Told You So!

While standing in the kitchen cooking today, I hear Cael say to Caden, "Carter will do anything I ask." said with a lot of sass. Caden replys, "No he won't!!!" with just as much sass. Carter walks into the kitchen and Cael in an angelic voice says, "Carter, will you please get me a drink of water please?" Carter walks straight to the cupboard and pulls out a cup while saying sure Cael. Cael busts out in a crazy laugh, puts his two hands at his waist in guns, and looks right at Caden and says, "Told you so!!!" All the while laughing hysterically like a crazy boy. Carter was clueless and Caden was mad. Cael was happy as can be, and angelically tells Carter thanks! What an amazing talent! A little too young to know he has that power, but funny none the less.

Boogers

Today I was frantically trying to get something done. Colby comes over to me and says, "Mom! There is booger trying to fly out of my nose!" I stopped and looked at him and said what? He repeated it again and so I told him to get a tissue. He says, "No! Hurry, before it flies out, you get me a tissue!" I ran and got a tissue and wiped his nose, but there was nothing there. After I wiped he started blowing in and out his nose and says, "Thanks mom!" and walks away. What a weirdo! Flying boogers. Oy!!!

I am 5!

We are getting ready to go to a ward dinner, and you know how you never know if you will come home full, or the food was not quite... your style, or cleanliness (if you know what I mean). The boys were all grabbing them a bowl of cereal before we left. Carter was helping the babies. Carter got Cael a bowl that he has always used, a small bowl (and remember, this is just a snack, not a meal). Cael, completely and utterly disgusted, put his hands out and with the most disgusted face he could get says to Carter, "What! Do you think that I am 4! Carter, I am 5! I need a big bowl!" Carter tried for about 2 seconds to have him keep the small bowl and quickly saw that Cael was having no part of the small bowl. He is quite proud of being five. Chet was talking about a scout having 5 steaks on their campout, and Cael runs over and says (he was playing off in the room next to where we were talking) "He had the same amount of steaks that I am old!!!!!!!" It is really cute. I might not be able to call the youngest two my babies anymore. He might just set me straight if I try!

Cael Bug is 5!!!

I cannot believe it! Cael is 5! It seems like yesterday we were moving to Gillette, and he was barely talking. He was such a joy, and that kid still is!!! He is so much fun. Without any doubt, he has been the easiest boy to raise to the age of 5 (Colby already loses and he is only 3, the little ripper!) Cael has completely grown out of the wandering away stage, and he is such a happy kid. He has so much karisma! I am told frequently that he is everyones favorite kid. He is so animated and fun and positive and happy! Just plain excited about EVERYTHING! When he asks us for anything he will say, "YESSSSSS!" when we say yes. He is really good at getting what he wants. He is a GREAT big brother. He loves to play with Colby, and he is very kind and loving with him. Don't get me wrong, we are still a family of boys, but they hug all the time, and he frequently gives Colby random kisses (and Chet and I too). He is a little runt! He is almost the same size as Colby, and Colby is almost as strong. This fall during soccer we are watching the boys play and I hear, "Colby, let me up!" half muffled. I hear it about 3 more times before I turn because I then start hearing other parents laughing. I turn around and Colby is sitting on Cael's back, Cael face down in the grass. There was a hole in the grass where there was a little valve hole, and Colby was shoving Cael's face into the hole. He was completely at the mercy of Colby. Before he got Colby off of him, he had the attention of about 12 people. Everyone was laughing at them. Instead of getting up and being mad or embarrassed, he got up and put his arm around Colby and said, "Buddy, you cannot do that to me. I cannot breath." and he hugs him. Colby hugged him back and off they ran. He is a manipulator at times, but totally gets away with it because he is so dang cute!

He lives with a very thin veil. He says things from the other side sometimes. He is so matter of fact about things that make me about drop. He is SUPER smart. He is named after his Uncle Morgan, appropriately so. I think that he has some form of a photographic memory. After I read a book to him once, he can almost read it himself. While sitting in the car the other day he told me to go. I told him that I couldn't, the light was red. He said, "Go. (then made the sound for "G") G. (then made the sound for "O") O. Go. G.O. Is that how you spell go mom?" I have never once worked with him on his letters or trying to sound anything out. I about died! Then he proceeded to sound out stop, and did it correctly! He can sound out most words that are soundable. Crazy stuff!!!

