So You Say . . .

Before I forget them entirely, here are some funny things my kids have been saying.

Finn told me how he thinks I got pregnant (when I had my boys, not that I am now).

"Daddy buys a seed and puts it in your mouth and it goes to your tummy and grows into a tree and the babies grow on the tree."


Asher thought our Indian doctor spoke French. I told him he was had an accent like King Julian from Madagascar. Then Asher starts quoting the movie, "I'm a woman, are you attracted to me?"

Jaxon writes every day for me as part of our summer school.  Today I asked him to write a sentence about everyone in the family. 

Here's his paragraph.

"There is Dad he is our favorite. There is mom she makes us do chores. There is me I'm the oldest of 2 brothers. There is Finnly who is cute."

Finn's Girlfriends

So Finn has always had a thing for girls. When he was two, he had a crush on Mina, the girl down the street. One day we were visiting and he was smiling at her, unusually shyly, and I smelled something strange. "Finley! You can't come visit your girlfriend and poop in your diaper!" 

Yes, he's five now and still quite the little charmer. Tonight he met a little girl named April at the park and insisted I get her mom's phone number so we could have a playdate. On the way home he started telling me about his teenager girlfriend in New York named April (surprise) who was 12, but on her next birthday she was going to be 14. She was a scorpion make-betterer (doctor) who took care of people when they were stung by scorpions. That's because Finn was stung by a scorpion at the pool last week. 

He went on and on about April then told me he had another girlfriend in California. This one didn't like to talk so she didn't have a mouth. She was a hamster doctor and her name was also April. (He says all of his girlfriends are named April.)

I'm not sure quite what to make of this, but April looked a lot like Mina, blonde with bangs and glasses. I think he has a type. 

How are my boys able to make better sound effects than I am from day one?

No Wonder

No wonder Jaxon loves to do his homework on Grandma's desk. I just caught him in there on her electronic Yahtzee game. 

Jaxon in Love

Jaxon says to me, "Mom, go to the grocery store and buy me a black leather jacket so I can look smooth for Heather*."

Yesterday, Jaxon picks up an Arizona Parenting magazine. As he opens it, he tells me, "This is so I can figure out how to parent my kids after Heather* and I get married and have kids."

A few weeks ago, Jaxon found wedding ring and another ring Mark gave me when we were first married on the night table next to my bed. He brings them to me in the morning with one in each hand and offers this deal, "Mom, you choose one and I'm going to give the other one to Heather*."

Most adorably, Jaxon is trying to figure out how to get Heather to notice him when he won't talk to her, won't tell her that he likes her and is so secretive about his crush that he won't even mention it around his brothers (ages 5 and 7 who don't care at all!).


*Names have been changed to protect the innocent.