Friday Funnies 8/10/12

Grant: Mom, I'm going to sing you a song about stinky pits!
Me: What?!? Where did you hear a song about stinky pits?
Grant: I learned it myself!
Me: You mean you made it up?
Grant: No, I just learned it.
Me: Ok- let's hear it.

Grant: Stinky pits... stinky pits... I got stinky pits... and you got stinky pits... Everybody gots stinky pits!
{I love having a boy!}



I read a book to the kids about how much we love them.  One page talks about how we love them even when they get in trouble.
Me: Elena, go back to bed! (this was easily the 5th time she had been out of bed)
Elena: But I'm not tired.
Me: It's late and it's bedtime. If you don't go back to bed you are going to get in big trouble and then what do you think happens?  (I was indicating that she would get a spanking)
Elena: You will still love me!


Rick: What did you learn at VBS tonight?
Grant: God is good!
Rick: That's great!  And Elena, what did you learn?
Elena: I was singing my favorite song with.... (pause, looks at me)... what's my best friend's name?






Rick: Look Grant! There is Uncle Ryan's choo-choo!
Grant: Where? Where?
Rick: Way over there! See it?
Grant: I want to go see Uncle Ryan's choo-choo!
Rick: You can see it- it's over there!
Grant: But I want to gooooo seeeee it! We have to gooooo or it will all be ruined forever!
(Not sure where he picked up the word 'ruined', but he uses it to be quite dramatic! Last week all the colors of his whole life were "ruined"!)

Friday Funnies 8/3/12

Me: Elena, you need to wipe your face. It's a mess!
Elena: (walks over and grabs a scarf and wipes her face)
Me: Hey that isn't a towel!  Why did you wipe your face on that scarf?
Elena: Cuz you told me to wipe my face.
Me: But that isn't a towel.
Elena: But we can pretend it is a towel... (big smirk)





Elena: Mom, I'm taking my cat to Africa to find his mother!
Me: Ok- are you going to fly?
Elena: No, he's a cat. Only birds fly.
Me: Oh, are you going to take a boat?
Elena: No, a boat is too slow.... I think if we call Nana she can drive us and we will hafta tell her, "Go Faster! Go Faster!"

Grant was coloring on the computer this morning.  We have a touch screen program that the kids love and I love it because it is completely mess free finger painting!
Grant: (growling noise) It keeps going white!
Me: You colored the whole screen black.
Grant: (more growling) I wanna have it be 5 colors!
Me: Ok, then you have to tap on another color, but don't color the whole screen.
Grant: (BIG GROWL) All the colors of my whole life are RUINED!


(I think an early nap is in order today!)

Friday Funnies 7/27/12

We were at the park and I was up on one of the towers.  I'm not particularly fond of heights, but the twins wanted me to go up with them. I was planning to go down the slide to get down, but it was blistering hot.  So, I was kinda stuck and not exactly sure how I was going to get back down. 
Grant: Mommy, just go down the steps.
Me: I'm kind of scared to go down those steps.
Grant: I will show you Mama.
 (He procedes to climb up and then back down, showing me how to do it.  Then I climbed down.)
Grant: Good job Mommy!
Carly: You saved me Bub! Thank you!
Grant: My Pleasure!  {LOVE THAT KID}

Rick: (shouting) J-E-L-L-O pudding! Mmm Mmm!
Grant: (cracks up laughing)
Elena: DADDY! (using her very best "Mommy" tone) You know you're breaking the rules!
Rick: What rules?
Elena: THE rule!
Rick: (shouting again) J-E-L-L-O pudding! Mmm Mmm!
Grant: (cracks up laughing)
Elena: DADDY! You're gonna be in big troubles!
Me: What rule is Daddy breaking?
Elena: (sly smile) You know.... (shaking her head)
Me: The rule about not talking with food in your mouth?
Elena: No...
Me: ... about using an inside voice?
Elena: You know...
We never did get her to tell us what "rule" she was talking about!  She's such a little Mommy!


Elena: {in full whine} I wanna ice cream saaaandwiiiiich....
Me: You have to eat real food first.
Elena: {whine} I don't like real fooooooood.......
Me: {mimicking her whine} ... then you can't have an ice cream saaaaandwiiiiiich...
Elena: {very serious} I ate cereal.
Me: I meant you have to eat lunch first. You need healthy food so you can grow.
Elena: I don't wanna grooooooooowwwwwww............. I wanna ice cream saaaandwiiiiich...
(40 mins and a respectively healthy lunch later)
Elena: Now can I have an ice cream sandwich?
Me: Yes you can, but there is only one so maybe we should ask Grant if he wants half of it.
Elena: No... he doesn't like ice cream sandwiches.
Me: Yes he does.  Don't you think he will be sad if he sees you eating one and he doesn't get any?
Elena: No- he wants me to eat it all!

