Funnies from the kids

I keep this notebook where I try to write down funny things the kids say.  I don't always get it written down before I forget, but I try.  Here are some of my favorites:

2008
Logan: (after putting his undies on backwards) "Mom, my undies are a little loose and a little tight."
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Brayden: " Mom, before I went to kindergarten, I thought germ killer was where we got out our swords and killed the bad guys. But now I know it's just stuff you put on your hands."
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Logan: (instead of Mr. Potato Head) "Sir 'Tato Head"
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Brayden: "Mom, how do the sun and moon know when to go up and down if they have no eyes?"
Me: "God tells them."
Brayden: "How do they hear if they have no ears?"

2009
Logan: (after getting new shoes with Transformers on them) "Well I like my new shoes, but they don't transform into anything. I wake up in the morning and go look at them and they are still just shoes."
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Logan: "Watch me do hiccups, mom." (Proceeds to do a push-up)
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Me: (after Brayden and Logan had been fighting for awhile) "It sounds to me like you guys just need a break from each other for awhile."
Brayden: "Ya, like for a few days!"
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Logan: "My brother, Preston, is getting bigger and bigger, I can tell, but I'm not. Well my mom says I am, but I can't see it."
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Brayden: "Mom, how would you feel if a really big snake ate your mom?"
Me: "I'd be very sad."
Brayden: "Well that's how sad I am that I couldn't take grandma's stuffed elephant home with me."
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Brayden: "Mom, did we come from your tummy or an egg?"
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Brayden: "I'm not crying, I'm just talking sad."
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Logan: "I'm so excited that the baby is growing and your tummy is getting bigger. And these are getting bigger too (pointing to my chest) - your bumps!"
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Logan: (singing "Oh Be Careful") "Oh be careful little mouth what you chew."
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Brayden: "It's a good thing God made us toot."
Me: "Why?"
Brayden: "Because then we'd know when we need to poop."
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Logan: (burp) "That was just a pretending burp."
Brayden: "No, Logan, it was a not real burp, so it was a fiction burp."

2010
Brayden: "I'm putting some Please Come Back cream on Daddy's bald spot so it will grow back."
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We were walking and saw some geese who were honking really loudly
Me: "Logan, what do you think they're saying to each other?"
Logan: "I don't know, I don't speak duck."
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Preston: "Oh my cow!" (instead of oh my goodness or holy cow)
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Preston: "I don't like going to the quiet library (adult section), just the loud one (kids section)."
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Preston: (he had a runny nose) "Uh-oh, I have a bless you."
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Preston: "When I'm 4, Ashten will be 1. That's weird."
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We were talking about how Santa isn't real, but some kids think he is. I asked Brayden if he told kids Santa wasn't real or just let them pretend, specifically talking about a girl in his class who believed in Santa.
Brayden: "I just let her pretend. Otherwise she'd get mad. And I don't want to make her mad - girls just react differently than boys when they're mad."

2011
Logan: "Since Ms. Pat (our neighbor) doesn't have kids, maybe she never gets mad!"
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Brayden: (talking about Ashten dancing) "Sometimes the thing in the behind gets shaking a little."
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Brayden: "I don't like snow: it's cold and it doesn't even taste good!"

2012
Me: "Preston, how was your nap?"
Preston: "I don't know, I was asleep the whole time."
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Logan: "If I were in heaven, I would ask God if I could hold the world in my hands for a minute. But I bet it would be heavy."
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Logan: "I love the snow!"
Preston: "Why don't you put a ring on it?" (thank you, Beyoncé, for that!  haha)
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Brayden: "You know how when you're born you get some things from your mom and some things from your dad? Well I think I got my long hair from mom and my rolling around in bed and making a mess when I sleep from dad."
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Logan: (pointing to his toes) "This is my thumb toe (big toe), this is my pinky toe (little toe), and this is my inappropriate toe (middle toe)."
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Logan: "Mom, do you have a typewriter I can use?"
Me: "No, I have a computer though."
Logan: "Um, no, a typewriter would be much easier."
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Me: "What color is the mud?"
Ashten: "Yuck!"
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We were playing hide-and-seek
Me: "Ashten, I'm sorry I can't play anymore, I need to go make dinner."
Ashten: "That's ok, I'll play by myself!"

