Christmas List

I asked Levi what was on his christmas list. I was curious as to whether it was different than last year. He replied, "well, I still never got that can opener"
To explain, last year we were on our way to school and I ask Levi "what do you want for Christmas"...he replies
"Mommy, you know that fing dat you put on a can and it opens it all by itself? Dats what I want...I saw it on TV...it's really cool."
I said "you want an electric can opener for Christmas?"
He says "Yes!!"
Second thing on the list? A smoothie machine.
My son, the future king of infomercial appliances.

Birds and the Buzz

So we're driving home from school...and here's the conversation:
Levi: Mom were you born out of Nana?
Me: Yes
Levi: and Daddy was born out of Grandma silky?
Me: Yes
Levi: So how do you become a daddy if the girls are the ones helping babies get born?
Mason: You gotta marry someone, give 'em a ring and stuff ...then you can be a daddy
Levi: So I have to marry a girl?
Mason: yeah, if you wanna have any kind of life
Me: You don't have to get married to a girl to have a life, a lot of people are happy without getting married
Mason: yeah, well if you get married you should marry a girl
Levi: A girl?
Mason: yeah, cuz boys don't marry each other, right mom?
Me: well...it doesn't happen very often, but in some places guys can get married
Mason: well, it probably doesn't happen often because there would be a big fight
Me: a big fight?
Mason: yeah, a big fight over who has to be the wife!

Why God Made Moms

So we got an email the other day that said "why did God make moms?" and it listed several answers given by second-graders, such as:
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out when we were getting born.
So I look at my second-grader and kindergartener and ask "why did God make moms?"
Levi said, "to take care of kids"
Mason said, "if there weren't moms...then once all the boys died and all the dads died... the world would run out of people"

beautiful on the inside

A couple of years ago Mason and I were standing in line at the Starbucks behind a lady that was noticeably overweight. I looked down at Mason (he was about 5) and I was hoping he would not comment out loud. He didn't, but he was watching her. When we got in the car, I said "people come in all different sizes, don't they?" and he says "yep and God loves us all the same." I said,"that's right and how do you know this?" Mason says "well, God loves our insides, not our outsides" I say "yes, because we can all be beautiful on the inside" Mason says "yes, even if you;re tall or fat or in a wheelchair or even if you get bit by a spider and your leg rots off, you can still be beautiful on the inside!"

Toothfairy Deadline

So Mason lost his second tooth today (yes, he's late with that, like his mom). I asked if he planned to put his tooth under his pillow tonight. Mason says "Yeah, but I better hurry. You know, you have to get your tooth under your pillow by 11:00 or else the tooth fairy won't come!"

Opie

For whatever reason, I stopped to watch Andy Griffith the other day...I think it was because the scene was one where Andy was scolding Opie for holding back money from the offering to buy something for his little girlfriend..."and you go to your room and think about this and don't expect any dessert and..." And after Aunt Bee scolded Andy, he invites Opie to the dinner table. Andy apologizes to Opie for being so harsh..."I suppose every now and then you can use your money to buy a girl flowers or popcorn at the movies...but" Opie says "no, Pa, I planned to buy her a new coat...her old one is getting old, she said her Pa didn't have the money for a new one." Made me smile.

A favorite memory - Cinco

When Mason started kindergarten a couple of years ago, I remember asking him, as we walked home from the bus stop, what he had learned that day. He said "I learned Cinco!" Of course, I followed with "so what does cinco mean?"...he thought a moment...and said "I don't know...we didn't learn that part!"

Even funnier, the next morning I was relaying this story to a couple of other mothers at the bus stop as we shared "first day" stories. As I was finishing the story about "the meaning of cinco" one of the ladies standing near me, looked at me with such pity, leaned in, cupped her hands around her mouth, (and I assume in an attempt to help me out) whispered "it means ten."

1st day of Kindergarten

Today Levi started Kindergarten. Because Levi requires a lot more sleep than Mason ever did and still naps a lot in the afternoons...I asked him at the end of the day if he had any trouble staying awake. Levi says "no, I didn't fall asleep...but I yawned a couple of times."

3 Kinds of L.O.V.E.

Levi leans over and says "I think the hermit crabs are in love...because they are always together"...Mason says "well, they may not be IN love. You see, there are different kinds of love...there is IN love, like a girlfriend and boyfriend love each other and then there's friendly love, like when I care about my friend and then there is family love, like I love you because you're my brother."

The Talker

I picked the boys up from sports camp, where they had been busy playing games all day long. From the backseat I hear Mason telling Levi, "There are hundreds of ways to play four-square with a ball and four chalk squares"... and he begins explaining each one. About 10 minutes pass and Mason is on his fourth description of a four-square game and I hear Levi say "Mason, can't we just sit here? Aren't you bored of talking yet?" Later we ate at the Panda Express (one of our favorite spots) and Mason read his fortune cookie: Today your mouth is moving, but no one is listening.

Levi and Mason played in a baseball league for the first time this year. Like most pre-K players, Levi could often be found squatting and drawing in the dirt while playing 2nd base. The kids got several pitches to hit and if they missed those, they would bring out the tee to help them out. Levi hit off the tee more often than not...but near the end of the season he improved. One game he came running around the dugout yelling "I hit it without the tee!" After some pats on the back he says, "yeah, it was easy. I even kept my eyes open that time!"

Moving to the new house

The boys and I moved to our new home this past weekend. Having a big backyard is great...boys spent the entire first day digging a big hole in the backyard (while I unpacked). Nothing like dirt to keep two little boys busy. When I asked them what they thought about the new place...
Mason: "It is awesome Mom...but it is also a little creepy."
Me: "Why is it creepy?"
Mason: "Because those people left their stuff in the house."
Me: "What was left behind by the sellers that is so creepy?"
Mason: "Mom...they left their toilets in there"