Cute Kid Moments

The Scene:  Watching General Conference

Me:  President Uchtdorf is 70-something years old.  He looks pretty good for his age, don't you think? 

Tyler (age 8):  Yeah.  He doesn't have very many wrinkles on his skin.

Me:  What do you think he does to make his skin less "wrinkly?"

Tyler:  He stretches a lot!  Everybody knows that stretching is the secret, Mom."

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The Scene:  Our Bedroom Door Gets Opened Up at 6:00am

Me (eyes still shut and in a tired voice):  Who's there?

Julia (3 years old in the cutest little voice):  It's me.  Juuuulia!

Julia walks over excitedly to my side of the bed.  I lift her up into bed with me.

Julia:  I want to snug(gle) with you!

Me (snuggling her close):  You are my.....

Julia: GIRL!

Julia (gives me the most perfect hug and kiss):  And I make YOU HAPPY!

Me:  Oh yes you do, Julia!

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The Scene:  At the Dinner Table

Me:  What did you learn in General Conference today?

Julia:  They were wearing purple!  (The Mormon Tabernacle Choir members were wearing purple).

Exploring the Tracks

What is he going to do?

Leaping from rung to rung.

When asked what made it so he could leap so good, 

he said, "My awesome shoes make me leap like a frog."

I don't know about you, but I'd love a pair in my size.

CKMs December 2013

Somebody is obsessed with The Magic School Bus show! We just made up a game... "The magic school bus... Flying in the dark!  Beep, beep!"

Good thing Tyler didn't cook this year's turkey!

Nothing like slaving away on your homework to the twinkle of Christmas lights! #reflexmathrocks

I'm thankful that all 4 kids CAN fall asleep in the van.  Even though it only lasted 5 minutes, we'll take it!  #veryraremoment

Tylerisms

"Well... MY teacher says we're 'pose to gwow (grow) a lil bit every day, 
BUT how come I don't see myself gwowin'?"

Tyler's inquiring mind would like to know.  

Do you have an the answer to his question?

Tylerism

T:  I'm glad you're my MOM!

L:  Thanks!  Do you like having me as your MOM?

T:  Yes.

L:  How come?

T:  Because you're cute!

Tyler waiting for his ride to preschool

Kidisms

Brian calls hand sanitizer "Hanitizer" and insists on carrying his own little bottle in his lunch pail to playground group.

Tyler is a fan of Lady Gaga's song, "Born This Way."  Tyler's favorite line is, "Don't be a drag, just be a queen."  He adjusted those lyrics to his choosing... "Don't be a drag, just be a POWER RANGER."

Katie is a daddy's girl.  When her daddy is gone at work, she still wants him near her.  So Katie retrieves a different Tshirt of her daddy's every day (with no preference whether it be clean or dirty).  She wads up the shirt in one hand and brings it close to her face and as she sucks her left thumb, she says in the most soothing voice she can muster, "Daddy."

Tylerism

Grandma: "I'm going to get my haircut."

Tyler:  "Remember to take your shirt off before she starts cutting your hair!"

* Explanation: We make our boys take their shirts off before getting their haircut so their shirts don't get all hairy.  Grandma had to explain to Tyler that the hairdresser will put a nice big apron around  her neck and over her clothes to prevent the hair from getting all over her clothes.  I don't think Tyler quite understood!

Tylerisms

T (immediately after letting out a long drawn out burp): "Hey, Mom!"


Me:  "Hey, what?!"


T:  "Guess what my burp just told me?"


Me:  "What did your burp tell you?"


T:  "My burp told me that I'm VERY hungry."

(Tyler helped me make these cookies yesterday.
That little Cookie Monster of mine said that he wanted to eat all the cookies,)
                                  
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Oh, and I must add this little story in there too.

The Scene: While in sacrament meeting at my parents' new New York ward.  
The pew we were sitting in was practically full of Hallstroms.  
My parents' old friend and neighbor was visiting that day and came to our pew to sit with us.


Friend politely whispers to Tyler:  "Is it alright if I sit here?"


