Chaos Is A Friend of Mine

Kids Say (And Do) The Darndest Things

West: I'm good at school and naughty at home.
Me: Why is that West?
West (grumpily): Because I'm an opposite person!

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Cash's front tooth is on the bottom of Lake Quivera. West accidentally kicked it out while they were swimming (it was already very loose.) Now both his top front teeth are gone!

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Cash: I get to go to kindergarten tomorrow!
West: Stop talking about kindergaren Cash - you're going to miss me!

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So West made his own dinner tonight - he called it "Dinner Pie". It was as digusting as the name implies - he took a whole wheat tortilla, spread it with Catalina dressing, honey and butter, then he added cut up chicken nuggets and topped it with cheddar cheese. Travis cooked it for him on the skillet til the cheese melted. And then West ate it up!

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West tried to kiss me like Ken kisses Barbie on Toy Story. In the middle of Sam's Club.

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West is a baby hoarder. He has one tupperware container for his fingernail clippings, one for feathers from his pillow and one for used popsicle sticks.

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West: Mommy, what's a mo-hog? Me: I don't know. West: It's a mohawk for a pig!

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West decided that he's going to grow his hair out "long like mommy hair" so he can have a baby in his tummy someday. I tried to explain that this is not possible but he's going to try it anyway.

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Went to a wedding tonight. Cash spent the entire 20 minute ride home telling us all about the husband and husband wedding he and West were going to have. He said since it was two boys getting married, West would be the "bride" and he would be the "ide".

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West: "A bra is like overalls for your breasts right?"

Kids Say (And Do) The Darndest Things

West: Mommy, my underpants have a pocket that leads to my leg!

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West did fairly well on the nine hour drived back from Indiana today but as soon as we pulled into the garage tonight, he burst into tears and cried, "That drive was too long!"

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Cash: Mommy, my underwear is playing hide and seek with my bottom!

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Phrases Cash has learned from his new teacher: "a little dab'll do ya" and "diddley-squat"

Kids Say (And Do) The Darndest Things

West: "Mommy, when are you going to get some sperm in you so we can have another baby?"

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West: What are taxes? Cash: Taxes are homework for grownups.

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West: I don't want Cash to go to kindergarten.
Me: Why not?
West: Because I have too much fun with him.
Cash: Why do you have too much fun with me?
West: Because I really love you.

Kids Say (And Do) The Darndest Things

I've decided to do a weekly wrap-up every Monday of all my kid related Facebook posts since some of the grandparents don't have Facebook. I don't want them to miss out on any of the cuteness (or strangeness)! These are from the last couple of weeks:

West at dinner "Mommy, how do dead guys go potty?"

West is excited about what he calls "Martin Lizard King Day".

Cash told me, "It's so hot today; it feels like summer!" It's 30 degrees.

Cash just called Travis "bro".

The boys watched Finding Nemo for the first time this afternoon and it was too scary for West, my selectively sensitive boy. He cried from the denitist office scene til the end. Then said he wanted to watch the movie again.

Cash: I wish you weren't married anymore! Me: You do? Cash: Yeah, so then Daddy would take West to live in a different house!

Thanksgiving Train

All aboard the Thanksgiving train! Conductor Cash will take your ticket.

 

On A Very Special Blossom...

Cash: Why can't daddies born babies?
Me: Their bodies aren't made to.
Cash: What if two daddies want to have a baby?
Me: They would have to adopt one.
Cash: What if a mommy and a daddy have a baby and then the mommy decides she wants to live somewhere else and another daddy moves in - then would two daddies have a baby?
Me: Yes, that would work.

I think Cash has been watching After School Specials behind my back!

Fancy Nancy

Travis's birthday was Sunday. Cash was insistent that he was going to get Daddy some "fancy clothes" for his birthday. He wanted to get him a fancy shirt, fancy tie and fancy vest (meaning sweater vest) and he could not be talked out of it. You should know that Travis doesn't have to wear a tie to work - ever.

So I took the boys to Dillards, one of the few stores with a Big and Tall department, and Cash picked out a shirt and tie with just a bit of guidance from Mommy. Luckily, he forgot about the sweater vest. Travis is a good sport but that would have been pushing it. Travis is SUCH a good sport that he wore the shirt and tie to work the very next day!

 

The boys also decorated Travis's birthday cake all by themselves. He turned 35 but they found that 30 candle in a drawer and wanted to use it.

 

 

Happy Birthday Travis!

Summer Photo Shoot Outtakes

As promised, here are the outtakes from the boys summer photo shoot:

 

 

 

Respect Your Elders

We're in Indiana visiting Granddad and MaMaw. We had an extended family dinner tonight in honor of Travis's birthday. When MaMaw Ann arrived (MaMaw's mother - essentially the boys' great-grandma), Cash led her to the rocking chair, brought over a bean bag for her to rest her feet on and covered up her lower half with a blanket. All of this without any prompting from anyone. Then he brought her his stuffed bunny to cuddle, a picture book to look at and a pillow for her back. He came over and asked me what else he could do for MaMaw Ann. I told him he could get her a glass of water and then I remarked that I was very proud of how helpful and nice he was being to her. Well within earshot of MaMaw Ann he replied, "Well, she's an old lady so she needs my help." Luckily, everyone including MaMaw Ann laughed. Except Mommy - she was preoccupied being mortified.

Short Take

Cash's first words upon entering our hotel room: "Look! It even has a bathroom!"

Oh yes, little man. Nothing is too good for my boy.