growing up

I heard Riley and Abby talking in their room after going to bed tonight. This is unusual because they always go to sleep so quickly. I peeked in, and asked why they weren't asleep yet. Riley responded:

"You guys always get to stay up late, so we are just practicing to be a mom and a dad for when we grow up. We will finish soon."

balding bugs?

Abby saw a picture of my dad (her grandpa) when he was younger. I pointed out his stylin' plaid suit, but she was focused on his bald head and full beard.

Abby: "Mom, I know what happened to Grandpa"
Me: What happened?
Abby: "The baby baby bugs came and ate the middle of his head all up. They ate his hair and everything."

When Mom's Away... the Children Play

I went on a little R&R this week to Vegas with my friend Emily. Here are just a few things the kids said when I talked to them on the phone:

Kaden: Age 5
"Mom.. you will never believe it... Dad brought home grandpa's video games without telling you! They are so cool!"
(ya... mom's not a huge fan of video games.. I have a feeling they were played pretty much 24-7 while I was gone)

"mom, are going to bring me home a present? (Me) "Yep I am Kade, what would you want. (Kaden).. Well... you know what I want mom. (Me.) "So Kade, what do you want? (Kaden).. "I want it to be a surprise"
(Me.. thinking to myself.. "oh crap.. there goes the bubbles I bought him pre trip to act as if that was his present. He's not going to want some stinkin bubbles")

"Hey mom.. if I'm not awake when you get home, you can just leave my present on the bottom bunk"

(The best of all)
"Kaden saw me in bed this morning and he got a huge smile on his face, ran as fast as he could into my bed, hugged me and said, "I missed you mom" (Ahhhh... bring tears to my eyes.. I love this kid!)

Avery age 3
(Avery didn't want to talk to me much on the phone, but here are a couple things she did say)

"(holding her baby while playing with Kaden) "wa, wa, wa.... My baby got hurt with the weapons from the bad guys"

"Mom.. we are watching a movie and having popcorn and having fun without you. You NOT invited!

Once again.. the tear jerker... This morning she came in and started talking to brian, when I looked up at her, she stopped in the middle of her sentence and came running into my covers and cuddled with me and gave me a huge hug and said, "MOMMY! I miss you!" (seriously.. I don't ever want them to stop being so cute. It's so validating as a mom to get reactions like this)

Then speaking of reactions... Bright really could have cared less. I don't think he even remembered who I was for a couple hours. He just kept looking at me funny.

Helping Heavenly Father!

Tonight I was getting ready to go to Young Women's and of course whenever I get my shoes on the kids start asking where I'm going.

Camri & Garrett: Where are you going mom?
Mom: Young women's
Dad: She's going to help Heavenly Father.
Garrett: Are you walking?
Mom: Yes.
Camri: You're going to see Heavenly Father?
Garrett: No, if she was going to see Heavenly Father she would fly.

Visiting!

Camri: What are we doing today?
Mom: I don't know what do you want to do?
Camri: No, where are we going today?
MOM: Where do you want to go?
Camri: I go to Lori's house.
MOM: Lori is at work.
Camri: I go to say hi abam

Then a few minutes later she had her purse and said, I'm going to adam's by myself.

5th judge?

Riley was watching American Idol w/ Tyler tonight. Scott McIntyre (the blind guy) had just performed. Tyler asked Riley what he thought about his performance. Riley said:

I think he sounded pretty good, but if I were Simon, I would say, "I like you. You did pretty well, but you should keep working on your tone."

Which President?

I was talking to the kids about the Temple dedication this next Sunday, and told them that the Prophet is the one to dedicate it. I asked them who the prophet is:

Riley said, "Gordon B. Hinckley".
Abby laughed and said, "No. duh, it's Thomas S. Obama."

Too Much Monster talk...

Garrett and Camri have been talking a lot about monsters lately and how we have them in our basement. This morning I was expecting the insulation guy to come to our house. I was telling the kids that I was going to go take a shower and to not answer the door if someone comes.

Garrett: Why
MOM: Because we don't know who is at the door and what if they grab us.
Camri: And ate us!
Camri: I'm just pretending their monsters, Mom.

Being an Expert

Kaden age 5

I was taking Kaden and Garret home from preschool and Kaden said, "Garrett, you are so lucky you get to sit by Brighton. You can make him laugh the whole way home.. It's so much fun! Did you know I'm an expert at making Brighton laugh?"

Power in Advertising

Kaden age 5

Kade keep seeing commercials about "Cereal Straws" and begs me to get them. Well, I passed by them at the store and grabbed a couple boxes.
When we got to the check stand, he told the cashier, "Ahh, I've never been able to get cereal straws before. They are going to be so good".

When Brian got home from work, Kaden came and told him, "Dad... we got the coolest groceries ever!"