"My best girl"

Riley informed me recently that he was going to get married one day. He says he's going to marry my best friend Joy's daughter, Aubree. They're going to get married, get their own house, and then buy cats.

Riley's Petshop

Riley is obsessed with animals. Absolutely. Positively. Obsessed. He can tell you animals that I'm pretty sure I had no idea even existed when I was three years old. One of our favorite games to play in the car is the "Animal Riddles" game. Some examples of Riley's riddles:

"I'm thinking of an animal that has a belly pouch and bounces."
"I'm thinking of an animal that has suction cups on his feet to help him climb trees."
"I'm thinking of an animal that eats krill and lives in the ocean"
"I'm thinking of an animal that is pink because it eats pink food".

You get the picture.

Today, he decided that he wanted to build a pet shop in his room. He informed me that he had to have cages, and each animal could only be in cages with animals that were the same species. Check out the picture below (Sorry...crappy phone quality pic).

Date Night

Excuse the poor quality phone picture.



Me: "Riley, let's go on a date tomorrow night."
Riley: "You  mean like a restaurant?"
Me: "Yeah. Daddy's working so it'll just be you and me."
Riley: "Okay! I'll be the prince and you'll be the princess. Let me pick out something  handsome to wear and you can dress really pretty and we'll have fun."


So that's what we did. We dressed up (sort of) and went to Ruby Tuesdays. Then we went to my parent's house and went in the hot tub (a.k.a. "The cooking pot). Best. Saturday. Night. Ever.!

Spring Break 2013

Spring break has been just that...a break. We haven't done a whole lot really. Just hanging around the house, visiting grandparents for dinner, and being lazy. It's been kind of nice! I had all of these great intentions to possibly take Riley to the museum or the library, but I think after all of the Disney excitement and birthdays every other weekend since February, he's been happy to hang  out at home in his pjs.

The new thing he's been begging me to do is "homework". He found a workbook mixed in with his coloring books that has letters to trace and little activities to do and he begs to work on them. It's actually kind of cute.

Things Riley Says: Volume 1

"Mommy. MOMMY. MOM-MY! Look this new trick. It's actually amazing!"

"Demember <Riley Speak> when you said you were always in my heart? How do you fit in there? You're too big to fit in my belly!"

"I want to grow up and be giant and gianter and gianter. So I can drive. And pick you up and stuff."

(After giving him his favorite Monknunk out of the dryer) "Oh mommy, he spells wonderful! You sure did wash him so good! I'm proud of you!"

My Child and His Vocabulary

Riley: Mommy, what are those Chipmunks doing?
Me: Well, they're getting into trouble. Dave doesn't know they're there yet but they want to eat all of the food.
Riley: That's sneaky.
Me: Yeah, chipmunks are known for being a little mischievous.
Riley: Mischievous. Hmm. Is that the same as devious?
Me:......uh.....they're similar. But devious means they're doing it in a mean way.
Riley: They're not mean. They're having fun.


Sometimes, this kid blows me away with his vocabulary. I don't even know where he has heard that word before...