Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Sometimes my kids say the funniest things and I often write them down in their journals, but I know that these little comments will allow others to laugh as well, so I am going to start sharing. I saw on another friends blog funny things that her kids had said on the side of her blog, so I will start doing that too. Here is a bit of an introduction of Kids Say the Darndest Things.



The other day when I was running errands with Hazel she said something that sure has made me giggle the last couple of days. We had just finished shopping at Wal-mart and she was sitting in the back of the car in her car seat. This is how the conversation went.
Mom: “Hazel we have just one more store to go to and then we are going to go pick up Kimball from preschool. “
Hazel: “Go to store with elevator”
Mom: “No we are not going to the store with the elevator today.”
Hazel: (Mumbles almost under her breath) “Little Poop”
I giggled to myself and quickly called my Mom. I recognize that this is a direct quote from Grandma Connie and I had to let her know that her granddaughter was sharing her new vocabulary with me.



Hazel: “Kimball my foot hurts, my foot hurts Kimball.”
Kimball: “What, your toe hurts?”
Hazel: “Yah”
Kimball: “But I’m not a foot doctor yet Hazel. . . I don’t know how to fix it.”





One day we got a babysitter to stay with the kids while Andrew and I went out on a date. I called to see how things were going. The babysitter said that everything was fine, but wanted to know what “Curious Georges” were. She said that Kimball asked, “How many Curious Georges before my Mom and Dad get home?” I had to laugh. We measure time for Kimball in ways that he can relate so we use “Curious Georges” as measurements of time. We explain that we will be to Idaho in 8 Curious Georges, or to Costco in only 1 Curious George. It works great for us, but it sure confused the babysitter.

BFFs...sometimes

I have been collecting pictures of my two kiddos the last few weeks of times that they are Best Buddies. These moments sometimes seem to be few and far between. When they are playing together nicely I smile and laugh at every funny thing that they do. I LOVE being a Mom!

One night while visiting with company in our living room, the kids disappeared downstairs for awhile. I began to get a little nervous about what was going on because they were being quiet. Next thing I knew they were giggling all the way up the stairs as they slid across the hardwood floor to reveal their mischeivious ways. True partners in crime. . .The Underpants Kids. Kimball got Hazel and himself all dressed up for the occassion.

Watching the garbage truck...the weekly ritual. (Sorry about the backlighting)

Kimball: "Alright Hazel I have 3 moneys how much do you have?"

Hazel: "One, Two"

Trying out the snow for the first time this year. Yes . . . they are wearing their pajamas under their boot and jackets.

Santa Clause Bubble Bath Beards!!!

BEST BUDDIES enjoying some popcorn and a movie together.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Last Wednesday we woke up to snow all over the ground, and after snowing the rest of the day by evening there was enough powdery white to hit the Sugar House Park hills with the 4 snow saucers I bought at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago for a few bucks. (Usually I just pass something like that by and wish that I hadn't a few days or weeks later.)



I called my good friend Christie to see if she wanted to pack up her two boys, Josh and Neil (they are the same age as Kimball and Hazel) and come sledding with us.

Kimball was on the move the whole time and here is the picture to prove it. He was especially proud of his "awesome trick" on the hill. One of the times down the hill he did a complete forward flip off the saucer, just as I was holding my breath waiting for the crash to come to an end, he landed facing backwards on his knees on his saucer. He finished going down the hill in "true Warren Miller style".

Josh and Neil had a good time sledding too. Josh told Christie that he didn't want to go down the big hill because it would be scary. As Christie was helping Neil up the hill I put Josh on a sled at the very top and told him to hang on. . . I don't think that he even had a chance to tell me no. He ended up having a great time even going down the big hill. Neil especially loved tasting the snow as you can see from the picture. Hey, but I couldn't blame him I wanted to lay down on my stomach in the fluffy powder and have a few tastes of my own.

Hazel LOVED her first sledding experience!!!

Just when we would get to the bottom of the hill she would jump off and say, "go again". She talked my into staying a little bit too long as you can see from the pictures it was dark by the time we left. Alright I didn't need much talking into because I was having just as much fun as the kids and I know that I laughed even more than they did.

By the time I got the camera out it was dark and the kids were cold and hungry. Next time we will have to start earlier and take pictures when it is still light outside.

I can hardly wait for more snow after a day like that!

Lions & Tigers & Bears Oh My!

We went to our ward Tunk-or-Treat lastnight. First we had a potluck soup dinner and then "trunk-or-treated" until the kids had more candy than we wanted them to have. After that I locked the keys in the car so we had to walk home trick-or-treating on our way. It's a good thing we don't live too far from the church! When we got there Andrew was lifting Kimball through a window, meanwhile, Hazel reached up and turned the doorknob and opened the door (oops! forgot to lock the house!) The kids had a great time, and if I do say so myslef, we had the best costumes of all!