He is very independant. He doesn't need to be entertained. He knows what he wants, and will manipulate his way into anything. He is super sneeky! He loves the kindle, and will quietly and spylike sneak it out of the room and to his closet, where he had a little kitchen set up. We store Chet's snow boots in the bottom of his closet, and we caught him hiding food in them. Frosting, peanut butter, cookie dough, any candy that I leave out, popcorn, etc. He was sneaking the kindle, getting onto phineas and ferb, and having a little party. He is very attentive and would hide everything when we started calling for him. I don't know how long he had all the food in there, but he had quite the stash! He is my worst eater. He hates everything, until we make him take a bite and he ends up liking about half the food. He LOVES treats. He will tell me on nights that I make dessert, "Mom, I have a meal tummy ache but not a brownie tummy ache. I think the brownie will make me feel better" He uses a tummy ache to get out of everything.

He cannot wait until he can go to school. All his neighborhood friends went this year and it makes him sad. He is very social. He will give Cars a run for his money on winning the social crown. He is very chummy with all the neighbors and doesn't get shy to say hi to all of them. He is very animated when talking to them, and has a slight lisp. They all raise their eyebrows and get wide eyes like him when he talks to them because he is so animated and he tells our neighbors EVERYTHING! He loves to be with people, but can play 24 hours alone too. It is so great!!! He doesn't favor Chet or I, but loves us both so wonderfully. He loves to hug and kiss us. He loves to dance and wiggle his butt. He is really good. He wanted to have a rock star party this year. We gave him a carnival style party where he dressed as a rock star. He had 16 kids show up. His only request for his birthday was that he wanted Ramen Noodles for dinner and an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Pretty easy! He got his first gun from Papa, a tradition that my dad has started with all his grandkids. He was most excited about that gift.

Other favorites:
Color :   Red
Food:   Sausage Rice Casserole
Thing to Do: Watch Movies (Spymate is the favorite right now! He loves the chimp, and calls everyone a chimp right now)
Dessert:   Chocolate Cake, but he doesn't discriminate, he'll eat any junk food
Funnest Thing He's Ever Done (in his own words):   when it's Christmas time and we get to set up the tree (can you tell what we are doing for FHE tonight!)
Book: Barnyard Dance
Game: Soccer, he will tell you how good he is at it!
 
I really don't know what I would do without my little bug. I love him to pieces!!! He is such a great part of our family. I am so glad that Heavenly Father sent him to me!!!

Bed and Reading

Carson's teacher is the wife of the bishop we share our building with. She is super nice, and I very much respect her as a women, a LDS women, and a teacher. Carson told me that he told her the other day, "My mom lays in bed all day and reads romance novels." I about died. I just set there looking at him wondering what to do. I have decided that Thursday is my "lazy" day. I like to do ALL the laundry in the house, and pick up the house and then just snuggle and usually nap with the boys. I don't make appointments or schedule anything on that day. I do whatever I want without feeling guilty. It has been wonderful!!! Well he was off of school on a Thursday and I had just started a Nicholas Sparks book. I layed around until 10 (however I did get up and make breakfast and do the dishes that morning at 8.) in my jammies reading. When he asked me what my books were about I told him that I like to read books about people falling in love, chick books (Notebook, Walk to Remember, Safe Haven, etc). He changed that into laying in bed all day everyday and reading ROMANCE novels. Luckily his teacher had told me she would only believe half of what he said and we should only believe half of what he says to us. Note to self: talk to his teacher and clear up Carsons statement. Chick books of the PG to PG13 level, not romance novels of the R level. And all day everyday is a couple of hours on Thursday morning. Silly kids!

Where's Mom Been?

I just got back from a wonderfully needed weekend away with some of the girls in my family. I went to Phoenix and just hung out for the weekend. I left Friday before the kids got up (Friday- Monday afternoon). So I made it in time to go pick up Cael from preschool. When I went inside, Cael's teacher says, "Cael, look who's here!" and Cael came running around the corner and jumped into my arms. He was just laying on my shoulder patting my back and then would look at me and give me a kiss and lay back down. He was smiling real big and saying that he loved me lots. Everyone at the preschool stopped and was looking at us. It was soo cute how excited he was to see me! I loved it! Then his teacher tells me that he said the cutest thing at school. She didn't recognize Chet so she asked him who dropped him off. He said his dad but told her excited that I would be back today. She asked where I was and he told her Phoenix. She asked if I was there just for fun and he replied, "No. She went to get away from us, we drive her crazy." Nice Cael. Luckily the teacher is a mother of 3 boys and said, "I hear ya! I only have 3 and it's more than I can handle sometimes!" I felt stupid, but it was the truth. But I felt bad that Cael knew that! Not too bad though, every mom needs a break sometimes!!!