Kid Quotes

My 8 yr. old nephew at a baseball game.  "Mom, can I buy something at the confession stand?"

The couple sitting behind them had a good laugh and wanted to buy a confession too!

Kid Quotes

Where does the time go?  It's been 2 months since I've blogged.  Of course, I have been having fun with my grandkids and I forgot how much time it takes out of your day when you are taking care of children.  I have several kid quotes to share but I'm going to space them out.  Here's the first one and naturally it's from my nephew Jackson.  His mom was getting ready for work in the morning and this was before hair and makeup.  This is how it went:

Jackson: Mom, why are you so old?
Leisa: What do you mean?
Jackson:  Well just look at you!
Leisa: But Jackson, don't you think I'm beautiful?
Jackson: Not your face.  Just look at it.  You're old.

It's a good thing she loves him and he's so adorable.  That kind of comment first thing in the morning is sure to ruin even the best day.

Kid Quotes

This is from one of the precious little 3 year old boys in Ms.Britney's class.  He told her "My dad's name is Eric.  My mom's name is Honey".  At least his mom calls his dad by his name.  I've heard little boys say their dad's name was something unprintable before because that's what their mom calls him!

Kid Quotes

3 year old in Ms. Kami's class:  "My birthday is in Octember!"  I think that's the month after Septober!

This is the same little girl who brought a pink cupcake sprinkle to Ms. Kami and said "Look, I found reindeer poop!"  Ms. Kami said "Are you sure it's reindeer poop? It's pink."  She answered very seriously, "It's a girl reindeer."

Kid Quotes

Ms. Kate's class has a marigold growing in her window.  One of the flowers wilted and died and when she told the class it was dead one of the boys said "Can we make it feel better?"  Isn't that cute?  I wish that was the way things worked for real.

Kid Quotes

I spent the day with 32 kids at Craters of the Moon today.  One of my favorite kids is a little girl with Asperger's Syndrome.  She was totally into the whole experience.  She had her Jr. Ranger vest on with a matching hat and she brought her own guide book.  The best moment of the day was when we were taking roll and when we called her name she said "Could you just call me Jr. Ranger?"  And the worst moment of the day was when she hiked up to the top of a volcano and a big gust of wind blew her hat off and it went sailing into the next county.  She worked her way into a giant melt down.  After she calmed down we told her we would stop at the ranger's station on the way out and tell them to look for it.  It had her name and phone number in it so she's convinced they will find it and call her.  When we got back and her mom came to pick her up she wanted to e-mail the rangers right away.  Her poor mother probably got no peace until she did just that. 

Kid Quotes

I keep forgetting to post the adorable things my daughter tells me about my grandson Christian.  Last week he was cranky and irritable and she had finally had enough and sent him to bed.  He started crying and throwing his "Chichen Fits" but she is a strong mom and was sticking to her guns.  She took him to his bedroom to get him undressed and his crying escalated.  He promised he'd be good, he promised he'd behave, he promised he'd never do that again but she was firm and consistent and said he had to go to bed.  Then he clutched her sobbing, buried his head in her neck and pleaded "FORGIVE ME!"  How could she resist?  I don't know how she made it that far without caving in.  I know I would have given in long before that.  She forgave him and he was a perfect angel the rest of the night. 

Kid Quotes

I think I'm going to have to change my title from Kid Quotes to Jackson Quotes.  Tonight as he was going home he started crying.  Leisa asked him what was wrong and he said "You called me stupid head".  She said "I did not" and he said "Yes you did, you called me stupid head all day.  You said it on purpose."  After a few minutes he said "I'm just going to run away but I don't know the way to Riley's house!"  After this weekend with Riley's tantrums I don't think Andrea will go for that.

Kid Quotes

Today was fun and wet!  Mom, Leisa, Jackson and I went to 7 cemeteries to decorate graves and Jackson kept us entertained the whole time.  We were driving from Rexburg to Menan on the winding roads around the buttes.  The roads go back and forth and up and down and sometimes feel like a roller coaster.  After one especially quick turn Jackson said "Whoa, I didn't see that coming".  Where does his little 3 year old brain hear these things? And how does he remember EVERYTHING he hears?

