the setting: this morning. quik trip gas station. walking around inside with samantha, amongst other patrons...
the conversation:
sam (loudly, for all to hear): mom, what would happen to me if you got arrested right now?
me: well, the nice policeman would take you for a ride in his car and bring you to daddy or nana or your auntie.
sam: i'd say 'oh mommy i'm so sorry you have to be arrested right now.'
me: well, that's why i try to obey the laws and do what's right so that i won't get arrested.
sam (cheerfully): oh! well at least i'd finally be able to see what the inside of a jail looks like!!
me: *in shock, mouth gaping, bewildered look on my face*
the reality: no, i do not have a warrent out for my arrest. just a REALLY creatively curious daughter!
has anything like that happened to you? do your kids ask you crazy random questions?! do tell!!
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
the scene of the crime: target
the offense: passing up a ridiculously cute, cheap pair of hot pink converse shoes.
yep... that's right. on monday i went to target. i had my kids with me. and my soon to be 5-year-old niece. i had time to kill before i was supposed to drop her off at my mother-in-law's house, so to target we went. i had to get ryan's medicine refilled, so as we waited for the prescription we wandered around target, each member of our posse hanging on to the cart, and touching nothing. we meandered through electronics, housewares, toys, and finally arrived at the shoes. there, before my eyes, was a whole aisle of clearanced shoes. i carefully looked them over, waiting for a pair to jump into my cart and demand that i buy them.
and then i saw them.
converse. hot pink. 75% off.
i flipped over the price tag. $4.98
i looked at the size. girl's 2.
ugh... i wear anything from a woman's 7.5 to a 9, depending on the shoe, unlike my sister who can fit into both women's and girl's shoes. i searched through the shoes anyway, just hoping there might be a pair that would fit. and then i found them. girl's size 5.5.
i tried them on. they fit! but for some reason i was deliberating if i should buy them, when suddenly samantha piped up and said, "MOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!" (no, not oo as in moon, but a long, drawn out, said-with-an-attitude 'MOM') "WHY are you trying THOSE sneakers on?! you're NOT even a TEENAGER anymore!!!"
i took them off, put them back on the shelf, got ry's prescription, walked out the door, and drove away. (you know, after putting the kids in the car...)
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back at home i tweeted my offense. i knew ashley would yell at me, but i didn't think everyone would! i guess it was evident that i WAS out of my mind.
it didn't take much to convince me that i needed to go back and buy the shoes, so the next morning we ventured out to target again. i grabbed a cart and headed straight for the shoes. after a minute of thinking they were gone, i saw them. i snatched them up and stuck them in my cart. and all wrongs were made right... 
yes, ryan is kissing my shoes. i may or may not have thought of doing the same thing...
moral of the story? and i have the bestest friends! even when i mess up, they're right there to set me straight. that is, after they threaten to not be my friend, and don't want to look at me for 3 months!
oh, and don't pass up a cute five dollar pair of shoes!
Monday, December 28, 2009
not me! monday
well obviously i have NOT neglected my blog posting and reading to enjoy Christmas with my family, but now i'm back!
when i left you last, i was NOT looking forward to getting two teeth cut out. the oral surgery did NOT go great, with a little pain afterwards that has been easily remedied with advil. on Christmas Eve i did NOT slightly look like john mccain, due to swelling. and for the past three days? i have NOT had a bright yellow bruise on my cheek. but it is NOT so much better than super gluing my tooth!!
so speaking of Christmas... our plans for a lasagna dinner did NOT almost go up in flames. literally. while i was preparing said dinner, i did NOT place the box of lasagna noodles on the stove so that i could get my 9x13 pan out and i did NOT once again turn on the wrong burner, thus burning the cardboard lasagna box. and one noodle inside. i did NOT fess up and tell ben so he could lecture me before he smelled the burnt box and lecture me anyway. he did NOT come up with the brilliant idea to take all burners except one out of the stove. sounds good to me—what a great excuse not to cook!
the highlight of our Christmas with ben's family was NOT a "blush brush" that my 12 year old niece got in her stocking. i will NOT let the pictures tell the rest of the story...
yesterday it was warm enough that samantha got to go out and play in the snow. so i got her snow pants out only to realize that they were NOT a size 4T. surprisingly she fit into them. however, they did NOT come about halfway up her shins. so i did NOT lengthen the shoulder straps with ribbon and safety pins and then pull the legs down so that she could still wear them!one of samantha's Christmas presents was a girl's day out with only mom which included dinner and getting her ears pierced. so i took her tonight to get it done, and all the way there she was talking about how excited she was, but also how nervous she was at the same time. and then she did NOT say to me in her teenager voice, "mom? i don't want a big audience there when i get my ears pierced, but i just wish dad and ryan could be there because they like just support me sooooo much and i just wish i could have a little more support there with me." i did NOT try so hard to keep from bursting out in laughter. and thankfully i did NOT succeed!
she did NOT do great and i was NOT extremely proud of her bravery. oh, and she did NOT age about 10 years. because on the way home, she was NOT constantly talking about when she'll get her driver's license and how she just wishes she could drive right now. oh boy...
before—could she be any more excited?!
after—my brave girl!
happy monday!
Monday, November 16, 2009
not me! monday
it's monday and mckmama's back for not me!! hop on over to her blog for some theraputic reading or to play along. of course, you know, after you read this post!
if you're friends with me on facebook, you may already know this story. samantha likes to play farmville on ben's facebook, and one day while playing it, she did NOT ask me, "mom, what does e-m-a-i-l mean?"
me: "why honey?"
sam: "because i'm signing up for facebook!"
me: "ummm.... no you're not!!! you're too young to sign up for facebook."
sam: "no i'm not too young. see..?!" as she's pointing to the sign-up page.
me: "no, you can't sign up honey.'
i did NOT think that was that, and go about my business, when a couple minutes later she did NOT ask, "mom, what year do i put in?"
me: "SAMANTHA YOU MAY NOT SIGN UP FOR FACEBOOK!!!!"
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this week ben did NOT open a wii game (that we got for samantha for christmas) to try it out to see if it would be a good game to get for some other family members. he did NOT end up showing it to samantha and letting her play with it just so that he could keep playing it also. oh well, right?! so then a couple days later he did NOT do that with yet another game that we had gotten for her. and in the days since then, he has NOT played those games more than she has... ok, i admit it, i have NOT been playing them more than her either!
