Stevenisms 6-6-00

I took Steven to a meeting on Sunday morning where the discussion was about having a light in your heart from knowledge of God. We went to a store that afternoon and Steven was talking to the people who worked there. He was making them laugh so I went over to be amused. He told them, "Witnesses of God have a light heart." They were shocked to hear a little kid spout that. He gave them each a Pokemon sticker. She got Needle King and he got Needle Queen. Then Steven said that she is a king and he is a queen. They laughed so hard and said 'He's got that right!' because the guy was gay.

When we were going into the apartment, Steven held the door for me. Then he said 'What do you say?' I said 'Thank you.' Then he said 'Why do you always forget to say please and thank you and prayers?' I couldn't find my keys one morning and he was telling me something about Pokemon. I said 'Steven, help me find the keys or we will be late.' He said 'Are they in your pocket?' So I checked the pants I wore the day before and said 'no.' He said 'Are they in your bag?' I checked my bag and there they were. I usually call my mom when I can't find things. With the lectures on manners and ability to find things, my child is taking the place of my parent.

His teacher scolded me one morning for bringing him in late. Since then, he gets up before me and then starts hassling me to get up and saying 'get up or we will be late.' He will bring me a drink or something to eat in bed.

He always wants every toy he sees advertised. He always asks for new toys. One time, I told him that he didn't get a new toy every day. He said 'yes I do!' I couldn't really argue because he just about did. I told him 2 weeks ago that i didn't have money to be buying toys. He said 'that's okay. Here's your credit card.' Before my brother's wedding about 2 years ago, my step mom heard Steven say 'we don't need money. we have plastic.' A couple of minutes later, she went to throw something in the trash and found that he had thown away a bunch of dollar bills.

He bought a stuffed turtle at the zoo. He was sleeping with it at night. He told me that the turtle gave him a hug and kiss every morning--before he woke up.

My mom was joking around one day in the car and said 'what are we going to do with your mommy?' Steven said 'throw her in the dumpster.'

He was telling me that one of the kids in his class says curse words. He said 'he says the f-word, and the s-word, and the p-word, and all the alphabet words.'

I will leave you with one last one that should serve as a warning:

We went to an art exhibit with our friend Gina. After we looked in all of the galleries, we went to listen to some people playing drums outside of a club. Some people were dancing around to the beat. Gina was holding steven and she said 'here's my drum' and began drumming on his bottom. He said 'here's my drums' and began drumming on her breasts. She said 'touche' little man' and put him down.