Kid Quotes

OK here we go with Jackson again.  He has been upset all afternoon.  He keeps coming up to his teacher and telling her "They're calling me Cheeto!"  She talked to the little girl who was calling him "names" and she was calling him "Kiddo".  A few minutes later he was upset because he thought she called him "Burrito" so the teacher told the little girl "Let's just call him Jackson.  He doesn't like being called kiddo."  She said "But it's not a bad word" and the teacher agreed but told her Jackson doesn't like being called anything but "Jackson".  There is even a little boy who can't say his name right.  He calls him "Jaskon" and Jackson tells him over and over "My name is Jackson, not Jaskon!"  One of the other girls in the class said "It's OK if you call me kiddo".  Hopefully that will solve the problem.

Kid Quotes

Tonight we were at my brother's house celebrating birthdays.  We were in the living room just sitting and visiting.  My 3 year old nephew Jackson came in and started spinning around.  When he stopped he was very wobbly and couldn't stand up straight.  He said "Oh, I'm very busy".  When I thought about it that must be what his brain feels like when he gets dizzy.  Busy in the head.  It makes sense.  Well, to Jackson anyway.

Kindergarten Graduation

At our kindergarten graduation last night we announced our graduates with their future career plans.  We had 3 veternarians,1 doctor, 1 dentist (a rich dentist) 1 ballerina and several pro athletes.  I'm not sure if any of the kids will actually achieve their goals but I know my grandson, Christian will achieve his.  He graduated kindergarten from First Coast Christian School in Florida tonight.  My daughter texted me and said when they announced him it was "Christian Andreani, future............TEENAGER!!!  Pretty sure he'll be one of those some day.

Spring Program and Kindergarten Graduation

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who worked so hard to make our program so great tonight.  Especially Ms. Angie.  I have really enjoyed doing music time with you the past few years.  You are totally fearless and a great teacher.  I can't wait to see what you come up with for next year's program.  YOU ROCK!

Exercising

My husband insisted I watch a program on CNBC tonight about obesity.  No, I didn't hit him, he knows I'm very concerned about my weight.  Anyway, they had the BEST idea on it.  Some guy has designed a tread mill/computer workstation combo.  You walk on a treadmill while you are on the computer.  I am totally going to make Brad figure out how I can make my treadmill fit with my computer workstation.  I think that's the greatest idea.  I'll let you know when I do it and post pictures.

Getting Older

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now"
~Author Unknown

I read this quote on one of the blogs that I follow and I thought it was meant for me right now.  I know lots of people, mainly women, who hate getting older, deny their true age, and try everything and anything to turn back the clock.  I know that physically, I wish I was in my 20's again, but I wouldn't trade my life today to go back even 10 years.  I keep learning new things and feel more settled than  ever.  There is nothing I can do to slow down time so I concentrate on enjoying each day and learning as much as I can.  And I love my life.  I am so blessed.  I can't wait to see what the future brings me.

Kid Quotes

Our cook thought he was hilarious!

Kid Quotes

The same new boy that was my last post is going to be my new favorite go-to for kid quotes.  He had a hard time leaving mom the first few mornings.  He would cry and hang on her.  The past couple of days have been really good, though.  He comes in smiling and excited to be here.  When mom came to pick him up tonight she told me that she was quizzing him his first day on why he didn't like it here.  He told her "They feed me slime for lunch and buggers for snack".  I wouldn't want to come here either!  I don't know if I dare tell our cook what he said.  She will either die laughing or be insulted.  I think I will tell her, she has a great sense of humor.

Kid Quotes

We have a new little boy in the pre-school class who is just adorable!  He was talking to one of the little girls in class and she told him "Ms. Kami dyed her hair" and he said "It's not dyed, it's already dead".  She dyes her hair often so it's doing to "die" over and over again.