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and not to leave ryry out, the other night i did NOT try to bribe him to give me a goodnight kiss in exchange for his binkie and chewy (his lovey). he did NOT refuse my offer. so therefore he did NOT have to go to sleep without said binkie and chewy.
when i tried that trick again last night, he did NOT cry and cry "BIIINNNNKKKKKIIIIIEEEEE" for about 15 minutes. and when i finally gave in and let him have it, he did NOT tearfully say "thaaaaaank yooooou." ahhh. it did NOT melt my heart. and speaking of the little peanut, he did NOT have some hard-working guardian angels this week...
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what have you NOT done lately?! happy monday!
if you're friends with me on facebook, you may already know this story. samantha likes to play farmville on ben's facebook, and one day while playing it, she did NOT ask me, "mom, what does e-m-a-i-l mean?"
me: "why honey?"
sam: "because i'm signing up for facebook!"
me: "ummm.... no you're not!!! you're too young to sign up for facebook."
sam: "no i'm not too young. see..?!" as she's pointing to the sign-up page.
me: "no, you can't sign up honey.'
i did NOT think that was that, and go about my business, when a couple minutes later she did NOT ask, "mom, what year do i put in?"
me: "SAMANTHA YOU MAY NOT SIGN UP FOR FACEBOOK!!!!"
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this week ben did NOT open a wii game (that we got for samantha for christmas) to try it out to see if it would be a good game to get for some other family members. he did NOT end up showing it to samantha and letting her play with it just so that he could keep playing it also. oh well, right?! so then a couple days later he did NOT do that with yet another game that we had gotten for her. and in the days since then, he has NOT played those games more than she has... ok, i admit it, i have NOT been playing them more than her either!
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and not to leave ryry out, the other night i did NOT try to bribe him to give me a goodnight kiss in exchange for his binkie and chewy (his lovey). he did NOT refuse my offer. so therefore he did NOT have to go to sleep without said binkie and chewy.
when i tried that trick again last night, he did NOT cry and cry "BIIINNNNKKKKKIIIIIEEEEE" for about 15 minutes. and when i finally gave in and let him have it, he did NOT tearfully say "thaaaaaank yooooou." ahhh. it did NOT melt my heart. and speaking of the little peanut, he did NOT have some hard-working guardian angels this week...
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what have you NOT done lately?! happy monday!
Monday, August 24, 2009
not me my child! monday
welcome to not my child! monday--the kid's edition of not me! monday. because let's face it, like mckmama said, mothers aren't perfect and neither are children! so let's dive right in to the wonderful things my children have NOT done this week.
while shopping in the makeup aisle at walmart last week, samantha did NOT point to a picture of a beautiful woman and say, "mom, if your eyebrows looked like this i'd like you more. and if your whole face looked like this i'd like you more too."
i did NOT then proceed to have a talk with her about liking people for who they are and not because of their looks...
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one morning as samantha woke up and walked by my room she did NOT say to me, "mom, sorry we woke up so early." it was NOT 10:30am!
and along those lines, after waking her up at 7:30am for church yesterday morning, she did NOT say, "thanks for letting me sleep in today mom." (and the day before we slept in till 11am...)
no, my daughter does NOT have weird sleeping habits or a bad perception of time!
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yesterday as i was going to tell ryan 'sit so i can put your shoes on,' i did NOT get my words mixed up and accidentally say a naughty word. thankfully samantha was in the other room so she didn't hear. but when daddy told her that mommy said a naughty word she did NOT say to me, "mommy, did you say the s-word?" no, my daughter does NOT know what the s-word is. i refuse to believe it.
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it has NOT been my son that has been screaming at naptime and bedtime for no reason. so that two hours of screaming you heard last week? must have been the neighbor's kid...
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on the other hand, ryan has NOT been amazing me by his wanting-to-go-potty craze. i mean, who wouldn't fancy sitting on the potty for 20 minutes singing fun church songs and then getting mini gummi bears?! he does NOT like it so much that now when i go to the bathroom?... can you guess?? he follows me in, sits on the step stool in front of me, and and starts singing "i'm in the Lord's army." which is followed by clapping, of course, after i go potty.
i do NOT reward myself with mini gummi bears...
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and last but not least, ryan does NOT wave bye-bye to his potty when we flush the toilet. so it really shouldn't have surprised me when he tried blowing a kiss to his tinkles the other day. and in his attempt, he did NOT end up licking the toilet seat...
what has your child NOT done this week? stop by mckmama's blog for some other hillarious not my child! monday posts.
happy monday!
while shopping in the makeup aisle at walmart last week, samantha did NOT point to a picture of a beautiful woman and say, "mom, if your eyebrows looked like this i'd like you more. and if your whole face looked like this i'd like you more too."
i did NOT then proceed to have a talk with her about liking people for who they are and not because of their looks...
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one morning as samantha woke up and walked by my room she did NOT say to me, "mom, sorry we woke up so early." it was NOT 10:30am!
and along those lines, after waking her up at 7:30am for church yesterday morning, she did NOT say, "thanks for letting me sleep in today mom." (and the day before we slept in till 11am...)
no, my daughter does NOT have weird sleeping habits or a bad perception of time!
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yesterday as i was going to tell ryan 'sit so i can put your shoes on,' i did NOT get my words mixed up and accidentally say a naughty word. thankfully samantha was in the other room so she didn't hear. but when daddy told her that mommy said a naughty word she did NOT say to me, "mommy, did you say the s-word?" no, my daughter does NOT know what the s-word is. i refuse to believe it.
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it has NOT been my son that has been screaming at naptime and bedtime for no reason. so that two hours of screaming you heard last week? must have been the neighbor's kid...
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on the other hand, ryan has NOT been amazing me by his wanting-to-go-potty craze. i mean, who wouldn't fancy sitting on the potty for 20 minutes singing fun church songs and then getting mini gummi bears?! he does NOT like it so much that now when i go to the bathroom?... can you guess?? he follows me in, sits on the step stool in front of me, and and starts singing "i'm in the Lord's army." which is followed by clapping, of course, after i go potty.
i do NOT reward myself with mini gummi bears...
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and last but not least, ryan does NOT wave bye-bye to his potty when we flush the toilet. so it really shouldn't have surprised me when he tried blowing a kiss to his tinkles the other day. and in his attempt, he did NOT end up licking the toilet seat...
what has your child NOT done this week? stop by mckmama's blog for some other hillarious not my child! monday posts.
happy monday!
