Quirky Kids - Week 5

Quirky Kids - Week 5

He’s not technically one of the kids but, I thought it was funny when Mike, my husband, said, “Sam, can you help me put Baby Jesus’ hotel back together?” He was referring to our nativity set.

We were checking out at Target and Ray was very grumpy. An older man got in line behind us and started quacking like a duck. Ray immediately stopped whining and just stared at the man in awe. Have I mentioned Ray likes ducks?

Sam was standing up on our rocking chair waving his hands in the air. When I instructed him to sit down he said, “Mommy, I’m catching Jesus. See him flying up there!”

I told Sam our friends, L & T, were coming for dinner and he got very excited. Then he asked, “Where are you going Mommy?”

I’m not sure who set up our nativity set this way (a 3 year old, a 13 year old or a 33 year old are my options). Mike and I went out to see his students production of Willy Wonka and when we got back Mary was conversing with Aliens. (I later confirmed it was in fact the three year old, Sam.)

Sam is really interested in knowing how to spell words. I “got sick” (see story below if you want) and hours later Sam asked Mike, “What does ‘chunks’ start with Daddy?”

For months I have been trying to teach Ray to say, “All done!” either with words or by waving his hands to sign it. This would be an awesome alternative the typical way he tells us he is all done: by throwing his food and plate on the floor in half a second flat. This week he started to say, “ah ma” and throw his hands up in the air!

Sam: “I’m gonna be gone for a few weeks.”

Mike: “Where ya going?”

Sam: “To preschool.”

We were at a three year olds birthday party and she is one of 11 grandchildren in her family. Her older cousins dressed her up like a princess and were playing the role of her bodyguards. (Not my kids but still quirky!)

One the way home from Preschool I was asking Sam what he had done. He told me: “Well, I told Ms. Linda to get out letter “I” and while she did I played with toys.” They have a letter each week but because they only had school on Tuesday I would imagine they were going to skip the letter this week until Sam came in…

Sam also said that (at preschool), “I was singing ABC’s really loud and Ms. Nancy told me to be quiet.” When I asked why he was told to be quiet (although I bet Ms. Nancy said something much nicer and sweeter than, “Be Quiet!”) Sam told me, “Well, all the kids were gonna sing together.” Apparently Sam got a jump start on ABC’s before the other kids!

I was trying to explain to Sam what Thanksgiving is for and he said, “It’s to go to Nunny and Papa’s house!” Later, after we had worked on it a bit, he explained to his Daddy, “It’s to go to Nunny and Papa’s house! and to tell (thank) Jesus that we have stuff.”

The other night Ray had a fever. He was having a rough time getting to sleep and obviously had some fever weirdness. When I went in to help him out he kept yelling, “Gooooo!” and head butting me (over and over again).

Warning: If you are not a fan of toilet humor stop reading here.

I was in the middle of changing Sams diaper when he said, “Quick, put a diaper on me before I fart on the couch!”

If you know myself, my Mom or my brother you may know that we do not have the greatest gag reflexes. After changing two stinky diapers from Ray and M I was already fighting the gagging then, Sam had a nasty diaper. I managed to get him cleaned up in time to run to the sink and get sick. Sam came running over asking, “Mommy, what are you doing?.. Woah! Mommy! You have black chunks!” (I had just had some coffee).

Ray finds it necessary to grunt and destroy things (i.e. rip the ornaments off the tree) while pooping.