I Used To Have A Brain: Little Man's Second Birthday!

Kids Say The Darndest Things!

Kids are hilarious and I'm lucky enough to have them cracking me up every single day, so how can I not share them with you! These are just some of the funny things they say.

Izzy, referring to her doll who was apparently very fashionable. "She's very stashinal."

Connor had drooled on Izzy's doctor kit, daycare boy told her, "you should put your dr. kit in your room." Izzy replies very casually, "That's ok, I don't care if he throws up on it."

Izzy told me today, "I'm 4 now." me: "Oh really, when did you turn 4?" Izzy: "I don't know, I just learned my ABC's."

While cleaning up the Elefun game after deciding she didn't want to play anymore, and while Connor was starting to get into the butterflies, Izzy tells him, "Consadurations Connor but you can't play this anymore. I can teach you how to play baseball though!"

Conversation between Izzy and daycare boy. Izzy, "Your froggy umbrella has big eyes!" daycare boy, "I know that Izzy, that's because I love him!"

While visiting my sister-in-law's new house, Mikayla started screaming bloody murder. Nana asked, "Do you have a sliver?" Mikayla while still screaming and sobbing, "No, I have a stick under my skin!!"

We had wild rice casserole for dinner, and Izzy decided to play with it for some reason, making a huge mess and getting it all over her hands. This was her prayer at the end of dinner, "Dear God, thank you for my food, thank you for my family, thank you for my friends, and thank you for being messy! Amen"

Mikayla was writing a story on the computer, and we had just talked about semicolons, when she announced to me that, "I think if I have a boy when I grow up I'll name him Colon, that sounds like a good name." Upon further discussion she decided that perhaps Collin was a better name for a little boy.

Izzy, while playing with little Beauty and the Beast figures: "I can show you the ways of being a normal person. Pick berries, read, wash your hands a lot... " all said with a British accent.

I asked the kids what they like to dream about, Izzy answered, "Princesses.... Meat.... My family....."

Last night we were at my cousins' house and they had a very large family picture framed and hung on the wall. Mikayla looked at it and casually said, "They must have taken that picture with a really big camera."

Daycare Boy after ghost hunting: "I wish I had a pet dinosaur made out of mud!" Because clearly only mud dinosaurs would protect him.

Connor trying to say the word "helicopter": "Bobbicocker"

Izzy randomly asks, "Why did God give us a head?"

Connor heard the outer door getting blown open by the wind and, startled, asks "Who's coming?". Like the good mom I am I say very surprised like, "Monsters are coming" and continues to stare. So I say, "Robots are coming!" Very seriously Connor tells me, "How about Care bears are coming!"

On the way to gymnastics we played a game, here's an excerpt:

Me - "Something I want you to do, it starts with an F, ends with an S, and has a C in the middle"

Mikayla - "Frapaccinos!!!" (intended word was Focus)

Me - "Something I want you to have... I want you to have__"

Izzy - "Babies!!!!" (intended word was FUN!)

Monday, March 28, 2011

Little Man's Second Birthday!

March 13th was Little Man's second birthday! We had his party that day and his Grandma's and Grandpa's, Auntie Allie, soon-to-be-uncle Chris, Auntie Makenzie, and her boyfriend all celebrated with us! Great Grandma Evie couldn't make it that day but she stopped by the next day with a present for our little two year old!

He started the morning off with some playtime with Thomas. Look at those toes! Off topic here, but I can't wait to dress the kids in their shorts and T-shirts/tanktops this summer!

Before his nap he opened one of his presents, a Mr. Potato Head, and used the pieces to help me decorate his cake! I love how this turned out, and it was SO simple!

I made Funfetti box cake with funfetti frosting. For the potato head body I mixed a milk chocolate frosting with a vanilla to make a lighter chocolate, then piped it on in the shape of a potato head toy, and smoothed it out carefully with a rubber spatula.

After lunch it was down for a nap so he could be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for his party! Guests had already arrived by the time he woke up, so I got him changed but he was too excited to sit any longer for me to comb his hair. Oh well :o)

We ate an appetizer meal, chatted, played, and opened presents!

When it comes to opening presents, 2nd birthdays are so much more fun than first birthdays. For their first birthday it is pretty much "confused baby happily plays with tissuepaper and boxes while mom opens the presents and tries to convince baby how cute his/her new outfit is." Second birthdays they get into it more! I liked that he wanted to take his time with his presents, excited to play with each one for a few minutes before moving on to the next one. His sisters, however, wanted him to immediately open the next gift because they were so ~~impatient~~ excited.

Big sister taking a minute to play tools with little brother

Cool Tonka truck that makes sounds and drives with a push of the button

Little Man got a ZhuZhu pet for his birthday. He got some for Christmas too. They are hamsters (I believe) that make little noises and run around in all sorts of directions. If they bump into something it pushes their nose sensor and they back up, turn around, and go another way. He loves them!

What is it about these toy fads that makes certain toys an enormous hit for about 2 seconds, long enough to get a bunch of them and their accesories (if you're lucky), only to find the kid interested in something totally different 2 seconds later? Christmas = Zhu Zhu Pets.... a week later = Squinkies. What's next guys? Because I want to be ahead of the game on this one!

Cake time! This is the one area where first birthdays are always the most fun. He didn't get his own enormous chunk of cake this year, but he still got plenty! It was yummy!