So many.... I just need to write as many as I can remember

Kaden.. age 6
Kade: "mom.. you know how much I love you? I love you one billion, trillion and three quarters!"
Avery.. You know how much I love you mom? A Whole Lot.

Avery.... age 3 1/2
(on carving pumpkins)
"pumkin guts are agusting"

"star light star brite.. star I see tonite. I wish for a mermaid dress for me and my baby!"

(When it gets bright outside)
"look mom.. it's already good morning time!"

Brighton..... age 21 months
Although bright is just a little guy and just learning to speak... some of his words are the cutest of all. He's starting to say so many cute things.
Brighton went into the bathroom when brian was doing his thing, then he shut the door and said, "c ya... bye"

He can tell us what he wants.
I want ceeero (cereal). I want bobble (bottle). I need cookie (any other kind of food)
I want caiya (caterpillar.... Baby Einstein Movie), I need bankie (blankie)

Bright asks for "Caiya" When Baby Einstein comes on, Bright smiles big.. runs to the couch, claps his hands and says Yeah!!!!. Then will sit there until it's over. When the final credits show.. he starts saying mom.mom.mom.mom... until I come and push play again. Sometimes he'll go and push play himself :)

More Jobs

Kaden age 6

Mom: "Kaden, will you please take all the toys and put them in the playroom?"
Kaden: "That's a piece of cake, mom"


Avery age 3
Mom: "Avery, will you go in and start picking up your tea party stuff?"
Avery: " Okey, Dokey, Smokey, Rokey!"

(Tattling on Dad)
My kids are doing awesome on doing jobs. We've got a great little schedule going which includes a bigger job they have to help Brian with when he is home. One day.. Brian must have not given them a job because this is what I heard when I got home.
Kaden: "Mom.. dad didn't give us our Super Duper Daddy's Day off job"

(I WILL REMEMBER THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY TATTLING THAT HE DIDN'T DO A JOB WHEN HE'S A TEENAGER AND WONT WANT TO LIFT A FINGER TO DO ANYTHING!!!!!)

Mom the slave driver

Kaden- 2 days before he turned 6

Kaden was talking to his grandma larsen on the phone. He was trying to schedule his annual birthday shopping trip with her. She suggested they go Friday morning.
Kaden said, "Well, I have to get up and then I have to do my jobs.. so why don't you come over after that?"

About 3 different times in the conversation he told her he needed to do his jobs. Finally I told him he could miss doing his jobs for one day and he said, "Grandma guess what? My mom said I didn't need to do my jobs on Friday, so you can come over and get me in the morning!"

Prayer Time

Brighton 20 months
Wow!!! Brights first entry!

I told the kids to come and get ready for prayer and Brighton came over to the couch, and said,
"na en eoij alls dk na , ana na ..... namen!"

One funny Dude

Josh... (Kaden's friend) Age 5

Josh was over playing the other day and I heard Avery say... "Josh, you're funny"

Josh then said... "Ya I know. I went to funny school when I was little"

I've been told

Kaden age 5

Brian and I just got home from New York and I had to jump right back into cake stuff. At dinner, Kaden said,
"mom... after dinner can we cuddle on the couch and watch a movie and NO CAKES!!!"

Who Needs Help Saying a Prayer?

Avery age 3

I was helping Avery add a little more to her prayer than the usual... "Heavenly Father thank you for this day, bless me to be good. Name of Jesus Christ Amen".....

So I was helping her say a few more things and I said, "bless me to follow..... (I was going to say the prophet) but Avery finished my sentence by saying "bless me to follow the leader".

Whos the Adult

A couple sundays ago I had to get mad at Brian for turning on a video game for Kaden to play during sacrament meeting. I let Kaden know that it wasn't the best place to play video games because it's not a reverent thing to do at church. Well last sunday, Brian turned on the dumb game again and Kaden looked up at Brian, turned off the phone and said, "Dad.. do you remember what mom told us about games at church?"

Brian got told! Way to go Kade:)

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!"

Up Way Too Early

Avery age 2 1/2

Intro:
Avery got up extra early today and went into Kaden's room. Kaden got mad because he wasn't ready to be awake yet so he went back to bed after tattling on Avery of course.

Mom: Avery why are you up so early?
Avery: DayDee not want to be good morning yet, but mommy and Avry want to be good morning.

Good News Bad News

Avery age 2 1/2

Mommy, I have some good news and some bad news.
The bad news is that the "no is melting and we can't sled anymore"
The good news is that I get to go shishing with my daddy soon!

A Childs Simple Understanding

Kaden age 5

In Kaden's prayers the other night he said:
"please bless baby matthew that he will have fun playing with Heavenly Father"

Tattle Tale

Avery age 2 1/2

Brian: Avery are you cute?
Avery: Ya
Brian: Wow! You are humble too!
Avery: No. I a princess.
Brian: OK.. A humble princess.
Avery: (starting to wine and cry a little bit) "mommy, daddy said I a humbo princess. I not a humbo princess.

Lovin the Cousins

Avery age 2 !/2

3 times a month my Jenni, Jana and I take turns watching all the cousins so we can have a couple weekend nights a month to go on dates. It has become the highlight of the week for all the kids. (They LOVE their cousins!!!)

Today while we were shopping, Avery said out of the blue, "Ahhh, I so assited for cousin late ober"
translation: "I'm so excited for cousin late over"

(I wonder if they will still have cousin late overs when they are teenagers.... i hope so! I love that they are the best of friends)

Princess Avery

Avery age 2 1/2

Kaden and Avery were watching Repunzul on TV and then decided they wanted to play "Princess and Prince". Avery ran in to get her Cinderella costume on so she could be a "pincess Avree" and Kaden put a sword down his pants and said he didn't need a costume... just the sword.

Well, pretty soon I hear Avery say, "DayDee (Kaden) dance with me" and I looked over and they were holding hands going around in circles.

I think it's the first time they have played make believe when it was more "girly" instead of killing ninja turtles or going on rocket launches!

As a side note, it's been fun to see Avery get a little more into girl things. As we were watching the movie, I said, Avery look, it's a castle. Avery said, "Oh, I LOVE castles and princesses"

Bad Dream

Kaden age 5

"Mom, I had a bad dream last night"
(Turia): What was it about bud?
"I dreamed that it was Christmas morning and I wanted an air rocket really bad but all I got was a train set"

Turia: "Well, Kade.. last year all you would have wanted was a train set"
Kaden: "No mom... last year I wanted that race track!"

Frustration

Kaden age 5

Kaden and Avery were playing in the tub this morning and they had all their bath toys nicely lined up on the ledge of the tub. Avery kept knocking them down (shocking.. I know)

Kaden finally got fed up with it and said, "Uggggghhh, Avery... work with me here!" as he put the toys back up onto the ledge.

How Did Jesus Get Owies in His Hands?

Avery age 2 1/2

During church yesterday I was trying to teach Avery about the holes in Jesus's hands during the sacrament. I asked her where the "owies" on Jesus hands were and she pointed to her palms. (so cute.. by the way)
I then asked her how Jesus got hurt. She said, "Jesus was playing and he running too fast and fell down and got hurt"

Oh.. Maybe I spent too much time in stores

Kaden and Avery 5 and 2 1/2

Kaden and Avery playing together.

Kaden: Give me a card. It doesn't matter what one. A costco card will work.
Avery: OK... here it is (she pretends to give him a card) then she holds out her hand and says.. "Wheres my cash?"