It just keeps coming...

These are quotes from lunch with Ikey one day:
That's a giant piece of pickle.
I have a napkin in my ear.
I'm a silly billy man.
I need a bandaid on the top of my head.

Aimee: Do you want a new diaper?
Ikey: No, I just want to stand here with poopy pants.

Ikey: Did you poke me with your finger?
Aimee: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.
Ikey: But you did.

Walking up the stairs with his hands full of cars, milk cup, etc. he said, "Can you help me? I can't hold everything. "

I caught him with his hands in my purse and a mouth full of gum. He assured me, "Gum is good for me. It's good for me. "
Aimee: It tastes good, it's not really good for you.
Ikey: It tastes sweet.

I put some cheese on Beanie's tray and she looked at it and squawked. I said, "Beanie is talking to her cheese."
Ikey directed the following to the cheese on his tray, "Hey hey hey! Are you here? You're pieces of slices. I'm eating you."

Ikey noticed that I was wearing heels and he said, "You have shoes. Don't tip over in those shoes."

He was reading The Great Brain again: "Oh!" Tom said. "I lost my list."

Ikey's Book Club

Ikey has always loved books more than any other toy. He "read" the newspaper before he could stand up. He has always been willing to sit still on my lap to hear a story. He has memorized several books: Little Pea, How to Dinosaurs Eat Their Food, Reindeer Run, Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin, How to Dinosaurs Go To Bed. This means that TB and I have read these books a million times. We've moved on to longer books because my head was going to explode if I read Little Pea one more time.
Jovie got the Ivy + Bean (Ikey and Bean?) series for Christmas and we've read two of those. We've finished Little House in the Big Woods and started Farmer Boy. We've finished The Great Brain and we're in the middle of More Adventures of the Great Brain. Come over for story time!

I asked him to read The Great Brain to me. He opened the book and said, "One day, Tom ate supper. Tom washed the dishes." That's not what the book is actually about obviously, but he got the right character name. He'd love to discuss...

Late-Breaking Funny Stuff

Ikey: I want some Buh-Zert.
Aimee: We aren't having dessert.
Ikey: Don't say 'We aren't having Buh-Zert.' Don't say that word.
Ikey was fighting me when I was trying to buckle him in the car seat.

Aimee: You need to cooperate.

Ikey: I want to stay outside.

Aimee: You need to get in your car seat and cooperate with me.

Ikey: You need to cooperate. Don't talk about me.

I tricked him into trying on a pair of flip-flops. They were attached to each other with elastic so he could take only very small steps. I told him they'd be perfect for the beach. He said, "These penguin shoes?"

Snowman

TB and Ikey made a snowman in our yard.The fluffy, dry, powdery snow is awesome for skiing, but doesn't stick together well enough to make a snowman taller than the two-year-old. He has a carrot nose and chocolate-covered espresso bean buttons. After snowman construction, we took the kids to a fancy Italian restaurant (we should have nixed that plan when they told us they didn't have high chairs) where Ikey was NUTS. Luckily, we were early so the restaurant was pretty empty and Ikey's very charming while NUTS or we might have been kicked out. After he squished THREE butter packages, he held up his greasy hands and said/yelled, "It's kaka!" TB and I don't say "kaka" so who knows where he got that from. We survived it without too much embarrassment or broken dishes.
That evening, we were reviewing Ikey's day and he said, "We made a snowman. I ate a button." Ah HA! No more espresso beans for the baby.

Official Photos

Funny

I just think Ikey is hilarious. He entertains me all day long.
Jovie was chewing on her collar. Ikey said, "Beansey, polka dot pajamas are not for eating. They're just for looking at."
He was sitting in his toy shopping cart when it tipped over. He looked up and deadpanned, "That was not great."
I was reading a Newsweek magazine. Ikey looked at a big picture of Mitt Romney and said, "This guy is Jon Stewart."
I asked him what shape a light fixture was, he said "Circle." I said, "Actually, it's a square." He recovered well: "Kind of looks like a circle."
If he sounds too bossy or whiny (or says "Go away Mommy" - where did he learn that?!), I'll say, "Don't talk that way, please be nice." He'll say, "You're a good lady." or "You're the best mom."
"Ikey and Bean are good friends together - like Buzz and Woody."
"Green and brown are good colors together. They're funky."
"I usually look like Justin Bieber."
"Why am I up-side-down? I'm so confused."
He asks to hear stories about everything. He says. "Do you want to tell me a story about a green balloon?" I asked him to tell me a story about a napkin. Here it is, and I'm not kidding or embellishing. "Once upon a time there was a napkin. It loved Ikey. It was happy. The end."

Beanie can say Mama, Dada, AHHH, and tickle-tickle-tickle. She doesn't sit still on my lap for storytime like Ikey did - and does.

Talents

Isaac is a great cook! He likes to count and pour and even helps clean up. We've made a cake with frosting, brownies, hot chocolate, scones, and bread pudding.

Here is a glimpse of his singing talent.

Subtitles: In this life, one thing counts: in the bank, large amounts. I'm afraid these don't grow on trees. You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys. Robin Hood, what a crook. Gave away what he took. Charity's fine, subscribe to mine. You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys. Why should we break our backs, stupidly paying tax? Better get some untaxed income. You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys.

Beanie's talents include cheering everybody up with her happy personality and sneaking Ikey's favorite toys when he's not looking.

Plus, she's just darn cute!