Week of Words

These pictures are just some cute ones from the week that I wanted to share. Z loves his boxing gloves and enjoys posing in them.



T is just cute all the time! Every time I get the camera out he runs and sits on the fireplace to pose. He says "eeee" instead of cheese.


Here are some of the funny things said around our house this week:

Brandon said, "I was just thinking about how much I love you." Z said: "I was just thinking that too."

Z asked why a cow didn't just jump over this creek by our house. I explained that cows can't jump. He said, "Then how come one jumped over the moon?"

Z told me that a little boy at his school told him that he wasn't smart. He said, "He doesn't even know all the things that I know about tools, about mowers, about bicycles without training wheels...."

One night Z told Bran and I that when you talk without your voice and use your hands is called "signlang-wage". I explained to him about people who are deaf and why they need to use sign language. On the way to school the next morning he said, "You know what the best idea is? If we used signlang-wage to talk to Jackpaw."

Amen. But isn't there some saying about an old dog and new tricks???

Yesterday a friend came home from school with Z. While driving by Jackpaw's house he said, "That is Jackpaw's house. Have you heard about Jackpaw?"

He will. Just give him time, honey.

My little T is cracking us up too. He constantly calls, "BO! BO!" any time we are outside. A few days ago he yelled, "OOOOOK" (Luke). KK and I both heard it and totally cracked up.

Groundbreaking

My mom and stepdad's new house is underway. It is such a anticipated and welcomed site! We are all looking forward to celebrating our first Christmas in the house this year. The view of the sunset shows how wonderful of a home place it will soon be.

Give them an inch

I was feeling really sorry for Luke during New Year's because he was scared of all the fireworks. He snuck inside every time we opened the door so I finally relented and let him stay. It didn't take long for him to make himself totally at home.

He may or may not have had some encouragement...his little partner in crime sure looks guilty to me!

A New Start

This was my boys this morning before their first day back at school. We had a tough time getting out of bed, but once we were up and going, I got very little complaining about heading to school. I think we were all ready to get back in our routine.

Last Day of Break

Our last day of Christmas break was filled with all the things we love. Emma and Rae spent some time at our house, we went for a bike ride in the FREEZING weather, we did puzzles, played Candyland and just hung out at home.

We had such a great few weeks off and Mommy was ready for the break to be over!:)

Granny-Great

I am so blessed to still have my grandmother around and in my life. She is an absolute hoot and I am always entertained when I am around her! She went to Hawaii a few months ago and got a temporary tattoo!! The "tattoo artist" told her that she was her oldest client...I wish I could share the pictures with you that her friend took of the tattoo, but since she felt it necessary to take her shirt off to model her tatooed arm, I think we will all be a lot happier if we pass on that! I'm telling ya'll--a total hoot!!!

Here is Granny-Great teaching Z how to play the Wii. No, this is not one of the kids' new toys, it belongs to the clubhouse at Granny's retirement community.

I hope I am still as feisty at 82!

Words of Wisdom

I haven't posted any of the funny things that my little one has said lately, but there certainly has been plenty. Here are some of the ones I remember:

After a bike ride: "That dog came after me and I was TERRIFIED!"

After getting SIX shots at the dr. office: "They penned me down like a dog!"

Smarting off to Daddy: "So?!" When Daddy was about to launch in to a whole do-not-smart-talk-me-speech: "You know, sew, like a sewing machine. I was just talking about mommy's sewing machine."

While cleaning out toys: "We need to keep that one acause I got it at TLC and it 'minds me of my old school." (This is the same school that I pulled him out of b/c he cried and disliked it SO much!)

When we were discussing how uncomfortable the couch that we chose to bring from LR was: "Ya'll were not thinking when you didn't bring our good couch."

In McD's drive thru: "Please get me some ketchup with mine...it kills the taste."

Also, T added a few new words to his basics the past few days. He now says bubble, stinky, pretty, fish, and me, me (mine).

What a blessing these boys are...even when they have sassy mouths!