Stuff Alex Has Said

I've been collecting things Alex has said or done over the past few months that have amused us. Some of them may be a you-had-to-be-there sort of thing, but I hope you enjoy.
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Alex made some comment (I don't remember what it was), and Dave asked "How do you know that?"

Alex's response? "I have a good, special brain."
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While putting a Tinkertoy stick in his shoe he said, "I'm being like Grandpa," because he's seen Grandpa put his shoes on with a shoehorn.
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Completely random comments one night: "I'm the police. Is there an emergency here?"
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Alex loves the snow and shoveling, and told us that "We need to go to the winter store and get me a shovel that's my size."
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On our way to Cecily's house one night: "I have a lot of questions for Cecily, so it's a good thing we are going over there." When I asked him what he wanted to ask her, he said, "I have too many questions to tell you."
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The other morning he started saying what I thought was "I'm sixty and I know it." Apparently it's from a song and the real line is "I'm sexy and I know it." However, I asked, "Why are you sixty?" and his response was "No, sexy. It means that I like girls." Oh, the things that get picked up at school!
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Out of nowhere the other day Alex says "I'm talented."

I couldn't resist and asked "Talented at what?"

The response. "Nothing." Then after a short pause, he asked "What does talented mean?"

Sleepover Dance Party Baking Fun

Alex's buddy Cecily was here for a sleepover this weekend. We crammed tons of fun into the visit. The kids decorated Valentine's cookies, had a dance party, made monkey bread for breakfast, made Valentines (no pics, unfortunately, but they were cute), and had a great time together.

Here are some pics and links to a couple of videos:

They love Adele!

Then we moved on to lots and lots of Justin Roberts. Here's Yellow Bus.

Very serious about sprinkles

Almost finished

Dance Party Superstars!

Back in the kitchen to make breakfast

Our Little Reader

We've tried very hard to pass our love of books and reading on to Alex, and it seems to be working. Lately, he's been very into the Magic Tree House book series. They have a few of these in his class at school, which is where he discovered them. The two main characters are Jack and Annie, and apparently he and several of his classmates will play "Jack and Annie" a lot. We now have five different books from the series checked out from the library. We got two more today, and he was so excited that he read one while we waited in line to check out our books, one in the car, and then hopped on the couch to read some more when we got home. I missed getting a picture of him lying on the couch and reading, but this was the next best thing.