Funnies

This is mainly for journaling purposes. My kids always say such funny things (at least I think they are funny) and I forget to write it down. So that is what im doing.

Avery: The other day, we were getting ready to go somewhere and all the kids were getting their shoes on, which are in a massive pile by the front door. I had just finished getting Averys on and she ran to the door and yells "SHOTGUN" Bill and I had to look at eachother just to make sure we heard her right. She is only 19 months. She is such a big copy cat!!!

Tyson: I swear, I could write a novel on the things this kid says. Pure comedy.
Tonight while him and Caleb were playing, Caleb took something that Tyson had and Ty started to get mad. After trying for about a minute to get it back, he finally gets so mad that he yelled "Ugh, Caleb, your...your a one year old. Stop acting like a 2 year old". Caleb is 3. Do you think he might hear that alot???

Tyson: The rule at night is that if jammies are on and teeth are brushed and they are IN BED by 8:30, and that includes prayers, then they get to read in bed for about 15 minutes. I could just hear them putting the toothbrushes away when Tyson comes running downstairs to ask Bill a question. He goes "Hey Dad, (Quietly: please dont say no, please dont say no) can you come tell us a story instead of books?" Bill tells the kids the most creative stories and they LIVE for stories from Dad. Its a treat to them because these stories will last like 30 minutes. Being the mean mom that I am, I dont allow it all the time because then they dont go to bed on time, and if they dont go to bed on time it interups MY time and if MY time gets interupted then mommy gets cranky!!! Im a HUGE bedtime nazi.

On another note... Mom, Noah finished the book you got him. He started it on Saturday. This kid is a reading machine. I love it. Bill on the other hand is trying to think of ways to de-nerd him. I think its great and I love that he LOVES to read. I think Bill is just bitter because everytime I start a book, I dont do anything until its done, and he gets ignored. Boo-hoo.
Speaking of Noah, he got his first fumble recovery at his game on Saturday. He is a defensive lineman so he doesnt get any ball time. It was pretty exciting-even though his team lost.

I guess I should add some stuff about the other kids so they dont feel left out.

Lani is loving school and is making tons of friends. She comes home from school with a new phone number everyday. She is doing so much better with her reading, but we have just realized that she is squinting and she said that when she blinks she loses her place because it gets all blury. When we were at Noahs game on Saturday, she put my glasses on and said "wow, I can see far." Whoops. Looks like we are off to the eye dr!!! I hope this isnt the reason she has had such a hard time reading. I will feel so bad.

Caleb is awesome. I have had so much fun with him since school has started. When he isnt playing with his friend, we go run errands, make cookies, play, look at blogs (he loves the pictures). Its been fun. He just started his speech class this week and I think it will be so good for him. This past month he has really developed a bad lisp. I think its the cutest thing, but it wont be when he's in junior high, so I guess its best to try to take care of it now. We go once a week to a class and I get to stay with him and be part of his learning. I love it and I learn things that we can practice at home. He feels like a big kid becasue he gets a homework folder and has to do homework, just like Noah, Lani, and Tyson. He has a friend next door who he cant get enough of. Those 2 will play all day. They play good, so im not complaining, but it is sad when they would rather play with their friend then go somewhere with you. I guess its whats to come, so I might as well get used to it.

As a side note, its starting to get chilly. The kids have started needing sweatshirts in the morning. We still had snow in our driveway in June. It snowed on the last day of school for crying out loud. Im not ready for cold yet. 3 months is not enough "summer" for me. YIKES!!