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Frank The Exercise Nut

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Guess which one is Frank

I wrote about the creative ailments that Segundo has suffered through and his story telling prowess but in the last couple of days he has come up with a whole new schtick that raises the bar of three-year old comedy. He no longer wants to be called his given name and would instead like to be called Frank. “Daddy my name is Frank now so that’s what you should call me!” He informed us of the name change on Sunday and since then he has really been fleshing out this new character. When we dropped Primo off at school on Monday morning he was still Segundo but once we got home he informed me that he was now Frank and needed to go change. He put on a t-shirt and shorts and came running out  of his room to pose in an action shot stance and tell me that “Frank loves to exercise!” He then started running laps around the house and asked me to keep track of them. We got up to twenty before he took a break and told me that Frank needs some water in order to exercise more. Then he went around the house picking up the things he could and lifting them up over his head chanting “Ex-er-cise, ex-er-cise, ex-er-cise”

I was nearly wetting my pants from laughter watching him transform into this crazy character apparently channeling the ghost Jack Lalane. His whole face changes into this new person and the glint in his eye is hilarious. He has put on a show for Beautiful and my Dad when they both got home for work and had them cracking up too. We learned that Frank has the same parents but is not the same person as Segundo, the way you can tell them apart is that “Frank just loves to exercise, and Segundo just likes to play.” I don’t know how we continue to encourage this creative expression but I want to make sure that I do everything I can. Right now he good for a post a week on this blog and I can always use the content.

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He is struck with all manner of ailments

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We are finding that our three year old is afflicted with the strangest maladies. I’m not sure we need a good doctor as much as we need a young priest and an old priest. Let me give you a couple examples of the odd problems Segundo has complained about lately.

  • He had a mouse in his stomach. While out in search of a Christmas Tree we stopped to have some of our packed lunch. Segundo didn’t want to eat too much because there was a mouse in his stomach that didn’t like eating crackers. We asked is his stomach hurt and he told us it didn’t hurt, but it tickled some times when the mouse would turn around. He got in there through his back while he was sleeping apparently. He told us later that night that the mouse was gone because he wanted some sun.
  • A Bad Lady Bug Broke his Heart. This one took some ferreting out to find what exactly happend. He said his heart hurt because it was broken. I thought he meant he was sad, or heart broken about something but the problem was much more literal. He said the reason his heart was hurting was because that lady bug that was out on the front stoop was bad and it crawled down his throat and into his heart and then started breaking it by flapping his wings. He had a lot a detail about why the lady bug was bad and how it hurt him. I started to worry that there was something really wrong but so far no more rogue bugs have attacked his heart.
  • A baby Giraffe lives inside him. He was walking funny today, kinda like a frankenstein impersonation, and I asked him what he was doing. He said the baby giraffe that lived inside him was stretching and couldn’t bend over at the moment. I asked how a baby giraffe comes to inhabit a three year old and he said it was just an egg when he ate it but then it grew. I’m worried about that girafe getting to much bigger lest it pop out the top of his head.
The other reoccurring story Segundo tells us revolves around when he was older and he lived with his two friends. He often tells us what the house looked like, the type of couch they had, and the car they drove. He drives his older brother crazy with these detailed stories. Primo yells at him that he was never older and that he didn’t live with his friends. The little man is adamant that these things happened and I love getting the stories. It sounds like the guys had a good time living on their own but things went South when Segundo’s girl friend came on the scene. Isn’t that how it always goes when you add girls to the mix.

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Sad boy is very sad indeed

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Today we had a standoff at the home front. While Primo was at school, segundo and I were spending the morning hanging around the house getting some chores done. I was cleaning while he was trying to undo everything I had put away. We were about to head to the library before needing to pick Primo up at noon but Segundo had decided he was changing his clothes. I asked him to put his pants and long sleeve shirt back on since it was a chilly fall day, but he wanted to put some shorts and a t-shirt on. I told him we would head out to the library as soon as he puts his clothes back on. 45 minutes later he stopped crying long enough to get dressed and get in the car to pick up Primo. When we got in the car I snapped this picture of sad boy.

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Custom Hot Wheels car for my Zombie son

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I can tell that I’m stepping up to the big time with this blog because not only have my readers doubled from 4 to 8, but I’m starting to get some of the PR pitches that other people talk about. While others lament the lack of connection between the content of their blog and the content of the pitches I am just happy that I get any. Every once in a while a pitch comes in that is right in the sweet spot and one such pitch came in last week. I was asked if I would like to create a custom Hot Wheels car and then write about the process. Heck yes I would. We are Hot Wheels fans in this house, and since Primo got the keep the Remote Control car from the last giveaway it was time for Segundo to get a special car as well. So I navigated to the Custom Hot Wheels page and got started creating my tiny car masterpiece. The steps were pretty simple: Choose a body for the car, upload a picture, crop the picture and adjust on the car, add any text, and choose you packaging. I chose the awesome picture of Segundo after eating his body weight in Cherries and named the car “Zombie Gringo”.

When the car arrived in the mail we gave it to Segundo and filmed his response.

He has since slept with the car and made sure that he has it with him where ever we go. He’s a big fan and I think these cars would be great for special gifts and even cool party favors for kids to take home. Thanks to Mom Select for letting me test this process out and for getting a cool car in return for writing about my experience.

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That heaven upon earth to the weary head

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Segundo enjoys his naps so much that he often will follow a nap up with another nap right away. Not sure if he’s exhausted from the epic four hour nap he just knocked out and needs a thirty minute refresher just get the circadian rhythms back on track or if he is just loves sleep like his daddy does. Either way he often get up from his bed and goes somewhere else to sleep. Each morning around dawn he comes into our room and snuggles with Beautiful until her alarm goes off. He seems to mot even be awake when he comes to bed with us and is instantly asleep before the blanket is even pulled tight around him. During mid afternoon nap times he will either sleep so long you fear he’s in a coma or he will get up after a short two hour nap and find me on the couch before falling back asleep. I posted before about him sleeping on the coffee table and dozing off while standing up. Just the other day he got out of bed and sleepily walked into the living room before climbing up on two of the couch pillows and immediately going back to sleep. He didn’t talk to me or even acknowledge me before conking out on his princess and the pea perch. There are many signs that this one is his father’s son but this sleeping thing is chief among them. We love to sleep like Data loves gadgets.

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A little Primer for visiting grandparents

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We are fast approaching the holiday season and with Thanksgiving comes Beautiful’s parents and the boys are getting pretty excited. I have been hearing a lot about Grammie and Tom Tom coming and I thought I would give them a little primer on some popular phrases that Segundo has so they can jump right in. These are pretty simple to figure out, unlike Primo and his F.U.C. when he meant S.U.V.

“We Rhyme daddy!” Segundo says this when something you have matches something he has. Like my green sweater and his green towel. I actually like this better then saying we match.

“Long day outside tonight” this means it’s late and he should be in bed. He usually says this when we are in the car heading home from a dinner or from a night being watched by The Charge’s parents. Another one of those that I prefer to the real way.

“The chicken we ate was from a pig’s butt.” That means pork roast of course. He calls all meat chicken but he does know what animal his “chicken” comes from.

“Whatcha wanna do tomorrow?” This means anything from “I love you” to “how are you doing today”. Segundo asks this question a few times a day and it is his go to conversation starter. It means he wants you to hold him and talk to him about anything and everything.

There is more I’m sure but I can’t think of them. This should get you started and we will be here to help with any new phrases that come up. We are excited to see you guys and the boys have elaborate plans to show you Grammy and Nonna’s Toy store in St. Johns so come ready.

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