Just Sam

Since I'm not only behind on the boys' blogs, but also way behind on their baby journals, I've decided to describe some of the funny daily things that Sam does that don't usually make it into a post. I'm including a picture of him "helping" me grocery shop that isn't interesting enough for a whole post, but is just one of the many cute daily things that go on around here that make me smile and are passing by so quickly I have a hard time remembering them all.

Funny stuff Sam does:

• Dances by doing a sort a galloping hop.
• Rolls his body all over people. It's his way of wrestling.
• Likes to pretend to squirt people with my hairdryer, the Mr. Potato Head lightsaber and fire extinguisher, and his favorite: his thumb stuck between his pointer and index finger clenched into a fist.
• Copies almost everything Ben does, and then gets mad when Ben copies him. This is especially noticeable when they are playing with toys, but also when they are choosing places to sit.
• Sings the opening song from Hairspray over and over anywhere, anytime, anyplace. "Oh, oh, oh! At my hair! Uh mine today!" (This is my favorite thing he does, and incredibly hard to capture on video since he hates cameras.)
  
• Rocks his head and sings "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Row Your Boat", and "Jingle Bells" while he looks at books in just the cutest possible way.
  

Funny stuff Sam says:

• "Ow! Dat hurty me!" This is said a LOT whether you really did hurt him or just stroked his hair. It totally cracks me up every time. So much so, that sometimes I poke him just to hear him say it.
  
• "Go away!", "Stop dat!", "Don't talk now!" and various other commands. Usually these are issued in a very loud voice complete with an imperious point at the person he thinks he is commanding, usually me.
• "Benny". He used to only call Ben by his full name, "Bejamin", but lately has switched to Benny. I find either completely hysterical for some reason. Probably because he tends to use his name in almost every sentence he directs towards Ben. For example, "It's dancy time Benny!"
• "Hurty, dumpy, trainy, Benny, dancy, blanky, sharky... etc." Sam likes to add a "y" to some of his favorite words. Hurty is my favorite, followed by sharky, and dumpy truck.
• "Go Gabba Gabba!", "Backyardigans!", "Mickey Mouse!" or pretty much any TV show that comes on. The thing is, he doesn't just say it once, he sings it over and over accompanied with his funny little galloping dance.
  
• "Huh?" This is one of my favorites. It is often used when I call him or ask him to do something, but can also be used in a sentence of his own construction. For example, "What you got? Huh?"
  

Stuff Sam really likes:

• Boston Pizza. Ho man, that kid gets so excited when he sees a Boston Pizza. He really should be on a commercial.
• Swimming.
• Sharks and pretending to be scared of sharks. "Ohhhh! I'm cared! Cary sharky!"
  
• Macaroni.
• Any food that I, or anyone else really, am eating. ("What you got? Huh?")
• Any toy that Ben is playing with.
• His blue blanky. This one is actually becoming a bit of an obsession.
• Fake barfing. "I pooky!" (Pukey.)
  
• Watching kid's (for lack of a better word) music videos on YouTube. His favorites right now are a song called "Slippery Fish" which someone filmed with a book they drew themselves, and then of course, the opening song from Hairspray.
• Operating the TV and DVD player. This is a problem only because he has not mastered getting the DVD's out of the case without busting them in half, the rest he's got cased.
  

Stuff Sam doesn't like:

• Peeing on the potty. He can do it on command, but he sure gets mad when we make him.
• Getting his picture taken.
  
• Going for a nap.
  
• Waking up from his nap.
• Getting dragged out of Ben's preschool every time we drop him off and pick him up. Sam really wants to be able to stay and play with the kids and the toys. Why can't they make that place look like less fun?
• Being teased by Ben. This happens more often than you would think by looking at Ben's angelic countenance. Ben loves to tease Sammy and Sammy gets enraged very easily. Luckily they don't usually hit each other and their usual method of expressing their anger is to roll all over each other. (Which I find hysterical.)

So there you have it, all the strange little things that make Sam the fried egg we all know and love. (I'm sure I'm missing some and if I think of them later I'll probably add them to this post.) Overall, he is a weird, WEIRD little crazy person who makes me laugh every single day. I love him. He's just the best and funniest kid ever.