Tyler BURPS right in our friends face and says a loud and emphatic: "No!"

How embarrassing, right?!  I just wanted to crawl into a hole.
After the meeting, I apologized profusely for the disgustingness and rudeness of my boy.
Please tell me he will outgrow this phase!

ME... Dancing Whif Boys?!

The scene: I'm sitting at the computer with John Mayer's, "Heart of Life" song playing in the background. 

 

Tyler comes up to me and asks, "Can I have this dance whif you?" 

 

 

 

I use to reject ALL boys' request to dance with me, but I can't resist Tyler's deep chocolate brown eyes and sly grin. 

 SO.WE.DANCED.

And it was F.U.N.

Tylerisms

Tyler my 3 year old is now singing, "Keem up. Keem up. EverEEBODY eveREEWHERE. Keem up. Keep up. EverEEBODY do your share."

Mommy & ME

I saw this idea on Becky's blog (a fabulous blog I ran across last week.) You print out the questionnaire that can be found in this post. When you find a quiet moment in your day, set your camera to the self-timer mode and call your child to join you. Make them feel like a celebrity and tell your child that you want to ask them some questions.  Fill out word for word what your child's responses are. Do the "Mommy & Me" interview at least once a year and keep the filled out interview papers somewhere special. It was really fun for me to do this with Tyler this morning. Tyler could hear the camera beeping (the self-timer mode counting down to take the picture) and just had to look at the camera.

And here are Tyler's responses to the interview questions:

Mommy & Me

A sweet moment spent between a Mother and her Child.

Mommy asks the child to recite his/her name:  Tyler

How old are you?   3              What is your favorite color?  green

Who is your Best Friend?  No -nobody's friends with me         Favorite Animal?  monkey

What do you want to be when you’re all grown up? No.  I'm not growin' up.  No. No.

What is your favorite movie(s)?  Princess (he means "The Princess and The Frog")

What is your favorite book(s)?  Cars

What makes you happy? No.  I don't want to be happy.  No. No.

What makes you sad?  My brothers hurt me.

What is your most favorite food to eat?  peanut buttered bageld (bagel)

What is your favorite song to sing?  Monkeys ("Five Little Monkeys")

What is your favorite game(s) to play?  Shoot (shooting hoops in the toy room)

Can you write your name for me?  (Tyler grabbed my pen and scribbled a slightly wavy line.)

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.  It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”

~ Agatha Christie

"Where's my Baboon?"

That's the question Tyler kept asking me.  I couldn't figure out what "baboon" he was talking about until he showed me this:

                                      To my 2 year old, baboon = balloon.

Good to know.

Tylerisms

Tyler is quite the talker.

While pointing to a photo of Katie in her white blessing dress Tyler says,
"Katie's a princess."

This morning, Tyler climbed up on my bed with my glasses case.
T:  Here, Mom!  It's your gasses (glasses). 
L:  Thanks.  Do you want to open the case for me?
T:  No.  You open it.  (Tyler holds his clenched fists up to his face.)  Use your strong muscles!

Out of the Mouth of Babes

While sitting at the table eating, Tyler and I had a short yet revealing conversation.

Me:  "Do you like apples?"
Tyler:  "Yup."
Me:  "Do you like bugs?"
Tyler:  "Yup."
Me:  "What else do you like?"
Tyler: "Pink!"

Uh oh, I guess he's been hanging around is baby sister a little too much.

Boys' Visit to Grandma & Grandpa Ward's House

Brian and Tyler are visiting Grandma and Grandpa Ward this week.  Here's a note and pictures that Grandpa Ward emailed us today:

Hello Mom and Dad-
We like to shoot baskets on the new low basketball hoop. Brian made 35 baskets in one practice session, and Tyler made about 4 baskets in 1/2 day. We take Toby for a walk every day, and today Brian tripped and skinned his knee, Grandpa put sauve on it. We had pancakes for breakfast yesterday. Mom, are you getting better?

Love, Brian and Tyler

Grapes = Garbage?!

Tyler is learning how to talk.  For some reason when he wants to say "grapes" he says "garbage" instead.  Silly boy!