Owen quotes

Here are a few gems from owen lately:

me: Owen, your bath is ready!
Owen: Hayeyuya! (hallelujah!)

me: here you go buddy.(handing him something)
Owen: thank you! (pause...) mom, say you're welcome!

(background to this next one: it was after Owen had his biggest temper-tantrum of his life because he didn't get to go sledding because he REFUSED to wear snow pants-- if he was 5 and refused we would let him suffer the natural consequences of being cold, but he's only ONE and would probably just let himself get hypothermia before he changed his mind- it was only like 15 degrees outside! )
me: "Owen, I'm really sad we didn't get to go."
Owen: "But Mo-om, it's Christmastime!" (pause, looking at me to see if I'm still sad, as I try not to smile) "...we're not gonna DIE!"
and then I had to laugh.  I think I must say that to the girls pretty often- "you're not going to die!" hahaha.

me: Owen, how old are you? (I've been trying to work on this one because adults always ask him that question!)
Owen: first grade.
me: What?
Owen: I'm in FIRST grade!
Little smarty thinks he's ready for school, haha.

This kid is so funny!!!  Even though in the last 2 weeks he's suddenly started having tantrums, oh joy!  It's funny because the girls started this phase at like 18 months, so I thought maybe he just wasn't going to be a tantrum child. :)  But I'm excited to really try and handle it better than I did with the girls, and it helps that he talks so well.  We'll see how the next few months/years go now that he's decided to have a strong opinion about everything!
Oh and it's so funny, Whitney calls it "tenter tantrums", she is the queen of mixing things up and saying them wrong!  She has a great vocabulary and always uses these big words, most of the time correctly, but she'll SAY them wrong.  Like the other day she said "you are not part of this conPERsation!" She's so cute.  I just have to try to get Katelyn to hide her giggles at Whitney's mistakes so she doesn't feel bad!