The Gift of Laughter

I wanted to include some of my favorite quotes and anecdotes from the kids. Some of these are a bit dated, but they still make me laugh every time!

From Last Year...
Sis, age 5-7 Buddy, age 4-5

We went to visit Grandpa Hake at my mom's. Sis made the observation, "Mommy you don't have to wear anything too pretty because Great Grandpa won't be able to see you anyway."

Sis: "Mommy, you're beautiful even when your face is peeling from peanut butter." (referring to the troublesome breakouts I get from peanut butter)

"Mommy, would you like me to shut the door while you're changing? Even though Daddy is your husband, he is still a sneaky dude."

Sis was undone when Buddy left for his first sleepover. She didn't know how she'd get to sleep without her bunkbedmate. She tried to console herself with the thought that she'd be sleeping with Stephen and me. "Mommy, I talk to Buddy a LOT as he is going to sleep, but you'll be better at that because he always falls asleep right away."

This reminded me of the time she compared herself and Buddy to "Ma and Pa" on Little House on the Prairie (who always talk in their bed before falling asleep).

Sis to Stephen: "Daddy, school went pretty well today. There was just a little disobedience. I prayed that God would help me obey, and His answer was..."Mostly."

Sis told my friend that we eat donuts "briefly." She meant "seldom."

Sis: "Doesn't Daddy just make you feel SAFE?"

Sis' best little boyfriend, J, was in Sunday school. When his teacher passed out the memory verse cards, J asked, "Can I please have one of those for my wife?" (He meant Sis)

Sis was quizzing my mom on her new Latin vocab. She mispronounced the number 6 (sex), and asked, "Grandma, what is SEX?"

Sis to Stephen: "Daddy, Ethan and I don't pray before bed anymore. We're just too tired with our schedule."

Sis: "Second Kings is my FAVORITE book of the Bible. I just love it!"

Sis: "Mommy, why are you drinking all of that water? If it's because you're trying to get less fat, you are just wasting your time."

Sis (on the way home from the grocery store: "Mommy, I'm so hungry that I could eat a whole diaper!"

Sis: "Daddy, if you lost your job at BAE, you could work at Sub-Way and get us the RIGHT toys!"

Sis recounted a funny story, "Mom, a black cat crossed my path. I told our neighbor that that could be a bad omen IF omens were real. When I was telling her that omens are just pretend, I FELL OFF MY BIKE!" The irony of this did not escape her.

"Mrs. W. is a fast breeder! She just had a baby and now she's pregnant AGAIN!"

Sis: "Mom, I don't know any swears, do you?"

"It's hard to think of Aunt Renee as my AUNT. She's more like a friend."

Sis greeted Stephen at the door, "Daddy, we are having Coo Coo for dinner!" She meant couscous.

Buddy: "Mom, I want you to have another baby just so we can get a mini van!"

I announced that our new Latin curriculum arrived in the mail. Buddy got all excited, "Mommy, you got us ALLADDIN?!"

Buddy has to work on his handicapped etiquette. He was in line behind a person in a wheelchair who was drooling. He piped up, "Mommy! Why is that person DRIPPING?"

Yesterday Buddy was at the park and saw a young woman (mentally handicapped) who was rocking back and forth and making a lot of noise. He took in the whole scene and later commented, "Mommy, I think I know why that girl is doing this (demonstrated rocking motion). It's because she is a little dehydrated."

Buddy passing Victoria's Secret, "Daddy, why do they put so many CRUDE pictures in the windows?" Stephen quickly redirected him to the dirt bikes.

During our devotions, I asked the kids, "Who can have fellowship with God?" Buddy piped in, "I know! I know! Jesus, the angels, Great Grandma Hake, and the guy who got killed by a sting ray!"

Buddy exclaimed, "Daddy, you're just EXABBERATING!" (not sure if he meant elaborating or exaggerating)

Buddy looking out for his brother who has allergies..."He shouldn't eat mushrooms, or his face could crack right open!" He meant that it could break out.

Mommy called to Buddy outside, "What are you doing?"
He answered, "I'm gathering all of the deciduous tree leaves!"

After I gave my devotional at the ladies' tea party, Buddy said, "Mommy, I'm glad that's over because now your worst nightmare won't be your worst nightmare anymore!"

Buddy: "Those friends are like EXTINGUISHED family, right?" (meant extended family)

I was doing my home exercise video, and the kids looked indignantly at the scantily clad woman leading the moves. Buddy observed, "Yeah! It's like she's saying, 'I have a better body than you.'"

Buddy, watching me exercise... "You're getting your body ready for another baby, right?"

Buddy saw a flag lowered and commented, "Mommy, in some other country they must know that Auntie Dorothy died."

"My teeth are clattering, clacking and chattering."

I warned the kids not to blow up their whoopie cushion beyond capacity. I told them that it would get all stretched out and never go back to normal.

Sis didn't miss a beat... "Just like your tummy, Mommy?"

Sis and Buddy were having a heated argument. Buddy said, "The first thing I'm going to do when I'm a policeman is arrest you!" Sis looked unmoved, "J. won't let you! He is going to protect me!"

We were talking about my grandpa (Pop) who died before the kids were born. Buddy was eager to share his memory of the story when my brother gave Pop CPR. He exclaimed, "Uncle Matt was a Super Hero back then! He tried to breathe breath back into Pop!"

Buddy informed me, "Mommy, that pillow is soiled!"

"Mommy, Captain Hook must not have learned Shurley English. He said "me" instead of "my."

Ethan confused the lyrics of a VBS song this year. Instead of singing, "The Year of Jubilee," he belted out, "He's a little jiggly."

Baby Boy, age 1, adds an emphatic "P" sound to many words. His favorite thing to do is "nurp!" (instead of nurse)

His favorite game is "Puppa Boo!"

The kids often make up imaginary names for themselves. Ethan suggested the name "Thesseus" but then told me that it was "too plain and sensible of a name."

Last night they began to call Baby Boy, "Baby Cucka." He was delighted with this fun word and said, "Cucka! Cucka!" We immediately put a stop to that...

A few weeks ago we were at the doctor's office and waited in line endlessly to check in. We got a thinly veiled reprimand from the cranky receptionist who observed that we were late. Trying to remain composed, I corrected her, telling her it was the LINE that caused us to be late. When we got to the room, Siobhan blurted out, "What the HECK, Mommy?! We were a minute early. I saw the clock!" Guess I have my own little advocate...

Ethan, after reading Psalm 8 and pondering the transcendence of God said, "Mommy! We would be like DEER TICKS to God!"