"Mike Mulligan eats his vitamin!"

I am SO behind...I had started posts about Christmas and also about Abram's birthday and meant to finish them this past week, but with Little Bit being sick it all took a major backseat.  This post is sure to be shorter so I figured I'd go ahead with it and leave the other two as drafts for when I had more time to finish and dig through pictures a bit better!
     (Anyhow...)

Braddock's main love these days has been Mike Mulligan...he loves Mike and Mary-Anne and will recite and act out the book any chance he gets.  He decided he wanted to wear overalls the other day to be just like "Mike Mullgan"...
 

and after extensive studying the pictures (and by extensive I mean we are already on our second edition), reenacted the front cover of the book...

 ...busted the "Mike Mulligan" move (one arm up, one arm down)...and continues to do so at random moments throughout his day, then look at me and smile and say, "Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel...a BEAUTIFUL red steam shovel.  Her name....was Mary Anne."... with the raw feeling and dramatic emotion that would make an opera singer jealous.  He even excitedly proclaims that "Mike Mulligan eats his vitamin, just like Braddock!" ..."Mike Mulligan brushes his teeth, just like Braddock!"...and during a particularly creative stall tactic during bedtime routine (he was already in his bed, but jumped up, knocked on his closed door and exclaimed, "NEED TO SIT ON THE POTTY!!!!"...so I come running, race him to the bathroom, plop him on the john, and he proceeds to explain to me that Mike Mulligan doesn't poop in his britches, that in fact he poops in the potty, and there is actually a potty inside Mary-Anne so he doesn't have to poop in his shoes.

Dead serious.  It was all I could do to keep a straight face. 

More "Mike Mulliganning..."

Watch out Chuck Norris, you've got some competition.