So our loved ones know what we're up to when we forget to call.
Carter was in front...
He was kind of hogging the camera...
And McKay got jealous...
But once Carter apologized...
Everybody was happy!
Happy Birthday, Papa!
Noelle and I were fighting with action figures. She had PJ Masks, I had a T-Rex. Suddenly she grabbed the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene.
Me: The dinosaur doesn't want to fight the baby Jesus.
Noelle: Yes! The dinosaur likes baby Jesus because he so crunchy!
December 2016
McKay was annoying Carter by saying the letter "E" at the end of everything anyone said.
Me: McKay, you know you're annoying Carter by saying 'e', right?
McKay (nodding): E.
Me: Don't annoy him on purpose. Stop saying 'e'.
McKay: E
Me: I'm serious. Stop.
McKay: I?
August 2013
The boys learned the "Jinx, you owe me a soda" game at school. They do it constantly.
We were all singing a song at the start of Family Home Evening. Carter was cracking up and Suzanne made everyone stop to see what was so funny.
Carter: I keep saying 'Jinx!'
Suzanne: Ok, very funny. But since we're all saying the same thing when we're singing, you can't do that. So when we're singing...
McKay and Suzanne together: ...no jinxes!
McKay: Jinx!
October 2012
Gabe: McKay, your bath would go so much faster if you would just focus while you're in there.
McKay: But I can't focus! There's so much water!
June 2012
McKay gave Carter a kiss on the cheek.
Carter: Eww! McKay I don't want you to kiss me!
McKay: Why not?
Carter: What if you have Dorito lips!?
March 2012
Gabe: I was just kidding.
McKay: Dad, I knew you were kidding. You want to know how I knew you were just kidding?
Gabe: How?
McKay: Because I read your mind.
January 2012
Suzanne: What are you doing, Carter?
Carter: Practicing my kissing.
Suzanne: Why?
Carter: For when I'm a teenager.
October 2011
Carter: Today at school I made friends with two people! One of them has a ponytail, but he's a boy. I don't know why he has a ponytail.
October 2011
McKay: Once, when we lived in Oregon, when we were asleep, I opened my eyes and I saw Mom.
Gabe: Oh...
McKay: Yeah, it was like a Mom-angel.
September 2011
Before bed, in the dark:
McKay: Dad, you look invisible.
September 2011
I told the boys the "Impatient cow" knock-knock joke. McKay came up with a variation that had me rolling on the floor:
McKay: Knock knock.
Me: Who's there?
McKay: Impatient mom.
Me: Impatient mo...
McKay: I told you to go wash your hands!
May 2011
McKay has been begging to watch cooking shows and is learning a lot. He understands (better than I do) what it means to "sautee", "fold in", "sear" and "braise." But now he comes up with the oddest questions, like this one at dinner tonight.
McKay: Dad, would you like to eat a brain or an eyeball?
May 2011
Suzanne helped McKay clip his toenails, then joked that they needed cutting because he couldn't bite them like his fingernails.
Suzanne: Carter, it's time to check your toenails. Do you bite those, too?
Carter: Not as often! It's too hard.
(a demonstration followed)
May 2011
Carter got a Capri Sun after his baseball game.
Carter: This sweetens my life!
May 2011
Carter is obsessed with Honey Nut Chex. I've collected his quotes about them at breakfast over the past week:
Tuesday: They have a beautiful color!
Friday: They have a wonderful taste!
Monday: Honey Nut Chex is the master of all the other Chex flavors!
February - March 2011
Gabe: (singing to the tune of "We are different" LDS Children's Songbook p. 263) You and me, and me and you. We get to sit here until 8:22...
McKay: Stop singing!
Gabe: I'm not allowed to sing?
McKay: I only want you to sing where I can't hear you.
February 2011
McKay (at 3 am): Daddy, I had a bad dream... There was a big guy throwing balls at me... And Mommy said I had to play with him.
February 2011
Carter: Dad! You forgot (to do something) again! Why did you do that?
Gabe: I don't know why.
Carter: She swallowed the fly?
Gabe: You truly are your father's son.
Carter: Perhaps she'll die?
February 2011
During the Superbowl the boys and I watched a player limp off the field, so we started talking about how football can be a dangerous sport - broken bones, concussions, etc.
Gabe: I've even heard of players breaking their necks during a game and never being able to walk again.
McKay: So they just have to run everywhere?
February 2011
