Daniel is so busy these days that I don’t get as many pictures and videos as I used to. I do try to jot down some of the cute things he says. To make up for the lack of other things on the blog, I will start trying to post monthly recaps of his quips and stories. I will start at the beginning of this year and get caught up.

Daniel loves to learn. He asks questions about everything. And one way we help him learn about things he’s asking questions about is to show him You Tube videos of the topics he’s currently interested in. In January the hot topic was cooking. He would sit and watch cooking videos for up to an hour at a time.

January 7 – I just told Daniel he was cute and he replied “Yes, I am. I am smart boy.”

January 8 – Daniel was running up and down the hall and Papa was teasing him saying “He’s crazy. He’s crazy.” Daniel stops and says, “I’m not crazy. I’m just pretending.”

January 10 – Daniel looking out the window at the snow: “Don’t see anybody. Just snow.”

Daniel helps me prepare food and he’s actually quite good at it. January 18 he said, “Mama is great chef.” I told him he was a great chef. He replied, “Mama is great chef, too.”

Daniel has a very active imagination and sometimes he comes up with some wild stuff. January 20 he sits in his little rocking chair and is holding a book titled Christian Doctrine upside down. He says “Read this story book. Once upon a time.” Mutter, mutter, mutter. “The end.” He closes the book and says, “this about six mamas.”

January 22 – After presenting his Papa with several of Mama’s shoes and announcing “Here is Papa shoe” and being informed that this was in fact Mama’s shoe, he says “Where are Papa’s shoes?”

January 23 – Daniel woke from his nap worrying that the soup we worked on in the crock pot earlier needed more salt.

January 27 – Daniel wanted me to peel a sticker off the dining room table. While I’m carefully trying to do that he says, “That’s a tough nut.”