Has This Conversation...

Has this conversation ever occured in your car:

Carter: "Mom, look at those 2 cows over there! One of them is on top of the other one. Why would they be on top of each other? That's weird."

Preston...spoken very nonchalantly: "Duh. They're mating."

Spring is definitely in the air.

Happy Wednesday!!

I Didn't See That One Coming...

Conversation in the car on the way home from school....

Preston: "Mom, Santa doesn't put the stuff in our stockings does he?"

Me: "Yes, he does."

Preston: "Then why does the sign at the dollar store say 'Stocking Stuffers'?"

Yikes...I didn't see that one coming...

Random Wednesday...

Three little pieces of randomness....

1. After telling Preston (7) that he couldn't have a Gatorade at breakfast on Monday...

"But Mom, my body needs some electrolytes."

What???

2. When I dropped Carter (4) off at school today, his teacher proceeded to pull a slip of paper out of her pocket and say, "Boy do I have a quote for you..." The paper said:

"I have to stop watching those movies about girls without panties on!"

This is what Carter said during circle time at school yesterday. I had to explain to Ms. Jessica that there was a girl in a bathing suit on TV the other day, and he said, "Ewww, she has her panties on!" Preston responded, "No she doesn't have her panties on...That's her bathing suit!"

3. When I got into my car this morning, there was the sweetest card from my hubby propped up on the steering wheel just to let me know he loves me....Ryan...you are so good to me. I love you!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Questions...

This morning in the car, I was listening to a segment on a morning show called "It Sucks To Be Me" where people call in and tell a quick story describing an incident which eventually leads to the reason why it "sucks to be them." Some of them where pretty funny....like the woman who had just bought a brand new car and hit a 300 pound wild boar on the way home from work and totaled her car...the girl who received a text message from a guy she had been dating, telling her that he had fun with her the night before, only she hadn't seen or spoken to him in several days...and the woman that went to the gas station to fill up her car, and when she got back in, she said to her husband, "Wow, it was a lot cheaper to fill our car up with diesel gas than unleaded!"...The husband responds, "But we don't have a diesel..."

So I was was all focused on the show, and Preston started asking me all kinds of questions. You know how when you're really listening to something, and your child starts talking to you, you do the whole, "Ya....uh huh...good" so that you can still hear whatever you were listening to, and you satisfy their need to receive a response? That's what I started to do when Preston was asking me questions, until I realized what he asking me. He was saying things like, "What makes a tornado?" I quickly told him it was the cold air moving in one direction mixing with the warmer air moving in another direction causing the funnel to form blah, blah, blah....okay back to the radio show....Then came, "What about an earthquake, and when they say, 'F5' on the weather when they talk about tornadoes, does that mean 'funnel', and why does God make tornadoes and earthquakes, and guns, why does God make guns?" Whoa, whoa, whoa....what? I had to turn the radio off and try to figure out what was going on in his sweet little brain. I could answer the question about the guns. I simply said that God doesn't make guns...people do, but I didn't know what to say about the tornadoes and earthquakes. I stumbled around and said something like, God makes the good and the bad weather...It's all part of life. Then he wanted to know why God would make bad things. The older the boys get, the harder the questions are to answer.

After we arrived at the school, I opened the door to get out of the car, and Preston said, "Mom, does it suck to be you?" Okay...I don't like that word coming out of his mouth, but it was too funny in the moment following all those questions. =)

"Look What I Can Do!"

Every child's favorite phrase, "Look what I can do!" Have you seen the character Stuart on Mad TV? Check him out...

Now...here's Trysten "being Stuart"..."Look at my trick, Alli!"...constant entertainment...or else I'm just easily entertained...

Wednesday Randomness...

I have discovered that the more children you have, the more opportunities for random laughter abound you. Two random moments from this morning:

1. As a result of having so much fun at practice last night, Carter slept in his soccer socks. He obviously took them off for his bath this morning, but when he came back downstairs after getting dressed, he was wearing his entire uniform...cleats and all. I desperately tried to convince him to at least take off the cleats, but to avail. It was one of those moments I decided to pick and choose my battles, and the soccer uniform won...I did send a pair of regular shoes and socks for when his feet start hurting later. =)

2. On the way to school, we were listening to a segment called, "Mad Moms in Minivans" on a local morning show, and Preston said, "This game is actually the same concept as Family Feud, Mom." He's such a little man...

According to Carter...

This morning on the way to drop Carter off at preschool, the following conversation took place in the back seat...What prompted Carter to say this right as we pulled out of the neighborhood, I'll never know...By the way, I apologize in advance if this offends anyone:

Carter:
"Mom, did you know that if you have a pee-pee but not any nuts, you will die?"
Me:
"What did you say?"
Carter:
"If you have a pee-pee and no nuts, you'll die."
Preston:
"Mom, he said you'll die. You won't die right away, Carter. If they fall off, you'll still live for a little bit."

Okay...I am trapped within an immense cloud of testosterone...

Randomness...

I don't know about you, but I have the most random, disconnected thoughts and questions run through my mind at various moments throughout the day for no apparent reason...please tell me I am not the only one...so I guess it's not unusual for kids to as well, but the difference is they actually verbalize their thoughts for all to hear. They don't worry what people will think of them...Can you imagine the freedom!? Actually, it's probably a blessing considering our thoughts are not always necessarily "friendly" or "appropriate" for the situation. There is definitely some merit in the saying, "Just because you think it, doesn't mean you need to say it!" The reason for this post of randomness came from listening to Carter ask me questions or say things that completely crack me up...For instance, the other day he asked me some questions about God...

Carter: Mom how do you talk to God?

Me: Well, when we say our prayers we are talking to him.

Carter: Can you call him like you called Santa?

Me: No, I can't call God on the phone.

Carter: Why? You don't have his phone number?

* This illustrates just how high up on the ladder Carter holds Santa!


I remember my mother telling my siblings and I about a time when we were at Kmart in the toothpaste/toothbrush aisle, and there was a woman stocking up on toothpaste next to us. I guess my brother...3 or 4 at the time...thought she was taking so much that there wouldn't be any left for us, so he turned to her, and said out loud, without any hesitation, "Butt head lady!" My poor mother...

When Austin was little and you actually went to Blockbuster to rent movies, I had taken him to rent a movie...on a video cassette tape...and I mentioned that I was going to get one too, and I called it an "adult movie" because he wasn't allowed to watch it. You can see where this is going...So we get our movies, go up to the counter, he gives his selection to the guy at the register, I place mine on his, and Austin says, "My mom and dad like to watch adult movies together!" Oh my...

Sometimes randomness is greatness!

The Adult Water Thing...

One of my favorite parts of weekday mornings is listening to the boys' conversations in the bathtub. In order to monitor the "splash level", they all...minus Austin...take a bath together in our bathroom, and Ryan can attest to the interesting conversations that take place tub side! After they finish bathing and get dressed, they search for Elfie the Elf to see who can find him first...It's a MAJOR competition at our house. This morning, Carter happened to see him on the way to the bathroom, and he was so proud of himself. =) As the boys jumped in the water, the conversation began..

Carter: "Guys, I found Elfie!"
Preston: "Where is he?"
Trysten: "Don't tell us because we have to find him too!"
Carter: "He's on the adult water thing!"
Trysten: "Uhhhh! I told you not to tell us!"
Preston: "What's the adult water thing?"
Carter: "You know that thing that has all that adult water on it!"

So sweet.....