said with the exact right intonation and level of exacerbation)

He also spelled out his first word on Sunday: "S.A.Q." (Solid parenting, I know)