Things My Boys Say

Recently, my boys seem to be packing some real zingers.  They say things and I cannot help but laugh!

Last week one night the boys wanted to stay up past their bedtime to watch the TV show, "Wipeout", and I said they could.  I told them if they did, we weren't reading Narnia that night.  Each night we've been reading a chapter of one of the Chronicles of Narnia books.  We are currently on The Silver Chair.  So they curled up on the couch in their pajamas to watch it.  About halfway through, Noah said he was tired and went to bed.  The next morning, the boys were not wanting to get out of bed.  I reminded them that I let them stay up later than normal and how they wouldn't get to do that again if they didn't get up cooperatively and get ready.  Noah said, "That is why I wanted to go to bed, Mommy.  I was so tired."
I asked, "Didn't you want to watch Wipeout?" and he said, "Yes, but I knew Uncle Jason was taping it for me." 
I know Jen and J have dvr (which we do not) and they tape Wipeout each week.  Jason and Carter love that show. 
I said, "Noah, I don't think Jason was taping it for you, buddy. He tapes it for Carter to watch."
Blake said, "Last night was a new episode so he won't have that taped."
I explained that they set their dvr to tape the same show each week.  They were amazed :)
Then Noah said, "Uncle Jason knows I love that show.  I know he taped it FOR ME."  Okay, buddy.  You are right - he did tape it for you!

The other night, we were at a cookout at my sister and brother-in-law's house.  Noah came up to one of the men and said, "Have you seen Ninny (her name is Jenny, but all the kids call her Ninny)?"
Joe said, "WHO?"
Noah responded, "You know, my Aunt Ninny.  She lives here with Jason." 
I wish you could see him when he says things.  He kind of cocks his head to one side and talks with his hands.  It was funny!

The next night he told Greg that he likes to put the television back on channel 22 before he turns it off.  That is the TV Guide channel.  He said that way when you turn the television back on, you can immediately see what is on.  Believe me - this is IMPORTANT to him!

Tonight, we were eating dinner.  I had cut up a big bowl of strawberries.  He said, "Mommy, you make the best strawberries!".  I said, "Thank you, Noah, but Mommy didn't make the strawberries.  God makes the strawberries in someone's garden."  I look over and he has immediately bowed his head and his lips are moving silently.  He looks up and says, "I was just telling God how much I like his strawberries." - PRECIOUS!

Blake was telling me the other day that another boy in his class has a pair of tennis shoes that are like a pair we almost got for him.  Then he says, "But I really wanted the pair of New Balance shoes I got.  Actually, I was getting tired of having Nikes.  I thought it was time to try something different."  He says this very nonchalantly as if he has been contemplating this for a while.

He and Noah were given some torpedo launcher guns for the swimming pool for their birthdays.  The torpedoes will only go in the gun and shoot under water.  Blake wanted to know why.  So he took the gun apart and found out how it worked (foam inside keeps the torpedo from sticking inside if you load it and from shooting out).  He is SO much like his daddy (and also like my Pappaw).

Andy - well - Andy says funny things ALL THE TIME!  He is in such a fun stage right now.  Today he was playing with his Thomas the Train toys.  He had all the little trains on a hill and was trying to get all of them on there.  Of course they kept slipping because of the incline.  A few fell off the track and he says, "You have got to be kidding me trains!".  He says "top parts" for pop tarts, "muffims" for muffins, "what did you said?" instead of "what did you say?".  I really never know what is going to come out of his mouth!!

Also the other night, Andy was sitting on the potty.  He asked me if we were having a boy or a girl.  I reminded him that we didn't know yet.  He said "I don't want a girl.  Girls are yucky.  We don't like stinky girls at our house."  This is funny because from day one of him knowing we were having a baby, he has said it is a girl, he wants a sister, etc.  All of a sudden, girls are yucky.  But if you ask him about specific girls he knows like me, Jenny, Grandma, etc., we are not yucky.  We'll see how he feels if we end up with a little girl!