Men are from Mars...

Savannah and her cousin Tyler had pulled a table and some chairs out of Tyler's bedroom and were setting it up in the hallway. It's clear the two of them had different ideas of what they planned to do with the furniture rearrangement.

Savvy sat down on one of the chairs and scooted it up really close to the table and leaned into Tyler suggesting,

"Let's have a little talk, okay?"

Tyler looked at her and promptly lifted his chair up, put it on the table and walked away.

August 2009

Follow the Prophet

Barb hired some landscapers to work in the yard and Cade noticed a jug of tea on the deck left by one of them. He wanted a drink and I explained to him he wasn't allowed to because: a. the drink did not belong to him, and b. it would be breaking a commandment.

A few hours later we were off to the library and Cade stopped one of the men and said,

"Did you know the prophet said you shouldn't drink tea?"

"How come?" the man asked good naturedly.

"Because it's bad for our bodies."

"Okay then. Thank you sir," he answered.

Cade walked away feeling pretty proud about what he'd just done.

July 2009

Mario Kart... again.

While driving in the car Cade asked me,
"Mom, when you were little, did you LOVE Mario Kart?"
Attempting to make this a teaching moment I answered,"I didn't play Mario Kart when I was little. I did other more fun and exciting things."
"Like what?"
"Well, I played outside with my friends, explored in my backyard, played games in the tree house, rode my bike, read books...those sorts of things."
"Oh, well you should have played Mario Kart all the time, Mom."
"Why?"
"Because Mario Kart is AWESOME!"
"What does awesome mean?"
"Awesome means cool."
"What does cool mean?"
"Well, it means like not the cold cool."
"So if it doesn't mean the cold cool, what does it mean?"
"Like cool. Cool means cool, Mom."

So much for that teaching moment.

--July 2009

Enuf is enuf!

Savannah spotted a package of Oreos in the kitchen and asked if she could have one. I consented and handed her a cookie.While she chewed, I got a glass of milk and grabbed a cookie for myself. I dunked it in milk and swallowed. I went for another when she wasn't looking.She watched me grab my third cookie and in her bossy parental tone said,"Momma, dats enuf."

I pretended to listen, and when she wasn't looking, I went for number 5 (or was it six?).

"MOMMA! I SAID DAT'S ENUF!" She screeched. I closed the package, put it back on the counter and sheepishly went back to folding laundry.

A few minutes later I passed through the kitchen to put some clothes away in my bedroom to find a guilty-faced Savvy. She anounced cheerfully,

"Mom, I finished da cookies for youuu!"

June 2009

The word obsession does not do it justice....

Cade was overheard saying this to his cousin:

"Tyler, I LOVE your house. You have the best house because you have video games like Mario Cart."

Later Cade and I had this conversation, in hopes to slightly alter his focus a bit:

"Mom, Tyler's house is so fun. I love coming here to play video games."

"Yes, Tyler's house is fun. Do you like to come here because you get to play with Tyler, see baby Luke, play with fun toys, ride bikes and the video games?"

"Nope. I just like to come here for the video games."

Doesn't beat around the bush, does he?

A Glutton for Punishment?

While I was driving in the car I looked back and noticed Savvy was pouring her Capri Sun alllll over her lap.

"Savannah, why are you doing that?" I asked.

"Because, I want to get in trouble."

oh my.

Too young!

After spending the weekend with Kyle's family, including Kyle's brother Randy and his new girlfriend, Cade asked me this morning,
"Mommy, you know how Randy has a girlfriend? Who gets to be my girlfriend when I get big?"

"I don't know. Whoever you think is the nicest. And whoever I think is the best."

"Hmm. I think Sariah will be my girlfriend. She is SO beautiful."

He's too young for this!

04/13/2009