The McCulleys - Rooted & Built Up In Him

Mar

Toddler Talk - Addison 3 to Almost 3.5 yrs

posted by Les @ 11:52 am | open

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Addie tends to pick up on lines from movies and then out of the blue (even weeks later) she'll use them in perfect context. It's almost always hilarious! During our long drive from Canada to Colorado the then later down to Texas, we used her portable DVD player to help the hours on the road pass peacefully. Anyway, here are few of her favorites: After I said something goofy, Addie came back with,"That's not funny...and I know funny!" I'm pretty sure this came from Finding Nemo. And another ~ one day I asked Addie to zip her lips because she was talking way too loud. Her retort was, "Mom, do you really want to fight this fight?" My eyes practically bugged out! After a quick interrogation she confessed that that one came from Horton Hears a Who!
While visiting our German friends in Canada during the month of October Addie called me a German. But when I asked her, "What is a German?" she replied, "You know, like when you have Germans in your mouth and you have to brush your teeth to clean them." Ha ha! I think the Karys got a good laugh out of that one.
Lately at such random times she tells me, "Mom, I want to be like you." It's so sweet.
She's still sorting through ideas about what boy and girls can do. For instance, she's convinced that girls don't play guitar. She also argues that girls don't ski...boys don't bake...girls shouldn't have to wear shirts if boys don't, etc. We're working out the kinks in her think.
Earlier this month Addie pointed at the lowercase "t" in her alphabet book and exclaimed, "That looks like the cross where Jesus died & then came back to life!" It was so great to hear her starting to put together gospel concepts. The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fit together in her mind! This Fall I started using The Lamb to teach Addison about the Bible's main message; I highly recommend it. The Lamb is one of many tools created by GoodSeed, the ministry we worked while in Canada. It's an awesome book!
Addison has memorized 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Eph 2:8, both of which she became interested in from songs that she likes to listen to from the Seeds Family Worship albums. Their music is a great way to teach children Scripture. Addie also decided to learned Psalm 118:24 after my Granny recited it to her one day ~ "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." She & Ayden both like to sing the song about that one.
Addie's latest nicknames for Ayden: Buddy & Sweetheart. Her oft used transition words: Anyway, But & Well. Descriptive adjectives that are at the top of her list: Beautiful, Scrumptious & Fantastic.

about us

The McCulleys
Married in 2000, we are proud parents of Addison, Ayden & Emryn. Originally from Texas, we moved to Canada for five years for full-time ministry and have now made Denver our home.

When JD isn't hanging out with his awesome family, he keeps busy with design and photography stuff at Acacia Creative and Sunday Drive Studios. Les feels privileged to be able to be a stay at home mom ~ a very rewarding & entertaining way to spend each day!