This
year's funnies are mostly provided by Eli. When your older two are getting so
big and the youngest can't talk, that's what you get. Good thing the boy is
funny!
1/2/16
Eli: Mom, I like
you and snow better than anything else.
1/5/16
I'm reading a
book where five boys compete for the right to be the husband of one girl. I was
telling Ali about it and how whichever boy won, the girl had to marry him, even
if she didn't know or like him. She said, "But what if he's awful, like if
he picks his nose all day long?!"
1/11/16
Ali: You're the
perfect mom for me. Jesus chose right when He sent me to your family!
1/12/16
Eli: There might
really be monsters in the world because if someone who doesn't like people
catches a leprechaun that person might wish for a real monster.
1/21/16
My kids'
favorite game lately is "Jakey tag" which is when one of the kids is
"It" and runs (while holding Jake) to tag the others. This baby is so
lucky that his siblings are still so smitten with him, as much or more even
than the first day they met him!
1/25/16
Eli: I feel like
an old man, and I'm walking like one too. (He had shots today in his leg and
now he's sore.)
2/4/16
Eli: In real
life mommies always know where things are.
2/11/16
Logan: What do
you get when you cross an elephant and Darth Vader? An elevator!
2/14/16
Eli: There were
a lot of strangers in my church class today. It was annoying. (Our ward had
it's boundaries changed and today was the first day with the new ward.)
2/22/16
Logan: Jakey
came to our family at just the right time to get lots and lots of love.
3/4/16
Logan to me:
"You're perfection!"
And what brought
on such a compliment, you ask? Me telling him they were having Kraft macaroni
and cheese for dinner.
3/10/16
Me: Look at all
the birds at our bird feeder!
Eli: Those are
Eli birds.
Me: Really? Why
are they called Eli birds?
Eli: Because
they're hungry all the time like I am.
3/16/16
Eli: We have to
keep Jake safe; he's the only baby we have!
3/21/16
Ali: I'm going
to keep a journal, like in Dork Diaries (a series of books she's reading). But
I'm not calling it the Dork Diaries because, of course!, I'm not a dork! I'm
calling mine the Fab Life!
4/5/16
Writing Prompt:
Who is worth more to you than gold?
Ali's Answer: My
mom and dad are worth more than gold. My mom even got me born!
4/6/16
Eli: This
seatbelt is too tight! I'm gonna pop!
4/7/16
Happy first
birthday Jake! Logan decided this morning we should nickname him Scooter
because rather then crawling he scoots around on his bum (cutest thing
ever!).
4/18/16
Eli: If you ever
go to mars don't take off your helmet! Your face would turn to ice if you did.
Me: Yeah, and
then you'd die.
Eli: No, you'd
just be very cold.
5/10/16
Eli: Grandpa is
bald... (pause) Aliens are bald...
6/6/16
Eli was trying
to order me around and Ali said to him, "She's not Princess Leia, or I
mean Cinderella..." You can tell which kind of movies reign around here!
6/7/16
Eli: You know
what I like to do? Eat.
7/6/16
Eli: I like
baths because after a bath you are all shiny like a hero. Or like a star. I bet
stars always take a bath before a show to help them be shiny.
7/7/16
Me: That's a
marsh.
Eli: Yep, and
sometimes martians live there.
7/11/16
Eli: watch me do
kabobs! (He means bobs, ducking your head all the way under water)
7/12/16
Eli: Moms don't
run! (That may not be a true statement for many of you moms, but his shock at
seeing ME run was valid!)
7/21/16
Eli: Mom, you
look weird in the morning.
7/22/16
Logan: I'm not
gold and this is not the gold rush, so stop rushing me!
8/18/16
Logan: I don't
need to worry, it's a mom's job to worry.
8/19/16
Eli: I want to
look nice today so will you put some jello in my hair?
10/17/16
I have a secret
admirer. I keep finding sweet notes all around the house signed "from your
secret admirer." Since they all begin by saying, "dear mom,"
Jason has decided not to be jealous of this young man who, though a bit younger
than me, is quite handsome and very sweet.
10/28/16
Eli: Everyone in
my class likes me because my name starts with a letter in the alphabet.
10/30/16
Logan: That gas
cost $23,456!
Jason: That is a
decimal, not a comma. So it was $23.45
Logan: Oh! Whew!
10/31/16
Me: Can you not
hear me or are you just ignoring me?
Eli: I'm
ignoring you!
11/26/16
Eli: What are
three musketeers?
Me: They were
soldiers who were friends who fought together and helped each other.
Eli: Hey, that's
like us! We are the six musketeers!
11/28/16
I'm officially
declaring Jake's first word a tie between "mama" and "no."
And really, what more does a baby need to be able to say?
11/30/16
Eli:I know why
we say "Merry Christmas!" It's because Jesus's mom's name was Mary!
12/4/16
Eli: I like it
when the moon is small like that. It makes me think of Jesus smiling down on
us.
