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"Only two?"
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Maybe next year.
So our loved ones know what we're up to when we forget to call.
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
1 comment:
I love the pictures!! Your boys will grow up loving the ocean :0) Miss you and can't wait to see you in a couple weeks in CA!
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