Learning To Be Still

One of the things I learned at the Women's Conference I attended last week was that my life is filled with noise.  As soon as I wake up in the morning I turn on the radio and when I get home at night I turn on the TV.  In between, I work at a day care center so, well I don't have to tell you that my day is filled with noise, too.  One of the speakers challenged us to turn off the noise in our lives so we can hear the Spirit when it whispers to us.  I'm going to do it slowly until I can get used to it and it feels natural to surrounded by quiet.  I'm on the computer and I don't have the TV on in the background.  It's not as bad as I thought it would be.  This morning I got ready for church without the radio on.  It was kind of nice.  I learned so many other things that I want to incorporate into my life and I'll share all of them with you in the next few days.  I think if I commit them in writing I'll be more likely to follow through with them.

Kid Quotes

The mom of one of our adorable 5 yr. old boys came in chuckling this morning.  She said the recycling project his class started on Earth Day has made an impression.  His teacher had them make a recycling box for pop cans and asked them to bring them in instead of throwing them away.  So he goes home and opens 3 sodas and pours them out so he can bring them in to recycle.  She tried to convince him that you need to drink the soda and then take the empties to school but he wasn't buying it.  He had to have the cans to put in the box and it didn't matter if they didn't have any empties on hand, he made some!  You've got to love his enthusiasm.

Lord Of The Rings

I watched the first Lord of the Rings movie Friday night with my son.  He is the ultimate LOTR fan and expert.  It was fun to see his excitement and to be able to ask him questions about what was going on.  We are supposed to watch the 2nd one tonight but it's too late.  I guess it will have to wait until next weekend.

Kid Quotes

One of our most adorable little 3 year old girls told me "I have on Pink-erbelle Panties".  I love it when they change things just a little, like pupcakes and ba-sketti.

Tip Junkie

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Kid Quotes

One of our employees was talking to her 7 year old son and he asked her "Mom, can I just skip second grade and all that crap and go straight to high school?"  My question is why would you want to?  I guess only a 7 year old would.

Kid Quotes

Ms. Kate put a potato on the table to use as a visual for teaching the letter "V" and vegetables.  One of the little 4 year old boys says "Hey!  There's french fries in there!".  Yum!  Now I'm hungry.

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Kid Quotes

My co-worker told me this story yesterday.  Her children were with her ex-husband for the Easter weekend.  Her 4 yr. old daughter told her that the went to church and the only thing they did was "standed up and sitted down".  Then her 7 yr old son said to her "Did you know Jesus came back from the dead?"  She said "Yes, that's why we have Easter."  He said "I didn't know people could come back from the dead" and she answered "Well, only Jesus has come back to life.  Eventually everyone will but right now Jesus is the only one who has come back from the dead".  He told her "I think that's awfully selfish of Jesus.  Everyone has to wait but he only had to be dead for 3 days."  She was concerned that he was anxious about his grandpa and cousin who have died and she asked if he was thinking of them and he said "No I'm thinking of myself".  I love how he reasons things out in his own little mind.

Kid Quotes

This is from my little nephew Jackson.  This morning he told his mom "You can't get married 'ecause you don't have any princess clothes and I don't see any princess stores around here".


 Then last night they were saying prayers and he told her "Please don't make this a long one, mom".  After two short sentences he whispered "I told you not to make this a long one!".  He must have been tired.

Kid Quote

Here's my little nephew, Jackson again.  For the past few days he's been telling his mom that he wants to eat white weenies.  He takes her to the freezer, the fridge, the pantry and he can't find any and she has no idea what he wants.  Yesterday he came running to her so excited because she had bought "white weenies" and he showed her a box of...................TWINKIES!  I haven't laughed so hard in weeks!  I'll never look at a Twinkie the same way again.

Kid Quote

Ok, so I think I have the cutest grandkids in the world.  And my little Christian is the sweetest little boy.  When they have family prayer together in the mornings, he always prays that he and Caroline won't get any marks (those are given by their teachers when they don't listen, disobey, etc.) and that Kevin will have wisdom.  The other day when his mom picked him up he told her "No marks today.  Just like I prayed for".  And then he turned to Kevin and asked "Did you get your wisdom today?"  She couldn't quit laughing but it was so sweet.  I miss their little faces and can't wait to kiss them this summer.