Conversations with N and e

I have a goal of trying to get more of these written down, because these little guys are cracking me up!

We have a Halloween count down calendar, with little treats for each day in October. One morning upon finding some stickers in that day's place the following conversation took place:

N: Wow, mommy there are loads of stickers in here! (Read "loads" as loooads, with a slight English accent...)

me: Chucking at my little English guy, "loads huh?"

N: Yeah, mom, that means a lot!

Thanks for translating that into American for me N.

He's starting to pick up more and more English phrases, and every now and then he'll say something with a slight English accent. The other day he came home from school and told his little brother that he was being, "a cheeky monkey!" This cracked me up, because he said it with a completely American accent, so it just didn't sound quite right!

One evening after putting the boys to bed, I could hear them up there chit chatting. I went up to try to put an end to it so they could get some sleep, but before going in, I heard the following conversation taking place:

N: How is the baby going to get out of mommy's tummy e? Is it going to come out of her leg?

e: Noooooo

N: Her arm?

e: Noooooo

N: Her bottom?

e: Noooooo

N: Her mouth?

e: Noooooo

N: Her penis? (Yes, still having some anatomy problems...)

e: Noooooo

N: Her tummy?

e: Yeah!

Yes, the prevailing opinion in this house is that the baby is just going to pop out of my tummy some day, sort of like a balloon popping I think. Which leads us to today's conversation with e.

I was holding a friend's five month old baby while e was running around the indoor playground. He looked over and saw me with the baby and said,

e: "Did the baby pop out of your tummy mommy?"

Ah, how wonderful that would be if they just popped out four months old, fully clothed, while I'm sitting at the playground drinking my coffee. I wish, e, I wish!