Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Check Mate

Preston heard Landon crying upstairs and went to investigate.

There, he found Katelyn with her back turned to Landon with folded arms and frowning.  Preston asked Landon what was wrong and through tears he answered, "I HATE losing in chess!"

Preston was a little surprised by this response, noticed a chess board on the floor between Katelyn and Landon with a King knocked over, and asked what happened. Landon explained pointing to his sister, "She moved the horsey up and over and she was supposed to move it over and up.  That's how she won. She did it wrong."

Preston, stifling a laugh at the fact he just walked in on a 5-year-old daughter teaching a 4-year-old son to play chess, just gave them both a hug and said, "Playing chess is fun, isn't it.  Keep playing and let's see what happens."

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Prayer

Landon said the prayer at lunch time today. He finished with, "in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Then he continued. . .
"Christ. Like the Christ on a pizza."

Wow! I hope Jesus is laughing too.

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Go Away You Sweet Little Girl

We were at a neighbor's house trick-or-treating and when Kate got a piece of Candy, instead of the usual, "thank you," I hear, "You gave me one that I hate, but that's ok."

Let's just say the line from her brain to her mouth is very short with little to no filter.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Rhyming Fun

Preston: The goat likes to float like a boat in the moat.
Katelyn: With his scrote?
Preston: (holding back a laugh) Uhmmm, I don't know about that.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Humans

Dinner conversation tonight consisted of playing "Guess the movie character" game.
Dalan gave us a clue that the character he had chosen was a human.

Landon chimed in, "This girl in my class said human. Then my teacher said that 'human' is a bad word."

"Really?" I replied. "Do you know what the word 'human' means?"

"No."

"It means 'people' like you and me. We are humans. It isn't a bad word."

Landon responded, "Oh." Thinking, thinking thinking, "Well, she said 'humans, uh, . . .stupid'. That's bad."

"You're right, we don't say that word."

Nice save there, Landon, . . .I think.

Shopping

The three youngest and I pulled into the grocery store parking lot today. The thought crossed my mind that we came at a good time because there were very few cars.

I pulled into a parking spot and Landon said, "Yes! We got a park spot! I knew we were going to get one!"

I had to laugh because I could have sworn he read my mind and that his voice carried a tone of sarcasm.

Just as we got out of the car the car next to us honked (the person had just gotten out and locked their car).

Landon said, "That car just horned us!"

Friday, September 14, 2012

Ok, Random

Landon: "Mom, did you know fairies are afraid of hawks?!"

"Uhhhhh, no."

"Well, they are."

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Squeaky Clean

Preston was in the bathroom helping Landon brush his teeth. He came out laughing and relayed the following:

Landon: Dad, Katelyn and I helped mom today and clean the bathroom.

Preston: Landon, that is good.

Landon: We cleaned the sink.

Preston: Oh, it looks so good.

Landon: With our toothbrushes.

Preston: Uh, . . . That's not good.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ancestry Look-Alike

My parents have pictures on the wall of their parents.
I was visiting one day and had RaKell (4 months old) with me.
I had been looking at the photos when one struck me as looking so much like RaKell. It is my Mother's father when he was an infant. Remarkable resemblance!

Sunday, July 01, 2012

Ignorance is Bliss

Dalan and Aunalee were in the front room reading. I could hear Dalan trying to talk with Aunalee and, based on her non responsiveness, she was ignoring him. He kept prodding and she continued to be silent.
Finally, frustrated Dalan came to me in the other room and said, "Mom, we need to have a family home evening lesson on ignorance!"

Monday, May 28, 2012

Window Wells

As relayed by our friends that watched Landon and Katelyn for a few hours:

Landon was walking along their house in the backyard looking for something. They asked what he was looking for.
He said, "Where are your window wells?"
They explained they don't have a downstairs so they don't have any window wells.
He said, "I gotta see this."
He went in their house and walked all around looking for the stairs. He was unsuccessful.
Confused, he said, "If you don't have any window wells, then where do you keep your rolly-pollies?"

Friday, May 25, 2012

Sibling Look-Alike

Preston was holding RaKell and Aunalee was talking to her.
"Oh, you are just so cute! Dad, I just can't stop looking at her eyes. She is just so cute."

Preston replied, "Well, she has your eyes."

Aunalee, "She does?"

Preston, "Yep. She has your eyes and Katelyn's round face."

Aunalee, "What about her nose? It that like mine too?"

Preston, "Yes. Her nose is like yours because Katelyn's is more rounded."

At this point 3-year-old Landon chimes in, "Where am I? Am I the ears?"


Thursday, May 24, 2012

Growing Old Too Quickly

Katelyn was getting into her pajamas. She came to me, frustrated that she couldn't get the shirt off over her head.
Aunalee said, "Well, Katelyn, you are growing."
To which I responded, "Growing? Not my Katelyn. She can't grow. I need her to stay little."
Katelyn said, laughing, "Mom, I have to grow. If I don't grow up, I'll never get to see my grandkids."

Monday, May 14, 2012

Katelyn, Katelyn

I sent the kids out to get in the van. When I came out, Katelyn and Landon were out in the front yard spinning in circles.
"Come on you two. We need to go."
As they ran back, Kate said, "Oh, mom, we were just taking a dip in the sun."

Friday, May 11, 2012

Travel Talk

Driving to Idaho, Landon and Kate were getting restless toward the end of the trip. To help distract them, I tried to find interesting things for them to look at out the window. We were passing by a mountain of lava rock. So, as positive as I could, I directed their attention out the window.

"Look at those rocks out your window."

They responded with a semi-excited "wow"(Katelyn more so than Landon).

A moment later Landon turned to Katelyn and in a sarcastic, imitating sounding voice he said, "Katelyn, look. There's a tree," then he burst out laughing.

His subtle, adult-like sense of humor makes me laugh.

On the same trip. . .

Landon anxiously said, "mom!"

"What?"

"Mom, look at my leg!"

"I am driving, sweetheart, tell me what you need?"

"The hairs on my leg are getting bigger! Katelyn, look! My leg hairs are getting bigger! . . . Wow!"

On the same trip. . .

Landon needed to use the bathroom while we were at a store. I opened the door to a single bathroom and started to usher him in when he backed up, objecting to go in. I asked him what was wrong and he stated that that toilet was too loud. I looked at it and saw that it was an automatic-flush toilet.
There was no other option.
"Landon, this is the only toilet."
"Mom, will you come in with me and plug my ears while I go to the bathroom?"

Oh, this is a good image. A little boy standing at the toilet while his mom is standing behind him covering his ears. Needless to say, it was better than changing wet pants.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Smart Kid

Landon to Dalan, "What is 9 + 10?"

Dalan, "19."

"Nope!"

"Yes it is."

"No. When I was with my grandmother it went
'9 + 10 = 80 34'. See, you chose the wrong."

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Landon Funnies



We drove past a field full of white dandelions. Landon turned to Katelyn and said, "We can make all the wishes we want!"


We were at a restaurant and Dalan ordered chicken fingers. A few moments later Landon, with a confused look on his face, said, "But chickens don't have fingers."