Things They Say Thursday--Mar. 8th

     A few weeks ago I took Noah to a bank with me.  The bank had some pamphlets about their debit and credit cards which just happen to sport our local colleges.  Noah picked one up and told me about a girl at his school who was a K-State fan.  Out of curiosity I asked him which one he liked.  He promptly tore open his coat and empatically pointed to his shirt and said, "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, Go KU!"  It was all very cute.  The teller admitted that she was a K-State fan, but for the day she would be a KU fan too.  It just happened to be a big rival game day for KU, they were playing Missouri at home for the last {for now} time.  It's kind of sad to see the end of such a rivalry, but hey we went out with a big bang.  KU came back from a 19 point deficit to take the game into overtime, and then went on to win.  With the win they clinched the Big 12 championship for the eighth straight year.  What a feat!

Things They Say Thursday--Mar. 1st

     Sometimes the best things are not said at all, but rather written.  Another assignment that Mikayla brought home from school.  I am loved more than 100 vanilla cakes.  I love how she still draws me with long hair.

Things They Say Thursday--Feb. 23rd

     I enjoy writing the Things They Say Thursdays because some of the things my kids say I want to remember.  Writing it on the blog helps to cement the memories and have something to share with them when they get older.  Most of the things my kids say I find pretty cute.  This blog here wrote an article about the things her and her friends' kids say.  They are pretty hilarious.  But be warned that some of her posts, while funny, can be on the vulgar side.
     The other day we stopped for lunch at a restaurant.  Apparently we chose to sit at a table with quite a view of, ahem, the moon.  You see I have this cousin who is in with the crowd of baggy pants wearing.  Noah gets a kick out of every time we see him telling him to pull up his pants.  My cousin and him go back and forth for a while telling each other to pull up their pants.  When we were at lunch the other day I thought it was just another guy who fit in with this crowd.  This time though it was Mikayla who said, "If we were outside I would tell that boy to pull up his pants."  Mikayla did inform me that he did pull down his shirt to hide his bum.  Maybe someone else said something...

Things They Say Thursday--Feb. 9

     Last week I posted about our little night visitors, and this week is something similar.  Noah is a sleep talker.  Every now and then we can hear him in his room with random sayings when he is completely asleep.  He is even better at saying some random things when he is just waking up.  Even though we have been working on it, Noah still sucks his thumb at night.  When he comes in our bed Mike is pretty adamant about not allowing him to have it in is mouth {it can be pretty loud, and right in your ear}.  If he puts it in, Mike will take it out.  The other morning Mike was taking Noah's thumb out of his mouth when Noah asked him to stop.  When he did it again Noah said that he was a big daddy lion and roared at Mike.  He was still half asleep.  It did give us a good little morning laugh though.  {Later he recanted his lion for me, so maybe he was more awake.}

Things They Say Thursday--February 2

     On any given morning I wake up with some littles in my bed.  You see we have night visitors, almost nightly.  Mikayla only makes her presence once in a while, but Noah, well let's just say it is a rare occurence when I wake up and he is not in my bed {good thing we went for the king bed}.  Not saying that I mind.  Although the boy will try his best to completely take over one of our pillows, or even better use a body part as a pillow making it so I feel guilty if I move.  But one morning when both of them were in our bed, Noah looked at me and said, "Mikayla and I came into your bed because we wanted to snuggle with you."  Ahh...  He is definitely my little snuggler.

Things They Say Thursday--January 12th

     This edition of the things they say comes in the written form.  Mikayla's first day back to school after Winter break she was given an assignment for her wish for 2012.  I will let the photo of the assignment speak for itself.

Those d's are actually b's {we're working on that}, and she is missing
an i and l for family, but you get the idea.

     She could write down anything that she wanted for the year and she chooses a baby for our family.  So sweet!  For now she will have to settle with the new little one we have for the daycare {which Noah keeps referring to as ours}. 

Things They Say Thursday--January 5th

     This one is from a few weeks ago, but I just love it.  As we were leaving the rehearsal dinner for my brother's wedding we happened to be following a few Packers fans who were in town for the game.  They were chanting "Go Pack, go!"  They had only said it once when Noah chimes in and says, "Go Pack, go!"  He kept saying all the way to the car.  I don't think they noticed as they were trying to swindle the cheesy corn recipe, but I did.  It was very cute.  I love my little Packers fan! 

