Rudyisms

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Singing ... I hope, I hope (hi ho, hi ho)

Are we going through the troll?

Rudy recently told me our car is old and we need to get a new one. I told him that would be nice but cars cost a lot of money. His solution was to go out and buy lots and lots of money, then we could buy a car.

McDonald's, in Rudy speak, is Old McDonald's.

Rudy told us that Grandma Sheila visited him in Guatemala. I like to think she did.

When Rudy got a haircut, he had conversations with me and Paul that were almost identical:
We complimented him on his haircut and he said "it looks like Michael". When we asked if Michael was someone at school, he said "no, he's in Guatemala". He then said that Michael is a girl. We have no idea who or what he's talking about but it was odd that he told Paul and I the same thing at different times.

Rudy talks all the time about Kindergarten. I think because his cousin and another friend both started Kindergarten this year. Many conversations include the phrase "when I go to Kindergarten".

Rudy loves to pretend he is a princess and usually makes us pick a princess to be too. He likes Belle, I was Cinderella and Paul was Pocahontas. All this involves is replying to Rudy when he calls us by our 'princess' name and listening to him say at least once a day "We're still Princesses." Of course, this is in between when he's being Bad Spiderman or Batman.

Rudy told his teacher that he used to eat oatmeal in Guatemala and now he eats it here. This was a surprise to me since he won't go near oatmeal!

Downtown Fair

Saturday was our town's downtown fair. It's not all that exciting - about a block's worth of activities, vendors, etc. But it is within walking distance and a nice way to spend part of a day. Rudy's friend, Tommy, and his parents joined us.

The first stop was the petting zoo. Later Rudy continued to talk about the 'paca (alpaca). He also attempted to brush a chicken.

Tommy wanted to hold Rudy's hand and Rudy willingly agreed.

Then they started dancing to the music as they walked together.

There were a few people in costume walking around. The first one we saw was Spongebob and Rudy was excited but after he walked away, Rudy told me it was someone pretending to be Spongebob because he had different shoes. Look out, Santa, this boy is observant! Next we saw Mickey Mouse (the same man as Spongebob - we saw him trying to unobtrusively change costumes in the parking lot) and then Batman. But the big hit, for both boys, was Snow White and Belle. Both of them were very excited and shy to see these ladies. And for the rest of the time, everytime we passed the princesses, Rudy would point them out again. Even now, as I type this, Rudy is telling me that he wants to see the picture with Belle again. Rudy also told me later that Batman and the princesses were real but not Mickey Mouse and Spongebob. I am assuming because they were people instead of animals or characters.

After walking around, going in the bouncer and down the slides, we stopped to have pizza and later found some yummy brownies. The boys played football while we finished our lunch. It was a beautiful morning to walk around.