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

October 2012 thru February 2013

Eli is about to go number 2 and is starting to get completely undressed. "Eli," I ask, "can you please keep your clothes on?"

"No! I get sweaty!"

Finally an answer to the naked toilet visits!

February 2013

"Spiderman shoot webs," says Titus, projecting his arms in a stiff motion parallel to the ground with hand open and fingers spread.

And he says it all the time: on the toilet, at the dinner table, jumping on the trampoline. There really isn't a moment which "Spiderman shoot webs" is not appropriate.

Winter 2013

Titus is exhausted. He wonders from his room (where Matt is reading books) to me in the living room and asks, "Where's my blanky?"

"It's in your room," I say.

He heads for the room. Two minutes later he wonders from his room (where Matt is still reading books) and asks, "Where's my bed?"

"It's in your room," I say.

He heads for his room.

When the lights are turned out and we are about to shut the door, he yells, "Prayer!"

Matt laughs, "Dude, we just said it. Get some sleep."

February 2013

Eli's looking at his hands, spreads them wide, then says, "I grow bigger. I grow everyday. I get bigger than Isaac!"

February 2013

Matt is taking Isaac to school and Isaac is having a hard time with the seat belt. "Dad," he says frustratingly, "it's stuck, it won't move!"

"Isaac," says Matt, "it's already buckled up."

Isaac belly laughs, "Oh, it tricked me!"

February 2013

"Dad, I have poop in there," says Eli, patting his belly.

"Yes you do, Bud," Matt laughs.

Eli continues, "It comes out my bum!"

February 2013

"Eli, don't eat your boogers," I say.

Eli looks at me, "No, they food!"

February 2013

Isaac asks for some crackers to munch on, "Well," I say, "We need to save them for lunches and we are almost out."

"Okay," he sighs, "I think I'll deal with some cheerios in a bowl, then."

January 2013

Isaac's asking Matt about a certain character on a game. "He looks like this," and he strikes a pose: head bent, eyes forward and dumb, shoulders slumped, arms forward and limp. "Oh," laughs Matt, "Big Foot."

January 2013

"Eli, get some shoes on, boy," I say.

"No," he insists, "I not jump with my shoes, I jump with my toes."

January 2013

Matt is singing and playing on his guitar. Titus disappears to the play room, then come running back in with a little play microphone! He starts yelling into it and dancing!

January 2013

Titus's speak is starting to change, with longer sentences and such. Probably the cutest thing ever spoken by him is when he is pleasantly shocked by something, in his low voice he goes, "Oh my goodness!"

January 2013

When Eli goes number 2 on the potty he has to get naked. Completely naked. No exceptions. He also crawls up on the toilet with all fours, making turns like a dog trying to figure out how to sit down.

Spring 2012 thru Present

Eli hangs his head after failing to do a trick.

"Eli, are you embarrassed?" Matt asks.

"No!" yells Eli, "I Hulk-Man-Smash!"

January 2013

Isaac says, "I'm the biggest. Eli you are like bigger, but smaller too. But not very small, but not big too. And Titus is the smallest."

"No," says Eli, "Tiny [Titus] is tiny!"

January 2013

Eli looks at me with big eyes, and with a smile, says, "Mom, you're my son."

Winter 2012-13, about everyday

Quotes from the movie Nacho Libre, like:

"You crazy!"

"Get that corn out of my face!"

and, "Eagle Eggs!"

constantly fill our house.

December 2012

Aunt Ashley observes the 3 boys looking through Cousin Luke's matchbox cars.

"This one's my favorite," says Isaac, and he leaves the room with the car in hand.

"This one's me favorite," says Eli, and he leaves the room with the car in hand.

"Muah muh muah muah," says Titus, intimating is brother's sentences is mumbled speech. And he leaves the room with the car in hand.

December 2012

Our plans change for the day which we'll celebrate Christmas, making our Advent Calendar one day shorter. And Isaac can't believe it. "We miss counted?! Oh my gosh, I can't believe we miss counted! I'm so excited! Eli, did you know we miss counted?" The rest of the evening is passed in amazed and unbelievable wonder.

December 2012

Me and Matt are packing up a hotel room, and to keep the boys entertained I hand them large spiderman stickers.

After a load being dropped off outside, I return to the hotel room where there is lots of laughter and giggles.

Isaac tries to tell me through belly laughs, "Eli... He... Has.."

Eli finishes the sentence, by turning around, pulling his pants down, bending over, and showing me a large sideman sticker plastered on his bum-hole. "He's on my bum!"

