Snickerdoodles

The temperature outside has been quite cool so I have turned off the air conditioning and been opening windows instead. Cael and Colby have ruined their screen so they don't get to open their window. Cael, after being in bed for about 20 min, comes into my room shirtless and says, "It's an over in our house can you please turn the air down a million degrees?" I tell him if he had a screen we could open his window, but since he doesn't... To which he responds, "It's like an oven in here and we are the snickerdoodles. Please!" He was just as serious as can be. I'm pretty sure any time in the future Chet or I are hot we will be snickerdoodles HAHA! Holy crap I laughed until I was crying! (I haven't even made snickerdoodles in over a year, so not sure why he chose that cookie!)

Ran Dead

Colby comes into my room rubbing his leg the other day (something that I do frequently since getting diabetes) and climbs up onto my bed and says, "Mom! My foot ran dead, and it hurts bad! It did! Full dead and now its just tingling!" He had this sad look on his face as he just rubbed away. I seriously love the expressions they use!

Love those boys!

My boys are rats!!!!!!

But I love them!!!

Colby's Wit

So we tell everyone that Colby is super witty but then can never remember the things he says. He is so dang funny. He has mastered the art of delivery too. A common occurrence in my house is the boys competing on EVERYTHING! Carson said to one of his brothers, you cant do jack squat, at which time Colby stands up completely straight faced and does a perfect squat just like he has a bar across his shoulders and said, "that was a "Jack" Squat" (because we all call him Colby Jack and sometime just Jack). We all stood there for a minute like what just happened and then we all lost it.

The other night he asked me to make him a burger. Chet and I were working in the backyard and the boys were on a campout. I said sure and washed up and made burgers and put them on the grill and went back to working in the yard. About 30 min later Colby asks me if we are still having burgers. Needless to say they were crispy critters. So today he asks me make him these little pizza bites. We have never had them before so I wasn't sure how to cook them. I put them in the microwave for 1 min and went back to cleaning the kitchen. About 10 min later he comes back with his friend and asks if lunch is ready. I say Oh crap I forgot about them in the microwave, I need to flip them and cook them a little longer. He says under his breath with all kinds of attitude, "Good thing they aren't burgers!" I was half mad but couldn't help laughing too. I said, "hey buddy that was a low blow" while laughing and he just gets this face like I had just said something stupid.

Those are the only ones I can remember right now. I need to start updating again. Cael and Colby are in the stage that Carter and Carson and Caden were when I started this. There is plenty of information to write about!

Crappy Haircuts

We were getting ready to leave on vacation and Chet needed a haircut. Cael needed one bad, and I didn't have the time to do it. Chet took him with him to the barbers shop. On the way home from the shop, Cael was looking at his hair in the mirror at every angle he could. Finally he says, "You know what I just discovered dad? I've been getting crappy haircuts my whole life. This actually looks really good!" Chet laughed so hard he cried, and that day ended the day that mom cuts their hair. That one little haircut just cost me over $100 a month. YIKES!!

Money Back

Last night Carter was showing me his muscles. He has muscles like his dad. They might not be huge, but they are very defined. And he is at that age that he is getting muscle very rapidly. He's still a little skinny runt, but he is growing fast. So, as we kneel down for family prayers, I tell Carter to show dad his muscles. That starts a whole line of flexers. Carson's shirt comes off right away and there are pushups going on trying to enlarge the muscles. Then Carson starts flexing. Caden, kneeling for prayers, says, "Boo!!! I want my money back!" Oh my gosh we laughed and laughed. Even Carson couldn't help but laugh. Caden is so stinkin funny sometimes! And it kills his older brothers when he is so funny. They hate admitting how funny he is.

Smells Like...

Kids say the funniest things. Things that maybe you have thought of before but just never tried to put into words, and other things that are just plain new. Here are two of our funnies lately.

Caden is a funny kid. If everything in his environment is not exactly as he would like it, he speaks up. The temperature is a hot topic. He has to have the exact correct temperature or he gets pretty dramatic. He is so much like my Grandpa Smuin. He will build a roaring fire because he "soooooo cold" to turn around and open the window because its just a little hot. So in the car he is always demanding temperature changes. So while driving in Chet's car on a VERY short trip, he says (and Caden speaks very loud all the time, almost a yell) "Dad! Can you please turn down the heat! It is so hot in here that I can smell heat!" We both started laughing, so he starts to explain. "Don't you know what I mean. When your nose is full of heat and that's all you can smell? It's so hot!" What a weirdo!

Cael loves to come in our room and snuggle every morning, and most nights in the middle of the night. He loves to get under the warm covers, and he snuggles right up! He came in after Chet was gone to work and snuggled right up to me. He wiggles into the exact spot he wants, under my arm so that its wrapped around him and lays down. After a very short time, he gets up and plugs his nose. He jumps off the bed really quickly and says, "I don't want to snuggle today. Your bed smells like sleep." and runs away. Smells like sleep? I guess my breathe and body odor aren't his desired smell some mornings! I've never heard that something smells like sleep. But morning breathe is the WORST!!!