Oh, Daniel...

Some tidbits of conversation with Daniel over the past few days:

#1
"Daniel, you did a great job eating your dinner and you were a good boy all day! You can now have that cookie we promised you."

(in an excited voice)"YAY!" (in a mellow voice) "...um...but how big is it?"

#2
"Daniel, tonight we're having Chinese food for dinner!"

"Good, but it will make me fat."

Nachos

Today we had nachos for lunch. Daniel specifically requested that his nachos have only un-melted cheese on top...

More birthday fun

Here are some more pictures from Daniel's birthday week:

Birthday pancake for breakfast!

Cool birthday glasses from Aunt Bea -- and a chocolate doughnut, too!

Helping to make birthday cake #1.

Eating said birthday cake.

Cool! Soccer shoes!

Soccer shoes, PJs, birthday glasses.

Daniel's first kick in his new soccer shoes.

Helping to make birthday cake #2 -- chocolate cupcakes!

Playing his new guitar from Grammy and Grampy.

Daniel's first date

This is what Daniel knows about dates: Mommy and Daddy leave, Daniel stays at home and is sad because he misses them, somebody else comes and watches him while we're gone.

This morning, I overheard Daniel saying this to Lovey (his lovey), while setting up some of his toys around her (yes, Lovey is a she):

"It's okay Lovey, I'm just going to go on a date so I can spend some time with some of my friends. Don't worry, Lovey, you wont be here alone. You'll be here with the dinosaurs and crocodiles--they'll take care of you while I'm gone."

Sweet, but I'm not sure why he picked the most menacing of his toys to be Lovey's babysitters. Does he think we do the same? Hmmmm...

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

More to come later...