he'll be hood forever

Trey likes "boom boom" music. When we're in the car, Trey will sometimes request "boom boom" which means that Blinn or I have to change the radio channel to find some hip-hop for Trey to bounce along to.

We often listen to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" in the car and apparently the lyrics have really stuck with Trey. After supper we were just sitting around and I asked Trey if he wanted to dance a little. Trey said "yeah yeah" and then proceeded to sing his own version of "Empire State of Mind". It goes a little something like this (and please picture Trey sincerely singing with a very impassioned, eye squinting face) :

Trey: "New Yoook New Yoook Lights oooonnnn TV ooffff" repeat twice.

We think that he has remembered the "big lights will inspire you" lyric and put his own life version spin on it.

first assumption was a little off

I was already sitting in our car with Gus as Trey and his Daddy ambled from my parents house to the car. I was enjoying watching this adorable Daddy-Trey walk to the car and noticed Trey had to bend down and grab a rock from my mom and dad's drive way, and then put it in his pocket. As his mother, I thought "oh, how cute, he wants to take a rock home with him".

My two boys finally make it to the car and Blinn was getting the Dude situated in his car seat. Blinn took the rock away from Trey and the following played out:

Trey: "Heyyy Daaadyyy! I nee dit (need it)!"

Daddy: "Really? What did you need that for?"

Trey: "To put in ma (my) ear!"

Daddy: "And that's why I threw it out the door, we don't put rocks in our ears."

gus would agree

We were at my parents house this weekend and as Blinn and I were trying to corral Trey into his shoes and socks, he saw Gus chewing on a bone.

Trey observed, "Gus, bone!'.

Mommie: "Yep, Gus is chewing on Louie's bone".

After a slight 2 second pause (for drama I'm sure, he is mine), Trey followed up his initial observation with, "Mmmm, tasty".