It's a Bub's Life

I am doing a lot of the cooking right now (although every couple of nights my good friend Celeste cooks up a fabulous dinner) and it has been a challenge to do it with baby and Bub in tow. I finally got the bright idea to involve Bub, and last night had him help me cut the cucumber. He did so well at it (I cut it into strips, he chopped it into small pieces.) He kept saying, "Everyone is going to say, 'Thank you for cooking Bub!'"
When Celeste came to thank him for cooking, he was very solemn about it, and nodded sagely, and then pointed out that "Mommy helped too." LOL. Since then he wants to help cook at every meal.
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Mom: Honey, I smell something stinky. Do you need to go number two?
Bub: No Mom. I was just farting for fun.
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His other passion right now is gardening (much to Daddy's pride and delight!) They had planted some beans in cotton in a glass cup and watched them grow, but Bub kept telling me he wanted to plant seeds in oil. I couldn't figure it out. I explained to him that seeds grew in water or dirt, but not oil. He was insistent, however, and finally Daddy figured it out -- SOIL! So smart. So they did another planting project, this time in soil, and hopefully we'll have green beans in a few weeks. He has been checking on them a couple of times of day, giving them water and sun and is very serious about the whole venture. So cute!
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Now I am just bragging, but one of our friends commented today how his vocabulary is more like that of a 5 year old. He already knows his ABCs and can count to 15 and has announced to me that soon he is going to be able to read. He also loves writing his name. I was all prepared for him to be slower at the schoolastic side, because he's a boy, (I know, stereotyping.. sorry) but he's just a quick as the girls. Such a smartie.