Things They Say Thursday--November 10th

     The other day Mikayla and I were playing with the dog when she stopped to ask a question.  Her initial question was whether or not our dog would ever be a mom.  I simply said that it was not possible.  Then she went on to ask:  "do dogs lay eggs like chickens."  Ahem.  I could already tell where this conversation was going.  I informed her that dogs have the puppies in their bellies much like women carry their babies in their bellies.  And then came the part of how they grow and how the mom dogs have the puppies.  Even though we have talked about this in terms of women, I still am not ready to give the full downlow of what goes on, so I still left it at that they just come out of their bellies when the time is right.  I kind of mildly dread the day when she asks more questions.  I want her to know all this stuff, but for now can't I just live my own little world where she never grows up? 

Things They Say Thursday--November 3rd

     A little insight to our Halloween evening, with future posts to come.  When we went trick-or-treating we had told the kids about only going to houses who have their lights on.  As soon as we were done with one house, Noah was quick to say "Let's go to that one with the lights on."  The path we took had us zigzagging back and forth across the street, and each time he was so quick to point out the next house.  When we finished trick-or-treating at one house instead of saying "Let's go to that one with the lights on," Noah said, "Let's go to the spooky house."  There was a house across the street with lights and Halloween music and creepy things out.  Noah was all for it until we got to the middle of the driveway and he looked up, saw a skeleton, and froze.  I kind of nudged him to go up, but he said the skeleton scared him (because he thought it was talking).  One of the people outside was kind enough to meet him and let him get his treat.  After that he was pretty much ready to go home.

Things They Say Thursday--October 27th

     Have I recently gushed over how much I love my little boy, or how sweet he is?  Well, I'm sure I have, but here is another one since I just can't get enough and I want to remember to be able to share with him when he gets older.  One day he was laying down for nap and I came to lay down next to him.  He looked at me and said, "I love your nose."  "And I love your eyes, and I love your hair, and I love your lips."  As he was saying each one he was giving them a gentle pat.  I'm not sure what brought it on, but it was so sweet and it melted my heart.  Is there a chance to just freeze moments like this and save them for later?

Things They Say Thursday--October 20th

     I will admit that I am horrible about teaching and encouraging my kids about prayer.  We are making an effort and they are learning just from the act of going to church.  But before Mike and I even officially decided that we wanted to have another child, we first asked Mikayla and Noah.  We were pretty sure of what their response would be, but we thought it would only be fair to actually ask.  They both responded enthusiastically "yes", which was immediately followed by "I want a baby brother" (Noah) and "I want a baby sister" (Mikayla).  In one of our attempts to teach them things that they should pray for we used the example of praying for a baby.  Noah took to it immediately and any time you would ask him if he was saying his prayers he would gleefully say "Please Lord may I have a baby brother."  After we lost this baby and we were explaining why mommy was sad sometimes we had told them that we were going to try for another baby and Noah goes right into saying "Please Lord may I have a baby brother."  Mikayla on the other hand says, "Please Lord may I have a baby brother AND baby sister."  As much as I would love to see their prayers granted, if the Lord would be so gracious I think I will take only one {at a time}, thank you very much.

Things They Say Thursday--Sept. 15

     One of the nights that Mike was out of town Noah woke up saying that there were monsters in his room.  I went in and comforted him and thought I had it where he would go back to sleep.  A little while later I see him standing in my doorway and then he comes and climbs into bed with me.  When he woke up in the morning he said, "mom it was so fun to sleep with you."  Who knew sleeping could be so much fun?

Things They Say Thursday--Sept. 8th

     The other night we were on a walk.  Every once in a while I let the kids bring something on the walk with them.  That night Mikayla decided she wanted to bring her baby stroller with a baby.  We did not make it too far before she decided she wanted to run instead of pushing the stroller so she passed it off to Noah.  Noah was being pretty cute when he was pushing the stroller.  We would be walking side-by-side when he would say "Sorry, got to go," and then take off running ahead.  After a little way I would catch up to him only for him to say it again.  He had this huge grin on his face each time he would say it and it continued for the entire walk.

Things They Say Thursday--September 1st

     Early Wednesday morning the kids and I dropped of Mike at the airport.  Mikayla kept comparing his leaving with her friend's dad {who was gone for three months}.  She was very sweet and kept saying "I'm going to mss you."  She also asked him if he remembered how her friend had made a sign for when he came back and said, "maybe I should make one for you."  My heart melted.  So looks like this weekend we will be busy crafting a sign to be ready to welcome him home.

