Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Fall 2013 thru June 2014

When the get hurt in the middle of playing/wrestling together, they either real cry or fake cry for 2 or 3 seconds, the yell, "I'm okay!", then everyone laughs really hard.
June 2014

We pass a field with horses who are grazing and have covers on. Titus is convinced he saw a zebra.
"I saw a zebra!" exclaims Titus.
"No, zebras are only in Africa," replies Isaac.
"I saw a zebra. He had 3 stripes, and had clothes!"
June 2014

"Go brush your teeth."
Titus, "No, I want my teeth to fall out."
May 2014

Titus, "I have strong muscles."
Eli, "You have tiny muscles."
Titus, "Muscles can be strong and tiny."
May 2014

"Guys, don't write on yourselves!" I yell.
Titus says, "I'm just painting myself."
Eli then says, "And we just lick it off!"
May 2014

"The water has a lot of fish, but no Megalodons," explains Eli.
April 2014

We're fishing and the first catfish is caught. Eli exclaims, "I see his mustache!"
April 2014

Titus walks into the room with an Articles of Faith booklet. He starts "reading," saying, "We believe in praying. And a Jesus with a nice face... and trees."
April 2014

Isaac looks at Matt's old baseball glove and laughs, saying, "That's a grandpa glove!"
April 2014

Eli gets in the car after preschool, sighs, holds his pinky up, and explains, "I smash my finger. I got bloods by bricks and stones on the playground."
April 2014

Me, Titus, and Eli are looking at a book about animals and their teeth. There's a picture of a beaver. Titus says, "Isaac has those teeth, too!"
April 2014

We walk out of a dollar store and Titus exclaims, "I didn't steal anything!"
April 2014

We're watching the movie Frozen, and the part "picks his boogers and eats them" comes up. Eli says, "I do that."
Matt says, "Eww!"
Eli looks at Matt, raising his eyebrows, "I do that all the time."
April 2014

Titus, "We need to paint the house red."
March 2014

Eli, "My legs hurt."
Matt, "Do you know why your legs hurt?"
Eli, "Why?"
Matt, "Because you're growing."
Eli, "What?! I'm growing?! MOM, I'M GROWING!"
March 2014

Titus, "Big kids are allergic to 'Frozen'."
March 2014

Eli, "Our friend has two girlfriends."
Isaac, "No, Eli, those are his sisters."
March 2014

We're getting for school in the morning and I notice Isaac is putting shorts,
Me, "Get pants, it's cold outside."
Isaac, "But I don't have any camo pants for my camo shirt."
Me, "Isaac, you can wear any pants with a camo shirt."
Isaac, surprised, "Oh!"
February 2014

We are playing hide-and-go-seek, and it's Eli's turn to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.. 16, 18, 19… 10, 11, 12… um… 20! Ready of not, here I come!"
February 2014

Matt takes a pen from Titus, "Wow, what do you have? Were you drawing on the wall?"
Titus, "No, I just clicking it."
Matt, "Oh, that's good. We don't want to draw on a wall, huh?"
Titus, "Yeah, Mom will scream."
February 2014

Titus is singing, and I quote:
"What does the fox say?
'Wha papa papa papa pa!'
What does the farmer say?
'Corn corn corn corn corn!'
What does the Isaac say?
'I wanna build LEGOs!''
February 2014

"When I grow up I wanna play hockey so I can crash into windows." - Titus
February 2014

Matt pulls a slim-fast shake out of the fridge and Titus asks, "Dad, what are you drinking Mommy's and Grammie's favorite?"
February 2014

We pull into Target's parking lot.
Titus yells, "It's our red store!"
January 2014

Matt: "How much money do you have?"
Isaac: "17 quarters, 4 dimes, 1 penny, and 2 dollar bills."
January 2014

One morning I had to tell one of my boys:
"I did not say, 'Put your penis on your brother's head,' I said, 'Get your jacket on.'"
January 2014

Titus is holding some Chapstick, and says, "I like my stick… My lipstick."
January 2014

Eli burps at the dinner table.
"Wow, Eli, that sounded juicy," I say.
"Yeah," he smiles, "I throw-up a little bit, but then swallow it."
January 2014

We are finishing Harry Potter movie #8, and right when Voldemort dies (aka turns to dust), Eli yells, "He's made of paper?!"
January 2014

Matt, "Time to take your medicine."
Eli, "The yucky medicine?"
Titus, "I like yucky stuff."
December 2013

Eli, looking at Frozen characters, "That big guy is really scary, and really big… He's my favorite guy."
January 2014

Isaac, "Those wands at Harry Potter World can do lots of cool things."
Me, "Well, that isn't real magic, just really fun pretend and imagination."
Isaac, "Oh… But I still want one."
December 2013

Each of the boys brought a toy gun into the car. While driving they start to shoot at random objects.
Isaac, "Eli, shoot the airplane!"
Eli's gun *pops*
Isaac, "Did you get him?"
Eli, "Yeah, I shot him in the jet."
Winter 2014

Titus, "I'm so strong… Like this:" he then close-fisted hits a chair.
Winter 2014

"I want to drink your favorite!" demands Titus to Matt, who is drinking a Mt. Dew.
Winter 2013

1 second after Sacrament meeting is released, Titus runs down the pew, jumps off the back, yelling, "I'm SPIDERMAN!"
Fall 2013

Eli flexes his muscles, and says, "There bones in there to make us strong. And breaks stuff. And pull people around."
Fall 2013

Grammie asks Eli, "Do you need to put on your shoes?"
"No," Eli says, "I wear my foot."
Fall 2013

Spring 2013 thru August 2013

It's sunny, but then rain starts to pour. Isaac asks, "How is it raining?"
"Well," I try to explain, "There are clouds above us, but the sun is going down and is at a different location."
Puzzled, Isaac says, "This is the strangest day of my life."
August 2013

