Big Brother Dakota

He likes to hold his lil' brother...if just for a few moments.

Another Dakota Moment

Recently, in the middle of the afternoon, Kristy said to Dakota "I Love You Dakota".

Dakota replied "I don't want to go to bed yet!".

Poor guy thinks we only tell him we love him at bedtime.

There's been too many times he makes us laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

Dakota Fun

Dakota's been a lot of fun recently. He's come up with some funny sayings or responses.

I found a book that Kristy had made for me, with pictures of Dakota and I called "10 reasons I love my daddy". I told Dakota I wanted to read it to him and he responded "I don't want to go to bed yet". We usually read to him before his nap.

He's also become a bit more opinionated, which we are dealing with. Someone taught him (Walmart crowd) to say things a bit more forceful (NO!), and so we need to teach him what is acceptable in speaking to others.

Last night we moved the rest of the shed things to the basement, so we're full to the "gills" but enjoying everything being under one roof.

We even survived our first plumbing issue...a check value needed to be replaced. That explained why the toilets were making a "glug, glug" sound when we flushed it.

Now to get things done before Dakota has a new sibling....

Dakota and Stuart Little

This past Thursday, Dakota was sick. So, Kristy held him for most of the afternoon, and they watched Stuart Little......from here-on known as the "cat-mouse movie" by Dakota. This ranks closely to the "baby chick" movie (Happy Feet) which he enjoyed watching.

A quick note from it, it was funny to see the "House" main character (Hugh Laurie) play an upbeat, positive dad in Stuart Little (Hiddy-High, Hiddy-Ho). It's about the exact opposite of the cane-wielding, sarcastic, smirking doctor on "House, MD".

Dakota Dictionary - Cubbers

Cubbers [cubbers] noun. plural.

1. Something that covers or is laid, placed, or spread over or upon something else, as:
a. a bed cover

When used in a sentence:

Daddy, more cubbers please? I want cubbers.

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Dakota is a big cubbers guy, even in the summer. Thankfully he has kicked them off into the night. It would be hot and humid outside, but he would want a thin cubber, to cubber his body, when laying down to go to sleep.

Sky, Shadow, Boss & Friends

Recently our church held it's annual summer bible school. It was interesting, this year, to experience it through Dakota.

I spent most evenings working on the house, but Dakota would come home, with one of his "bible buddies" and we'd talk about it.

There was "Sky" the eagle, "Boss" the steer, "Shadow" the cat, "Buck" the bronco, and one other one that I cannot seem to remember.

It is a nice experience to hear Dakota talk about sunday school, bible school, bible stories, etc. Often you're not sure how much he picks up....but he is almost always listening.

Dakota Dictionary - Shoefly

Shoefly (SHU-fly) noun.

1. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, for example the common housefly.

When used in a sentence:

"There's a shoefly"

"Daddy you hit the shoefly?"

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At one point Dakota saw me swatting at flies, and went and got me the fly swatter from the bedroom. Apparently I wasn't doing a good enough job :)

Dakota Dictionary

Twips [TWipps] noun.

Def. A thin slice of potato fried in deep fat until crisp and then usually seasoned. Often used in the plural.

When used in a sentence : "More twips please!" "Mommy, Daddy, more twips please!" "Dakota please don't climb on the chair to get more twips".