Elliot spots a police car parked with his lights off. I ask him what that means (thinking "there's no emergency"). Elliot responds immediately "the police are having lunch" (cue Opa and mommy laughing their heads off)
I was driving Jeff's (little) car today and Elliot says "good thing you're not a little taller!" mommy, sitting up straight so her head touches the ceiling "like this?" Elliot "yeah, your brai(n)s would fall out!" mommy "my brains?!" Elliot "no, you're BRAI(d)S" LOL
Riley says he asked his teacher, and she said he could bring Puppy to school. Riley goes to find Puppy "because he doesn't know yet!" But when Riley tells Puppy, Puppy isn't excited at all. He's worried that he's going to get lost, like happened another time Riley brought him somewhere. I ask Riley about this (chuckling at how "independent" this stuffed friend is) and Riley replies "yeah, he's worried, but he's going anyways!"
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
beautifully broken logic
on the way to the park yesterday afternoon, Riley was reminiscing about how we went to the mountains two Winters ago to see snow. The kids all pine for snow, though Hailey's too young to remember living in a cold-Winter climate, and Elliot's lived in sunny SoCal his whole life. (For the record, I don't miss snow, ice, and cold temps one bit, though one week a year would be okay :)
Riley explains to Elliot
"so if you see palm trees, then that's a place it doesn't snow"
mommy "well, technically it's the other way around. palm trees won't grow in places where it gets cold enough to snow, except maybe once a year"
Elliot thinks this over for a few seconds
"so why don't they cut down the things that keep it from snowing here?"
so awesome the ways their little brains work :)
Riley explains to Elliot
"so if you see palm trees, then that's a place it doesn't snow"
mommy "well, technically it's the other way around. palm trees won't grow in places where it gets cold enough to snow, except maybe once a year"
Elliot thinks this over for a few seconds
"so why don't they cut down the things that keep it from snowing here?"
so awesome the ways their little brains work :)
Monday, September 19, 2011
funny Monday morning
Mommy calls Elliot to get up
Hailey "are you the boss?"
Mommy "I suppose so"
Hailey "you're not the boss of the country"
talks louder, as I walk out of earshot
"mom, do you know the bald eagle?"
Mom "uh, yes"
Hailey "the bald eagle rules this country"
Hailey hollers to Elliot about something
Mommy "Hailey, are you getting ready?"
Hailey "yes, I can yell AND get dressed at the same time!"
Hailey "are you the boss?"
Mommy "I suppose so"
Hailey "you're not the boss of the country"
talks louder, as I walk out of earshot
"mom, do you know the bald eagle?"
Mom "uh, yes"
Hailey "the bald eagle rules this country"
Hailey hollers to Elliot about something
Mommy "Hailey, are you getting ready?"
Hailey "yes, I can yell AND get dressed at the same time!"
Monday, August 15, 2011
kid funnies
we were having a conversation about the kids' future families, and I was asking them for fun how many kids they thought they would have.
Riley "... so how do you get kids?"
mommy "what do you mean sweetie?"
Riley "do babies just magically grow in your belly?"
mommy "pretty much :)"
love his interpretation, pregnancy certainly is magical!
yesterday, when we were out for dinner:
Hailey, holding up french fry dipped in ketchup
"I know you are ketchup, but I'm going to pretend you're fire"
(stuffs french fry in her mouth)
"fiiiiire!"
Riley "... so how do you get kids?"
mommy "what do you mean sweetie?"
Riley "do babies just magically grow in your belly?"
mommy "pretty much :)"
love his interpretation, pregnancy certainly is magical!
yesterday, when we were out for dinner:
Hailey, holding up french fry dipped in ketchup
"I know you are ketchup, but I'm going to pretend you're fire"
(stuffs french fry in her mouth)
"fiiiiire!"
Thursday, June 30, 2011
God and peanut butter sandwiches
mommy insists on making the peanut butter sandwiches herself, to save mess and because we're getting to the bottom of the jar. I explain this, ending with "... so I guess we have to go to the store to buy some groceries, God help me."
Riley responds so quickly I had no idea what he was referring to.
"I wish we had our own God so he could make whatever we needed"
Mommy "God would make us peanut butter sandwiches?"
Riley "no, he could make us peanut butter. and he would make me the President, and Hailey the Mayor, and Elliot the Judge"
Riley responds so quickly I had no idea what he was referring to.
