Those Little Moments

It's been a while since I did a post on the fun things our kids say...

One day Mariah and Chet decided they would decorate the deck. They outlined the deck with leaves and rocks and at the end Mariah told me, "It's surprising to do it all in one day!". It must have felt like a pretty big job to her. Our Landlord came over to check on something and Mariah and Chet told him to look at their decorations. He was very sweet and told them how nice it looked.

Smashing rocks with a hammer. 

One day I was telling the story of Jacob and his twelve sons. I asked Mariah how she would feel if she had twelve brothers and she said, "I would be driving all over the place!". When asked why she said, "Because girls are more calm.". Her dad might disagree with that theory, and my driving skills would prove his point.

Mariah and Chet have been on a Star Wars kick lately so I have had to brush up on all the characters. One day Mariah started talking about one character and said, "You know, Dilly Dilly Jam Jar.". I was pretty confused until after telling me a little more I realized she was talking about Jar Jar Binks. Close enough.

Out of the blue Mariah said, "What if instead of the Olympics they had eating competitions? Like seeing who could eat the most chicken nuggets?". I didn't tell her that competitions like that do exist because I'm pretty sure she would be training for them if she knew. With how many chicken nuggets she can eat in one seating she might already be...

Mariah still loves all kinds of creatures. She has gotten pretty good at catching different bugs. One day I heard her say, "Two little flies for my two little hands!". Blech...I had to ruin the fun and put a stop to that.

Mariah still narrates while she plays and one day I overheard her say, "After six months she was doomed to have another baby.". Doomed might be a strong word choice, but I laughed pretty hard...

While talking with someone about ear aches Mariah told them how "my ear drum blasted". She meant burst but blasted sounds better.

I made Lasagna a while ago and Mariah said, "More Slovakia!". Yeah, obviously I don't make lasagna very often.

Chet is always talking and says so many funny things.

One day I told the kids, "I bet in Heaven you begged Heavenly Father, 'Please let Tanner and Ashley be our parents!'." Chet quickly replied, "We did not say that!". I tried to not let it hurt my feelings.

After explaining what a hobby was Chet said, "One of my hobbies is sleeping.". Me too, Chet, me too.

Mariah can get a little bossy while they play but Chet does a pretty good job not getting pushed around:
Mariah: Chet I'm going to be a huge Bobcat and you are going to chase me.
Chet: No, I'm going to be a bobdog.

Mom: I'm going to jump in the shower real quick.
Chet: Don't jump in, you could hurt yourself. Just step in.

When listing perks of being a grown up, "Being a grown up is fun too because then they can eat whatever they want. And wear whatever they want.". About the only perks there are...

The kids love to open the door whenever they see the mailman coming; it probably gives him a heart attack when they do it. One day Chet was already in his pajamas and the mailman commented on that. Chet quickly let him know that I was still in my pajamas from that morning. It was 3:45 in the afternoon...just one of those days.

After seeing his Aunt Brittany's snow boots, "Those boots are too cool for a girl.". He is a boots kind of guy.

Chet loves all things cowboy. The only thing he draws right now are pictures of him on a horse with a rope and cows. Sometimes he's roping the cows in the pictures. The other day while giving me a play by play of what he was pretending he said, "It's hard to rope cows on a bucking bronco.".

With his six-legged horse

My dad was in an accident and Chet was so worried about who would help at the ranch. He quickly volunteered to go and help. He is already planning the time when he will go live at Grandma and Grandpa's ranch. He said his wife would live there too but she wouldn't have to work hard like him because she will just stay at home and be a mom. Good to know he doesn't think I work too hard.

Chet loves assigning random numbers to things. One day he was pretending he was an Olympian Cross Country Skier. After I asked him if he was nervous about his race he said, "Twelve times he's done this and won (talking about himself in the third person). And he practiced 65, 82, 12. One day he came out of the bathroom and said, "Mom I just pooped 45!". I think that means a lot?

Austin is still mainly communicating in one word sentences but he has been saying a few cute things.

Getting filthy at the park

For the longest time everything had to be assigned a mama and da-ee(daddy). While reading books he picks who the momma and da-ee are and he has just recently started picking which character is Austin.

He loves to pretend to be a dog, cat, pig and monkey. He also pretends to be a daddy and a doctor at times. Lately he has become obsessed with Batman and never wants to change out of his Batman or Superman jammies. It's pretty cute.

Almost every mealtime after we have all sat down he looks at me with the sweetest expression and says, "Tanks, momma.". It melts my heart every time. Sometimes he decides to be silly and calls me by a different family member's name. He thinks he's so funny.

When I ask him if he has a stinky diaper he says, "no, toots".

Everything is the color pink to him and if there is a choice he always wants pink.

Austin always wants to be a part of school each day and as he scribbles he will say random letter sounds or say "hump" as he draws. (Chet is learning to write his letters and there are many with humps so Austin has fixated on that word.)

He loves to be just like Chet and it's neat to see how he looks up to his big brother.