Nelson Nitwits: July Fun

Kid Quotes

1/15 - Amy dressed up like a princess and came to ask both Mom and Dad some questions. When we answered her she regally said, "when you speak to me, you must bow."

12/14 - Amy handed me her glass of water, looked at me and said, "You're kind of like a pocket".

9/14 - Hyrum announced he wants to be a baptist when he grows up. After asking more questions we found out he wants to baptize people!

6/14 - We were scrolling through the blog looking at years past and I pointed out that Hyrum was a baby when Amy was in my tummy (he was 2). Then we came to a picture taken shortly after she was born. She said, "you spit me out, huh."

3/14 - Amy calls the gas station the "pass gas station"!

11/13 - Amy was singing the Daniel Tiger (Mr. Roger's) song that goes "I'll be back when the day is new and I'll have more ideas for you" with "I'll be back when Scouts are done..."

10/13 - Amy looked at my Brigham Young University sweatshirt and said, "hey, it says Amy!"

10/13 - Hyrum was walking around funny in the morning and remarked, "You're pretty floppy when you first wake up."

9/9/13 - Hyrum said, "I feel yucky". I said "like what?" He said "like a garbage can". I meant what felt yucky!

7/31/13 - Jared told Amy to stop hitting and we don't hit people. Her response was, "But I'm good at it"!

6/13 - Amy sings "If you're happy and you know it, make a mess" after I just asked everyone to clean up!

5/13 - Amy was sad that she doesn't go to school. I asked her what she would do if she went to school and she said, "color pictures, eat snack, and play the violin".

5/13 - I ran in the middle school to check Leah out for a dentist appointment. I parked in front and left Hyrum and Amy in the locked car, telling Hyrum that if anyone bothered him to start honking the horn. I soon heard a lot of horn honking and figured he must be honking at any person he saw. I went outside to tell him to stop, and later found out that he thought I told him to honk if he got bored!

1/13 - I got a Kindle for Christmas that Amy loved to play. It didn't work, so I sent it back. She asked to play my Kindle and I explained it broke so I didn't have it anymore. That night she asked to play Daddy's I-pod. He said he was using it to read scriptures. She said, "I need to play it quick before it breaks!"

12/12 - Hyrum saw Christmas wreaths in my room waiting to be hung and asked why we had all these "Jolly Rogers". I asked him what he meant, and he said, "You know...deck the halls with Jolly Rogers, fa la la la la la la la la." No idea where he got that!

7/12 - After a difficult trip to the store, complete with Amy screaming, I talked with each child about what they had done that was a problem. Amy was listening and told me she was sorry. Then, as she listened more, she said, "Sorry store!"

1/12 - I was very tired one morning and needed to sleep in. Hyrum had come in my room and I told him he could wake me up when the clock said nine zero zero. I heard him staring at the clock and intensely whispering, "Please change, please change!"

12/11 - Hyrum was looking at things that have fallen on the side of the refrigerator and said, "Mom, Amy's sucksifier fell behind the fridge". (pacifier)

7/11 - We were playing "Disney's Scene It" and Kaitlyn was complaining that it was no fair because she hadn't seen a lot of the movies. She said, "I guess that's why they call it 'Seen It'".

4/11 - Hyrum brought me a bottle of pest spray and said, "this is for the evil bugs".

10/10 - I was driving to school and had this conversation with Hyrum:

Hyrum - "Go to sleep."

Me - "I can't go to sleep or the car would crash."

Hyrum - "Yeah and roll over. Go to sleep."

Me - "I can't or we would crash."

Hyrum - "I want to crash."

9/10 - I love childlike innocence which can lead to a better world. Today Leah asked, "What kind of human am I? Am I black, white, or oriental?" Goodbye racism!

8/10 - Hyrum says it's "Sunday" when it's time for bed. He is trying to say he doesn't want to go to bed because the sun is still out!

8/10 - Leah was very concerned that I wouldn't like the birthday gift she selected for me. I tried to reassure her that I would love whatever it was. She then said "I'm just not sure that 'genuine' and '$5' go together"!

7/10 - Hyrum vacuumed a bit and was pleased with himself. I asked him if he would like chores too (like Leah and Kaitlyn). He said, "No, chores are for girls!"

4/10 - We were reading in the scriptures about how when Christ was born, the sign in America was that when the sun went down it was still as light as day. Kaitlyn said, "That's just like at our house!" She said this because our kids go to bed at 7:30pm before the sun sets.

