Friday Funnies

My funny/lovable kid talk memory from this week:

Jonah "mom can I paint now?" Fifth time asking me. He was so excited and dying to open his school supplies. "why do you want to paint so bad?" Jonah " I want to paint a picture of you because you are so beautiful"

He really is that sweet.

Conversations with kids...

 April Edition:

Kerith looking at her swimsuit "I love my parachute" not sure why she thinks a swimsuit is a parachute. 

 Today in the van I helped Jonah with a word on hanging with friends he exclaimed "mom you are a genius!" when he spelled it correctly and the game accepted it. I will treasure these compliments because I am sure he will hate me in a few years from now.

The twins are in timeout in their bedrooms until my anger simmers down. They decided to take off their clothes and go for a swim in the bathtub(work out interruption number one) and then after I told them to get out they decided to get naked again and take a bath in the sink yes the sink and take all the kids toothbrushes and scrub the mirror with them. 

 Micah "Mom Mom we found a wholly wholly!" do you know what a wholly wholly is? Rollie Poly :)

  I posted these before but wanted to have all of them in one place.

Jonah before bed. "Mom tonight I am going to dream about desserts falling from the sky and you know what no adults will be allowed to eat it, only kids"

 Micah on the potty: "I need to go to my bathroom yours is not working" me: "Micah it has nothing to do with the potty you have to make yourself go pee pee it doesn't do it for you." Micah "uhh un yours needs batteries"

Conversations with Kids

Micah on the potty, we have been working on potty training: Micah "I need to go to my bathroom yours is not working" me: "Micah it has nothing to do with the potty you have to make yourself go pee pee it doesn't do it for you." Micah "uhh un yours needs batteries" this made me giggle this week.

Jonah before bed. "Mom tonight I am going to dream about desserts falling from the sky and you know what no adults will be allowed to eat it, only kids" I have been working with him on healthy eating he doesn't like it much.

Aww yes my children and conversations. They make me laugh and giggle. 

Old as Indians

Grace is learning about Indians in History I suppose that is what led her thinking in this conversation she and I had before bed this week.

This was too good not to share. Putting Grace to bed Grace says "I get to have chick fil a tomorrow yay!" looking over at her whiled I rubbed Jonah I said " I wish I could have some too." Grace paused "because they didn't have schools when you were little" me trying not to be offended that my child just referred to me as old "am I really that old?" I asked. Grace exclaimed  "not as old as the Indians that is Daddy!

Now it is a pretty well known fact that I am actually older than my husband but obviously Grace doesn't care or doesn't realize that quite yet. It's ok really, hearing her call her Dad old was priceless. I thought I would have to wait until she was at least ten but nope. I will have to remember to thank her for the laugh.

What is in the toilet stays in the toilet

I have a problem. My kids leave the toilet seat up. My 14 month old Titus loves to play in the toilet. So far all types of things have been found floating toys, food, and my personal favorite dog food which when soggy resembles poop. This week though Titus took my sneakers and you guessed it gave them a bath in the toilet. Now I guess I could wash and wear them but it grossed me out so much that I threw them out. I mean really no one would notice but I would know and just feel gross. So needless to say I will be purchasing a new pair of shoes because what I find in the toilet stays there!

Happy New Year from All of Us!

If there were any picture to capture us in our true fashion this is IT!

I hope it brings a smile to your face because it sure brings some smiles to mine.

Jonah turns 5!

Jonah turned five earlier this week. We had another cake and small celebration. The big party was on Saturday a long with Micah and Kerith. They are still young enough that they don't care if their parties are together.

All throughout the day he kept asking Mom am I bigger? as in taller. It was very hard to answer but of course I told him he was a lot taller than last year. That really wasn't enough to satisfy him so he finally told me he was ALMOST as all as me. Oh that IS coming, thankfully it is still a few years away. After all we have to get through Kindergarten first...

Accidental Day

Oh yesterday. It was quite the day. The events of yesterday give a pretty good idea of what life is like with five children 6 and under, and this is just the doings of one child just imagine four more!

Micah:
Cut Jonah and Kerith's hair. Yes we have been working on using scissors although I am not sure he is quite ready.
Fell out of the shopping cart, more like tumbled out right onto the concrete. It scared him. He didn't have a scratch.
Decided he would "cook" while I got dressed. he poured oats into a bowl, dumped cocoa puffs in with it and mixed it with chocolate syrup. He was very proud of his masterpiece.

oh and the night ended by Titus taking his first and hopefully last tumble down the stairs. I know what you are thinking. Doesn't she ever watch her kids? As much as I would like to be in the same room with them 24 hours a day. I do appreciate the occasional clean underwear, after all I have already given up showering in the morning.

Exit Stage Left

Friday morning I pulled my back out but thankfully I was able to attend the kids Mother's Day Out end of the year program. I paid for it later but still it was important for me to be there to watch Jonah, Micah, and Kerith sing their songs. Oh and it was a goody!

Guess who made a really funny memory? Did your mind directly go to the comedian and trouble maker of the bunch? If you guessed Kerith you were correct! It was about half way through the program when the little Miss broke out crying and had to be escorted off the stage. Watch for yourself....Yes just a glimpse of our precious Kerith.

Jesus loves mad guys.

Jonah and I have been having a lot of conversations lately on loving others. This is the boy who told me last year "Mom, I love you, but only on Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridays". He's been into Scooby Doo lately so I think that has something to do with our conversations. His questions normally come as I am tucking him into bed. "Mom" he'll say "I love everybody."
I laugh on the inside and ask him "Jonah do you love even mad guys?(also known as bad guys)"
"I don't know" he'll reply thinking "Jesus loves mad guys."
"Yes Jesus loves mad guys" I reply "Jesus tells us to love mad guys too."
"Mom some mad guys are scary but Jesus loves them too. I love everybody. I'm like Jesus."

What a refreshing reminder of the way I am suppose to love others. There was no judging, no prejudice, just an innocent sweet boy wanting to love others and be like Jesus. I would like to take credit and say he is just like his Mom but I can't only my Jesus could of fashioned him that way.

 

What happened while I went potty

It isn't as big as the BP oil spill but it was bad enough. The one minute I had to excuse myself to the bathroom to relieve the need I'd been holding for the past hour while feeding Titus and seeing to the needs of Micah and Kerith was about to explode. I gave Micah and Kerith their bowl of cereal with milk, everyone was quiet so I dashed off to the bathroom. I am not sure of the train of thought that followed, I know who the ring leader was she's chewing on her foot right now and Micah is following(Yes his Dad and I will have to work with him so he doesn't get misled as a big kid). I am not sure if they confused the milk for water or what but this is what happened while I was in the bathroom.