Matthew Pacitto

Sour Pepper

2012-02-01T02:18:09Z

At uncle John's 2 Saturdays ago, Matthew told me he didn't like pepper, because it was sour. Now, at this point, we've been telling him for at least a few months that when he gets older, his Chooches will start to taste funny. We thought it would be the best way so get those away from him at night(the only time he uses them now).

Fast forward to 2 nights ago, and Mommy sprinkled his chooch with some pepper, thinking he'd pop it Innis mouth and then pull it out right away, and we could take it from him. Unfortunately, it didn't even faze him. We even asked if his chooch tasted funny yet, because he was getting to be such a big boy it might soon, and he said "no" it tasted fine.

Drat! Foiled again!

MTTHE

2012-01-30T23:09:25Z

Mommy was trying to convince Matthew to write his name on his menu at Turtle Jacks on Saturday, but he really wanted one of us to write it. He eventually turned the paper to me and said "Daddy, can you write Matthew? You have to write M T T H E." We got him to tell us the other letters eventually with a bit of help, but considering he only just started learning to write his name at school a week ago, I'm very impressed!

Appreciation

2012-01-29T17:58:57Z

About a week ago out of the blue Matthew told me "I appreciate that daddy, but. Think we should do something else instead." He started using it shortly before that Laurie told me. I'm not sure exactly where he got it from, but it's absolutely adorable to hear a 3 1/2 year old use it in the right (and semi-right) context.

Wii Sports Resort

2012-01-14T03:01:43Z

Matthew was playing Wii Sports Resort with mommy tonight, and it was a game where you have to slice objects with a sword. They throw candles, sushi, diamonds, and other objects at your Mii to slice and dice. Matthew got so excited, he started yelling things out and jumping up and down while chopping things, and when they threw the egg at him, he cried out "scrambled eggs!". What a clever comment!

Puffs For Jessica

2012-01-12T19:49:54Z

A few weeks ago I was at home with Matthew and Jessica, and she was fussing when I got her out of bed. Matthew took off downstairs, and I had no idea why, and scrambled to chase him. By the time I got half way down the stairs, he was coming up from the bottom with a jar of Jessica's puffs in his hand.

"Here daddy, I got her puffs so she won't cry."

He had dug them out of the cupboard for her.

Halloween 2011

2012-01-02T15:33:16Z

I forgot all about Matthew's Halloween this past year! Me and Nonna both took Matthew out trick-or-treating while mommy and Nonno stayed home with Jessica. I can't recall everything he did, but he was very exited, and looked for which houses had pumpkins or decorations, because he knew those would have candy. He told me to be careful a few times on steps, and asked if we could have a pathway like one house had up to their front door at our house. The 2 things that stick out most to my memory are the 2 driveways we walked over, one with Oxford interlocking, and one with Villa. Stepping on the Oxford he said "look dash, an octagon, and a little square...octagon, square, octagon,square...". The other driveways he said "look daddy, a square, a small rectangle, and a big rectangle!"

There was one house that let him take his own candy, and he was too. Polite to, so he wouldn't take it and wanted the homeowner to give it to him.

Next year him and Jessica will both be out trick or treating...can't wait to see how they both act together!

Slow Down!

2011-12-19T15:09:11Z

Mommy was driving Matthew to school this morning, when he told her "You're driving too fast. The frog wants you to slow down. But not Hermit the Frog from the Puppets, the frog from Cat in The Hat."

Aeroplane

2011-12-12T03:43:09Z

Last night Matthew drew a picture in the Morris Lessmore app on the iPad. When I asked him what it was, he told me it was an airplane. Here is the version he drew for me tonight. Last nights airplane was more elongated and smoother, and the wings were offset as if it was in perspective!

Language Barriers Between Boys And Girls

2011-12-03T01:19:52Z

Matthew was at Baba's today with his cousins and ran p to mommy and said "we're playing transformers, and I'm Optimus Prime."Laura came running after him to tell everyone "and I'm a bumblebee!" You'll notice not THE Bumblebee, just A bumblebee! Amazing how different boys and girls see or understand what's going on.

When I Grow Up

2011-12-02T05:09:40Z

Matthew asked mommy what daddy was going to be when he grew up, and mommy told him that daddy already has a job and works at Best Way Stone. He then told mommy that when he grew up, he was going to be a man.