Matty's Mama

A day in the life of Matty and Sarah: Art class on Capitol Hill,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:28 -0400

A day in the life of Matty and Sarah: Art class on Capitol Hill, art and gelato at the National Gallery of Art

Litterbugs

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

Conversation with Matty today as we walked outside:
Matty: I see someone was a litterbug there.
Me: Oh, I see that too. That’s not very good is it?
Matty: I wonder what kind of bug we’ll be then. (Long pause). Maybe, throw trash in the trash can bugs?

An exchange with Matty

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:09:11 -0500

Matty: “Who made me?”
Me: Thinking…
Matty: “Who made me? Who made you? Who made Sarah? Who made Dada?”
Me: “Well, that’s a good question.” Pause. “God made us.” And before I can try to say more,
Matty: “No, I don’t think so.”
Me: “Oh, who do you think made us?”
Matty: “Mr. Rockwell. He’s a painter right? I think he painted us. But I think God made us.”
Me: “Hmmmm, good one. I think you’re right.”

Introducing...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:05:02 -0500

We may have to change the subtitle of this blog to “Tidbits from my days with Matty…and Sarah!” Sarah Abigail raced into this world on September 27, 2012 at 11:57 pm. She is beautiful, joyful, and utterly spectacular.

Quotes from Matty

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:21:08 -0500

“Do you know what word I love with all my heart? I love the word caution with all my heart.”

“That bench takes my breath away. It’s so big.”

Potty training

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:14:31 -0500

As I’m holding him with one hand and reaching for a piece of TP with the other hand, he says, “I wish you had octopus hands, because they could hold me on here better than mama and dada hands can.”

Innocence

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:08:46 -0500

1/22/12
I’m back after a long hiatus. Matty is now 3 years old, and today I learned that he doesn’t know what a gun is. And that is unusual, because he knows a lot of things. He saw a cartoon-type drawing in the New York Times depicting Samuel L. Jackson’s character in The Avengers holding a very large gun. He asked me what the man was holding, and when I hesitated, he proceeded to answer his own question. “It’s a musical instrument. I think maybe it’s a trombone.” I did not have the heart to correct him.

Old Friends

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:54 -0400

Matty likes to choose a stuffed animal to bring with him when we go in the car. Today he chose one of his lions. When we arrived at our destination I opened the back door to get Matty out of his car seat. He greeted me with this question and answer, “Mama, do you you know who’s back here? It’s Lion and your old friend Angelico Bear.”

Nap song

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:44:27 -0400

Today at naptime Matty asked me to sing my song for him. I made it up and last sang the song a month or so ago, so I had to struggle to remember. It goes something like this, “I once loved a little boy. His name was Matty. And I loved him.” I couldn’t remember what came next, but Matty of course helped me out. “Say the names you call me, Mama.” Oh yes, that was the next part. “I called him Angelico Bear. I called him Matty Bebopper. I called him Love Love Bear. And sometimes I called him McGee.”

While eating lunch today Matty said, “It’s too windy for Angelico Bear out there...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:56:06 -0500

While eating lunch today Matty said, “It’s too windy for Angelico Bear out there today.” I love when he calls himself one of my names for him.

Sun AND warmth on the last day of January (also Matty yelling,...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:27 -0500

Sun AND warmth on the last day of January (also Matty yelling, “No Mama, don’t take my picture)

Direct quote: “No, don’t take my picture hon!”

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:08:17 -0500

Direct quote: “No, don’t take my picture hon!”

Names

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:14 -0500

Baby lovelove, Love angel, Angel of love, Bearsnickety.

Fears

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:16:49 -0500

Matty is afraid of the blue numbers on the stove, the microwave, the cable box. He says he doesn’t want them to see him or to say “boo” or “poop” to him. Also afraid of the smoke detectors in the house. Poor dear fellow.

We went to the library yesterday, and two older louder boys were playing at the train table. Matty...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:17 -0500

We went to the library yesterday, and two older louder boys were playing at the train table. Matty was a little afraid of them, but he went over to the train table, took one of the toys (a dinosaur), and brought it back to the little table we were playing at. He did this many more times until all the other boys had left at their table were the trains in their hands. Our table had every single other toy from the train table- at least ten little items- houses, animals, trains.

The aforementioned Robeks and pumpkin hat

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:46:42 -0500

The aforementioned Robeks and pumpkin hat

Very cold out today, and we weren’t super bundled, so on our walk back to the car from Robeks...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:44:47 -0500

Very cold out today, and we weren’t super bundled, so on our walk back to the car from Robeks Matty asked me to hold him. “I’m going to put my head down on you Mama. Will you keep me warm?”

Matty has taken to keeping things warm under his monkey blanket. As in “I’m going to put...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:42:43 -0500

Matty has taken to keeping things warm under his monkey blanket. As in “I’m going to put my pumpkin hat under my monkey blanket to keep it warm.”

Angel baby

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:53:55 -0500

Angel baby

Heart in hand

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:09:07 -0500

Heart in hand