Marcelus' Vocabulary

Marce is certainly growing up fast! In fact, tomorrow morning he is being screened for Preschool. I'm hopeful he'll qualify but I guess we'll just have to see. He has been ready for school since last year! It has been really fun with him lately. This is a fun age and he's even starting to reason with me better. I'm still waiting for him to be potty trained and not be afraid to poop in the toilet but I have been very happy to now be able to shop for him in the "Boys" section rather than the "Baby" section. WAY BETTER! I have been trying to collect some games we can play together. I come from a major game playing family and we've got to start the love young. We play Candyland and Backyardigans Memory everyday when Phoenix goes down for his nap. Marcelus is so lucky and usually beats me at Candyland, and we're always about even with Memory. I'd like to get more games and puzzles for him for Christmas.

Candyland is great because he learns the "your turn, pick a card, and my turn" rules, counting at least one and two, and best of all, colors. I love to see him pick a card and be so excited that he got "two lellows!" or "I got a poople". His favorite color is "Bwoo". Why is it that all boys' favorite color is automatically blue? Interesting.

Marcelus has been a really big helper lately with himself and for Phoenix and myself. It's nice and I'll bet it only gets better. Some funny quotes of Marcelus' as of late:

"I pooped...but there's no fire in my bum..."
(Marce sometimes refers to poop in his diaper to fire in his bum if it burns)

He says these all the time...

"Sorry about that.....Mom, I'm sorry about that..."

Me: Do you want ______?"
Marce: "That's fine."