7/09 - In Primary a leader was asking the children what they could do to build strong families. Kaitlyn whispered to me, "That's easy...exercise."
4/09 - I was trying to teach Kaitlyn to sit reverently in Sacrament meeting today and out of the corner of my eye saw one of her friends behind us sitting quietly. I finally resorted to saying, "Kaitlyn, you are old enough to know how to sit still reverently. Look how nicely Sophie is sitting". She looked and then said, "She's got a parachute on her head". I looked and realized I had lost.
1/09 - While we had family visiting, Kaitlyn revealed a family "secret". We were eating hot dogs, and she started making hers hop around and the kids started calling it a "hop dog". Kaitlyn then remarked that if Jaycee started hopping we could call her "hop dog" instead of "stupid dog"!
10/08 - I was asking Leah to finish her chores and she was throwing a panic fit stating that it would take SOOO long (she really doesn't have that many chores). I told her to just start working on them and it wouldn't take long to which she replied, (in a very theatrical voice while flopping her body across an armchair), "I can't tell if I'll get them done...I can't tell the future!"
9/17/08 - Kaitlyn asked me today what cars are made of. I told her metal and plastic. She said, "So you could take them a part?" I told her I supposed so and she quickly exclaimed, "that's awesome!" I'm not sure I want to know what's cooking in her mind.
7/29/08 - Leah is frequently called "fireworks brain" at our house because she has a billion ideas constantly at work on any topic imaginable. Last night Leah was trying to change the way we were giving the Family Home Evening lesson with one of her ideas, and we were trying to get her to stop and let us finish the lesson. Whie working with her, Katilyn suddenly exclaimed, "Turn it off, Fireworks!" We all got a huge laugh out of that, including Leah.
5/21/08 - Kaitlyn told us with certainty at dinner tonight that "Heavenly Father made us, but Jesus made plastic. Mommy said". I have no idea what she's talking about but just thought people should know this fact.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

July Fun

The end of June and beginning of July have been full of fun for our family. We were visited by friends from Connecticut, the Mason family and enjoyed catching up. I forgot to take any pictures, except this one of Amy. She decided to duck out of the visiting fun and we found her asleep in the corner cabinet. She had shut herself in and conked out.

Jared's parents and sister Janna joined us for the 4th of July. We enjoyed a quick visit with them.

4th of July - flash slideshow maker

They came down to pick up Leah, Kaitlyn and Hyrum for a week of Grandma/Grandpa camp in Pennsylvania! Here's a picture of the start of their adventure:

Amy had a hard time adjusting to her siblings not being around to play with. Mostly she got into a lot of mischief. We tried to spend some good one on one time with her too, including a trip to Yogli Mogli and painting her fingernails and toenails. This was her first time with painted nails. She kept saying, "I'm a pretty princess". When I finished her nails she asked, "Am I beauful?"

Amy's painted nails - flash slideshow maker

Yesterday Amy finally adjusted to entertaining herself, and she was very well behaved. I even took her to 3 stores with no problem! I was also finally having a productive day since she was cooperating. I started sewing and went upstairs to press ONE seam. That was my mistake. Apparently she was done being good. In the time it took to press one seam I heard a big crash and immediately knew it was my sewing machine. I went downstairs and Amy was crying. The machine was in a few pieces on the floor. I made sure she was fine and then scolded her for touching the machine. I know she's two, but she also knows she's not supposed to touch the machine. I decided to take her to her room to impress that on her. A few minutes later I went in her room and asked, "Did you break Mommy's sewing machine?" She cried, "yes". I told her she needed to say she was sorry. She did, and then I asked her if she wanted a hug. She came for her hug and then asked, "Do you want my rabbit?" It was sweet to see what she presented as a peace offering. We wound up the rabbit and had fun watching it walk around. If only world peace were so simple.

6 comments:

Austin and Amanda said...: You've had quite the adventures lately! I love the Grandpa/Grandma camp idea.

To answer Amy's question, yes, you do look "beauful" with your painted nails!; July 12, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Raime said...: Okay this was such a cute post! FIrst of all, how fun for the other kids to get to go to Grandma/Grandpa Camp! And how cute is Amy with her painted nails/toes and her peace offering!; July 13, 2012 at 3:19 PM
t foust said...: I am cracking up at where Amy fell asleep! That's so fun that the kids get to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house. Grandma Furin would take us all for a week or so every summer and we had SO much fun staying at their house and playing with cousins. Can't wait to hear how they liked it!; July 15, 2012 at 1:10 PM
The Greg and Lauralee Angell Family said...: Wow, you got alot of smiles out of Amy! She must really like getting her nails done! I'll have to remember that. :); July 16, 2012 at 9:24 AM
The Greg and Lauralee Angell Family said...: Wow! You really got alot of smiles out of Amy! She must really like her nails painted! I'll have to remember that. :) And by the way, what are you sewing?; July 16, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Unknown said...: How did she fall asleep in there?! I am still laughing at that picture. It was so fun to see all of you. Hopefully it isn't too long before we can see everyone again!; July 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM

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