"I wish we had our own God so he could make whatever we needed"
Mommy "God would make us peanut butter sandwiches?"
Riley "no, he could make us peanut butter. and he would make me the President, and Hailey the Mayor, and Elliot the Judge"
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Hailey running narrative
Hailey is sitting next to me at the computer, having a rambling conversation with me. She makes some crazy statement, and before I've really reacted to that, says something else really kooky :)
Hailey "...how old you need to be to wear earrings..."
Mommy "to get your ears pierced? that depends..."
Hailey (fingering a dangly pair of mommy's earrings) "they don't use screws, because that would really hurt!"
Mommy laughs really loud, takes a breath to answer...
Hailey "this looks like a blood orange" (the plum she was eating)
Mommy laughs again, opens blog to record conversation
Hailey "...sometimes blood looks like red water! ... I was distracted by the blood orange ... it's like blood, but only like that when you bite into it."
I should probably just leave the videocamera charged and handy if I want to keep up with her :)
Hailey "...how old you need to be to wear earrings..."
Mommy "to get your ears pierced? that depends..."
Hailey (fingering a dangly pair of mommy's earrings) "they don't use screws, because that would really hurt!"
Mommy laughs really loud, takes a breath to answer...
Hailey "this looks like a blood orange" (the plum she was eating)
Mommy laughs again, opens blog to record conversation
Hailey "...sometimes blood looks like red water! ... I was distracted by the blood orange ... it's like blood, but only like that when you bite into it."
I should probably just leave the videocamera charged and handy if I want to keep up with her :)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April 1-16 facebook statuses
4/16:
Gorgeous weather, went and had early lunch at beach, drooled (figuratively) over potential new couch, now introducing the kids to Inspector Gadget on Netflix. Tonight out with some girlfriends! :)
SAD NEWS - Please join me in remembering YET ANOTHER great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes to the belly. He was 71. Dough Boy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children, John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the Oven. Services were held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes. (copied Niamh's status :)
4/15:
Is happy about many things :)
4/14:
running through my head right now: "laundry, laundry!" sung to the tune of "Monday, Monday" by the Mamas and the Papas. went and looked up the lyrics, and they're not really that good of a fit, though the kids dumping out the one basket of sorted, folded laundry almost made me want to cry ;)
4/13:
Tomorrow morning: back-to-back parent-teacher conferences starting at 7:30am, volunteer in E's preschool, then all kids home by 12:45. Think I shoulda been asleep an hour ago, whoops!
going through pictures from last few weeks - sooo behind on pictures, journal, etc...
4/12:
just had to go pick up my 5.5 yr old from school because she stuck a piece of crayon wrapper in her ear. she "wasn't thinking" and said it "really hurt" so I had to dismiss her an hour before the end of the school day, and once home, it took all of a second with tweezers to pull it out.
4/11:
Wishes she'd realized she stepped in dog poop _before_ she got in the car and used the brake pedal (you know, the one with a million ridges for it to get stuck in?) *crinkle nose*
4/10:
Frustrated by the state of her chapter of the MOMS Club. may have to disban our chapter soon if things don't improve in the next week :(
Riley "daddy, I figured out where the mines are!" Elliot "look, look, I'm going down into the dungeon!" LOL that's what all kids sound like at the playground, right? ;)
4/9:
had a good time at Big Basin, despite E getting pukey bug on way there. 2 of 3 passed out in car now, headed back to hotel to do laundry and eat in
Breakfast at a little cafe in Watsonville, playing at cool playground for a few minutes, then Big Basin.
Well, drive was shorter than expected, despite driving through snow (surprise!). Hotel not what expected either, but we'll see what tomorrow brings :)
4/8:
road trip for the second weekend in a row and this time daddy gets to come with us! just booked a cheap hotel in Northern California for tonight and tomorrow, gonna see us some redwoods :)
4/8:
Disgusting how expensive airplane tickets have gotten! Partly annoying because the reasons behind the increases are so questionable...
