Eli is known to say some of the most hilarious statements. Today at church I combined his and Knox's class and sat down to sing with them. I told them we were going to sing, "My God is so Big". Eli raises his hand and says, "Mom, how bout some Chris Tomlin?"
Recently I put a new pair of sandals on Eli. He had never worn strappy sandals before and he stood up, looked down at his feet, and proclaimed, "Well my goodness Mommy, I wook just like Jesus Christ the Lord." Jerrold and I were dying laughing.
Eli also says very interesting comments that are way out of his age range. We joke that he is an old man stuck in a little body. We co-hosted an event for our Karen refugee teenagers at church. As we stood on the field watching them all run around and play games Eli looked at me and said, "Mommy, isn't it beautiful to see all dese peoples enjoying demselves." Whew, not a 3 year old comment.
Knox on the other hand is not nearly as insightful or deep. He does say funny things, but more often asks questions that relate directly to himself. Typical 2 year old behavior. He strongly prefers for me to put him to bed at night, more often than not, he will pitch a fit if his Daddy does the routine. We have been practicing having Daddy put him to bed, and the last several nights he has begun to ask me at 5:00, "Mommy, you put me to bed tonight?" My Mom reports that I started asking every afternoon about the same time if she was going to rock me at night....Tonight as I tiptoed by his room, assuming he was asleep, I sneezed. I immediately heard the sweetest little high-pitched voice, "Bess you, Mommy", "Mommy, you hear me, I say bess you". He. is. a. mess.