Monday, August 3, 2009
not me! monday
welcome to not me! monday. this blog carnival was created by mckmama. you can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
first off, i have NOT been thinking and praying for stellan and the whole mckfamily this week. and checking twitter for updates has NOT been a priority to me. nope, i did NOT unsuccessfully try to avoid a shopping trip to target one day just so i could stay home, close to the computer...
while scrambling to find something to wear to church sunday morning i did NOT grab the new shirt that i wore on friday night for our family pictures. it was definitely NOT the unwashed shirt that was NOT gently laying in the hamper... i did NOT freshen it up with a spritz of perfume, concluding that my dirty, perfume masked shirt was NOT the nicest shirt i own. i do NOT need new clothes...!
ryan is NOT beginning to show his 2-year-old colors. he has NOT been defiant and stubborn lately. note, adorably defiant and stubborn. and in a moment of his deliberate naughtiness, instead of administering some much needed discipline, heather and i did NOT burst out in laughter. ahh, this should be a fun year with ryan!
in an attempt to do some kung-fu moves on me, my husband did NOT totally biff and land on his already injured bad knee. immediately following the fall i did NOT hear girlish laughter/crying. but on the upside, ben's spirits were NOT lifted due to the fact that my sister got some great action shots...
i did NOT have a couple heart to heart discussions about marriage with samantha this week. it did NOT make me sad and a little bit scared, considering she's only 6 years old. one day out of the blue she did NOT say to me, "mom, i just don't know who to choose to marry---him* or him*---last night i was just laying in bed thinking about who i should choose." oh goodness, i will NOT have my hands full with her for the next 12+ years. and after reading this, ben will NOT want to invest in a shotgun.
*i promised i wouldn't tell any names. come to think of it, i might have promised not to tell this story... shhh.
there you have it. what have you NOT done this week?
Friday, June 26, 2009
blogging begins with toothless grins
for the last few months samantha has been asking me for her own blog. i told her she could practice on mine a few times before i let her have her own.
so today, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, i am proud to introduce samantha, who is here to share some exciting news!
this is samantha. yesterday i lost my first tooth. and dad used pliers and then my tooth fell out.
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so right before bedtime samantha wrote this note, shoved it and her tooth in her tooth fairy box, and hid it under her pillow.
i kissed her goodnight, snuggled the video camera in by her bear, and theni was off to play tooth fairy i went to bed and apparently the tooth fairy came in the night!
samantha awoke this morning excited to find $10 (the going rate for first-time tooth loss. i think the next tooth will only earn a dollar.) and a note from the tooth fairy. she was excited to find out that ms. tooth fairy is in fact a girl, and she was so grateful that she got to keep her tooth!
so today, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, i am proud to introduce samantha, who is here to share some exciting news!
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this is samantha. yesterday i lost my first tooth. and dad used pliers and then my tooth fell out.
this is my tooth.
the tooth fairy got me two five dollars.
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i think she has a future in blogging, no?!
i wish she could put into words just how happy she was last night. her tooth was really lose yesterday, but not quite ready to pop out just yet. until we went to subway last night. she took a bite into her sub and...
"OUCH! mom, my tooth hurts."
so i ended up cutting her sub into little ryan-sized bites and she was able to eat her dinner. ben told her that he'd pull her tooth with pliers at home and she was fine with that. i told her that her gums might bleed a little bit, and then she was worried!
when we got home daddy had the brilliant idea to let her eat a popsicle first to numb her gums. and then POP! he pulled it out. and samantha was THRILLED!! she has been waiting for this for sooooo long!
then came all the questions about the tooth fairy. will the tooth fairy take my tooth? can i keep it? it is a boy or girl? how does the tooth fairy know what house to go to?! does it come through the window? maybe it's waterproof and comes through the pipes!
so right before bedtime samantha wrote this note, shoved it and her tooth in her tooth fairy box, and hid it under her pillow.
as i tucked her into bed she asked me ever so sweetly if she could have the video camera in bed with her. her plans were to stay awake for as long as she could, or try to wake up so that she could take a picture of the tooth fairy. of course i obliged!
i kissed her goodnight, snuggled the video camera in by her bear, and then
samantha awoke this morning excited to find $10 (the going rate for first-time tooth loss. i think the next tooth will only earn a dollar.) and a note from the tooth fairy. she was excited to find out that ms. tooth fairy is in fact a girl, and she was so grateful that she got to keep her tooth!
Monday, May 18, 2009
not me! monday
happy monday! it's time for not me! this blog carnival was created by MckMama. you can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
here's what has NOT been happening around here:
a couple weeks samantha did NOT ask me if we live in “an apartment or a downsizing?” i did NOT have to contain my laughter when I replied, “no, we don’t live in an apartment or a downsizing honey, we live in a townhouse. (seriously, where did DOWNSIZING come from?!)
in all my excitement to go garage saling with my sis on friday, i did NOT lock myself out of the house. i had NOT gotten the kids buckled in the car when i went to reach in my purse for my keys only to realize that they were still NOT in the house. and the front door was NOT locked. so i did NOT have to get the kids back out of the car and walk down to the maintenance office and pay $10 for them to come unlock our door.
this week i did NOT walk into the kitchen to find ryan sucking on lid of the trash can. you know, the one that raw chicken scraps and egg shells go into. ewww...
we are so NOT addicted to cereal that we did not buy 10 boxes of cereal.... when we already had 15 boxes of cereal at home. so we do NOT have 25 boxes of cereal in our pantry now. hmmm...i wonder what i should have for breakfast?!
i did NOT finally vacuum for the first time in about 4 weeks(!) the other day, only to find ryan sweeping the carpet with the dusty broom after i had put the vacuum away. i did NOT decide to not vacuum it again since the carpet didn't look dirtier than it had before i vacuumed!
i did NOT buy samantha a teeny little teaset at a garage sale, so in the last 2 days we have NOT had 3 tea parties. she is NOT the bestest little hostess! and yesterday after she had a tea party with her nana and papa, she did NOT make them pay her 50 cents each. she is also NOT very sly!so what have you NOT done this week? go ahead--have fun and fess up!
