wooden Legos

Yesterday during conference, Alan and the boys were playing with Legos. Nathan asked Alan, "Dad, were legos made out of wood when you were a little boy?" haha We're old, but not that old! Nathan also asked me if I had electricity when I was little!

It must not be real..

Taylor, Gracie, and I were at Hobby Lobby yesterday looking for some Halloween decorations to spruce up the house. Apparently, I am the only mom on the street who doesn't have any out yet. We saw a sparkly witch's broom. Taylor hopped on and started kicking up in the air like they do in Harry Potter and then exclaimed, " I guess it's not a real one." I felt bad for him. I wish he would have started flying through the store too!

Angel

Today Nathan said, "Gracie looks like an angel!" Can you say "awww?"

Funny Taylor Day

This morning when Taylor woke up, he said to me,"Guess what Momma? I had a dream that I ate a chicken nugget that was as big as the houseboat!"

We sat down today to make a list of our summer goals. I told Taylor that since he can't write words yet, to just draw pictures of his goals. Guess what he drew? I bunch of soccer goals!! We had to further explain what kind of "goals" we were talking about!

The Flu in May?

A couple of weeks ago all of my family had the flu. Everyone got it except Grant and Nathan. That seemed really weird to me because they are usually the first ones to get it from school. Anyway, Nathan was determined to get the flu so that he wouldn't have to go to school. He stayed home from school one day but he was totally faking. The next day we sent him to school and he wasn't very happy about it. When I picked him up from school that afternoon I said, "What did you do at school today?" Nathan replied with, "I was just busy swallowing down my throw up all day." When we got home he magically seemed to be OK as he devoured the Cheeze-its and otter pops that we had at home!

Lion Cloth

We have had lots of funny things happen when the words LION and LOIN get mixed up! Grant has been working on an Aztec report for school. He was telling me that he needed a costume for it. This is how the conversation went:
Grant: "Mom, I need a costume for my presentation. I am thinking about wearing a lion cloth or something.
Me: " A what?"
G: A lion cloth. That's what the warriors wore and I'm dressing up as an Aztec warrior. But don't worry, I'll wear cloths underneath it!
Me: (finally understanding what a lion cloth is, smiled and said, "Well, that's probably a good idea buddy."

Another time we were in Arizona visiting Dale and Heather's family. We went to their ward primary activity where they were dividing into groups and were asked to act out different scripture stories. Our kids were given the story of Daniel and the Lion's den. The teacher had made small signs that the children could wear around their necks with the name of the part that they were playing. Guess what Grant, Nathan, and Taylor's signs all said? LOIN! i wish I would have had my camera to capture Daniel and the LOIN'S den!

Batman and Robin Dead?

This year on Memorial Day will did the same thing we do every year. We went to the Bluffdale Cemetery for the patriotic program and put flowers on all the graves of our family memebers. Nathan and my cousin Romney were looking at all the graves and reading what they say. they are both beginning readers and it was fun to see how they pronounced all the names on the grave stones. My favorite though had to be when they spotted to graves side by side with the names Bateman and Robinson on them. Nathan exclaimed, "Look, this is where Batman and Robin are buried!"

Popcorn Beef

Last night Alan tried a new twist on our regular roast and potatoes Sunday dinner. He decided to cook some corned beef like we do a roast in the crock pot. I love Alan. He made the entire dinner and right as it was ready, I had to dash out the door for a violin practice at the church. When I got home, I asked the boys how dinner was and Taylor exclaimed, "We had popcorn beef!" Corn beef...popcorn beef, what's the dif?

My Kids say the darndest things!

My kids always say the funniest things and I always think to myself, "I should write that down before I forget!" But I never do. So I decided to start a blog so that when I hear something funny or think of something funny that I have heard one of the kids say in the past, I can have a place to quickly record it.