Kid Quote(s)

We've been taking temperatures around here like crazy (I might be a little obsessive - even though I don't medicate for fevers). Our thermometer lights up with green, yellow, or red as it shows the temperature so if you 're four years old? you can see how bad it is.

This morning I asked Jack how he was feeling. He immediately grabs the thermometer, takes his temperature, looks back at me and simply says, "I'm yellow."

____________________________________________________

This afternoon, while taking a bath, Carter dunks his whole body under the water and exclaims, "Look, Mom! I'm getting bath-tized!!!"

____________________________________________________

And yesterday (when taking a 30 minute drive one way to pick up some movies so my kids would stop fighting for the love of their mother's sanity! lay still and allow their bodies to rest and get better) Natalie was drinking a hot chocolate from (as the kids call it) "Dutch Bra's" she says, "This is soooo good! It's like Santa made it or something!"

Getting Nailed

You know how sometimes the things your kids say can knock you over faster than if you got hit by a bus?

Yeah.

That.

The conversation looked a little (or exactly) like this:

Carter (completely out of the blue): "So, Mom, did it hurt the first time you got nailed?"

{I'll just give you a minute to collect yourself - although I was not granted such a gift...}

Me: "I'm not sure I know what you mean..."

{I surprised myself at how good I apparently am at pretending to be calm... and also at how fast I can start sweating...}

Carter: "No, I think you do. So... did it hurt? I heard it does."

Me (wondering if I taught them how to use my cell phone lest they have to call an ambulance after my heart attack): "Son, I really don't know what you're talking about."

{If I deny it convincingly enough will the fact that I do know go away???}

Carter: "Just tell me, Mom - does it hurt when you get nailed?! I know you've done it! ...You've used the hammer and missed the nail and hit your finger - so does it hurt?!?"

________________________________________

Kid Quote

Because tomorrow would have marked two whole weeks since I posted last, I'm going to throw something up today (kid quote anyone?) and not continue to feel bad for neglecting my blog.

And because it's been unbelievably crazy lately I will leave you with a pinky-promise to write about all of the exciting happenings around these parts soon.

SOON, people!

December 30, 2009:

Carter: "So... if you find a girl that you wanna marry... do you, like, say something?"

Two-In-One

{Kid Quote AND Wordless Wednesday. That's right folks, I'm goin' all out today.}

Quote from February 20, 2010:

Carter: "Begging isn't whining. It's just asking really, really hard."

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Sick or not, some days you just have to gear up for battle.

Kid Quote!

From March 16, 2010

Carter: "So, when a lady's ready to have a baby, she just wishes for one. Then she lays an egg whenever she wants to because she's nocturnal, not diurnal."

Kid Quote

From August 27, 2010:

Carter (looking at the picture on the lasagna noodle box and then back at my lasagna): "Is that what you're making?"

Me: "Yes, it is."

Carter: "No offense, Mom, but... are you sure?"

Kid Quote

From December 15, 2009:

Natalie: "Mom! When I went to teach Jack how to play this game, he already knew how to play!"

Me: "Yeah, I play it with him when you guys are at school."

Natalie: "That's amazing! He's actually learning something from you!"

Kid Quote

From May 23, 2010:

(As I was praying with Carter before bed) Me: "Dear Jesus, thank you for the great day we had today. Thank you for being w/Carter as he did such a good job at the music program. Please help him to not pick his nose while Mommy's praying. Amen."

Carter: "My turn! Dear Jesus, please be with Mommy and help her to not be such a tattle-tale. Amen."

Kid Quote!

(December 15, 2009)

Natalie: "Mom, when I went to play this game with Jack, he already knew how to play!"

Me: "Yeah, I play it with him sometimes while you guys are at school."

Natalie: "That's amazing! He's actually learning something from you!"

Kid Quote

I was chatting with my buddy Renee and I found out this morning that she's starting a new blog dedicated soley to random (cute!) stuff her kids say. I loved the idea - and since I have kids that say pretty random stuff (sometimes cute, sometimes not so cute) and since I've been keeping a journal of my kids' random rantings, I thought I'd totally steal her idea and share them every once in a while for you to enjoy.

February 2009:  The other day we were riding in the car listening to Taylor Swift and that song "Stay Beautiful" came on. Carter goes, "Mommy... you don't need to stay beautiful, you can just be yourself." Uh, thanks?

This kid keeps me on my toes but ohmygoodness, I love him!