Kid quotes

We're having a nice, normal week here. I can't think of much to post, so I'll make a list of some of the cute things the kids are saying:

Nate:

• He still sometimes calls stop signs on the street "stop buttons."
• He had been starting to pronounce the word thanks as "hanks." I showed him how to form the th sound, and he can now say "thanks" correctly if he thinks about it.
• Today he has been singing the months of the year song. Sing January-December, then, "These are the months of the year. Let's take it from the top!" and sing again. He jumbles up October-November-December, and then he gets very into the "take it from the top" part.
• He greets everyone with either, "Hi, how are you today?" or, "I'm so glad to see you!" I think he got the glad to see you thing from Virginia (my mom).
• To him, we eat breakfast, munch, and dinner.
• When Lucy is crying, he either ignores her or comforts her very sweetly: "It's OK Woocy. We're almost there sweet baby. Don't cwy."
• He calls Lucy "Precious," as in, "Good morning, Pwecious!" He did not get this from Jon or me, except that sometimes I call her a precious baby or him a precious boy. He also has never seen Lord of the Rings, so he didn't get it from Gollum. ;)
• He can sometimes read 3-letter words by sounding them out, but he tries to do it with longer words too. He often will say all the letters and then announce what it spells and be completely off. Examples: "H-E-I-N-Z T-O-M-A-T-O K-E-T-C-H-U-P..... dip dip!" or "R-I-T-E A-I-D... grocery store!"

Lucy:

• She started saying "paci" (for pacifier) nearly perfectly last week.
• She is saying over 30 words and she understands SO much.
• When I say it's time to change her diaper (and if she's in a good mood), she gets a diaper out of the basket, then walks to the place on the rug where I often change her and lies down.

These hugs do look more like strangles, but trust me, both kids were happy...