the alligator

Max tells stories. He starts as if he were in the middle of the story. I like it.

“And then you go to doctor. And the doctor get your baby out. Then we open the door. We go on the alligator, we walk and then we see you and baby D’liza. And then the doctor buzz baby D’liza’s hair. Like this… buzzz… buzzz…buzzz. And I love baby D’liza. She is so cute. And baby D’liza loves me. I hold baby D’liza?”

So… it’s funny to see how different all my kid’s personalities are. The other day Jimmy told a story about how he almost was hit by lightning. Later that night Max retold the story and acted it out. I guess he’s our dramatic child. He loves to act things out. The best was when he re-enacted getting the google eye out of his nose. He is quite the funny tot. Another great thing about Max is that he says encouraging things. When Jimmy is out working in the yard Max will say over and over, “You’re doing a good job Dad.” The other day he comforted D’liza with, “It will be okay baby D’liza. It will be okay.”

A little more about Max lately. This kid has been sick 3 times in the past month. And we’re talking week-long illnesses. It’s weird. I suppose part of it is because he has been a stinker about eating lately and his immune system probably isn’t very strong. But it’s partly that he’s at the age when he’s out more (ok – really just going to Primary) and he’s catching all the little viruses that kids just catch. He had a rash and a fever. And now he is just getting over a weird virus with one-day barfing and 2 weeks of diarrhea. On the day he couldn’t keep any food or drink down, he was so out of it. I missed him talking about Baby D’liza. I was glad when he was back to his perky self. He also is always saying his stomach hurts and I hope it goes away soon. Anyhoo… having sick kids is no bueno.

We like Max. I do hope this whining phase will end soon. He and Truman battle it out with screaming. Aaaak. It drives this mother crazy. We’re working on obeying mom and dad the first time, going potty before it’s too late (he somehow thinks he can get out of going potty), and saying please. This summer he has loved swinging on the big swing. He holds on great and likes under-dogs from Hannah. His favorite cereal is Strawberry Frosted Mini-Wheats. He still likes warm hot chocolate. His quiet times consist of watching a movie and laying on the couch… with a snack, of course.

There’s a little bit about Max these days. I want to remember all the cute things the kids do and say when they are little and so innocently funny. Good times.