they call me Trey, Trey Carstensen

We were watching a movie before bed time on Friday night.  Trey decided he wanted all of the lights off for the movie.  Blinn and I said that's fine, but you'll have to do it yourself.  He said okay in his usual upbeat fashion and went to the kitchen and pulled a chair over to the first light switch. After he had reached the switch and turned off the light, as he was getting off the chair, he looked at Blinn and I and said,
"I icredible (incredible)".

Now Blinn and I usually are pretty good about listening to what Trey says and not laughing as he can be very serious, but after this statement, we both had to laugh out loud!  Our sudden burst of laughter did not deter The Dude.  He proceeded to drag the chair into the living room to turn off the final light switch.  As he was about halfway to the light with the chair, he looked over at us and said,
"I very dangerous".

No shortage of confidence or self-awareness at our house.

these are a few

After dinner tonight Trey listed a few of his "favorite" things (stated in a sing-songy tone, though thankfully not of the Julie Andrews variety):
"Corn is ma favorite, lickrish (licorice) is ma favorite, and milk is ma favorite".

au natural

Upon arriving back at our house after daycare, Trey said to me:
"Hey Mom.  We have any contractors comin over tonight"?
It was a legitimate question as we have had a couple over lately, so I replied,
"Nope, we won't have any over tonight".
Trey responded,
"Oh good.  So now I can take my pants off and play"?

can you tell how we've mourned previous nemo's?

Overheard by Mama while Trey was going potty and Gus was roaming around the bathroom:

Gus you do anything you want.  When you done we flush you down the toilet and get a new doggie.

Last but not least

Last night while having some after dinner jelly beans on our front porch, I asked Blinn and Trey if they wanted to have tacos for dinner on Wednesday.  They both answered in the affirmative, and then Trey further inquired, "with Auntie too"?  I thought that was adorable that he was thinking of his Auntie (my sister Emily) and that he wanted her to come over so I said, "well sure!  Why don't you call her and invite her over".  The following conversation was overheard by Blinn and I:

Trey:     "You wanna come over for tacos tonight?"
Auntie:   "Oh, I can't today I'm getting ready for bed already."
Trey:     "You wanna come over Wednesday?"
Auntie:  "Sure!  What are you having?"
Trey:     "Soft ones."
Auntie:   "You mean soft tacos?  I'd love to come over!"
Trey:     "Okay!"
Trey (with a 100% serious face and some firm gesturing of his hand while talking) "Bring presents."

Emily and I cried we laughed so hard.

not wheaties but close

After Trey finished his peanut butter toast and blueberries this morning, and I had finished my eggs, he told me "Mama, we ate that breakfast like a champion". 

He's totally ready for soccer practice tonight.

wedding or survivor?

We were talking over breakfast about Aunt Krissy's upcoming wedding.  Trey and I have been looking at pictures of Aunt Krissy and we've been talking about how he gets to be the ring bearer.  This is more than just your usual ring bearer duty; Trey also gets to walk Kristin's beloved pup Chloe down the aisle.  We've talked about this as well because Trey loves and takes great pride in walking Gus. I want him to know what he gets to do, so he's prepared on Kristin and Jay's big day.

After all the groundwork I've been laying, I was rewarded this morning when I told him that his Aunt Krissy sure misses him he responded "I gonna walk that dog on the island".

poodle lecture 101

This morning Gus was on a barking rampage outside as another dog walked by our house.  Blinn said "somebody needs to make him stop that".  Being the helpful wife I am, I continued to prune my geranium on the back porch.  Blinn then went out back to address the barking and I hear this stomp-stomp-stomp hustling towards me.  Trey is now outside and yelling as loud as his can
"Gus!  Gus!  You stop that.  Come here Gus"!

Whether it was Daddy or Trey who got Gus to run back into the house, Trey took credit for it and said
"I got him back in, I go talk to him". 

Trey followed Gus to the living room and we listened as he crouched down towards Gus' level and began his lecture:

"Gus, you caaaaannnn't bark.  That dog bad.  He a bad dog.  He KILL you Gus.  Okay Gus, OKAYYY"? 

Something must have stuck, we didn't hear a peep out of Gus for the rest of the morning.

deprived and dramatic

While eating a sucker, which is a rare occasion at our house, Trey announced
"this sucker my favorite in the whole wide world".

He's a cheap date.

prepping to pad our retirement fund

Trey announced at dinner while pounding his milk "I like milk.  It make me strooooooooooooong".  Blinn and I of course said something to the effect of "yes, milk is good and it does make you strong". 

Trey continued "I play basketball because I strooooooong".  Again, we said something while trying not to laugh to confirm that yes, basketball players are strong and yes, they must drink milk too.

Trey then mumbles more to himself than his usual loud declaration
"when I big I climb ladder and cut net". 

Our Dirk Dude dreams big.