Hot Summer Day

As the boys and I were walking in slightly windy, 20ish degree weather, Trevin mentioned that he was "freezing." I told him to walk faster and put his hands in his coat pockets. After he put his hands in his coat he boldly announced, "Aaaaahhhhh, now it's a hot, summer day!"

We Believe

"Did you hear Ho Ho Ho last night?"
"No, I didn't" "Did you hear Rudolph?"
"Oh no, Santa didn't come"
"Well, maybe mommy saw the reindeer on the roof!"

This is the conversation I heard as the boys walked out of their bedroom on Christmas morning. They were jumping with excitement when they saw Santa ate their cookies and drank their milk!

Don't EVER Do That Again!

I had been reading a book to the boys about a Mama Bear and her cub. Mama Bear was pregnant and the pictures showed her belly getting huge and the family welcoming a cub to the family. I had never really shown the boys my pregnancy photos, so I thought it would be a fun opportunity to pull out baby photos. In the midst of explaining that they were both in my belly at the same time, Trevin looked at me with intense seriousness and said, "Mommy, don't you EVER put me in your belly AGAIN." (Surely he imagined that the only I could get him in my belly was to eat him!)

A few days later Mekhi asked me if I put a blanket in my belly to keep them warm.

Trevin was really thinking this idea through and I had to tell him about it several times. One of those times, my brother walked through the room and, in an under-the-breath comment, mentioned that I should just "tell them about the Stork, it would be easier!"

Thoughts On Shopping

-After being in a store for literally no more that 5 minutes, Trevin loudly states: "Mom, we can't stay in this store FOREVER." The woman in the isle next to us laughed outloud and came into our isle just to see who had made the statement!

-While surrounded by a cart full of groceries, Mekhi asked if I was going to pay for him, too. He didn't understand what I meant when I mentioned that I'd already paid for him, dearly!

-I told Trevin that our female Real Estate Agent would be going to work and he said, "No. Only daddies go to work, mommies just go to stores." Guess we've been spending too much time Christmas shopping lately!

Delicious!

When I asked Mekhi what he wanted for breakfast, he replied, "Bacon and cookies." Yummy!


I think he got the idea from the fact that I was 'bakin' cookies the night before. He was probably dreaming about 'bakin' and cookies all night long!

Girls

Earlier today Mekhi said, "Mommy, I wanna go to the mall and see the girls." I didn't expect to hear that until atleast Junior High!

Wake Up Call

This morning I woke up to a little nose touching mine and Mekhi's sweet little voice saying "Cock-a-doodle".

My Mommy

I work in the church nursery a couple times every month and lately I've been bringing the boys with me. I thought they might get a little jealous or possessive when I was holding other kids, but it seems that they enjoy going with me because they always ask when they get to go 'help' the babies. Last weekend, we were in the 2-year-old room. Mekhi very gently walked up to one of the babies and, pointing at me, told the toddler "You call her Angee, she's my mommy." I guess he was just establishing his territory!

Hurry, Hide!

I let the boys play outside a little before bath and bedtime. I had already given a 5 minute warning and when I went out to tell them to come in for a bath, I heard one of them say "Here comes Mommy. Hurry, hide in the garage." They're getting so tricky!

Bible Lesson

The boys really enjoy 'helping' out in the grocery store. Sometimes I even make them their own shopping list so they are occupied while shopping. This particular day, they were helping me put items into the cart. For some reason, Trevin wanted to hold one particular item (I don't remember what it was) instead of putting it in the cart. When I insisted he put it in the cart, he said, "Mom, the bible says to share. Please let me share this." Kinda hard to say no to that!

Spilt Milk

I'm always happy when the boys laugh and play together. But this time the laughter was nothing but trouble. I went to check on them and found that they had learned to open the fridge and were taking turns drinking out of the milk carton. They were about 2 1/2.

Click on this link and you should see a video:

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Initiation

I've officially been initiated into the life of a mom of boys.

I watched as the boys chased a little frog down the driveway (laughing and saying "ribbit" everytime the frog hopped!), but when I saw it jump into the grass I thought they were done with the poor creature. Wrong!! Five minutes later, they were running into the house with the frog captured in a small plastic bowl. They even had put rocks and water in the bowl. In 3 short (actually, kinda long) years I've gone from changing diapers to yelling, "NOOOOOOOO. FROGS DON'T BELONG IN THE HOUSE." Gee, thanks Uncle Kevin.

I Like That

Mekhi was helping me put away the groceries. As we were taking items out of the bags, he was asking me the normal 3 year-old questions (what's this, why did we buy this, etc.). We were finding letters on the boxes and I was also pointing to words on the boxes and pretending to sound them out. 'Chee-ri-os' 'pop-corn', etc. Mekhi decided to give it a try on his own. He grabbed a box of Teddy Graham Trail Mix (which he's never had), pointed to the words on the box, and said, "I Li-ke That"!

BUBBLES

While the boys are in the bathtub, I usually do a little light cleaning. I pick up toys, fold laundry, etc. (I don't go far from the bathroom, I promise!). Bathtime is one of the few activities that rarely brings on fighting. So, I didn't suspect anything wrong when I could hear them laughing and getting along unusually well. I did hear them say, "bubbles" a couple times, but it didn't register as something to worry about. I love to hear the boys playing and laughing together. It's a joyous sound. However, there comes a point when there can be too much laughter...when the laughter turns mischievous. This was one of those times. Once my brain connceted the roaring laughter and the bubbles comments, I was not surprised at what I saw. The bath was FULL of bubbles. My first instinct was to get mad, but the bubbly Santa Claus beards forced a pretty good laugh.

On the bright side, it turns out that 3/4 of a bottle of Parent's Choice brand baby soap is a highly effective method to remove the ring around your bathtub!

YOU CAN'T SEE ME!!

A few nights ago, I was relaxing in front of the TV when I heard a noise downstairs. Both boys had been in bed for about an hour. When I went downstairs, I found Trevin awake and playing. Appearantly he heard me coming down the stairs because he was standing with his back to me and covering his eyes! Guess he thought I couldn't see him. He was facing the sliding glass door, so I could see his reflection in the glass. I decided not to say anything to him because I thought I wanted him to fess up to the fact that he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing. I just stood there and he didn't move for a couple minutes. His curiosity must have gotten the best of him because I soon noticed him adjusting his stance and moving his hands around his eyes as if he was making fake binoculars! He was trying to see my reflection in the glass while maintaining his 'incognito' status. The image I saw was a 3 1/2 year old boy standing in the middle of the floor trying to hide from his mommy. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud when I saw him trying to scope me out through his makeshift binoculars! He eventually tiptoed behind the couch (while keeping his 'binoculars' at his eyes) and made eye contact with me around the couch.

Despite the comedy of the whole situation, it showed me that my little guy is growing up and getting smarter everyday. He has a definate grasp on the concept of right and wrong. But he's starting to get creative about ways to avoid getting in trouble!

JUST BUGS

The boys and I were discussing pets. They mentioned that Auntie Michelle has Rufus, Aunt T. and Uncle Kevin have cats, etc. Mekhi said, "Mommy, we don't have a doggie". I agreed with him and then Trevin said, "No, we don't have a doggie, we just have bugs." Maybe I need to call the Orkin man!