Athenisms

I could write a book every day on all the funny things Athen says and does! I figured I would share some of the joy he brings me (Matt and Maximo) every day. Today I overheard Athen counting in Spanish (thank you Dora) and he gets to five and says "cinqy" I said no Athen it's "cinqo" and he says yea, "cinqy, cinqy, cinqy Mommy."

Athen has been rising way before the sun (around 6ish) and we are trying to teach him he needs to wait for the sun to come up. I got the brilliant idea of putting an alarm clock in his room and covering the minutes with masking tape. Before he went to bed I told him that he can't leave his room until he sees a 7 on the clock. I had high hopes!!! So the next morning he comes in our room before 7. I asked him if he remembered what we had talked about the night before and he said, "yes mommy, there was a 7 under there." I went into his room and he had ripped off the masking tape. Pretty brilliant. Our next step is duct tape! I'll keep you posted!!! ANd along the sleeping matters, he's been too scared to go to bed at night. He has told us that monsters get you, puma get you, box get you and so on. SO we told him if he gets scared to ask Jesus for help and He'll help you. He said smiling, "Jesus help you!" And we said yes. So today he was playing cars, and he looked at me and said "Jesus play cars?" I laughed and said yes Athen I'm sure Jesus would play cars with you. It was too cute.
Today I walked into the living room, and I see Athen throwing with all his might in airplane up in the air. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "No throw inside, but plane trying to fly." It was too cute I couldn't get on him for throwing inside.
And I love his oneliners, Some of my favorite are "Maximo, wall driving me up." "Maxi chunkie monkey." "Athen sad."
I'm sure I will have plenty more Athenisms to share. Hope you find as much joy in them as me!