Barack-O-Bono....and Bono comes for dinner!

so,

here's the scoop on "Barack-O-bono"

It's no secret that we are die hard fans of the group U2...that's right, Aaron, joni and Oliver (eliza has yet to have been wooed).

Aaron's fascination came when he was just a little tyke. It has escalated into something I have never known before...until I met Aaron.
He knows every song, he knows every album, he knows EVERYTHING (a lot anyway :O) about U2. It is ALL we listen to, unless I change things up....that's 99.9% ok with me most of the time :O)

My fascination came when I met Aaron and listened to him play their songs on his guitar and sing them also (he's really good, but I think only his sister and I have been allowed to hear him really rock out...) He secretly wishes he could be on stage doing just what bono is doing... (don't tell him I said that :O)

Oliver was introduced at the young age of a NEWBORN! Seriously. This is how Aaron would put him to sleep sometimes. He'd turn on the DVD of their last tour "vertigo"....and all the lights, guitars and singing would slowly help oliver drift into sleep!
To this day Oliver LOVES U2....
he especially LOVES bono (lead singer...I'm sure you got that) and the edge (their guitar player).
I can't remember if I mentioned it in my Halloween post, but that is what oliver REALLY wanted to be for Halloween. I wasn't sure how to make it work, so we went for the second best thing "the dread pirate roberts"... Anyway,
Oliver loves loves LOVES bono.
When his friends come over, he often times wants to put that same dvd in (vertigo tour), and watch it with them.
He really has watched the whole dvd before~ and still wants more when its done.
He notices the tiniest little details about the whole group from what they're wearing, how they are standing, to how they sing...everything. He especially gets bothered when bono takes off his glasses...he really likes bono with the cool shades.
He can sing parts of all of their songs and always wonders what they mean...so it is fun to try and tell him what certain things mean, and why bono uses certain words...eg: "tough...you think you got the stuff...." He just really wants to know what that means. His favorite is "in the city of blinding lights"...and sings "OH...You..Look..SO...BEAUTIFULLL tonight..." (very cute), he also loves the "little sister" song and he always says that that one is for eliza...since he says "little sister". He'll say "sister, sister...this is your song".
One song even talks about a monster....and he likes that a lot too!

Anyway~this kid is over the moon for bono. His friends know this as well.

Now back to this posts title... Oliver has a friend, we'll just call her "little :O)".
Ps. This all happened a while back, but due to the inauguration yesterday~
it fits nicely into this post.

So, a while back, Little (who was 2 and 1/2 at the time) was talking to her mom and dad, and they asked her what the name of our next president of the United States was going to be?
To that she said "BARACK-O-Bono!"

Her parents got a kick out of this, because she most certainly heard about Bono from Oliver, and she just kind of put the two of them together (Obama , o-bono...sounds close enough, right!!!)
Anyway, isn't that funny? I thought/think it is really hilarious. I love saying it in my head because it really rolls of the tongue so smoothly...it really is just fun to say.
Go ahead say it in your head: "Barack-O-Bono"....wasn't that fun!

As for dinner lately...you definitely read that right, Bono has been joining us for dinner every night since Sunday (I believe).

We get a knock on the door just around dinner time, and it's always Bono! We invite him in, he sits down with us, talks with us, and eats with us. Oliver tells him all about his latest thoughts, discoveries and milestones!

It's really cute.

It's funny when oliver pretends because he is always very quick to remind us that he is "just pretending".... as if we were wondering if he was really being serious :O)

Isn't that cute.

I love oliver so much.

Oh, and Bono doesn't just come for dinner anymore, he also comes for snacks, breakfast and play time too.

It is kind of sad though because oliver REALLLY REALLLY wants bono to, FOR REAL, come for dinner and to come "sleep" at our house.

We asked him once that if Bono came to stay with us if it would be ok if bono slept with oliver in his bed. He wasn't sure about that, so he said that he could sleep with eliza in her crib...or on the couch. We thought that was hilarious...Just something that is really funny to picture.

I wish he could really meet bono. That would be so so SO AMAZING!

You never know, if they continue on going and going as they always seem to be doing...oliver just might get to go to a concert when he is a little bit older....maybe even 10 or something :O)

Ok...I think I am done with all of the Bono stuff :O)

But speaking of the new president, I really am excited to have Barack Obama as our president. And for some reason, even more so than having him as "the commander in chief"....I'm excited that Joe Biden will be our Vice President. Aaron thinks I'm weird for thinking Joe Biden is amazing. Do I stand alone?....I don't know, there is just something about him that I really love. He just seems so real, he has a grumpy looking face sometimes...but for whatever reason, my heart thinks he is really incredible. And every time I see him on tv, I wish I could give him a big hug and tell him that I think he is really great.

Onto family "news"....

Oliver learned an AMAZING skill today!!!! He can pump himself on the swing!!!!!! ISN'T that AMAZING!!!

I couldn't believe it. The first thing he said was "this is so fun", and then after he had done it for quite some time, he got kind of limp and said "I'm really tired"....

he worked so hard to get it down. He hasn't really cared too much about it before, but now he just keeps trying and trying and loves to feel himself get higher All on his own!

Man its fun to watch your kids learn new things!

ok, well, I think I should jet.

I've started studying for nursing school (starts in April)... and it's been really really fun. I'M SO EXCITED FOR NURSING SCHOOL TO START!!!!

I seriously am so anxious to begin this new chapter....I know it won't be anything like I expect (at least that is what I am expecting :O)...but I hope I love it, I really hope I love it, because I really want to!

out for now!

sly,

joni ann