Precious Words

Bought a new trivia game the other day for the kiddos. Benjamin had some very interesting answers for me on a couple of his questions:

Question: What is soft – metal or cotton?

Ben’s answer “Cotton… and puppies!”

Question: Robin is 12 years old, Sally is 11 1/2. Who is older?

Ben’s answer “You mom!”

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Ben: Gabriella is a girl.

Nana: How do you know she’s a girl?

Ben: ‘Cause girls talk too much.

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Often times, when Gabriella is bossing Benjamin around, we kindly let her know “Gab, you are not the parent. We will take care of it.” Well, now Ben has started to chime in. And for those of you that have heard how articulate he is, you can imagine how funny it is to here him say “Stop Gabriella. You. Not. Da. Pawent.”

Precious Words

We are slowly settling into our new routine with Gab a big kindergartner now. Benjamin and I definitely miss her while she is gone, and getting up so early is definitely taking its toll. But we had some sweet & funny moments as we finished up the first week of school.

Wednesday: Ben was pretty excited to come home and watch a movie with mom. I turned on his favorite, Cars, and went upstairs to fix lunch. When I came back down to get him about 10 minutes later, he was curled up on the couch, sound asleep (see pic). So much for watching a movie with Mom!

Thursday: 6 am, getting ready for school, Gabriella was sitting there with her head in her hands and a scowl on her face. When I asked her what's wrong, she said "Mom, when's kindergarten going to be over?" Oh no, I thought, and asked her why. "It's really hard getting up this early."

Friday: Benjamin and I decided to join Gabriella for her school mass. We waited patiently in the church, and when she walked in with her class Ben stood up and called, “Ella!” She eagerly came and sat with us. Ben put his arm around her and gave her a big squeeze. Then he asked, “Ella, you wuff me?” She kissed the top of his head and told him yes. He then replied, “Aww… me wuff you too.”

Precious Words

Found a woodtick on Gabriella’s hairline. The next day she asked, “Mom, can you check my head for tic-tacs?”

Every time I ask Ben if he loves me, he answers “No. Daddy.” Finally one day, he said “Uh huh” with a big smile and gave me a kiss. Then the next day, back to “No. Daddy.” Oh well, someday.

Tucking Gabriella in for bed one night, she looks up at me and declares “Mom, I’m going to marry Jonah.” So I asked, “Why do you say that?” Her answer - “Well, he is my best boy friend mom.”

Benjamin has finally learned to say his own name. And he loves to tell you that he’s not ‘mall. “Me Ben Big”.

Found Gabriella sitting on the bathroom counter, staring into the mirror with her tongue sticking out. So I asked what she was doing. “Looking at my taste buds, mom.” Oh, well, of course.

Precious Words... January edition

Driving home from church on a Sunday afternoon, Gabriella was singing "Gloria xx Gloria xx This is Chelsey's Day!" I tried to tell her the words were really "In Excelsis Deo " and what that meant (though I wasn't too sure myself). She tried to sing it that way, but then said, "I like my way better."

Benjamin is captivated by everything Michael Jackson. Putting on pajamas one night, he was asking to watch MJ before bed. Gabriella suddenly declared, "If Michael Jackson was dying when he had his pajamas on, I bet he is wearing them in heaven now."

We read a book about a family's favorite time of the day. I asked Gabriella her favorite time of day and she told me, "When daddy gets home from work!"

Gabriella looked in the mirror one day and said, "Mom, I'm getting a lot taller. I look like I should already be a 5 year old!" Her birthday is just a month away...