4/6:
Loves the casual way she is being used by Elliot as a game chair :
- Not so good for my productivity, but does help me keep an eye out that he's not erasing saved games etc :)
4/5:
3 crying kids, 3 time outs. Is today over yet? #^*%!
thinks it's time to start the caffeine drip. maybe with two kids home today I'll actually get more done (it's like rewinding a year to when just R was at school all day, kinda fun, though I'm sure H + E will take this opportunity to make huge messes too :)
Is glad she got extra sleep last night, since tonight she's up with a pukey kid
4/4:
's hands smell like maple-garlic-teriyaki marinade. hope the pork chops taste as good as my hands smell, pretty much all I've accomplished this afternoon! *sigh*
4/3:
Few more hours of fun w friends this morning, then back to LA we go
4/1:
Riley "this is gonna be the best night: we have pizza and lemonade, what more could you ask for?" :). Mommy and Jamie (sipping hard lemonades) couldn't agree more! :)
Teasing the kids by telling them how Death Valley is the hottest place in the US, then following the exit signs for "Death Valley". Last stop before Vegas :)
Gotta finish the other science fair poster, pack, and load up the car. then we're good to go! Legs a little crampy, hope they relax before the 5 hr drive :)
Gorgeous weather, went and had early lunch at beach, drooled (figuratively) over potential new couch, now introducing the kids to Inspector Gadget on Netflix. Tonight out with some girlfriends! :)
SAD NEWS - Please join me in remembering YET ANOTHER great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes to the belly. He was 71. Dough Boy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children, John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the Oven. Services were held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes. (copied Niamh's status :)
4/15:
Is happy about many things :)
4/14:
running through my head right now: "laundry, laundry!" sung to the tune of "Monday, Monday" by the Mamas and the Papas. went and looked up the lyrics, and they're not really that good of a fit, though the kids dumping out the one basket of sorted, folded laundry almost made me want to cry ;)
4/13:
Tomorrow morning: back-to-back parent-teacher conferences starting at 7:30am, volunteer in E's preschool, then all kids home by 12:45. Think I shoulda been asleep an hour ago, whoops!
going through pictures from last few weeks - sooo behind on pictures, journal, etc...
4/12:
just had to go pick up my 5.5 yr old from school because she stuck a piece of crayon wrapper in her ear. she "wasn't thinking" and said it "really hurt" so I had to dismiss her an hour before the end of the school day, and once home, it took all of a second with tweezers to pull it out.
4/11:
Wishes she'd realized she stepped in dog poop _before_ she got in the car and used the brake pedal (you know, the one with a million ridges for it to get stuck in?) *crinkle nose*
4/10:
Frustrated by the state of her chapter of the MOMS Club. may have to disban our chapter soon if things don't improve in the next week :(
Riley "daddy, I figured out where the mines are!" Elliot "look, look, I'm going down into the dungeon!" LOL that's what all kids sound like at the playground, right? ;)
4/9:
had a good time at Big Basin, despite E getting pukey bug on way there. 2 of 3 passed out in car now, headed back to hotel to do laundry and eat in
Breakfast at a little cafe in Watsonville, playing at cool playground for a few minutes, then Big Basin.
Well, drive was shorter than expected, despite driving through snow (surprise!). Hotel not what expected either, but we'll see what tomorrow brings :)
4/8:
road trip for the second weekend in a row and this time daddy gets to come with us! just booked a cheap hotel in Northern California for tonight and tomorrow, gonna see us some redwoods :)
4/8:
Disgusting how expensive airplane tickets have gotten! Partly annoying because the reasons behind the increases are so questionable...
4/6:
Loves the casual way she is being used by Elliot as a game chair :
- Not so good for my productivity, but does help me keep an eye out that he's not erasing saved games etc :)
4/5:
3 crying kids, 3 time outs. Is today over yet? #^*%!
thinks it's time to start the caffeine drip. maybe with two kids home today I'll actually get more done (it's like rewinding a year to when just R was at school all day, kinda fun, though I'm sure H + E will take this opportunity to make huge messes too :)
Is glad she got extra sleep last night, since tonight she's up with a pukey kid
4/4:
's hands smell like maple-garlic-teriyaki marinade. hope the pork chops taste as good as my hands smell, pretty much all I've accomplished this afternoon! *sigh*
4/3:
Few more hours of fun w friends this morning, then back to LA we go
4/1:
Riley "this is gonna be the best night: we have pizza and lemonade, what more could you ask for?" :). Mommy and Jamie (sipping hard lemonades) couldn't agree more! :)
Teasing the kids by telling them how Death Valley is the hottest place in the US, then following the exit signs for "Death Valley". Last stop before Vegas :)
Gotta finish the other science fair poster, pack, and load up the car. then we're good to go! Legs a little crampy, hope they relax before the 5 hr drive :)
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