Bode to Maggie: "When Mom and Dad die, we're going to be parents. Oh, I can't wait to be parents!"

Bode - Ow!  Ow, ow! I just stepped my toe. Why do they call it, "stepping your toe?"

Me - It's stub your toe. I don't know why they call it that.

Maggie - That's just the way God wanted it.

Thirty-Five

Bode's big on big numbers.  His favorite is 1089.  It is the pinnacle of perfection.  The largest of numbers.

When telling you how much he loves you, he'll say, "I love you a thousand eighty-nine!"  The utmost compliment in his book.

Recently he was trying to think of other large numbers to express his affection.

"Mom, how old is Dad?"

"Thirty-five."

"I love you 35!"

Sorry, Steve.  I guess that is very old.

"Mom, I like the smell of pee."

Why are boys so weird?

My Favorite Body Part

Last night I had my first appointment with my kids' chiropractor in order to alleviate some knee pain during exercise. Talk about a good adjustment!

Anyways, Maggie came along for some girl time.
We planned to be back for her dance class afterwards, but the chiropractor was running behind and it's a 20 minutes drive back to Stewie. So instead, we had a much needed girls night, eating pizza at CiCi's and shopping at Old Navy. Both her choices. Matching workout pants? Check.

Before you feel bad for the boys, we left them chicken in the crock pot, though they opted for pb&j sandwiches. AND we brought them Dairy Queen. 

I did learn something new about Maggie during our time together.

"Mom, you wanna know what my favorite body part is? My legs, my feet, and my eyebrows."

"I like those, too, Mags. Why are they your favorite?"

"Well, my legs are soft and I like soft things. And my eyebrows are soft and smooth."

Haha. Love the logic.  Here's to positive body image!

Hearts

Recently, Bode clearly articulated what we all struggle with as fallen humans.
"Mom, I know I should be nice, but my heart doesn't want to!"

Talk about a teachable moment.

Well, today he applied this knowledge to our cat who was trying to play with a sticky toy that Bode got at AWANA.

"Mom, Toby's has a sinful heart because he hit me!"

Questions About Mom

This post has been going around Facebook lately.  I decided to try it and post it here on the blog, so I can look back at their answers.  

Without ANY prompting, ask your kid (s) these questions. It's a great way to see what they think. Copy and re-post this with your kids ages.
Maggie, age 6
Bode, age 4

1. What is something I always say to you? 
"Be kind." (M)
"Be kind to the little ones." (B)

2. What makes me happy?
"When I'm kind." (M)
"When I obey the first time." (B)

3. What makes me sad?
 "When Brooks poops in the tub." (M)
"Puke." (B)

4. How do I make you laugh? 
"You tickle me." (M)
"Make silly faces." (B)

5. What was I like as a child? 
"You brought a salamander on the bus, and you were embarrassed because you can't bring animals on the bus." (M)
"Maggie." (B)

6. How old am I?
 "32" (M)
"I don't remember." (B)  "It's 32." (M) "No, it's not." (B)

7. How tall am I?
 "As tall as a baby giraffe.  Or like, the age of a Mommy giraffe, but the size of a medium one."  "Wait - change that cuz I actually know now...when I stand on a chair on my tippy toes." (M)
"Um...that tall?" (B, as he points to my head)

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
"Drink coffee at Caribou."  (M)
"Clean up the kitchen?" (B)

9. What do I do when you're not home?
"Watch babies."  (M)
"Um, I don't know." (B)

10. What am I really good at?
"Drinking coffee."  (M)
"Um, I don't know." (B) "Can you think of something?" (me) "My brain is going around and around and around" (B)

11. What am I not very good at? 
"Are you good at skating?  I don't know." (M)
"My brain is going around and around now." (B)

12. What do I do for a living? 
"You're a daycare lady." (M)
"You clean up the kitchen?" (B)

13. What is my favorite food? 
"Salad." (M)
"Everything?" (B)

14. What do you enjoy doing with me? 
"Coloring." (M)
"Building legos?" (B)