Titus loves to squish bugs. Saying, "I break them."
August 2013

Titus threw a toy at Eli, which hit Eli in the head. Eli screams, "Ahhh! I bled! In my head!" (There was no blood, but he had to get the point across that he was very hurt.)
August 2013

Eli says, "When I grow up my penis will be," (he makes a 'cha' noise and motions outward from his waist with his hand) "cha, cha, cha! And I will be big and beat Mume up!" (Mume being Matt's dad, Eli's grandfather.)
July 2013

Titus has just finished off a large glass of milk. He breaths deeply and says, "Mmm... My stomach break."
July 2013

"Nana made chocolate cake," I explain to Eli, "it's brown."
"Like your eyes," he says. "Your eyes brown, my eyes blue."
July 2013

We are all looking at a pond. I point out some baby ducks, and I hear Eli whisper, "cute."
June 2013

Isaac looks into a tank and says, "There's a lobster!"
Titus asks, "Where's the monster?!"
June 2013

Titus is using the restroom, and comments, "My penis is big." He then heads out and tells Nana, "My penis is big," and pulls down his pants and shows her.
Eli then yells from the bathroom, "My penis is little!"
June 2013

I'm helping Isaac say a character's name correctly.
Me, "It's Tree Rex, not Tree Ret."
Isaac, "Oh Tree Rex, not Tree Sex, but Tree Rex, right?"
May 2013

The boys are so excited for a trip to Bama. When we cross the Georgia/Bama line, everyone goes crazy! And Eli is overjoyed that "These are Alabama tress! I see Alabama trees, not Georgia trees!"
May 2013

Titus is playing with two LEGO men. These little men are apparently in some sort of confrontation, for Titus has one say to the other, "Kick you in the penis!"
May 2013

Isaac is spelling out a sentence on the fridge, using alphabet magnets. I help him along with a sound or two. When he's done, he steps back and admires his work. "Fist in the face," it reads.
May 2013

Eli's eating a sandwich, which he's really enjoying. "Hmmm," he says with a smile, and rubs his belly, "My poop!"
April 2013

"Look, a horse!" cries Eli, while we're on a drive.
"No, are elephants!" says Titus.
"No, they're horses," replies Eli.
"No, are elephants!!" insists Titus.
April 2013

We're driving up to a large home, built in the style of a castle. "I don't wanna go in the Princess House," says Eli.
April 2013

The boys love it when we're able to drop Isaac off with Ms. Thompson to open the door.
"Hey guys!" she says.
"Hey, Thomas S. Monson!" they reply.
March 2013

It 7am and I hear the boy sneaking out of the room. Isaac says, "Eli, it's morning! That's why we're hungry!"
March 2013

Titus is going number 2 on the potty. He looks down at his work. "Das one like a dinosaur. And das one big like the Earth!"
March 2013

Isaac is reading number sequences out loud, trying to find one that is in the right order: "'1, 2, 3, 4, 5.' That one's right. '2, 5, 3, 1, 4.' What? That's like a phone number!"
March 2013

Isaac is trying to decide what kind of pasta he wants for the mac-n-cheese. He looks through the boxes, the says, "Well, I want the ones that are like arms?"
"Do you mean Elbow Pasta?" I ask.
"Oh, yeah! Elbow! Those are my favorite."
March 2013

Titus is in love with one of Isaac's walkie-talkies. He holds it up to his ear, using at as a phone, saying, "Hey, Spiderman--me--shoot webs. Yeah, Spiderman shoot webs."
March 2013

It's 10am and Titus is cold, so I fold him up in his blanket, and he says, "I not want to go to bed!" I lift him up to eye level, he stares at me with a blank face, and mouths--with no sound, "I not want to go to bed."
March 2013

We are sitting in Sacrament Meeting, and the speaker is from a different country, speaking with a strong accent. Isaac turns to me, and with a confused look, asks, "Is she speaking Spanish?"
March 2013

"I'm going to jump on the trampoline," says Isaac.
"I'm going to jump on the trampoline," says Titus.
"I'm going to sit and eat gold fish," says Eli.
March 2013

"Huge" is Eli's new favorite word.
We're talking to Matt on Skype, and Matt uses the word "humongous" Eli gets wide eyed, and asks, "Humongous?"
"Humongous" is now Eli's new favorite word.
March 2013

I'm holding Eli and Titus in my arms, carrying them into a store. Eli is talking about how big he is, Titus is talking about how big he is. "I'm big, too," I say.
"No," says Eli, "You're HUGE!"
March 2013

I'm looking at some clearance dresses, and Eli says, "No, not them. They dancing girls ones." Titus starts to say the same thing: "No, dem dancing girls."
March 2013

We are walking past a tree, Eli looks down, notices roots, and says, "Look, alligators. All them alligators."
March 2013

Titus is using the restroom, looks down into the toilet bowl, and exclaims, "Great white sharks in there!"
March 2013

I'm holding Eli wrapped in a towel. He says, "Mom, I growing." Then he straightens himself into a board, and surprised he says, "Mom! I really growing!"
March 2013

Matt and I are doing a home work out video, Eli comes in and is mesmerized, "Oh, they really strong!" (Probably thinking they were real, live Hulks.)
March 2013

Matt and I ask Eli, "Are you playing?"
"Yes!" He yells, "5 more minutes!" while holding up 4 fingers.
March 2013

"Mom, my tummy still hurts," he says.
"Well, you probably have gas," I say.
He immediately lets out some loud toots, smiles, and then laughs. "Yeah, I feel better now."
March 2013

Titus is pretty insistent that "I pee myself!" I always laugh, saying, "Well, I don't know how to pee for you... so go for it!"
Spring 2013