Kohen lately

Oh my dear Kohen. He is already a pretty funny kid but combined with his age, right now it seems like every time he opens his mouth he is saying something that I need to write down. The other day I was upstairs at the desk and Kohen had been out back playing when he mossies upstairs and loiters around me for a few minutes. Not catching on to his behavior he finally leans against the desk casually and offers with a sigh, "Well. I'm sorry. but I did pee outside...I did." while shaking his head like he couldn't believe it himself. This was one of those moments where you try your hardest not to laugh because you have to try and teach -not easy with my seemingly repentant pee-er in front of me. We had a talk blah blah blah we move on. Later that afternoon all three are out back when Kennedy comes racing into the house, sirens blaring "KOHEN JUST PEED OUTSIDE! KOHEN JUST PEED OUTSIDE!" And as I head to the back door to investigate I hear Kohen shouting his innocence and I turn the corner to find one of the funniest sights in recent history. Picture Kohen with his favorite rain galoshes on, his shorts around his ankles and underwear around his knees as he tests the limit of his restricted 2 inch stride trying to catch up to Kenna and yelling over and over, "I didn't do it!"- oh man, Nathan and I laughed about this until we about cried. Poor Kohen. He hasn't really learned about lying yet and so my conclusion was that Kohen was about to pee until his sister went and rang the alarm. I hope his desire for outdoor peeing passes quickly but even as I write the words I know my hope is futile...

Just since we have moved Kohen has started to be afraid of Randall, a creepy character from Monsters Inc. I got to hand to the boy, he picked a great thing to be afraid of because as many of you know, Randall becomes invisible by changing his skin to match whatever background he is against. Perfect. Just perfect. I can't even prove Randall isn't there by turning the light on. The other night Kohen woke me up just screaming "RANDALL'S HERE!!! RANDALL'S HERE!!!". I race blindly and still half asleep to his room and find Kohen completely beside himself and pulling at the back of his neck. When he sees me he tells me in sheer terror, "Randall just licked my neck!!" Eew. That is creepy. I had to get him to fully wake up before I could get him to settle down. It took a while. That darn Randall.

About twice a year in our church during Sacrament meeting the Sunday School children will do a program. This usually consists of the kids singing songs and taking turns speaking short lines and then more singing. They sit up front on the stand and since we are in such a small ward it turns out Kohen is the youngest kid in primary...not really so unbelievable seeing as there are only two Sunbeams (3 yr olds). Anyway, Kohen started off the program with a good, long digging session...in his nose. Oh yeah, Nathan and I both were sitting down in the pews trying to catch his attention and make it STOP! He finally did as they began to sing a few songs. After a song they'd sit down and all of a sudden Kohen disappears. About 60 seconds later he reappears as everyone stands up again to sing. He holds up his new found Hymnal, opens it up to a random page and starts singing as if from the book. Okay, it doesn't sound that funny right now but it had lot's of people chuckling I swear. Then for the last song the kids all had bells that they were supposed to ring at certain times. Unbelievably Kohen raises up his own bell and I am thinking *oh no* as the song starts and he begins going to town ringing that bell. It only took a few seconds to realize the Sun. School Pres. was on top of things...Kohen's bell was taped. He could 'ring' to his hearts content and he wasn't going to make a sound, unbeknownst to him of course.

When I came in his room after quiet time the other day he had a blanket over this little work of art which he unveiled for me telling me it was simply himself.

Lastly he got his official Big Boy Bed last night. He was pretty darn excited about it. But fairly irritated we won't let him up on top though. Right, like I want to see what injuries this boy could inflict on himself from the height of the top bunk!