You Make Me Smile

Looking through pictures last night and found these that made me laugh.  I love these boys!

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Kid quotes

Caleb sitting on the big potty lowers himself down into the potty.
Me - Caleb don't do that you might fall in.
Caleb - Then you flush me?

We are all piling in Caleb's bed for bed time prayers and night night song.  He stands at the end and starts fussing.
Me - Caleb, what's wrong?
Caleb (looking at the 3 of us taking up all the room in his bed) - Dere no more parking spots!

We are driving down the road and coming to a 4 way stop see a truck with a canoe on the back.
Carter - Hey there's a canoe!
Caleb - No! It a boat!
Carter - No, it's a canoe.  Wait, you're right, a canoe is a different species of boat.  No, not species - that's for dinosaurs, not boats.

At my niece's ballet recital with my parents.
Grandma to Carter - Don't put your feet up on the pew, this is a church and that's where they put the Bibles and hymnbooks.
Carter with an incredulous look on his face - This is a church?  A ballerina church?

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Two funny

 

 #47 - Two funny

Caleb has always been a ham.  He is very expressive and has a great sense of humor beyond his 2 years.  He is also a great imitator and will repeat sounds and expressions perfectly.  As stubborn and strong willed as he is, he is also that affectionate and spirited.  He will randomly come up and grab my legs and say, "I wuv you too Mommy!" and then run off and keep playing.  When I give him my "I'm serious" look, he raises those eyebrows and purses his lips and gives it right back to me.  He loves his brother to pieces and plays right beside him.  

Recently Carter has been expanding his blessing at the table.  He has typically been saying, "Heavenly Father, thank you for this food and bless this food to our bodies, Amen." and somehow a bite of food is already half way to his mouth.  This week suddenly he has been praying more.  This particular evening this was his blessing.

"Heavenly Father, thank you for this food.  Thank you for this good day that we had.  Thank you for the trees and the sun that you gave us.  Thank you for having Daddy home with us.  Bless this food to our bodies.  We love you so much, God.  Dear Lord, in your son Jesus' name.  Amen."

Then Caleb pipes up - "I do blessing!"  So we bow our heads again.

Silence.  Silence.

Caleb looks up, "Mine not working!"

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Seriously

I am happy to report that Carter had a much better day today.  Obedient and respectful - I guess it does pay to stick with it and be consistent. 

Caleb on the other hand...

is hoarse from all the crying and screaming.  I guess I should be glad they don't have a bad day together.

This evening Caleb had another one of his "I'm not going to think about trying my dinner" tantrums.
After 30 minutes of carrying on he finally ate one bite - gave me a big grin and asked to be excused.

Then he proceeded to scream for 30 more minutes because he didn't want to put his pajamas on.  When he does this he is promptly put on his bed.  I periodically go in and ask him if he is ready to obey - to which he says  "uh uh".

After a while he finally says "Yeh muh" (Yes ma'am) and we move on.

Pajamas on and he goes to pick out a book.

Guess what he picks?

"Green Eggs and Ham" - yes he did.

I just laughed.  I then proceeded to read the entire book substituting "Chicken Tetrazzini" for "Green Eggs and Ham".

He thought that was funny,

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My Sweet Little Boy

#23 - He's growing up too fast

Isn't he the sweetest? He's also the most rotten little thing. Don't let the chubby cheeks and puppy dog eyes fool you. He is all about mine and my way. It's so hard to be upset with him.

Actually, it's getting a little easier as I am getting more and more practice.

Some of my favorite Calebisms

"Oh, you care me Mommy!" (scare)
"I wuv you too" (He says this in place of just saying I love you)
"I hep you bruba" (I help you brother)
"Be Bai Bane" (jet airplane) - I know - that's a definite mommy translation

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Mean Mommy

#14 - I don't want eat chicken 'n noodles - I don't wike it.

Yes, I'm a mean mommy. I make my kids eat what I cook. No short order cook in this house. Now I don't make them eat everything on their plate, but they have to eat one bite. Just try it. So this particular day we had corn, lima beans and chicken and noodles. This child is a little different. He loves vegetables. He gobbled up his lima beans and corn saying the whole time, "I wuv wima beans!" However he wouldn't touch the chicken and noodles.