Monday, May 4, 2009
not me! monday
yay! mckmama's back for not me! monday... go visit her blog to see the most recent pictures of her fab four, to read about what everyone else has NOT been doing, or to join in on the fun with your own not me! monday post!
but first...
i have NOT given myself a big bloggy vacation (did y'all miss me?!). i was NOT at my parents' house (and away from my husband) for 2 weeks. and when i finally came home last monday, i did NOT bring my parents home with me for 5 days. (actually, they brought me...) so i do NOT have a lot of catching up to do!
anyway, on our trip home from minnesota last monday, at one of our stops, i did NOT have a most interesting conversation: while washing my hands in the restroom, a lady that had just used the hand dryer did NOT say to me “wow, there’s powder in the dryer!!!” so when I went to dry my hands she pointed to a little sticker on the dryer. so i told her, “oh, no, it says 'feel the power,' not powDer.” she apparently didn’t hear me because she did NOT keep rubbing and feeling her hands saying that they felt different and she was NOT trying to figure out how in the world they put powder into the hand dryer. and when i finished drying my hands she did NOT say to me “feel your hands—don’t they feel different?” i did NOT quickly say "no" and exit the bathroom…!
before leaving my parent's house, i did NOT hide a leather candle for my sister to find. (it is a tacky little candle thingy that travels between me and my sister... click here to read about it!) i did NOT hide it inside the little gas tank door on her car. and i did NOT duct tape it in there just to be sure it wouldn't fall out. so when heather went to get gas the other day i did NOT freak her out because i did NOT fail to think of the fact that having something duct taped to your gas tank might be a little suspicious and could possibly look like a bomb... (sorry heath!)
this week samantha did NOT ask me "mom, do we live in an apartment or a downsizing?” i did NOT have to contain my laughter when I replied, “no, we don’t live in an apartment or a downsizing honey, we live in a townhouse. (seriously, where did DOWNSIZING come from?!)
i most certainly have NOT been drugging ryan up at night ever since he did NOT stay up until 2:45 the other night. nope, it's not me who has been pumping him full of tylenol and orajel every night. and it has NOT been working!
today our nephew is NOT leaving to join the US Navy. so on saturday night we did NOT have to tell him goodbye (yes, in the taco bell parking lot). i did NOT think it wouldn’t be too hard to tell him goodbye. and as i was hugging him goodbye and went to let go, he did NOT keep hanging on. i did NOT lose it. and i did NOT cry like a baby in the car after we left.
and yesterday when i was looking at the pictures on my camera, i was NOT taken by surprise to see a picture (that ben had apparently taken) of me crying and hugging him. i did NOT almost lose it again. Cameron — I love you, I’ll miss you, and I am so very proud of you!
well, since i have NOT done any housecleaning of any sort in three weeks i'm NOT off to do mounds of laundry, dishes, vacuum, dust, mop, clean the bathrooms, etc. oh, who am i kidding, i'm NOT going to go read some not me blogs!
what have you NOT done this week?!
but first...
i have NOT given myself a big bloggy vacation (did y'all miss me?!). i was NOT at my parents' house (and away from my husband) for 2 weeks. and when i finally came home last monday, i did NOT bring my parents home with me for 5 days. (actually, they brought me...) so i do NOT have a lot of catching up to do!
anyway, on our trip home from minnesota last monday, at one of our stops, i did NOT have a most interesting conversation: while washing my hands in the restroom, a lady that had just used the hand dryer did NOT say to me “wow, there’s powder in the dryer!!!” so when I went to dry my hands she pointed to a little sticker on the dryer. so i told her, “oh, no, it says 'feel the power,' not powDer.” she apparently didn’t hear me because she did NOT keep rubbing and feeling her hands saying that they felt different and she was NOT trying to figure out how in the world they put powder into the hand dryer. and when i finished drying my hands she did NOT say to me “feel your hands—don’t they feel different?” i did NOT quickly say "no" and exit the bathroom…!
before leaving my parent's house, i did NOT hide a leather candle for my sister to find. (it is a tacky little candle thingy that travels between me and my sister... click here to read about it!) i did NOT hide it inside the little gas tank door on her car. and i did NOT duct tape it in there just to be sure it wouldn't fall out. so when heather went to get gas the other day i did NOT freak her out because i did NOT fail to think of the fact that having something duct taped to your gas tank might be a little suspicious and could possibly look like a bomb... (sorry heath!)
this week samantha did NOT ask me "mom, do we live in an apartment or a downsizing?” i did NOT have to contain my laughter when I replied, “no, we don’t live in an apartment or a downsizing honey, we live in a townhouse. (seriously, where did DOWNSIZING come from?!)
i most certainly have NOT been drugging ryan up at night ever since he did NOT stay up until 2:45 the other night. nope, it's not me who has been pumping him full of tylenol and orajel every night. and it has NOT been working!
today our nephew is NOT leaving to join the US Navy. so on saturday night we did NOT have to tell him goodbye (yes, in the taco bell parking lot). i did NOT think it wouldn’t be too hard to tell him goodbye. and as i was hugging him goodbye and went to let go, he did NOT keep hanging on. i did NOT lose it. and i did NOT cry like a baby in the car after we left.
and yesterday when i was looking at the pictures on my camera, i was NOT taken by surprise to see a picture (that ben had apparently taken) of me crying and hugging him. i did NOT almost lose it again. Cameron — I love you, I’ll miss you, and I am so very proud of you!well, since i have NOT done any housecleaning of any sort in three weeks i'm NOT off to do mounds of laundry, dishes, vacuum, dust, mop, clean the bathrooms, etc. oh, who am i kidding, i'm NOT going to go read some not me blogs!
what have you NOT done this week?!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
a favor...UPDATED
UPDATE: samantha's ankle is feeling much better. after i wrapped it in an ace bandage last night she attemted to walk on it a little bit, and then when her auntie rah got home she pretty much ran to the door to tell auntie about her injury. she told me to write to everyone "thank you so much for praying. my ankle feels better." so thanks!
ORIGINAL POST: today was a beautiful day here in minnesota (i'm at my parent's house for a visit), so this afternoon we went outside for a while. when we were done samantha started running to go inside. then she lost her shoe and was hopping around on one foot. we got her shoe back on and she said her ankle hurt. when she started walking again she limped for a couple steps then started sobbing. she bawled as i carried her all the way back to the house. so she either twisted it or rolled it or something. i don't know. apparently it hurt a LOT because she asked me to please call the doctor! i propped her ankle up and put ice on it, and as she was crying the questions came "mom, will i be able to walk again?" and "what if i can't play games at awana tomorrow?"
then after a few minutes she said with the saddest look and with tears rolling down her face, "mom, can you put it on your blog so that people will start praying for me?"
absolutely.
so, if you would, please say a little prayer for samantha's ankle to feel better!
in other news, ryan started throwing up on sunday, and he didn't sleep well that night. we took our 11 hour trip to minnesota yesterday with him throwing up in the van only once! and after a better night of sleep last night he's been much better today! i guess he just needed gramma!
