Lines from his favorite movies

It appears that Tyler has the type of mind or maybe it's brain capacity that memorizes lines from movies and recites them. Me, I see a movie and five minutes later I can tell you a little about it, but I certainly don't remember lines and only barely remember characters. We all know people like this, who will start quoting song lyrics and movie lines at a party. I glaze over as the trivia flies over my head, but Tyler is going to fit right in with this crowd.

Example #1. How many times have we seen Madagascar? 40? 65? Maybe more. It's on a lot in our house. So the other day while the boys were taking a bath, I should have recognized what the heck Tyler was talking about, but I didn't. Out of the blue, he said "Oh great. They forgot to turn the ambience off again." Huh? I made him repeat it, repeatedly. Finally when I asked him what that means he explained with a total 'duh' tone that's what Alex says in Madagascar.

Example #2. Yesterday on Playhouse Disney there were all new episodes of Higglytown Heros. New episodes. That means first time seeing the show. After watching the exciting and new back-to-back shows, Tyler starts reciting the entire Higglytown Heros show, dialog and all. Including the song Twinkle sang while she was skating "Ice dancing, I'm an ice dancer. Skating to my castle can't you see? Ice dancing, I'm and ice dancer. Won't you skate along with me?" That was in the morning. Then at dinner last night, Tyler blurts out "Ha! Mama that was really funny when Wayne said he had to put his shirt back on wasn't it?" Tyler seemed disappointed with my lack of media recall when I asked him to explain what he was talking about. "Don't you remember? On Higglytown Heros. WAYNE mama. It was really funny. And then Twinkle was skating and singing that song. How does it go? Oh yah, Ice dancing...." Yep. Is this a side effect of all the Baby Einstein videos he watched as an infant?

The Birds & the Bees

Ms. Jenny, one of Tyler's teachers, is very pregnant so I can only imagine this is why we had this recent conversation in the car (he saves the deep stuff for when I'm distracted with driving).

Tyler: "Mama, when I grow up will I be a daddy?"
Me: "Well, first you grow up into a man. Then you marry a woman you're madly in love with. Then you become a daddy."
Tyler: "I can't wait until I'm a daddy so I can marry you."
Me: "Well, you can't marry me silly because I'm already married to Daddy!"
Tyler: "Yeah. So when I marry a girl I will become a daddy?"
Me: "You don't marry girls. When you are a man, you will find a woman you love. Then you'll get married. Then you can become a daddy."
Tyler: "So when I get married I will have a baby in the girls belly?"
Me (shuddering): "Oh, um well the baby comes after you get married."
Tyler: "But that's not what Ms. Jenny is doing."
Me: "Well then she's doing it wrong. The right way is what I said. That's what I did. That's what you will do. Grow up. Become a man. Find a woman. Fall in love. Get married. Have a baby. Oh, is that a school bus ahead of us? Who wants to sing the wheels on the bus?"

Bye bye shy guy

Tyler seems to be getting over the shyness that previously prevented him from doing such things as asking a new kid at the park what his name was, or telling a food server what he wants to eat. Just recently, he's really come out of his shell. I attribute this development to recent activities without mommy like swimming lessons and karate, and to all the practice and conversations we've had on this topic over the years. At the park yesterday, Carina, Tyler and Gavin were standing together like a trio of trouble watching the bigger kids doing crazy tricks on the spinning pole. Tyler blurted out loudly, "Hey how old are you guys?" and they answered. I was SO proud of Tyler. That was a huge milestone. A few seconds later, one of the eight year olds spun off the pole and fell down, resulting in Tyler pointing and jumping up and down as he laughed loudly. Okay onto the next lesson of when it's okay to point and laugh at people, and when it's not.