So he sat there.

The rest of us finished and got up from the table. And he cried. And he cried.

But he wouldn't eat that one bite - just one!! "I don't wike it."

Finally after 30 minutes of crying and carrying on he ate the bite.

"Mommy, I wike it!"

I think I might get my first gray hair soon.

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We've got fun coming out of our...

you can only imagine.

That darn stomach virus gave us a run for our money! Carter came down with it Sat night and he had it the worst. Sunday he ran a fever all day and was just puny - you would be too after throwing up all night. Monday he was better so we went out to dinner with our neighbors. Caleb had had nasty diapers Sun and Mon so I get him - cheese ravioli. I know, Mom of the Year. He takes one bite and throws up all over himself and the table.

Four to go boxes please!

Now everyone in the restaurant knows I am Mom of the Year. Needless to say, I did not end up eating a bite of my dinner but it was very good for lunch the next day!

So he has been on the BRAT (bananas, rice, applesauce and toast) diet for the past 2 days and it seems to have straightened him out. I think his little tummy just couldn't get itself balanced. So hopefully we are all better now.

Unless Sam finally gets it.

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Never ending fun

So I wasn't going to post anything tonight as I have so much left to do and wanted to get to bed early tonight - that isn't going to happen. I will post pics tomorrow of our sledding adventures. We are currently stuck in our house as the driveway is just plain icy - Sam tried to get the van out and it started sliding backwards. It is a sheet of ice at the top, a sheet of ice at the bottom and icy snow in between. This is not great for cars but great for little boys and a piece of cardboard. We had a blast!!

Anyway - our day.

I should have known better than to put an outfit on Caleb that he had thrown up on a few days ago. But it was just out of the dryer and would be one less thing for me to fold and put away. It should have told me that the day was going to be "vomity".

Then I was arguing with Carter about getting dressed as he thought it more important to play trains. He finally looked at me and said, "This is just undignified!!"

All day Caleb is not eating and just playing with his food - frustrating but I'm trying to understand that his tummy is still recovering. But all I ask for is 1 bite for heaven's sake!!!

Dinner - waffles. Caleb has eaten 4 bites - Carter 3 waffles. Caleb starts saying his tushy hurts - he needs to go poopy as he hasn't gone today. So, I give him a couple of prunes and go start their bath. He LOVES prunes and usually eats them right up. He didn't. I insist. He puts it in his mouth. Gags. Throws up all over the place. Lunch from yesterday was in there - literally. I start trying to clean him up. He starts crying and throws up even more. So I strip him down and go put them in the bath that is almost overflowing as it had been running this whole time. Go start to clean up the vomit and then go back to check on them. Caleb starts fussing and saying his tummy hurts.

Carter flips out and starts screaming, "Get him out Mommy! Get him out!!"

Right then I see the cloud appear under the water. Carter screams, "Let me out!" I pick him up and put him in the shower then do the same with Caleb. Then I get to stick my hand in the full tub that is now a little fuller and push the button to let out the water. Get the boys showered in lukewarm water as the tub had used almost all the hot water. Getting the boys in their pjs Carter and I once again argue about him concentrating on getting dressed.

He looks at me and says, "Mom, are you freaking out on me?"

I just bust out laughing. After the evening I had, God sent me a little humor.

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The prophecies come true!!

From the time we found out Carter was going to be a boy I started getting the warnings - "Uh oh, Napper boys are trouble!"  Then we found out Caleb was a boy and it got worse - my mother-in-law, even the other Napper boys themselves.  I began hearing all the various escapades and injuries that occurred among the 3 Napper boys.  So I waited.  The first clue was when we found Carter at age 2 climbing up our iron canopy bed.  Now, he has an accomplice!  This afternoon I hear giggling coming from Carter's room.  That lovely "We are doing something we probably shouldn't do" giggle.  So I check it out and then grab my camera to catch a picture before someone gets hurt.  Of course 2 seconds after snapping the picture - Caleb gets hurt.  Oh those Napper boys!

 

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