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