Teddy Girlfriend

As Tony was putting the boys down to bed tonight, he turned off the lights.  From the dark, he heard two-year old Gabe say, “Now I can’t see my girlfriend” in reference to his teddy bear.

Barbie World

Sierra: I don’t like Barbies.

Me:  That was random.  Where did that come from?

Sierra: I don’t know.  I was just thinking about it.  They don’t boost my self-confidence.

Me:  That’s okay.  You don’t have to have any then.

Sierra:  Self confidence?

Me: No…Barbies.

"If it make you happy"

Following a testing-the-limits incident, I told Gabriel he needed to apologize, to which he responded, “Sowwy mommy... if it make you happy.”

God did!

As part of our routine bedtime prayer time, Gabriel and I talk about everything God made.  I love how his little two year old face lights up when he gets the right answer and my heart swells with motherly pride.  “Gabriel, who made you?”  “God did!”; “Gabriel, who made the sky and the ocean?” “God did!”  So cute, right?  Well… it started out that way.  Of late it has turned into, “Gabriel, who spilled applesauce on the carpet?”  “God did!” or “Gabriel, who put rocks in the potty?”  “God did!”  This morning when Sierra went to go open her bedroom door, I heard her exclaim, “Who locked my door?!” to which Gabriel piped up, “God did!”  

...me thinks "God" may have taken on the form of a 2 foot tall little boy...

November 8, 2011

Upon exiting the shower and making his way to his room, ‘lil Tony lost his towel.  While he quickly recovered it, he still cried out, "Quick, somebody fetch me my dignity."

 

January 15, 2011 

**NEWSFLASH** Cordless house phones do not float. I repeat, they do not float. Thank you, Gabriel, for enlightening us all.

February 2, 2011 

I'm speechless. Sierra to me: "Mom, I just realized that if we're here during all the tribulation stuff and everything is all crazy, we won't even have time to shave!"

February 5, 2011

Sierra to me: "Mom, last night I had a dream that you were on What Not to Wear. Weird, you had on that same shirt you're wearing right now."
Christmas isn't looking too promising for her already.

February 5, 2011

Today is Super Saturday Clean-up day at our home.  As I announced that this Saturday morning it was met with a groan in unison.  As I was making the list of chores that would be assigned to each happy child, Christian came in as though he had already gotten ahead of the game and asked, “Is brushing my teeth a chore?  ‘Cause if it is, I’ll do that today.”

February 8, 2011 

**NEWSFLASH** Like it’s close cousin, the cordless house phone, the Blackberry cell phone also does not float.  I repeat, it does not float.** This update brought to you courtesy of Gabriel.

February 8, 2011

Tony to me:  Mom, is it okay if I siphon gas from your truck for my dirt bike?  Me: I already told you after the last time that we added that to the “Things you’re not allowed to do” list.

The Great Flood

As four year old Nico has a soft spot for his big sis, he often sneaks into her bed in the middle of the night.  On one such occasion, Sierra woke up and exclaimed, “Nico, you peed in my bed!”  Nico looked around and surveyed the damage and gave Sierra an exasperated look.  Then he took a deep breath and responded, “Well I wasn’t planning on it!”

November 15, 2010 – I just witnessed three terrified boys run by, followed by a fourth small child chasing them with a dirty diaper. 

November 22, 2010 – I just overheard the boys having an argument and had to intervene when Christian called Antonio "Obama" and Antonio retorted with "Biden" before it got any uglier...