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ORIGINAL POST: today was a beautiful day here in minnesota (i'm at my parent's house for a visit), so this afternoon we went outside for a while. when we were done samantha started running to go inside. then she lost her shoe and was hopping around on one foot. we got her shoe back on and she said her ankle hurt. when she started walking again she limped for a couple steps then started sobbing. she bawled as i carried her all the way back to the house. so she either twisted it or rolled it or something. i don't know. apparently it hurt a LOT because she asked me to please call the doctor! i propped her ankle up and put ice on it, and as she was crying the questions came "mom, will i be able to walk again?" and "what if i can't play games at awana tomorrow?"
then after a few minutes she said with the saddest look and with tears rolling down her face, "mom, can you put it on your blog so that people will start praying for me?"absolutely.
so, if you would, please say a little prayer for samantha's ankle to feel better!
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in other news, ryan started throwing up on sunday, and he didn't sleep well that night. we took our 11 hour trip to minnesota yesterday with him throwing up in the van only once! and after a better night of sleep last night he's been much better today! i guess he just needed gramma!
Friday, April 10, 2009
girl's got heart
samantha wants to be a missionary. after learning about it at church, and having a former sunday school teacher go to peru as a missionary, samantha has talked about it several times. and there's a boy in one of her classes at church who's parents will be going overseas this year. one day samantha told me "oh, i just wish i could go right now with them and tell the people about Jesus!" she has such a big heart for people and their need for God, so it didn't really surprise me when she said that. so i told her that she could be a missionary any time by showing God's love to people and telling her friends about Jesus.
she had fashioned her own assembly line. first she cut the pages out of her small notebook, then she'd stamp 5-6 pieces of paper with her hello kitty stamp, followed by "God... Loves... You..."
...nope!
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so i don't know why i was surprised when i caught her doing this about a month ago.
she had fashioned her own assembly line. first she cut the pages out of her small notebook, then she'd stamp 5-6 pieces of paper with her hello kitty stamp, followed by "God... Loves... You..." "what are you doing samantha?"
"i'm writing 'God loves you' so that i can hand it to all the kids so that they can know about Jesus."
i caught myself before i discouraged her endeavor out loud and thought to myself, it's not like she's really going to hand those out. i mean, she's home-schooled so it's not like she'd hand them out at school. she'll forget about it anyway.
"oh that's neat, honey. you're making a lot."
"yeah. i'm making one for every kid in the whole world."
"really? how are you gonna give one to every kid?"
"we're gonna drive in the car and i'm gonna throw them out the window and they can run into the street to get them."
i admit i discouraged that idea a little. afterall, we don't want the kids running out in the street!
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later that night she showed her daddy the fruits of her labor. we counted all the papers she had made--27!
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the next day the papers disappeared and i didn't think anything of it. the day after that went to my one-stop-shop for some needed supplies and food. and of course samantha brought her purse. while i was busy searching for a certain type of cereal, she walked over to the employee who was busily restocking the shelves. "here, this is for you." she held out a paper, then turned and walked back to me before the lady could say anything. i don't know why, but i was shocked again! wow... she actually did it!
she handed out 3 more to random employees who seemed confused rather than touched by her gesture. then we headed over to festival, the real grocery store. she gave one to the butcher who was also uninthused. then as i was checking out she gave one to the cashier, and the 18 year old sacker boy who both seemed genuinely appreciative! the boy kept saying "that's so awesome," and "thank you very much!" it was cute. i think he made her day with his excitement!
on the way home i told her i was proud of her for sharing God's love with others. she was so excited and exclaimed in her grown-up-wanna-be-14-year-old voice "i know!!! i just can't believe that i'm a missionary now!!!"
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the following week she handed a few more out. she tried to remember to take her purse everywhere so that she could pass them out to people, usually employees. then we hadn't gone anywhere for couple days, so i had forgotten about it.
until...
...we all went back to festival to grab a few dinner ingredients. when we got to the checkout line, she again handed a paper to the cashier (not the same one as before) and the lady bagging our items. they were both impressed. the one lady said she was going to hang it on her fridge, and the other was going to put it up in her office. while they were talking to samantha another cashier came over and the sacker lady said to her "look what she just gave me!" to which the other girl excitedly replied, "oh my goodness!!!!! i've been waiting to meet you! i've heard all about you from the other employees that you gave a paper to!!" and samantha happened to have just one left in her purse so she gave it to her.
she was practically beaming as we left the store.
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so was i surprised when i found she had started to made another stack of these...?!
...nope!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
thankful thursday
today i'm thankful for imagination. i loved my imagination (except for those times when it got the better of me) while i was growing up. and i can see that samantha's huge imagination is a lot like mine was.
we have this game at bedtime called "hey honey" that she and i play every now and then. it all started a few years ago when she ran upstairs and hid in bed. and when i went into her room to tell her goodnight she said from under the covers in her best 'daddy' voice "hey, honey!!" so i said, "hi, whatcha doin'?" to which she replied, "watchin' ball..." so we carried on a conversation as if she were ben, while she kept herself hidden under the covers.
after puting the kids to bed last night, i am thankful for imagination. because without it, i could not have great conversations like this:
sam (in her big bad daddy voice under the covers for the entire time) - "hey honey!"
me - "oh, hey babe. i didn't know you were up here. what are you doing in samantha's bed?"
sam - "just waiting to tell ryan goodnight."
me - "oh, well ryan's down here in his crib. so why don't you come down and tell him goodnight." (samantha has a loft bed)
sam - "i can't."
me - "why not?"
sam - "because i'm a ghost."
me - "haha. no you're not because ghosts aren't real."
sam - "YES THEY ARE!!!!!"
me - "well are ghosts ticklish?"
sam - "no."
i climbed up on the chair, put my hand under the covers and started tickling her and she started wiggling and laughing.
me - "sounds like you're laughing which means you're ticklish. so that means you aren't a ghost."
sam - "i know. i'm not a ghost. i'm an ALIEN."
