10/25/12
This evening we were so engaged in a heated conversation
with J that we failed to notice M was eating his entire dinner with a
magnifying glass he received as a party favor! Silly boy!
10/26/12
“In honor of President Obama's suggestion that we should
allow children to vote, I ask M who should be the next president. Confused at
first as to what a president was he asked, "I have to choose one of my
presents?" Upon clarifying that he must choose who will be in charge of
our country he selected ME to be president. Unfortunately he keeps me too busy
to consider the position!”
11/5/12
“Among other things, this evening J prayed that none of us
would get cavities and that he would be good at bowling. : )”
11/28/12
“Proof of the power of advertising---
M: J. I got one dollar. What can I get with it?
J: The only thing you can get with a dollar is a McDonalds
spicy chicken sandwich. That's it.”
2/14/13
“M. is on a little bit of a roll today. He's was really
excited for Valentine's Day yesterday so this morning when he saw me he shouted
"Good morning mommy! Is it tomorrow today?!" Right now he's
scribbling pictures for his friends and I suggested he draw an actual picture.
His response, "This is a picture! It's me going around and around on a
race track!"
3/30/13
“My Dad asked J and M today where their Dad was born. They
couldn't remember so he answered, "He was born in Trinidad." He then
asked them where I was born and M matter of factly replied, "She was born
in Trinimom"
6/7/13
“M describing the taste of Penicillin to J: Its nasty! It
tastes like a chocolate alligator with flashlights in its mouth”
10/9/13
“M just shouted to me from the bathroom: Mom I have
cavities! I replied: Well I hope you're about to brush your teeth! He then
shouted back: No, no, not cavities, I meant diarrhea! I'm not really sure how
those two things got mixed up?”
7/19/2014
“The boys went to swim lessons today. J missed yesterday so
the instructor asked him where he was (M was there). M loudly announced:
"He was on the toilet! He set a world record for the longest time ever on
the toilet because he was sitting on it when we left and still when we came
back!" Amazingly J was proud of this feat and just smiled and nodded his
head while I was shaking mine.”
9/12/14
“The boys were reading a school library book at breakfast
about cows and J says "What's this part where the milk is made?" and
M says, "That's the gutters". LOL!”
9/20/14
“T's prayer tonight: I'll title it, "A little bit of
randomness"- "Jesus, thank you for this day, and I peed my bed...for
7 days...no 7 weeks...now I gotta wear a diaper...Amen!"
11/3/14
“Epic length prayer this evening from M that included
praying for every kind of teacher there was and will ever be (Art, gym, music,
Math, and at least 10 more), keeping our home safe from Carvon bionoxide, for
those that make and create flags, for help to stop stealing candy, and that he
wouldn't get sick or pass along germs to anyone...There was more that I am
forgetting now.”
11/9/14
“Today we dedicated Ian at church. While we stood up at the
front our pastor addressed us. When he got to the part about how we raise our
children and said, "If you speak harshly to them they will grow up only
knowing harsh words." Behind me a little well-known voice pipes up,
"Uh hmmm! Yup!" That kid is something else!”
11/9/14
“Endless material from Ms' 15 minute long prayer tonight:
"...And God please protect me from emergencies, like fires, tornados,
carbon monoxide, strangers, epi pen emergencies, and all emergencies. Please
also help the people who forgot to put the blood on the door maybe remember to
do that next time so you can pass over them too. Please help me not to pee the
bed....Amen" There was at least 5 minutes of other prayer on either side
of this snippet related to his future careers and helping Ian to be a good baby
son. I have to hold my breath while he prays so I don't explode into laughter.
: )”
11/19/14
“After the fire department visited Ms' school he prayed
without ceasing for our home to be protected from Carbon Monoxide. He also took
a clip board and tallied up the smoke detectors in our home (rightly
determining that we didn't have enough). After a month of prayers and daily
requests for us to properly outfit our home, Ricardo purchased and installed 8
dual smoke/Carbon Monoxide detectors. Miles was pleased, but his prayers have
now shifted to asking that no one would come into our house and steal them off
the walls. He's really fixed on this Carbon Monoxide thing.”
11/27/14
“J is laying it on: No one likes me! My life is an
invisibility! (This is in reference to Miles, Tessa, and our neighbor not
wanting to be hit by snowballs)”