November 2012

Every move, action, and reaction of Eli's is accompanied by a squishy sound.

Example:

"What do you need, Eli?"

He points to a cup, and lets out a wet, slobbery, cheeky noise. Every. Time.

Nov/Dec 2012

Eli's on my feet, and we're playing airplane. He spreads his arms out, "Airplane!" he says. Then he slaps his arms together, "Jet!"

November 2012

I'm resting on the couch with my eyes closed. Titus come up to me, and I smell a stink. "Mom," I open my eyes, "Poop... Get outta here!"

November 2012

We're reading a snake book, and I point to one and call it a "viper."

"No," says Titus, "that's not a diaper, it a snake."

December 2012

We're walking through Savannah's streets at night, and I have Titus on my hip. I hear him squeak out, "Mom, they scare me."

"What do?" I ask.

Worried, he points the palm-trees with street lamp light pouring through, "They scare me... Spiderman Trees."

December 2012

Isaac and a friend are eating their lunch at a Chick-Fil-A. The friend gets excited and worried when a girl enters the play area, "There she is!" he exclaims and points.

Isaac looks at him, just a little worried, and says, "Girls turn into mommies."

Isaac and I look at each other and high-five.

November 2012

"Isaac, go to the bathroom!" I yell, trying to hurry us out the door for school.

"MOM, I CAN'T GO FAST!" He yells back.

Fall 2012

Eli loves to tell people about being "The Hulk Man Guy," and point out his green strong shoulders.

November 2012

Titus scribbles all over a paper, then picks up an orange crayon. In one corner he scribbles vigorously, then puts down the crayon, points to his work, and exclaims: "Basketball!"

Fall 2012

"Isaac," I say, "go pee before bed."

"Mom," he replies, "I can't. I don't feel it in my penis!"

November 2012

"Dad," says Eli, "watch this!" and squeezes out a big toot.

November 2012

When Titus is excited about an image in a book (while I'm reading), he'll point to it and click with his tongue until I verbally recognize it too.

Fall 2012

I ask Titus to say the blessing on the food. With out any help he softly whispers, "Heavenly Father, thanks for day," then yells: "AMEN!"

November 2012

Eli is a little weary of the pineapple chunks on his plate, but he sees his brothers--Titus in particular--scarfing them down. He takes a bite, smiles, and says, "I wike [like] them! Is like lemonade. Not hot!"

He had a bad experience tasting a raw lemon, which he called (well, cried) the sour taste "hot."

November 2012

I'm walking the boys in the stroller across a very busy intersection. When the crossing is about finished, Isaac says, "Wow, Mom, you did great! We didn't get hit at all!"

October 2012

When Eli isn't sure about a food item he puts his nose close to it, takes a loud sniff, and say, "Hmm... it smell like... " And he never finishes the sentence.

October 2012

I'm changing Titus' diaper, a poop diaper. I bring his legs up and he folds in such a way enabling him to see his privates.

He points to his privates and says, "Balls in there."

Me, "Oh yeah?"

Titus, worried, "I find them."

October 2012

Matt's getting Isaac out of tub, and asks Isaac to stand up.

Isaac stands, does a little dance, and sings: "Bow-chica-bow-bow. Penis!"

October 2012

Me, the boys, and my parents are on a walk.

"Mom," says Isaac, "I can skip!"

"Like this?" I ask, then skip down for about 10 feet.

"Wow, Mom, you almost got it! But it's actually like this," he says, then enthusiastically gallops down the side walk.

October 2012

The doctor asks Eli to walk to her to see if he walks straight. Eli's so excited that instead of walking to the doc, he hops! And with each hop towards the doc he says, "Boing! [hop] Boing! [hop] Boing! [hop]"

The doc laughs and says, "Oh, he's good enough."

October 2012

Me and the two little boys are walking up to the school to pick Isaac up. Eli's upset, being woken up from a nap too earlier for his liking. My hand is swinging down, and I feel Eli reach out to me, whimpering, "Mom... fingers..." *meaning he wants me to hold his hand.

October 2012

I'm taking Isaac to school a few hours later than normal because of a dentist appointment. As we drive up Isaac asks, "Mom, why are there still cars here?"

Me, "Because those are the teachers' cars. They have to drive to work."

Isaac, "Oh. So they don't live at the school? I thought they lived at the school."

October 2012

Titus is naked, trying to be potty trained, and we're at my parents' home on their front porch.

Me, "Titus, do you need to go potty?"

Titus, "Yeah!" and he sticks his privates between the iron bars and pees off the porch.

October 2012