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?"

Elderly West

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!

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:

 

 

 

Lucky Grandma

My mom's birthday is Thursday so I asked the boys what we should get Grandma for her birthday.

Cash: I think we should get her a sword!

Me: What would Grandma do with a sword?

West: Fight bad guys?

Me: I don't think Grandma fights bad guys.

Cash: How about a soccer set?

Me: Does Grandma play soccer?

Cash: Well, she would if she had a soccer set!

Grandma sure is lucky to have such thoughtful grandsons.

Baby Narcoleptic

I was worried that the boys would wear me out this summer so I planned A LOT of fun activities. So far we've gone to at least one, sometimes two or three places a day. I think I'm wearing THEM out.

West woke up from a 2 1/2 hour afternoon nap, went in Cash's room and crouched on the floor to get a toy from under the train table. Two minutes later he had fallen asleep!

Silly Mommy

I took the boys with me to the chiropractor this morning. They were curious why I needed to go and I told them I slept on my neck wrong and it hurt. They said that when we got there, they would show me the proper way to lay down so I wouldn't hurt myself again. They spent the rest of the car ride demonstrating and discussing various sleeping positions. Thanks boys.