Funny Things Kids Do

A photo collage of my silly kids, and some funny things they say...

 

Kaleb and Aaron like to hide. Usually we don't even know they are hiding from us! Eventually I notice they are missing--but Derek is the best finder. I peeked in their closet but not in their hampers. Look what Derek saw when he took a look in the hampers!

 

Sneaky!

Aaron and Braylen like to catch critters. Notice which son of mine is not pictured? (The one who doesn't like to catch critters!) :)



Toad and Snake...I mean, Aaron and Braylen

At the beginning of summer (you know, mid-May) Aaron found a book with several science experiments he wanted to try. I meant to try more than one, but I think we only did one. It's hard to remember way back to May, but this is the only one I have a picture of! We filled a measuring cup with water and lots of salt, dangled a paperclip from a pencil, and watched crystals form on the glass, paperclip, string, and pencil. Eventually the water evaporated and the crystals spread to the outside of the glass. Aaron was fascinated, and I am happy he is still easy to please. :)

Here's the experiment 3 months after we began!

And a close-up view, including Aaron's "Do not touch" sign. Along with his foot, I see.

While fishing in the rowboat, Aaron reeled in a nice large mouth bass. This must be how Braylen felt about his little brother catching a big fish.

Celebrating our birthdays at the lake this year, Braylen chose to bring his friend Hunter along. Who says bobbing for apples is a fall activity? The kids picked all these apples and more.

We opened our gifts at the cabin, and Derek kept Aaron entertained by taking pictures with his phone. Remember, Aaron thinks my birthday presents are boring! :)

I think they look a lot alike in this picture.

Speaking of Aaron, I have a few funnies:
While describing his most recent soccer game, he says, "Mommy, we were neck-in-head the whole game!" (He meant neck-in-neck)

"What does butter turn into when it melts?" (Another one of his questions he likes to constantly ask and ask and ask me!)

My kids have 3 names for their great grandmas: GG, great grandma Muriel, and the chip grandma. Many times Aaron gets them confused. While praying for his great grandma GG who passed away yesterday, Aaron remembered to pray for his daddy and uncle and aunt and grandma also--that they wouldn't be too sad and would know that great grandma is in heaven now. While sorting all the grandmas out in his prayer, he says, "I pray for grandma--plain grandma--my plain grandma..." I bet my mother-in-law just loves being called plain! :)

And not to forget about Kaleb...
He wanted to order a guava snow cone this summer but couldn't remember what to call it. So he said, "I'll have a Q'Doba snow cone!"

A Life Well Lived

Today we celebrate with Derek's grandma as she passed into her eternity with Christ this morning. Her 30+ years of battling Parkinson's disease have come to an end. I can only imagine how she must feel right now. We love you Grandma!

"GG" with six of her great-grandkids :)

An August Visit

Because of the baptisms this summer, Mom and Dad spent the first week of August with us. And since 3 of us have August birthdays, we decided to have a party! :) We did other fun things too. Like go for a bike ride, swim in the pool, put up corn for winter, and have a grandparents' day without the parents along. Like always, time flew by. But we have our memories...and our pictures.

Floating in the pool. What a life!

Supper after swimming!

We had help shucking the corn.

Just some of the corn waiting to be blanched.

It was hot work, but worth it.

Believe it or not, we are making ice cream in this picture!

The birthday crew, with Derek in the background scooping our homemade ice cream.

Mom made this beautiful scarf for me. I can't wait for this heat to go away so I can wear it!

Mom has a pool now too, so we got her a skimmer. :)

Silly Grammy!

Playing at the children's museum.
Dad also took Braylen to a car museum--just the two of them.

Almost even!

LOVE!

My big boy

Grampy and Kaleb have a special bond.
Come back soon Grammy and Grampy!

I liked our August visit. And now that it's September, we are one month closer to seeing them again. :)

Aaronisms at age 8

Cute little home grown carrots!

I love looking back at my earlier blog entries. Boy, my kids sure gave me plenty of funny material to write about. It makes me kind of sad though, because the funnies are fewer and farther between now. Or maybe I'm not paying attention like I used to? Is life so busy that I don't notice the funny parts? I hope not! Either way, I tried to be intentional this week about jotting down any funnies my boys might give me. Aaron did not let me down. :)

I bought a new pair of sunglasses this week. Derek asked me if they were polarized. I told him I didn't know, but they block UVA and UVB rays. Aaron piped up from the backseat and this is what I heard: "I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but I know you have no user fees!" When I asked him what he meant, he said, "You don't have any U's or V's in your sunglasses!" See why I thought he said user fees?

I spent a day this week with one of my closest friends while our kids were in school. What a highlight of my week! Later, when the boys were home again, I told them what I did that day. Aaron said, "That sounds so boring. All girls do is talk talk talk. You have boring friends." He also thinks my birthday gifts are boring. He moaned and groaned before I opened my gifts, going on about how boring they are. Good thing I don't need his approval to enjoy my birthday gifts and my time with my friends!

These next two quotes from Aaron should be called "deep thoughts" instead of funnies. His mind processes things differently than anyone I've ever known. Of my 3 sons, Aaron is my deepest thinker. He has so many questions and wonderings...is that a word? It is now. Here are some of Aaron's wonderings. :)

"Mommy, would you rather have a famous child or a normal child? I think having a normal child is better, because if you were famous then people would never leave you alone." This question came out of the blue when we were driving somewhere and I have no idea what made him ask me that. We talked about what it would be like to be famous, and concluded we are glad to be normal. :)

While I was making an early supper before rushing around to soccer games, Aaron asked me this: "Why do most people want the same thing? I mean, people at school pick things like chicken nuggets, corn dogs, and popcorn chicken for lunch. Why is that? Why don't more people pick the other kinds of food? Why do we like the same things?" Too many questions tossed at me during a hectic evening. I basically told him it's just kid-friendly food and it tastes good. Lame answer for my deep thinker, but many times when he asks me these questions my mind is fried and frazzled!

I hope Aaron keeps asking his questions. But maybe he can ask his daddy sometimes? And if my answers are too boring, he needs to look elsewhere for some excitement! :)