Hand Tools

I was helping James take apart a lego vehicle he was building...

James (8): "Oh, you're using your fingernails as a crowbar?"

The "Stupid" Color

Me: "James, what's your favorite color?"
James (7): "Red."
Me: "Red or maroon?"
James: "Not maroon.  Isn't maroon what you call someone that's stupid?"
Me: "No, that's 'moron.'"

Homonyms Defined

James (7) is showing Ronnie (3) his Lego magazine, and reading a comic strip in it.  

...laughter...James: "No, Ronnie, not the nuts you are thinking of! Nuts like crazy in the head!"

Isaiah's Lunch

Jesse: "James, go sit on the couch, you're going to feed your brother."

James (with a laugh): "But I don't have any boobs."

Best Workplaces in America

On our way out of my office, I grab my lunchbag...

James (7): "What's that?"
Me: "My lunch bag."
James: "Oh, that's nice that they let you have lunch around here."

Backseat Driver

I pass a car on a single-lane road...

James (7): "What, are you crazy?! You can't do that!!!"

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

James (7): "So, what do you want for Mother's Day?"
Mom: "I don't know. What do you think I want?"
James: "Your very own pocket knife?"

New Family Dynamics

James (7) upon meeting his new brother: "Um, does this mean I have to share my room with two brothers now?"

What We Learn by Watching Looney Tunes

James & Ronnie are playing in the bedroom. Ronnie apparently throws James' toy...

James (7): "Ronnie, don't throw my toy or I'm gonna tell."
Ronnie (3): "I'm not gonna tell."
James: "I KNOW you're not gonna tell... I'm gonna tell Mom you threw my duck."
Ronnie: "I'm not throwing your duck."
James: "Not anymore but you were."
Ronnie: "And I'm not telling Mommy."
James: "Fine, neither am I."

Looks like Ronnie got himself out of this one.

James' first digits

I was looking through James' school bag and discovered that James has scored his first digits from a girl in his class. Here we go... :oS

Pack-men

James & Jesse enjoying a day of football together...

What I Learned from my 1st Grade Teacher

James (7): "Extinct is a nice way of saying someone's 'dead' when you are in first grade."

The Exterminator

James (7): "Remember how I caught that mosquito in a ziploc bag? You know how mosquitoes make me feel when they bite?"
Mom: "Yes, they make you itch."
James: "Yeah, well next time I catch a mosquito, I'm gonna make him see how it feels. I'm going to trap him in a ziploc bag and put him in the garbage. We'll see how he likes it."
Mom: "Um ok..."

Huh?! :oS

M Cubed

It was getting close to bedtime so I told the boys they needed to quiet down and relax or I would send them to bed early.  They continued to shout and wrestle.

Mommy: "Ok, go brush your teeth. Time for bed."

James (with a sad face): "You used to be nice to me."

Mean Mommy Moment :o(

Kids

Daddy & Ronnie are in the bathroom getting ready for bed, because Ronnie didn't eat his dinner. 

Daddy: "No, you get to go to bed. You didn't eat your dinner."
James (overhearing them from the living room): "I bet this is one of those times Daddy wishes he never had kids."

Classic Cartoons

Jesse was gone at football camp for a few days, so the kids & I were having a lazy day watching cartoons. While watching Tom & Jerry...

James (very casual, yet matter-of-fact): "He's gonna feel like a jackass."

Mommy (thinking "Daddy's in BIG trouble"): "Um, what did you say?!"

At that moment, I look up and discover that Spike (the bulldog) did something without thinking, and he turns into a donkey... and a sign appears on his side that says "Jackass." 

Apparently James had seen this cartoon before... and Daddy is off the hook.  Wow! I can't believe I used to watch this as a kid!

Moose Poop & River Rocks

Tonight, we had a bedtime snack of Colorado Moose Poop (choc. covered peanuts) and chocolate rocks. Here are the boys pretending their teeth got broken:

Being Grateful...

James (6.5): "Mommy, how come you are always telling me to be grateful for the things I have, when you aren't letting me be grateful for my movies by not letting me watch them right now?"

Kindergarten Graduate

James graduated Kindergarten last Friday and we are so proud of him!

The Evolution of the Pencil Sharpener

James found an old pencil sharpener...

James (6.5): "Hey Mom. What's this?"
Mom: "A pencil sharpener."
James: "But it doesn't go bbbzzzzzzz..."
Mom: "Nope. Just watch... You turn the pencil in it like this..." (showing him with a color pencil)
James (eyebrows scrunched...): "What?? I have to turn it with my hand?"