Things They Say Thursday--August 18

     Last Friday we went to the Sneak-a-Peek at Mikayla's school.  It gave us the opportunity to meet her teacher, see her classroom, and drop off all her school supplies.  While we were in her classroom our neighbors stopped by to say hi to the teacher {she was the neighbor girl's teacher last year}.  We happened to be walking to our cars at the same time as the neighbors and the kids were saying good-bye to one another.  When we got to the car Noah said:  "When I get older I'm going to marry Audra {one of the neighbor girls}.  And I'm going to kiss her."  Then he and Mikayla went on to say how Noah had already kissed her once at the neighbor's house.  And just that morning I had seen him go up to her and quickly plant a kiss on her shoulder.  It was cute.  We just might have a little Cassanova on our hands that we will have to keep an extra close eye on.

Things They Say Thursday--August 11

     The other day Mike was making the kids lunch when I came into the kitchen.  I asked Noah if daddy was making me a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich too and he said, "No, those are just for boys."  Mikayla interjected and said, "What about me?"  {To which he pretty much ignored.}  So I asked him what I could eat to which he replied, "A cheese sandwich."  "But I don't like cheese sandwiches.  Is there anything else I can eat" I said.  His response was, "Chips.  You know those orange ones that you put in your mouth {he was demonstrating this by pretending to shove a handful of chips in his mouth}.  I said, "Okay, but I would like to have something to go with my chips."  Finally he conceded by saying, "Well, then you can have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich."  {It was so hard to keep from laughing during this conversation.  His whole demeanor was just to funny.}

     If you enjoy these little postings, you might also enjoy these too.  It is cute little website with stories of how kids can give us hope.

Things They Say Thursday--July 28

     Since I started doing an in-home daycare I have done a circle time.  It has kind of morphed over the past few years, but we always do one.  Mikayla has been home with us every day since coming back from vacation, and man has she been watching what I have been doing.  A few times now she has led circle time without me.  The last time being a few days ago where she got all the circle time stuff out, picked a helper, did the date and weather, went through flashcards {even creating sentences for the sight words}, and sang songs giving each child a choice of what they wanted to sing.  I was in such awe that I just sat back and smiled as she led circle time.  She loves to pretend that she is a teacher, and maybe one day she will be...if she ever moves past only wanting to be a mom when she gets older. :)

Things They Say Thursday--July 21

     The other day Mike and I had taken Noah to the store.  Mike was carrying Noah while I was looking at some food.  I just about to move forward when Noah started singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."  Mike and I both stopped where we were and listened as he sang the whole song.  I so wish I would have had my phone out so I could record it.  Instead I just stood there enjoying the moment.

Things They Say Thursday--July 14

     To say the least Noah is a little bitter about his Papa not coming for a visit and to his birthday party this year.  He continues to bring it up even though we are well past a month since his party.  We were all looking forward to seeing him on our vacation, but he ended up getting sick and not being able to come home for the weekend.  I think this may have reminded Noah of how his Papa did not come to his birthday party.  So the other day Mikayla was talking about how her kids would be my grandkids and my parents great-grandkids.  Noah goes on to say:  "Next time I see Papa I'm going to spank him on the bootie for not coming to my birthday party!"  Yea, I would say he was definitely a little hurt by not being able to see his Papa.

Things They Say Thursday--July 7

     We had a great and wonderful Fourth of July.  The past few years we have travelled to Minnesota for the holiday, but this year we decided we would stay home.  We had a family Fourth of July on Sunday and on Monday we did a BBQ, swimming, and fireworks with friends.  The kids really had a great time both days {although Noah would have preferred us leaving before the fireworks, he said they hurt his ears}.  What this all has to do with the things they say is that Mikayla was about to light some fireworks off with my brother's fiancee when she says "smoke is bad for your lungs."  My brother's fiancee and I just looked at each other and both responded to her with, "yes, yes it is bad for your lungs."  Not sure if this was from the fire lesson at school or the little talk we had recently had about smoking, but it does leave hope that it the future she won't smoke because it will hurt her lungs.  Oh, and the next morning she woke up and asked if our lungs were okay?  Of course I reassured her that we were fine, it is just not something that we can do all the time.  Sometimes I just love how naive kids are.