Catching up on the Quotable & Notable

11/22/12

Darin was flipping channels and came to the end of Jaws, where one guy is being eaten in half. Bode starts laughing. And he kept laughing as the movie ended and the shark got blown up.

Hmm...interesting reaction. That movies gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

11/20/12

Cole: Mmm, that looks good.
(takes a sip of my mango marguerita without asking)

Me: Umm, that's not for you.

Cole: (wiping his tongue on his napkin) Eww, what is that?

That'll teach him to steal my drinks.

11/15/12

Driving home today, Ian notices a middle aged woman on the sidewalk wearing an orange hoodie and sweats.

Ian: Mom, she looks like she just escaped from prison.

Notice to women out there: orange sweatsuits are neither flattering nor a good representation of your criminal status...unless you really did just escape prison.

11/14/12

Me: Kids, what's my rule about dessert?

Cole: Not right after we eat.

Bode: Don't let your right hand know what your left hand is doing. That's what Jesus said.

Hmm, Jesus probably wasn't referring to ice cream, but what do I know...

11/12/12

Watching a TV show with Ian and Darin, I comment, "Is Peter stupid? Why hasn't he figured out that Olivia is nothing like she used to be?" Ian comments, "That's because she keeps kissing him." Gotta hand it to my boy. Can't argue with that logic.

11/5/12

The kids have been learning about inertia:

Darin: Cole, it's time to move to your own bed.

Cole: An object at rest stays at rest.

Darin: Yes, unless acted upon by another force.

Cole: Oh yeah. (then quickly ran away)

10/31/12

Bode fell on the floor and hit his shoulder. So what does he say? "The only way to fix this is to give me more candy." Hmm, I'm thinking the candy is what caused the fall in the first place.

10/29/12

Boys playing hide-and -seek...Ian says "Bode, you're easy to find when you fart." Wisdom has been spoken.

10/24/12

Me to Bode: Dude, why didn't you put your milk away?

Bode: Dude, you didn't ask me to.

Me: Dude.

Bode: (putting milk away) Dude.

Yes, I'm training my kids at a young age to not let the word "dude" go out of style.

10/19/12

The 5 year old keeps sniffing our pack of bubble gum. I guess there are worse things he could be sniffing.

10/15/12

Bode (5 yo): Mom, I think I'm gonna be alone when I get older.

Me: Why?

Bode: Because I don't know who I'm going to marry.

After my pep talk, his mind is at ease now. Although I could always arrange a marriage for him & find his future wife. That would take care of the problem, lol.

10/2/12

Apparently Bode's word of the week is "apparently." He just said it 4 times in less than a minute. Listening to a 5-yr-old speak can be so fun ;)

Colorful conversation

I overheard part of this conversation that Ian & Cole were having:

Cole: Ian, do you think I'm pasty?

Ian: No, I think you're more pink.


(hehe, silly boys)

Quotes from Ian

Ian during a random discussion about relationships...

Darin: There are a lot of ways that your Mom and I are different.

Ian: Like you're a boy and she's a girl, and Mom wears a bra and you don't.

Kitten Quotes

As we're driving in the car...

Bode: I want a kitten.

Ian: He (Bode) can't play with it without my supervision.

Cole: I'll be the kitten's bodyguard.

Ian: But Latte (our fat cat) can't teach the kitten how to be lazy.

(I love my boys. So silly.)

Quotes from Ian and Cole

Random morning conversation between the boys...

Cole: Ian, what kind of Praying Mantis would you want to be?

Ian: A girl.

Cole: Me, too. Because the girls eat the boys heads off and I don't want my head to be eaten off.

* Too funny! It's always fun to hear what random thoughts come into their heads.

Sweet Ian

I've been sick this week, so Ian was sweet enough to voluntarily make dinner for himself and his brothers tonight. He made bean burritos. Darin even got a small one while he was heading out the door to church. It was a simple meal, but the boys grubbed on them and ate them all gone. What a sweet, kind-hearted boy!

Quotes from Ian #1

Scene: Ian and I are in Target in the shoe area, which is across from the lingerie area.

Ian: Mom, why do they want their bras and underwear to match? No one sees them.