Henry's Quotes of the Month

(Jenn)

Henry has discovered a few new phrases this month, which he rarely uses correctly. Meanwhile, I get a kick out of them and keep writing them down . . .

BECAUSE

• "Beavers swim in the water . . . because they look like monkeys."
• "I had a accident . . . because I had a accident about the Gogurt."
• "I think I have a fever . . . because I need to go to the hospital."

YESTERDAY

• "Yesterday, when I was a baby, I went swimming yesterday when I was a baby."
• "When it was dark yesterday . . . it was dark yesterday."
• "Yesterday, when I was a baby, I saw racoons flying."
• Various other discussions about things we did "yesterday" include going to Grandma's house, visiting our friends in New Jersey, going to the Children's Museum, and many other things we did 3 or more weeks ago.

IDEAS

• "I have a idea about our old house. Because when somebody's done living there, we can live there again." (He told me this idea twice, and both times it made me cry).
• "I have a idea!" (What's the idea?) "It's a idea about the cars stuck in traffic!" (He shared this idea with me about 20 times in one day, the day he was lining up all of his cars in the hallway in a long line).

GRAB BAG

• (While lying horizontally across the bottom of the stairs) "I wanna be dead on the side of the road!"
• (While leaning against a magnetic bag clip on our fridge, which was apparently his cross) "I'm dying like Jesus."
• (While holding and examining a comb) "It's kind of like a truck that drives on the grass."
• "Was THAT nice?" (He asks this several times a day after doing things like throwing dishes at people, repeatedly hitting my belly, and jumping on Ben).
• "You look like . . . a protector!" (What's a protector?) "I don't KNOW!" (The "I don't KNOW" comment comes pretty frequently after we challenge his crazy ideas).
• "Can we go to moovnee feeders?" (What's moovnee feeders?) "It's like a big place where you go to watch shows, like Harry Potter." (Oh, movie theaters?) "Yeah."
• "Instrunction Veecles" are bulldozers, cranes, excavators, and dump trucks (i.e. construction vehicles).
• The "Weequarium" is a place with lots of big fish (we're hoping to go there tomorrow!).