me - "oh. well if you were an alien you wouldn't kiss ryan goodnight. you'd just take him back to your planet."
sam - "well why didn't you say so?!"
me - "because if you're an alien you should already KNOW that!"
silence
me - "hey, why don't you come and tell ryan goodnight then we can go downstairs and have a snack."
sam - "that's okay, i have snacks up here... like ten hundred snacks."
me - "oh, well can i have one?"
her hand emerges from underneath the covers and puts an imaginary snack in my hand.
me - "that's not a snack. that was nothing!"
sam - "it is too a snack. it's a ghost snack."
me - "well humans can't eat ghost snacks."
sam - "yes they can. it's a human ghost snack. you just have to imagination it."
me - "oh, well i could also just go downstairs and get a real snack..."
sam - "fine. go downstairs!"
me - "ok..."
as i started walking out of her room she jumped up out of the covers and started laughing. i acted all surprised that it was her and not ben, and she was quite proud of being able to conceal her identity for that long.
oh my sweet silly sugar, i'm so thankful you think like mommy and that i can imagination things with you!
we have this game at bedtime called "hey honey" that she and i play every now and then. it all started a few years ago when she ran upstairs and hid in bed. and when i went into her room to tell her goodnight she said from under the covers in her best 'daddy' voice "hey, honey!!" so i said, "hi, whatcha doin'?" to which she replied, "watchin' ball..." so we carried on a conversation as if she were ben, while she kept herself hidden under the covers.
after puting the kids to bed last night, i am thankful for imagination. because without it, i could not have great conversations like this:
sam (in her big bad daddy voice under the covers for the entire time) - "hey honey!"
me - "oh, hey babe. i didn't know you were up here. what are you doing in samantha's bed?"
sam - "just waiting to tell ryan goodnight."
me - "oh, well ryan's down here in his crib. so why don't you come down and tell him goodnight." (samantha has a loft bed)
sam - "i can't."
me - "why not?"
sam - "because i'm a ghost."
me - "haha. no you're not because ghosts aren't real."
sam - "YES THEY ARE!!!!!"
me - "well are ghosts ticklish?"
sam - "no."
i climbed up on the chair, put my hand under the covers and started tickling her and she started wiggling and laughing.
me - "sounds like you're laughing which means you're ticklish. so that means you aren't a ghost."
sam - "i know. i'm not a ghost. i'm an ALIEN."
me - "oh. well if you were an alien you wouldn't kiss ryan goodnight. you'd just take him back to your planet."
sam - "well why didn't you say so?!"
me - "because if you're an alien you should already KNOW that!"
silence
me - "hey, why don't you come and tell ryan goodnight then we can go downstairs and have a snack."
sam - "that's okay, i have snacks up here... like ten hundred snacks."
me - "oh, well can i have one?"
her hand emerges from underneath the covers and puts an imaginary snack in my hand.
me - "that's not a snack. that was nothing!"
sam - "it is too a snack. it's a ghost snack."
me - "well humans can't eat ghost snacks."
sam - "yes they can. it's a human ghost snack. you just have to imagination it."
me - "oh, well i could also just go downstairs and get a real snack..."
sam - "fine. go downstairs!"
me - "ok..."
as i started walking out of her room she jumped up out of the covers and started laughing. i acted all surprised that it was her and not ben, and she was quite proud of being able to conceal her identity for that long.
oh my sweet silly sugar, i'm so thankful you think like mommy and that i can imagination things with you!
Monday, March 30, 2009
not me! monday ~ stellan style
it's not me! monday with a spin... this week not me! monday has been moved to the cline's blog and is in honor of stellan and the whole mckfamily. 5-month-old stellan has been in the PICU for over a week now and desperately needs a miracle. visit mckmama's blog to read updates about stellan, and please pray!
like so many other fellow bloggers, stellan has NOT been on my mind all week. visit the cline's blog to see who else has NOT been obsessed with stellan this week.
i have NOT been glued to the computer every day waiting for updates and blog posts. the refresh button on my browser does NOT hate me!
i did NOT decide to check mckmama's blog and twitter at 2am after ryan briefly woke up.
i did NOT freak out on wednesday when he went into v-tach. i did NOT slam my laptop shut and say "samantha we have to pray NOW!" after briefly telling her what was happening with stellan she did NOT start praying before i could start. and her prayer was NOT super lengthy for a 5-year-old. she did NOT pray to Jesus to "please let stellan live because he is so special to us." she did NOT make me cry.
i was NOT asked if mckmama was a friend of mine when i lived in minnesota, since i talk about them like i know them. nope... never met her, although she is my sister!
after praying for dinner the other night samantha did not ask her daddy "aren't you gonna pray for stellan?" ben did NOT reply with "who's stellan?" uh oh... you have a lot to learn, ben!
if YOU still don't know who stellan is, go visit mckmama's blog and please please pray our special little boy!
like so many other fellow bloggers, stellan has NOT been on my mind all week. visit the cline's blog to see who else has NOT been obsessed with stellan this week.
i have NOT been glued to the computer every day waiting for updates and blog posts. the refresh button on my browser does NOT hate me!
i did NOT decide to check mckmama's blog and twitter at 2am after ryan briefly woke up.
i did NOT freak out on wednesday when he went into v-tach. i did NOT slam my laptop shut and say "samantha we have to pray NOW!" after briefly telling her what was happening with stellan she did NOT start praying before i could start. and her prayer was NOT super lengthy for a 5-year-old. she did NOT pray to Jesus to "please let stellan live because he is so special to us." she did NOT make me cry.
i was NOT asked if mckmama was a friend of mine when i lived in minnesota, since i talk about them like i know them. nope... never met her, although she is my sister!
after praying for dinner the other night samantha did not ask her daddy "aren't you gonna pray for stellan?" ben did NOT reply with "who's stellan?" uh oh... you have a lot to learn, ben!
if YOU still don't know who stellan is, go visit mckmama's blog and please please pray our special little boy!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
never a wordless wednesday...
...with samantha around. here's some of the cute things she's said recently.
handicap - a convenient cover made out of aluminum foil. "mom, thanks for making this handicap for my yogurt!"
likewisely - i guess it's a much smarter way to say likewise.
ashleigh wednesday - apparently the first day of lent, also known as ash wednesday. (i guess samantha's nana was telling her about this because we're not 'lenters' around here and know nothing about it.) so last week when samantha asked me "mom, it's ashleigh wednesday today, right?" i had to laugh.
