That's a Real Knee Slapper, Old Timer!

We were talking about girls the other day and I told Ryan that I wasn't much of a girlie-girl growing up - I was more like a tom-boy.  I asked about the girls in his class and he said most of them were tom-boys but some of them were "keen on" things like makeup and jewelry.
I laughed so hard when he said "keen on" that I choked on my dinner.  I don't know what struck me so funny (and apparently it's not that funny judging from the crickets I heard when I re-told the story to Don), but it killed me so I wanted to write it down for my own sake!
I don't know where he got it - we are listening to the Henry Huggins books that were written in the 50s and 60s so maybe from there?
As Gaddy would have said, "That's rich!"  (And I can actually hear Gaddy saying "keen on" also so maybe he was channeling him a bit!)

I'll Be Sleeping With One Eye Open

Last night I was getting Luke's pajamas on him and he commented that I wasn't doing it the way Daddy does it.
I told him that it didn't matter how Daddy did it - I'm in charge around here!
He looked very sneaky and whispered, "Only while you awake!"

Quick to Judge

Driving to karate tonight, we passed a police car that had pulled over a guy on a motorcycle.  The guy was just sitting on the back of the bike looking pathetic as we drove by.
Luke spotted this and said, "Mommy, you thinking what I'm thinking?"  Um - maybe?
He went on, "Well, I think that's a good guy or a bad guy.  I think bad guy and he's under duress!"

Two things I love about this - he's always asking if I'm thinking what he's thinking.  And to date, I can't think of a time where I was.
And he thinks "under arrest" is "under duress!"

Spot of Bubbly

I mumbled something about having a headache as I walked past Ryan in the kitchen.  I was heading for the bottle of vanilla flavoring to add to my cherry coke.  He looked up, saw the bottle and said, "So what are you getting?  Champagne?"
I think he may be a bit backwards on the champagne/headache correlation!

Name Game Part Deux

Today Luke asked me, "What is your middle name"?  I told him. 
So he said, "Then what is your last name?"
I told him it was Stout just like him.  He smiled and said, "So you are a Stoutgirl!"
This is particularly funny if you've read the previous post on names - see here!

Hay!

Heading to Sonic today, Andrew said, "I don't know why Daddy wants us to get him tea.  Tea tastes like the smell of hay.  I guess it tastes like hay too, but I haven't eaten hay, so I'm not really sure."

Talk About Benefits Outweighing the Cost!

I dressed up as Rapunzel for Luke's fourth birthday party.  When I came into the room and Luke saw me dressed up, he grinned and yelled, "I love you Mommy!"

Oh man, and you guys wonder why I like to dress up!  

He Is Getting Older

Luke turned 4 today!!  So his request last night shouldn't surprise me.  "I want a beer!"
Well, actually he was trying to ask for a beard after seeing his buddy with a face-painted-mustache.  But all the same, I guess he's not a baby anymore!!

Musical Interests

I was just doing some work on the computer and had iTunes going.  A Lady Gaga song came on, and Luke ran in and said, "Hey!  Let me listen this!  I like the Goo Goo Ga Ga song!"

A Few of Their Favorite Things

We had wildfires a bit too close to our house yesterday so we packed up a few things that we knew we wouldn't want to lose.  

This morning, I asked the boys what would be the one thing they would take if they had to grab something and go.  Luckily, they all said things like "each other" and "the animals."

But I wondered what else and this is what they said:

Ryan - "My football pads".  When I reminded him those were brand new and easily replaceable, he changed to his bike.  Finally decided on his baseball cards.

Andrew - "My DSiXL.  It's just so cool."  

Luke - "Flynn Rider.  And Rapunzel.  And the tower.  And Pascal.  And could you just go ahead and get the rest of that stuff for me?"