Little Mouths

"I can't do it myself. Braden take off my belly button!" ~ from the mouth of Gabrielle

"I have too many chores mom," sighed Gabrielle.

I asked my 5th grader to redo his English mistakes. "Do you need my help?" I asked "No I'm smarter than I was 15 minutes ago," he said with a grin.

"Shhhhhhhh mom! I counting my toes!" ~ from the mouth of Gabrielle

"Why are Papa's cows bawling?" I asked Tyson. "Maybe they're upset because they haven't had their babies yet."

"Mom, I got up 20 minutes late! It's going to throw off my entire day!!!" said Braden in a very frustrated voice.

Gabrielle loves to pray before meals. She speaks very quietly as she prays. We are constantly telling her to talk louder. One night as Papa was praying she interrupted his prayer by saying, "Papa I can't hear you, talk louder!"

Gabrielle- "I get out of bed at nap time." My friend asked her, "Do you get in trouble?" She replied "Exactly!"

What I've heard lately

10 yos talking to 6 yos "What was the first thing to land on the moon?" A still playing casual 6yo voice said "Luna 2"

2 yod talking to me "Oh Honnneeyy, mess, no, no"

2yod taking to 6 & 10 yos "Boys, no, NO!"

2 yod talking to 6yos "No No Hoonneeey, my shapes!"

"Who is that?" One of the boys asked my 2 yod pointing to me "Mama" she said "No her name is Annika", he replied. "No NO, just Mama!" she exclaimed. The boys think this is very funny, they ask her it all the time.

"Mom, I don't have to match, it's BASEBALL practice!"

"Babrielle, dentist too?" "Yes, Gabrielle gets to see the dentist too." "Oh, shankyou mama!!"

"Shankyou for the spanking mama." I guess she knew she needed shaping up.

"Man! I slept until 7:20 (am)!" 10yos

"Do we get to go to the donut factory today?" asked my 6yos. "Yes, we can go today" I said. "I like black donuts!" said my excited 2yod

Little mouths...

My 5 year old said to me", Sorry mom for the loud noise, my truck wasn't stable."
I replied, "That's ok...what does wasn't stable mean?"
"It means it wasn't balanced."
..6 hrs later..
"Honey, what did you say stable means?" I asked
"Mom, did you already forget!?! It means, it is balanced!"
I guess he really does know what it means
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"Moooomm, you know that word Braden called Gabrielle yesterday?!?"
"No, honey, I don't know what word you are talking about. You'll have to tell me."
"Well I can't remember, but he just called me that word!"
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"Wouldn't it be great if the world was made of apples and cinnamon. Then we could just eat the dirt."
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"Mom, check out these BIG armpits"
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"Gabrielle, it's ok. Mom can be tough on us sometimes. She still loves us."
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"I hope the new president outlaws school"
{spoken while guttin' his way through an English lesson}