Two Year Old Tee-Tommy

We just love this little guy who...
says, "Pray me, Mom." (how he asks me to pray for him at nap and bedtime)

says, "Me no cry-nin, Mom." (as he aggressively wipes both eyes with one hand covering each eye and with his fingertips starting at his forehead, he quickly pulls his fingers straight down from his forehead to his chin swiping away any remaining tears...ADORABLE!)

says, "Eight o'clock!" ANYtime someone asks what time it is...apparently, it is ALWAYS eight o'clock in Tommy time.

says, "Him fly?" about any and every character in Star Wars or any and every Superhero we see. "Him no cape!" as his response to me when I inform him that one of the characters he's inquired about doesn't fly. And, "Him CAPE!" when he's confused about why I've said a character doesn't fly and yet he observes that the character does have a cape on as part of his wardrobe.

says, "Two!" holding up both pointer fingers straight to the sky when someone asks him how old he is. (my favorite! please don't outgrow this!)

said, "Touchy down! Touchy down!" and danced around the den victoriously when the Redskins scored during a game in November.

asked, "You pray-nin?" when he attended service with me and observed my eyes closed. Then said, "Oh!" and clapped his hands tightly together and squinted his eyes closed bowing his head, then looked left sideways out of the corners of his eyes to see if I was still "pray-nin."

says, "YAY!!! God's food!" when it is time for Communion during our church service. (totally Tommy-made-up phrase because no one has ever called it that!)

reminds us, "say 'Yay God!" because we often forget or at least don't start our meals with our family tradition of saying "Yay God!" for each person as they tell us about that day's blessings and problems. Tommy NEVER forgets "Yay God!" time during meals. He is quick to remind us that it is time to go around the table proclaiming our "Yay God" for that day.

declared that the tiny baby koala bear was riding the Daddy Koala's back...Tommy didn't know that most babies ride with their moms...he LOVES his Daddy soooo much, he simply assumed that baby koalas would be riding their Daddies' backs like he enjoys doing.