Parker's sayings

Parker is doing and saying new things everyday and his sentences are getting more complicated. He is now 2 years 4 months old. Here is a list of some of the fun things he is up to:

• Counts up to 20
• Knows colors: Red, blue, green, pink, black, white, brown, yellow, but sometimes mixes them up.
  
• Knows planets Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus. Says Outer Space too.
• Shapes: circle, oval, triangle, square, diamond
• We were driving on a rainy day and he said, "Raining in the clouds."
• He woke up yesterday morning and said, "Captain of the ship boat!" I didn't even know that he knew what a captain was. I asked him if he was the captain and he said, "YES!"
  
• When he woke up from his nap that same day he said, "Horse loves carrots."
  
• He talked more about captains and I asked him what a captain says, and he said, "Argh!" I guess captains are all pirates! :)
  
• I picked him up from daycare and asked him if he had a fun day. He said, "Yes. Play trucks and cars Zack and Rylan." I said, "Are they nice to you?" And he said, "YES! Share!" I was amazed at how many words he put together!
  
• If anyone comes to our house, he thinks they came to play with him. He has taken people he's never met by the hand to play in his room.
• Parker is really getting a great imagination. His cars talk to each other and yesterday he stood behind the coffee table and served Grant and I imaginary cheeseburgers and would say, "Here you Go! Cheeseburgers! Eat it!"
• After we read a book to him, he says, "I read it too!" and he reads it to himself.
• "Oh, my pants falling down!"
• "Bird fly in the sky!"
• "I want some more orange juice, please."
• "Elephant has long trunk."
• "Umm.... No thanks."
• "Yeah, sure."
• "Oh Boy!"
• Last week some snowflakes fell and we watched through the window and Parker said, "Where Frosty the Snowman?" He remembered that we had a snowman decoration in the lawn for Christmas.
• "Santa live in the South Pole?" and I say "No, Santa lives in the North Pole. Penguins live in the South Pole." Parker smiles slyly and says, "Santa lives in the South Pole!" I say "No." He says, "Penguins live in the South Pole?" We've had this little argument at least 10 times.
• Makes faces for Show me... sad, happy, surprised, and scared.
• "Why?" has progressed to "Why not?"
• I picked him up from the nursery at church and he shouted, "Sun BEAM!" and did the hand movement. He loves that song and many others.
• He's great with puzzles.
• Will show you he means business or is unhappy by folding his arms dramatically or putting his hands on his hips.
  
• Knows tons of character's names from books and TV shows. Knows most of the Cars characters and we don't even own the movie. We do have a couple of books we read lots and he owns about 4 McQueen cars, Mater, Doc, and now Ramone. Oh, and the big Mack truck that holds them. "My truck called Mack."
• He will list off things that live in water: "Dolphins swim in the water. Sharks swim in the water." And continues with... frogs, turtles, fish, goldfish, and even Daddy.
  
• "Zebras run in the grass" and "Giraffes run in the grass." "Giraffes eat leaves."
  
• This week he has thrown 2 toys in the toilet. To teach Parker a lesson, when he threw his truck Mater in the toilet, Grant made a big deal about it by getting tongs out picking up Mater with a disgusted face and he boiled Mater to try to deter Parker from doing it again. Well, Grant accidentally boiled Mater a little too long and his wheels don't turn so well anymore and his eyes are falling off.
  
• He has a silly little dance. See video.
  

We are totally in love with this little guy and his fun personality!