2013
Ashten: (after seeing a black man at the store) "Oh, it's an adoption!"
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Brayden: "You know what girls do that's weird? They walk around in big groups and talk a lot and shake their heads around so their hair waves around."
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Ashten: "When I grow up, I want to be a Barbie."
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Preston: "Do you know why people in jail don't get dessert? Because they have been very bad and they don't deserve any treats!"
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Ashten: "Has God or Jesus died?"
Me: "Well Jesus died, but then He rose again!"
Ashten "So He's alive right now?"
Me: "Yes"
Ashten: "Why?"
Me: "Because that's what God wanted."
Ashten: "Aw, that's cute."
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Brayden: "I made a morning schedule and I have no time for fighting!"

Belmar buddy

In Logan's class at school, his teacher does this cool thing where each week a different kid gets to be Belmar Buddy for the week.  They get to fill out a poster about themselves and bring in some items for show and tell, as well as some items for a estimation jar and a "guess the object" bag.  Basically it's a chance for them to share a little about themselves and get a few extra privileges at school that week.  Logan has been looking forward to being chosen all year and it finally happened in early November!!

He wasted no time getting his timeline poster done and Chris and him worked on it for over an hour one morning. 

 

He had to choose 10 significant events from his life and put them on a timeline.  He chose:

• his birth
• 1st tractor ride (with my grandpa)
• 1st guitar
• 1st day of kindergarten
• learning to ride a bike
• his baptism
• losing his 1st tooth
• science fair project
• 1st  baseball game
• 1st 14er

Can't believe how quickly he's growing up, especially when I see those pictures and events on his timeline that don't seem that long ago!

Homework

Now that Preston is in 1st grade, he has a little more homework.  I think he likes it though, it makes him feel older and more grown up like his brothers, who have homework every night.

 

 

Now I think this girl wants to get into school so she can do homework too!!

Puppy Sequoia

In 2003, when we bought our house, we also got a dog.  I wasn't completely sold on the idea, but Chris had been waiting and waiting and really wanted a dog, and I had already gotten 2 cats, so I wasn't really in a position to argue.

For 10 1/2 years, she was a great dog.  She was very obedient pretty much right from the start, and very loyal and faithful.  She especially loved Chris, I guess she could tell he is the one who wanted her most.  We rarely had house training problems, hardly ever discipline problems or tearing up the yard or house problems. She wanted to please us and she loved to be around us.

Over Thanksgiving break, however, we had to put Sequoia down.  It was heartbreaking.  She had 2 bad hips and 2 bad knees, which made walking up and down the stairs very hard for her.  She always had a sad look on her face, and I think she was in a lot of pain most of the time.  Anytime anyone bumped her or touched her, she whined and groaned.  She wouldn't even roll over onto her back anymore for a belly rub.  She spent most of her days inside sleeping.  She had a bunch of sores on her body, one of which bled all the time.  It must have hurt her because she was always licking at it, which made it bleed worse. 

Unfortunately, having to put her down definitely put a damper on our whole Thanksgiving break that we had together as a family.  It felt like someone was missing.  Sequoia had always been around us when we were just at home relaxing.  She laid downstairs when we were watching TV or playing.  She went up to bed with us when we went up to our room for the night.  She would come up to the kitchen when I was cooking or when we were eating.  She wanted to be around us and as much as she sometimes got in my way, I realize that I miss that.

What surprises me is how much I grew to enjoy having a dog.  She felt like a part of our family.  Even when it was just me and Ashten during the day, having Sequoia around felt comfortable.  It didn't feel as lonely.  And I definitely felt more safe with her there.  Most people who know me will be shocked to hear this, but I really, really miss having a dog and I hope we will be able to get another one someday.  Definitely not as a replacement for Sequoia, just another dog to love and be a part of our family.

Logan sleeps

Brayden and Logan are getting to an age where they just aren't sleepy for an 8:00 bedtime very often.  We have tried to remedy this a little by letting them stay up a little later at night to read.  This kills two birds with one stone: they get their reading done for school and they get to stay up and read and feel a little older with extra priveleges!

One week Logan asked if he could stay up as late as he wanted as long as he was reading any night, and I agreed to let him do that on Friday nights only, since he didn't have to get up and do anything that important on Saturdays.  Since then, it has become a regular thing, something they look forward to, often staying up till 10 or later just reading.  (Side note: I'm jealous they can read at night because I can't!  If I'm tired, I will fall asleep, no matter how good my book is.)

Well a few weeks ago on a Friday night, Logan was in his room reading, but he was very quiet (unusual for him, even when he's reading) so we went to check on him and lo and behold, he was asleep!  At 8:30!  On the one night he's allowed to stay up as late as he wants!

Guess this guy does need sleep after all?