Favorite Things

Brady:

• His shooter (it shoots darts, which up until recently Brady pronounced "dolts")
• Martha Speaks episode he calls "Dog Catcher"
• "Martha Pickles" and dressing like a pickle, which means putting the green tunnel over his head and body.
• CHAPSTICK!!! (but not the one I gave him for Christmas with Rudolph on it)
• Gymnastics class 
• Bagel cream cheese, which he pronounces as one word "bagelcreencheese", meatball lunch day, which is meatballs, ketchup, cheese puffs, green beans and fruit.  He always eats the whole thing and he always comes home with ketchup on his face. 
• Riding his scooters (red Lighting McQueen bike, big wheel, Cate's pink tricycle), especially down the street.
• Jumping on the trampoline.
• Zipper jammies.
• When asked what his favorite things are, Brady says "my marble game."

Cate:

• Asking Mom and Dad "what's that noise?"
• Watching "Aurora", also known as Sleeping Beauty.
• Wearing her Cinderella dress, her Cinderella nightgown (white, preferably, but blue will do, too) or her Rapunzel nightgown(s).
• Playing on the iPad - princess game and Scout's ABC Garden or watching Godzilla on Netflix.
• Pancakes, muffins, going to the grocery store to get a cookie.
• Jumping on the trampoline.
• Going to school with Brady.
• Doing it herself...anything, everything and watch out, she'll yell at you if you try to help.
• Waking Mom up at 3am either saying "snuggle me" or "I want ceerios".
• When asked what her favorite things are, Cate says "pink cupcakes."

Mommy:

• When Brady sings Capitain Dubois' song from Madagascar 3, "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" complete with dramatic movement at the end.
• When you ask Brady if he did something - usually "did you flush the toilet?" and he says "yes, I did." Subtle nuance: when he's telling the truth, he says "yes, I did."  When he's fibbing, he says "yes" or "yep."
• When Cate says "I'm tiny."  
• When Cate sings anything - usually "A Dream is a Wish" from Cinderella.
• When Cate says "doopless", which is her word for Toothless, the dragon from How to Train Your Dragon.
• Catching Brady or Cate reciting dialogue from a movie or show...or acting it out.  Last week I caught Brady walking on his feet and hands sniffing the ground like Capitain Dubois from Madagascar 3.  Cate has also started saying "Yyyyyyyes, your majesty" and curtsying (from Alice in Wonderland)

Daddy:

• When Cate tells us "I need little milk."
• When Cate says "Daddy give me pri-e-cy" [when she wants to be alone in the bathroom]
• When Brady says "you baddy, Daddy."