a few funnies...

First a quick update...

Anderson is regaining strength, energy and a little more of an appetite. He is still not feeling great, but he is on the mend. (We are five days into this, and I think a week can be "par for the course" for the duration of this virus.) He and "B" spent the night with his grandparents last night while Paul and I went to a party in Greensboro for Ryan's 30th, which was so much fun! I'll blog about that later...

Bennett is cracking us up. Here are a few things he did today that had us snickering (even if he couldn't know we were laughing).

• He swings his arms at his brother and when Anderson says "no", he laughs hysterically. Ok, he is hitting his brother, but since the word "hitting" has a connotation of a malicious act, I don't want to use that word because Bennett isn't trying to be mean. He is, however, trying to get attention--negative attention--and that is not acceptable. So, when we firmly tell him no, he is an obedient boy and stops.....for a moment, laughs again hysterically, then tries it again. We have tried seveal methods of discipline and have found that if Anderson just bear hugs him so his hands are restrained, Bennett hates that and stops.
• He calls himself "Boo Boo". Yes, the name has STUCK. He sees pictures of himself around our home and loves to point them out and say "Boo Boo". There is a book on our coffee table that is comprised of photos of him, and he call's it "Boo Boo book".
• He loves the word "poop". I told you that he seems to pick up on words we prefer he not use! Today, I was talking to Anderson about people who are lactose intolerant and I used the word in our discussion. Bennett stops what he is doing, looks at us with the biggest smile and says "poop", then belly laughs. This went on for at least a minute or so.
• I was folding laundry while Bennett stood behind me in the laundry room. I heard him walk into the kitchen, and since Anderson was in the family room watching television, I assumed Bennett went in there to see him. However, after a few minutes I noticed that I didn't hear Anderson talking to him, so I went into the kitchen where I saw the doors to the snack cabinet were wide open. I ran around the corner, afraid he was up the hardwood stairs again, and found him sitting on the first step with a bag of goldfish, eating a belly full! He just looked at me and grinned with an expression that I promise you looked like he was thinking, "Whassup?"