Like Father, Like Son: Adam Keeps Growing Up

Adam is growing up so fast. I took these photos of him early in October because he was behind his father's arm chair in the living room hoarding these blocks and I don't get enough photos of their everyday behavior. This picture is funny because of his look...I never get that expression...! They hoard from each other a lot; one of the things about being toddlers so close in age. Partly it's because they get in trouble if they take out of the other's hands, too. It's kind of funny because you can always see when they tuck things away; we'll find collections in the chair cushions and behind furniture all the time. Here, he's counting those alphabet blocks. He's very good at counting and loves to do it. He needs a little help, but he really has the general idea of 1-12 on his own. His Dad is good with numbers, too. This was taken a few weeks ago...I took out the camera to get a photo of Abbey cuddling her dad and he actually POSED for me and wanted his picture done, too. He LOVES these snowman pajamas. Usually he avoids me when it's out! Now for the title.... our dear Adam has been talking more and more. I love the way he puts things... like when I was telling him Saturday night to stop whining and crying as we left Walmart. He sniffed and said so dramatically "No cry, Elmo no cry". And that same night, Todd swore in the car, his favorite most oft-used oath "Jesus Christ". I never use it as I was raised never to take the Lord's name in vain so I just basically drop F-bombs. Sweet Adam repeated him right away. OK, we said, that's what toddlers do, we need to watch what we say. Then, when we got out of the car and Todd opened the back gate, a bag fell out. Adam hopped back next to him and repeated it. Yep, he doesn't just mimic this curse, he knows how to APPLY the oath in every day situations! It's EXACTLY when his father would've said it! Then in the house, he repeated the s word after Todd. Now, I'm not just going to get high and mighty and act like I don't curse because I do. But JC is pretty bad, though it was kind of funny, we both agreed we don't need him walking into Trinity pre-school next year and dropping it. We could say, I suppose, that we pray a lot! So I wasn't THRILLED to hear my kid.
The timing was also a bit amusing because my dear husband had given me a mini-lecture the day before about not swearing in front of him because he repeats what I say! So, we're both working on it....and looking for subsitutes. Oh Adam, growing up so fast!!!