January 3, 2011 - February 18, 2011

January 3, 2011: - We were driving by a business that has a large light-up star on a very tall evergreen tree during the holiday season and I started asking Parker if he remembered why sometimes people use a star to decorate at Christmas time.  I mentioned to him about how long ago when Jesus was born, the wise men followed the light from a star to find where baby Jesus was.  Parker looked at the star on the tree and said, "but I don't know where baby Jesus is?  Is he somewhere else?"  I think he thought that since he saw the star, that must be where Jesus was.  We then had a talk about how Jesus was in Heaven and even though we can't see him, he is always with us.

February 16, 2011:- I was drying my hair and Parker all of a sudden came into the bathroom and looked at me like he had something he needed to tell me.  I turned off the hair dryer and he said, "Do you remember that spiders are arachnids, mommy?"  This was at the same time that we had a bug book that we had checked out from the library that had all sorts of facts about bugs.  Parker likes to keep me well educated about various bugs.

- I opened the garage door to back out and when Parker saw the pretty clouds and how sunny it was, he said, "Oh!  It's a beautiful day!"  It sounds like a really basic comment but there's something about hearing a 2 year old say it that is just too sweet!

February 17, 2011:- One day when I asked Parker to clean up his cars he had out if he wanted to get more out, he said "but I'm just really little"  You can guess how well THAT excuse went over...

February 18, 2011: - Parker likes to look out his blinds in the morning to see what the sky looks like.  On this particular morning, Parker woke up and came into the bathroom where I was fixing my hair and the first thing he said was "goodness, gracious, lots of clouds!"  Hearing a 2 year old say, "goodness gracious" is pretty darn cute! :)