Grant: Mommy, I like your earrings.  They're cool!
Me: Thank you Grant!  That was so nice of you to notice.
Grant: Some of your earrings are pretty, but those are cool earrings.
Me: Oh. Well thanks buddy.  That made Mommy so happy that you noticed.  Daddy never notices Mommy's jewelry.
Rick: (deadpan) Gee thanks!

                                                                                                                                                                                        Brenna: Ooh look... chicken!  I love chicken!
 (suddenly sad)  Poor chickens, but they're so good!

Friday Funnies 7/20/12

Grant: BUUURRRPPP!
Me: Bless you!
Grant: {laugh}
Elena: Mom, that's not what you say!
Me: It's not? What am I supposed to say?
Elena: You're supposed to say Excuse You!
Me: How come I can't say Bless you?
Elena: (looks at me like I'm so dumb) ...because it's not spelled right!

Grant: Don't make my hair look crazy Daddy! I want to look like a nice boy!
Rick: Ok- come over here so I can comb it for you then.
Grant: You're doing it wrong!  You're making it crazy! I don't want to be a punk rocker! I want to be a nice boy!
Me: Come here, Bub. Mommy will do it for you.
Grant: Yea, cuz Daddy doesn't do my bangs right!
Rick and Me: {Uncontrollable laughing}
Grant: I wanna see it in the mirror.  Ok- it looks good!

Friday Funnies 7-13-12

My Mom bought me a birthday cake and it had black frosting on it. We got such a chuckle out of how it dyed our teeth and tongues and even our fingers!  Now fast forward about 18 hours and we all had a nice little lesson in digestive chemistry! 
Grant: MOM!!!! I pooped.... and it's BLUE! (like Crayola Blue)

Elena: We need chips.
Me: Why?
Elena: Cuz we're having a chip party.
Grant: And we need blueberries.
Me: For what?
Grant: Cuz it's a blueberry party too.
Me: Oh, of course.  How silly of me!
....10 mins later...
Me: Why are the chips and blueberries on the floor?  Get them picked up!
G&E: (blank stare)
Me: NOW! GO!
Elena: (to Grant) What did she say?
Me:  Grrrrrrrrrrr

Friday Funnies 7/6/12

Me: Nana is here!Elena: I fink she's here cuz she wants some icecream!





Grant: Hey! I didn't get any eggs!
Me: Give me your plate and I will get you some.
Grant: No, I don't want any eggs!





Brenna: ... remember that one time that we went to that place with those people you know...?
Me: Huh?

Friday Funnies 6/29

Me: Elena, why is your shirt all wet?
Elena: {Glare} Cuz I want my binka and you said no.
Me: Honey, don't suck on your shirt. That's icky.
Elena: {Death Glare, no verbal response}
(She definitely has my ability to speak without words. LOL! If you ever get the death glare from Elena, you will know it!)


We left in the van to go borrow a friend's truck to go get a mattress.  When we returned home, we were in the truck. Grant was very concerned about the whereabouts of our van.
Grant: (after a thorough examination) Why is the van a truck now?
Rick: I needed a truck to go get the mattress.
Grant: So you made the van be a truck? (wide eyes)
Rick: (chuckle) Yep, I turned it into a truck!
Grant: (wider eyes) Cuz you said Abacadaba?
Rick: (laughing now) Yep, bub!  I did!
Grant: (with pause) Dad, can you make it be a van again?
(Rick and I both are now in silent hysterics)
Me: Yes he can!  Come on.  Let's go take a bath and Daddy will turn the truck back into a van.
(He reluctently went to get in the tub and continued to ask about the van the entire time.  When he got out, Rick was back with the van.)
Grant: Mom! Mommy! Daddy made the truck be a van again!!!
Me: Oh, thank goodness!
Grant: {Huge Smile}
I love that kid and his awesome imagination!


We were at Relay For Life a few weekends ago and there were all sorts of people.
Elena: (she spotted a baby in a stroller) Aaawww! Look at how big she's getting!
Me: (not recognizing the family or the baby, but smiling) Do you know who that is?
Elena: Nope!




The twins are always in a race to see who can get into their PJ's first after their bath!  They also can switch topics on a dime!
Elena: We gotta win 'cause only one person can win and if we don't win, we won't be da winner!
Me: Umm- yes, I realize that!
Elena: And we won't get da ribbon! (blink-- and new topic)
I have ribbons...  (looks down at her belly) ... in my belly!
Me: You do?
Elena: (pushes her belly out as far as she can) I fink I got a baby in my belly!
Me: (laughing) You do? Why do you think that?
Elena: 'Cause look at how big I can make my belly be.
Me: Well how did a baby get in your tummy?
Elena: They just crawl up in der! Then they gotta be "boringed"!  {LOVE!}