"BURRRRRR I HAVE TO GO POTTY!!!" - not your common brr statement or your usual i-have-to -go-to-the-bathroom phrase, but you know how babies shiver when they pee? well apparently samantha got a shiver and realized she had to go to the bathroom. now. she made it, by the way! ;-)while giving the kids a bath.... "mom, look how i do a cartwheel in the tub." ahhhh! thankfully i stopped her before she attempted that!
and it's not only talking that comes out of her mouth. she also loves to sing and make up songs. i caught her on video the other day, without her knowing. i don't know which song i like the best, so i'm gonna upload them all for your enjoyment! i've also written down the lyrics in case you don't understand them. :-)
Jesus always loves me
I love you Jesus
Ooh ooh oooh....
Ooh ooh ooooooh....
Aah aah aaaahhh....
Aah aah aaaahhh...
He provides us food
So we're so thankful
But He has a reward
For us called Heaven.
Yeah yeah yeah..
Yeah yeah...
God of mercy
I love him
Because his Son died on the cross.
God loves me.
I love him.
Yeah.
Sometimes we get scared
But Jesus is always with us.
But sometimes we get scared
We call Jesus with us oh
Oohhhhhhhh oohhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhh.
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I love you Jesus oh yeah
You don't like it when I sin
But you like it when I obey.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
that would be "vows...."
samantha got married the other night. her cousin was the maid of honor and her stick horse was the groom. she needed someone to do the ceremony, so she asked me, "mom can you do the wows"?
Friday, December 19, 2008
my walking commercial
i've got a personal infomercial. yep, you guessed it. my sponge of a child, samantha, sees or rather absorbs commercials and "replays" them to me at the most random times. we'll be in the store and she'll see some "mr. clean" product, ask me if i want to buy it, and then tells me why exactly i need it!
lately she's been on kick of telling that she needs pixos just because of the commercial on tv.
"mom, they're easy to use and they're safe."
"yes dear."
"...and you don't need any heat."
"yes dear, but we're not going to get them."
"...and you don't use glue."
"yes dear, we're still not going to get them."
"...and they don't make a mess mom. do you want me to be messy mom?"
"no sweetie, but we're still not going to get them."
"okay....... i guess if you want me to make a mess then...." she said in her best you're gonna regret this voice.
well, we didn't buy them, she hasn't made a mess without them, and i've come to the conclusion that she watches way too much tv!
lately she's been on kick of telling that she needs pixos just because of the commercial on tv.
"mom, they're easy to use and they're safe."
"yes dear."
"...and you don't need any heat."
"yes dear, but we're not going to get them."
"...and you don't use glue."
"yes dear, we're still not going to get them."
"...and they don't make a mess mom. do you want me to be messy mom?"
"no sweetie, but we're still not going to get them."
"okay....... i guess if you want me to make a mess then...." she said in her best you're gonna regret this voice.
well, we didn't buy them, she hasn't made a mess without them, and i've come to the conclusion that she watches way too much tv!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
thankful thursday
first of all... i don't know if someone else has come up with a thankful thursday scheme so i totally won't take credit for it. but this is something that has been on my mind for a while---that i need to be more thankful. and i should be able to come up with something every week shouldn't i?? (you're invited to do the same!)
the past week i've been trying to teach samantha about being thankful and grateful. the other night we were going to go out for dinner because it was too late to make anything scrumptious and i didn't have anything quickly fixable in the house that ben would like. so as we were getting ready to leave ben told samantha that we were going to go to the dumpster for dinner. i saw this as a great teaching opportunity and asked samantha if she though anyone would ever do that. "eewwwwww! that's so gross! no one would eat from the trash!" she said. so i explained to her that yes, some people do eat from the dumpster because they don't have food and we need to be thankful for the food we eat even when we may not like it the best and on and on.
so lesson taught and off we go. we ended up at dairy queen (which has a rep with my mom for not being very good). ben got 2 cheeseburgers and the kids and i split a chicken strip basket. long story short---the food was gross. everything tasted like it had been sitting for quite a while, the chicken and fries were cold and hard and the hamburger was pink in the middle. so i asked for a refund, got my money, we hopped in the car to go somewhere else, and right away samantha pipes up from the backseat, "mom, i thought we were supposed to be thankful for our food even when we don't like it. didn't we just talk about that tonight?? right??"
oh crap. i hate it when my daughter teaches ME a lesson. (but at least i know she was listening to me earlier...) so i apologized to her about not being thankful for my food and so on and then ben proceeded to tell her that if the food was free we would've eaten it and been thankful for it but we had to pay a lot of money and if we threw away the food we would've been wasting our money and dairy queen needs to know that the food wasn't good so that they don't keep making it that way. whew! (yes i know that was a run-on sentence) he made me feel a little better after saying that, but i still learned a lesson from my 5 year old.
so all that said, here's what i'm thankful for today: food! it's not number 1 on my list, but it goes along with the story! i have a fridge full of food right now. my freezers are plumb full and i have so much stuff in my pantry that there is some stuff i can't even see. i am thankful for food. food that is not dug out of a dumpster or trash can because my family is hungry. food that is fresh and healthy. food that is warm on a chilly day. food that i have chosen. food that is not hazardous to our health. food that satisfies our appetites. even food that is gross from dairy queen! we are so blessed.
the past week i've been trying to teach samantha about being thankful and grateful. the other night we were going to go out for dinner because it was too late to make anything scrumptious and i didn't have anything quickly fixable in the house that ben would like. so as we were getting ready to leave ben told samantha that we were going to go to the dumpster for dinner. i saw this as a great teaching opportunity and asked samantha if she though anyone would ever do that. "eewwwwww! that's so gross! no one would eat from the trash!" she said. so i explained to her that yes, some people do eat from the dumpster because they don't have food and we need to be thankful for the food we eat even when we may not like it the best and on and on.
so lesson taught and off we go. we ended up at dairy queen (which has a rep with my mom for not being very good). ben got 2 cheeseburgers and the kids and i split a chicken strip basket. long story short---the food was gross. everything tasted like it had been sitting for quite a while, the chicken and fries were cold and hard and the hamburger was pink in the middle. so i asked for a refund, got my money, we hopped in the car to go somewhere else, and right away samantha pipes up from the backseat, "mom, i thought we were supposed to be thankful for our food even when we don't like it. didn't we just talk about that tonight?? right??"
