A Time For Laughter

Since this is Wednesday, I've been on the go all day. Supper preparation's calling my name. Patches need sewn on 2 Awana vests. I wonder what games we'll play in T&T tonight? Being the game leader, I should figure that out. Soon. But I've had 2 weeks of funnies from my kids that are piling up in my brain. I don't think they will last much longer. I'm also 2 weeks behind in blogging about our lives, but that will have to wait for another day... Right now I'm taking time for laughter. :)

In random order, here we go:
One day Aaron said to me, "I'm so glad we have a German Shepherd. So much money for a lot of fun. You like a pet more than money, right Mom?" Looking at my checkbook, yes--I must like a pet more than money!

After a yummy supper of enchiladas, Braylen (my 10 year old!) said, "Those were really good iguanas Mom!" Ha! Later that night, he said, "What did we have for supper? What are they called? Iguanas?" The word "enchilada" never did stick in his brain.

Volunteering in my sons' classrooms has it's perks. Like the time I went to Braylen's class and saw he was wearing a completely different outfit than the one he'd worn to school. Hmmm. Now I know he was wearing shorts underneath his pants and stuffing his long sleeve shirts in his backpack once he gets to school. Not anymore! If he wants to live to see another day... :)

One night while making supper, I could barely keep my eyes open. I felt so tired! I said, "Wow, I just don't have any get-up-and-go tonight!" Braylen said, "Mom, you're like Grandpa's Dodge Avenger. He says it doesn't have that either." I don't think I've ever been compared to a car before.

My dad is a lifelong fireman. My husband is a policeman. Anyone who knows anything about firemen and policemen, knows that they have an intense rivalry. When my parents visited us last week, my husband said this to my dad: "You know why we have policemen, don't you? Because even firefighters need heros." Hardy-har-har! :)

A couple summers ago, our church had a pirate theme for Sunday School. So when we were leaving Awana last week, Aaron tells me he sees a pirate. I was very distracted navigating through the crowds of people--imagine that--so I simply agreed with him. I assumed he saw a leftover pirate decoration. Well, imagine my surprise (and horror) when I looked up and saw a man with a patch over his eye, picking up his child from Awana! I had agreed with Aaron (out loud) that he'd seen a pirate! But it was someone's dad! Aagghh! Or should I say, "Arrrg!" :)

Aaron rides in the car with me every month to drop off our bills. The other day we were making our way to one of our drop-off points, and Aaron was trying to guess which place we were going. He says, "I know! We're going to the big blue can!" The what? Oh yeah--the blue mailbox at the post office. :)

A craft fair came to town. My mom planned to take Aaron, since the two of them were on their own for the day. The rest of us had a very fun place to go--more about that in a later post. Anyway, I wasn't sure my 5 year old son would like going to a craft fair with his grammy. So the night before the big day, I told him what he'd be doing. Immediately he says, "Oh good! Will they make things with mud?" What? Then he tells me about a cartoon he saw one time, and I figured out he was talking about making pottery. Well, there's NEVER been a working potter's wheel at this craft fair. When I tell him that, he insists one will be there. As it turns out, the little bugger was RIGHT! He saw a man working at a potter's wheel, and he even got his very own piece of pottery. A small little pot just big enough for one dandelion. :) For free. Did God smile upon him or what?!

Finally, just 2 little word mix-ups:
Aaron says "petuna" and "tulop" for tulip.
He says "re-raser" for eraser. :)

Okay, time to get back to my Wednesday Rush! But it felt so good to sit down for a bit! :)