Funny Stuff 5

No intro needed, just some things I want to have written down so I can look back someday and shake my head:)

Gabe:
"Let's not be hasty making this decision, mom." (He could tell I was leaning toward saying no to whatever he was asking permission for)
"I will pick up my clothes eventually...(looks at me)...I mean I will do it now."
"Hey, can we keep our same rotation this time?" (playing a game outside with gramma where they sometimes switch spots)
"That was really generous of Jerod to buy us that ice cream."
"OOOHH, Seth, we're in heaven...Nerf heaven." (We went to Toys R Us to look for a birthday present for Josie, and they have a huge amount of Nerf guns there.)
"Mom, I know my friend knows about God because I asked him, but I'm trying to teach him that he shouldn't say God's name like that. He's still a good friend except for that. I think his brother is mean to him at home, and his parents don't discipline him enough, so that's why he sometimes has bad behavior."


Seth:
"These guys have impressive fighting skills." (His little army guys)
"We went to daddy's office, but he was having a meeting and we didn't want to spoil it."
"I want to be a secret agent or a SWAT team guy, but I don't want to do all the pushups." (no surprise there)
"I'm really good at outsmarting the bad guys."
Seth gave me a rock that he'd picked up on his fieldtrip to Woodpecker trail, and said, "Here, this is for you, mom! I put it in my pocket for safekeeping."
Regarding that same fieldtrip, he said, "The fish were hiding under the rocks because they thought we were gonna fish em up."
Josie was trying to tell him something, and he said, "Okay, but I don't want to hear it if it has anything to do with selfishness." (Smart boy-she was being selfish)
Seth: "Who's your boss, daddy?"
Nile: "Pastor Gilmore."
Nile: "Who's you boss, Seth?"
Seth: "Jesus." (nicely done)
We had a friend over to visit so we could see her before she graduates from college this weekend. Meredith has been a faithful and wonderful JLife leader for 3 years now-she is awesome and our kids love her. Anyway, Seth was wanting to show her all his cool flips on the trampoline, but was too embarrassed to ask her outright. Instead, he would say, "Who wants to see my awesome backflip?" I would say, "I do, Seth!" He would look at her and say, "Ummm, anyone else?" This happened many times during her visit, and we were cracking up.
The following are just a sampling of how this little boy's brain works...I have seriously had to look up stuff on the computer because I can't provide the detail he is needing to totally answer his question.
"Do bees feed honey to their bee children? How do they give it to them?"
"Why does the Earth have to go around and around? Does it get too hot on one side?"
"How did God make our brains be able to tell our arms how to move? How can our body do all the stuff it does just from our brain thinking about it?"
"How does our food go, like... to the correct place after we eat it, and not just all over into our body?"

Josie:
"Can I please look at the toy selection, mommy?" (At Target)
"I have to show you something, mommy. Seth wasted too much water in his bath." (Me: Are you trying to stir up trouble right now, Josie? Josie:oops.)
Talking on her play phone...then, "Here, mom. It's for you...it's a agent, you know, like a spy."
She called Nile and I in the bathroom to see her "big poopy". We were totally amazed at how a tiny little girl could produce something that size. (so sorry for the gross factor here). Nile looked at me and said, "Where did that come from?!!" (just questioning the size issue and how that is possible). Josie turns around from admiring her creation, and says, "It comed from my crack, daddy!" (And since I don't care for any of the word choices for where it really comes from, we just left it at that)
Josie, in a whiny, demanding voice: I want to watch a Dora cartoon, mommy.
Me: I was trying to find you one, Josie, but...
Josie with a quick insertion and a sheepish grin: Oh, I was just asking nicely, mommy.
Me: No, actually you were quite demanding when you said that.
Josie, laughing: Oh, mommy, you crack me up...sorry I said that to you.