oh crap. i hate it when my daughter teaches ME a lesson. (but at least i know she was listening to me earlier...) so i apologized to her about not being thankful for my food and so on and then ben proceeded to tell her that if the food was free we would've eaten it and been thankful for it but we had to pay a lot of money and if we threw away the food we would've been wasting our money and dairy queen needs to know that the food wasn't good so that they don't keep making it that way. whew! (yes i know that was a run-on sentence) he made me feel a little better after saying that, but i still learned a lesson from my 5 year old.
so all that said, here's what i'm thankful for today: food! it's not number 1 on my list, but it goes along with the story! i have a fridge full of food right now. my freezers are plumb full and i have so much stuff in my pantry that there is some stuff i can't even see. i am thankful for food. food that is not dug out of a dumpster or trash can because my family is hungry. food that is fresh and healthy. food that is warm on a chilly day. food that i have chosen. food that is not hazardous to our health. food that satisfies our appetites. even food that is gross from dairy queen! we are so blessed.
Monday, November 3, 2008
tidbits
i need to start writing down everything samantha says because one of these days she's gonna grow out of her blondness. (i hope!) here's what i can remember from the last week:
on our way home from minnesota while crossing the state line, samantha said, "bye minnesota. see you later..... hi iowa!!!! it's sooooooooo good to see you again!"
"oh!!! it's frosting today!"
right after that she was looking out the window at the stars and asked, "mom, can you help me find the apple dipper?"
and a couple minutes after that she excitedly exclaimed,"MOM!!! I KNOW WHO WE'RE GONNA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT!!!"
"who?" i asked, thinking she would say john mccain. she's a HUGE mccain supporter or as she would say, "we're cheering for john mccain..." anyway... i asked "who?" to which she replied, "JESUS!"
ohhh, wouldn't that be nice..!
this one makes absolutely no sense, but last night as we were in the car the dome light wasn't working very well. ben said "i'll have to fix it again." and samantha pipped up with "i know..... so that you don't have to pay for it anymore, why don't you just spend all your money and buy a new car!"
what a good solution. i can't believe we didn't think of that! :-)
on our way home from minnesota while crossing the state line, samantha said, "bye minnesota. see you later..... hi iowa!!!! it's sooooooooo good to see you again!"
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tuesday morning we went outside to go to church and there was frost on the car windows and on the ground. with much awe and enthusiasm, samantha proclaimed, "mom, it's snowing today!"
"no, honey, that's just frost on the window.""oh!!! it's frosting today!"
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the other night on our way to the airport she saw a street sign that was a little crooked and said, "oh no, it's gonna fall over! i guess they planted it wrong."right after that she was looking out the window at the stars and asked, "mom, can you help me find the apple dipper?"
and a couple minutes after that she excitedly exclaimed,"MOM!!! I KNOW WHO WE'RE GONNA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT!!!"
"who?" i asked, thinking she would say john mccain. she's a HUGE mccain supporter or as she would say, "we're cheering for john mccain..." anyway... i asked "who?" to which she replied, "JESUS!"
ohhh, wouldn't that be nice..!
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this one makes absolutely no sense, but last night as we were in the car the dome light wasn't working very well. ben said "i'll have to fix it again." and samantha pipped up with "i know..... so that you don't have to pay for it anymore, why don't you just spend all your money and buy a new car!"
what a good solution. i can't believe we didn't think of that! :-)
Friday, September 26, 2008
gone
we listen to contemporary christian music on the radio about 99% of the time. so samantha knows tons of songs and she always sings along with them. (and sometimes without them!)
we went to target last night and as we were walking through the store she was singing part of a song called "gone" by switchfoot. these are the lyrics to the chorus:
"gone, like yesterday is gone, like history is gone, just try and prove me wrong, and pretend like you're immortal."
i wasn't paying much attention to her singing until she got to the last line, started posing, and sang, "and pretend like you're a model."
we went to target last night and as we were walking through the store she was singing part of a song called "gone" by switchfoot. these are the lyrics to the chorus:
"gone, like yesterday is gone, like history is gone, just try and prove me wrong, and pretend like you're immortal."
i wasn't paying much attention to her singing until she got to the last line, started posing, and sang, "and pretend like you're a model."
well i just HAVE to post this picture again!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
vocabulary of a 5 year old
samantha has always been a talker. and she has always been smart! but as of lately, she's been making up words that apparently she thinks are real words. i don't know if this is just so that she'll feel older or sound more grown up or what. but it's quite funny some of the things she says. here's some of her made up words and the context in which she used them.
hurtyish. painful. "i'm glad ryan didn't fall down the stairs because that would be hurtyish."
slippyish. liable to cause slipping. "i almost fell because it was a little slippyish."
kindful. kind. "mom you are so kindful to help me!"
make suring. being certain. "i was make suring that there wasn't anything on the stairs.
coolish. pleasantly cool. "i like being over here in the coolish (under the air vent) so i don't get hot in my clothes."
breasttaking. remarkable, astonishing. "isn't that a breasttaking view?" needless to say she was quite embarrassed when i told her what a breast was and that the correct word was breathtaking... lol
unsweetish. not sweet. "eww... this is unsweetish."
agoodness. another way to say 'oh my goodness.'
me - "samantha don't touch that (bowl of spaghettios) because it's hot."
sam - "oh. is it agoodness hot?"
me - "what???"
sam - "UH-GOOD-NE-SSSS"
me - "what does agoodness mean?"
sam - "like, 'oh my goodness that's hot!'"
in addition to her creatively made up words, samantha also gets meanings mixed up every now and then. here's a few examples that i can think of:
a couple weeks ago she was unloading the dishwasher and stated, "wow... the dishes are really familiar." i asked her what familiar means and she said, "just really dry and stuff!"
then one saturday she was a little bored and asked, "mom, can we do school today? 'cause i'm embarassed." so i asked if she meant bored and she said, "oh yea!!! THAT'S what i mean---bored!"
during school last week she was reading her words (she always says what the word means when she reads it) and she read the word "fall." she thought about it for a moment then all of a sudden it hit her and she yelled, "like FALL BALL!!!!! like at daddy's softball games when the guy yells 'fall ball' and they don't get a base hit!!!!!!!!" well at least daddy will be quite happy that she knows what a foul ball is! :-)
needless to say she keeps us entertained by her vocabulary!
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