The things they say

I have not been getting up in the morning for obvious reasons, and let's just say Adam is no morning person, which leaves the kids running around wild for the first hour of the day. A few days ago I overheard this from the playroom:

Charlie: KATE!!!!!!! AW you just blessed you on me

Kate: I yorry

Last night I made my way into Charlie's bed at some point in the night and a few hours later he woke up crying, from a nightmare...

Charlie: NO, Kate is eating all the gorilla balls

Being the middle of the night it took me a minute to think about what he was talking about. The mental image in my head was not pretty. But then I quickly remembered he was talking about a cereal he likes to eat.

A few days ago Charlie was having a tough moment. He was upset about something and yelling at us. Adam asked him repeatedly in a nice voice to either calm down or leave the room. When Charlie wouldn't do either, Adam got up and walked towards him raising his own voice a bit.

Charlie: (face full of tears and red) Daddy, remember the golden rule!

We have been working with him on not loosing his cool and yelling so much when he is upset. My mom has been talking to him about the golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated. So when he felt like his dad was yelling at him, he wisely pointed out that Daddy should treat others as he wants to be treated.

About a month ago people, including myself, began asking the kids what they wanted to be for Halloween.

Kate's answer for a solid month: A BUTT, and then she breaks into a crazy belly roar. She thought of this idea all on her own. Thankfully about a week ago she changed her mind, after one day of proclaiming that she wants to be a butthead, she moved on to a fairy.

This past weekend Adam was a champ. It has been a real struggle for me to make it through the day, let alone work a few hours and parent my energetic kids. Saturday Adam gave me the entire day off and took the kids on a bike ride to Hatch school. Charlie is usually very good about stopping at stop signs and looking both ways. As they were approaching a street Adam reminded Charlie to stop and look both ways before crossing the street. Charlie did not look both ways, but instead rode out in the middle of the street.

Adam: Charlie, you didn't look both ways you could have been hit by a car.

Charlie: I don't know what to tell ya....

They say laughter is the best medicine....