Blakey Blake Blakester

Mr. Blake has got one of the most fun personalities! Ooh, I could just eat him up! He has been saying some of the funniest things lately.

Usually when he calls, "Hey, Mom," my response is, "hey what?" He responds with, "I don't like when you say 'hey'" (in his pouty voice). Last night in the car he added, "Santa told me that that is not nice when you say 'hey'. Apparently he is in constant communication with Santa these days. Last week he said, "Mom, Santa told me you are on the naughty list. So you can't do that." By "that" he meant discipline him. Santa tells him lots these days.

Blake loves big machines just like his daddy. He will go to a job with Bryan and sit in the excavator for hours on Bryan's lap while he works. Bryan has been teaching Blake how to maneuver the machine and he is doing surprisingly well. He loves, loves, loves to go to work with his daddy!

Blake is a big tease! He loves to pretend that he is going to give me a kiss then turn away. Apparently he thinks this is hysterical.

Another phrase that often comes from this little 3 1/2 year old is, "Okay Mom, here's the deal," followed by some ridiculous offer such as, "you can clean my room while I eat a Fun Dip. Got it?"

The poor guy doesn't have many kids in the neighborhood his age. He gets so sad when Sara gets invited over to a friend's house and he doesn't get to go. I usually try to remedy it with some special Mama & Blake time or an occasional trip to the dollar store. More often than not we use the more obvious solution: have the friends come over to our house so no one gets left out.

Thanks to the Mc-a-Donald's Happy Meals Blake has become completely obsessed with Star Wars. He is trying to collect all of the skateboards that come in the Happy Meal. (His dad always takes him to Mc-a-Donald's for lunch when they work together.) Blake pays for his lunch with the money he has earned working with Bryan. In an effort to get a skateboard that was not previously attained Bryan asked the employee what skateboards they had available. When the employee showed the boys 5 toys that Blake had yet to add to his collection Bryan asked him which one he wanted. Blake's response, "I'll have all of them." Unfortunately that did not include the coveted Yoda skateboard. Since the start of this new obsession we have watched The Clone Wars and the Star Wars movies. When Blake gets to choose which movie to watch he always picks one that has Yoda on the front.

When Blake was playing over at Cami's house she asked him who his favorite Utah Jazz player was. He quickly replied, "Kyle Korver." Cami asked him why not Carlos Boozer. "Boozer is a trader!" Poor kid, I don't think he realizes that Korver is a trader as well. They both play for the Chicago Bulls now.