What Would Your Child Say?! Wednesday

i love the sweet nothings that come out of the mouths of my babes... sometimes its a whining, screeching, crying nothing, but that is neither here nor there, i love hearing the voices and giggles of my children. i have those days, i'm sure you've had them as well, when every request or question simply grades on my nerves and i want to say "please leave me alone for 10 seconds!", it is then i have to remind myself that there will be a day not so far away that the bickering voices will be grown and not with me every day, those sweet ramblings of the school day's events will be a phone call every couple of days.... those thoughts occur to me often and humble me to kneel down to my babe's level and look them in the eye more and listen intently to their stories and requests and questions, because i do truly love the things my splendid Posse of Kiddos say!

so in celebration of the scruptious words of my babes, i wanted to play in the What Would Your Child Say! Wednesday carnival so graciously hosted by Family American Style, and if you would love to play along you should visit Marianne and link up your post too!!

it started with baby 'P', as a toddler he began the cutest thing: when in need of some mama-cuddling he would waddle over to me, lift his arms up to me and say "mommy, hole jew..hole jew" what?... oh!!! hold you!! i realized instead of saying 'hold me' he was rightly repeating what he heard me keep saying to him which was "what mommy to hold you?" so this sweet saying of my babes wanting to hold me has continued with lil' Lou-Woo and on to big 'K' and it does bring a smile to me face each day still when i hear 'K' behind me, gently yanking on my shirt pleading for the chance to "hole jew!!" (this pic is one of those moments we want to hold mama..)

this week at lil' Lou-Woo's school it is Red Ribbon Week, in celebration of living drug free!! so each day has it's own special theme and yesterday was Fancy Day!! well that is so right up my girlie's league!! she loves everything girlie & fancy, and we had a brand new dress she got as a birthday gift; so all is going to be perfection, right?

i don't know what happens to my precious daughter when she wakes in the morning, but the bad mood bug bites her the minute i ask her to put clothes on... why is that?! but you would have thought i asked her to stand on her head and juggle cats with her feet, when all i said was "please put your tights on so then we can get your gorgeous dress on!!" after much stomping and explaining to me ever so sweetly whining to me in the most annoying way ever that the tights were itchy and uncomfortable, they're ugly and stupid, we did get the dress on along with our shoes... oh i haven't even gotten to the fun part yet: fixing her hair!! and her new hair cut is so marvelous!! i love it!! Lou-Woo and i joke that i'm jealous of her hair, and she thinks her new cut is wonderful (i'm so glad, you never know!).

well i did fix her hair, but as you will see in the photo it is without decoration, but i don't even want to replay the drama that came with the big red bow that was adorning her shiny locks. but as i took her picture before we darted out the door she did make me giggle with her remarks...

me: please give me a smile for one of these photos, sis. it is not the end of the world even if you think so now. you look seriously ticked off in...

sis: (interupting me)well, it's because i kinda am, geez...

well i did try to hide my smile and giggle because she was being a little snide, but my giggle made her giggle and we forgot very quickly that we were irritated and hugged and then jetted to school to waltz around all day in her magnificent gown!!

and i would be remiss if i didn't brag a little a lot about my girlie's award she received this week at school as this month's Caring Kid!!! and the following is not what my sweet girl said but what was said about her:

she follows the rules even when no one is watching; she is kind to everyone; she is kind; she is a hard worker and helps others in class with their work; she is a good leader; she goes above and beyond to help others and her school. i could go on, i was given a paper that was filled front and back with comments from her teachers and her classmates about all the qualities that make her an absolutely outstanding student and friend. she truly hates to be the center of attention, but she was very humble and did enjoy getting to put up her handprint on the Caring Kid banner...

and i do know that i have three kiddos, and i have not forgotten my eldest babe, 'P'. and what he said almost in passing this week meant so much to me. as we were finishing dinner one evening this last week, we, for some reason, were talking about be daddy's girls or mama's boys and daddy and i were giving 'P' a little teasin' about how much he was a mama's boy when he as a little boy. and as i got up to clear the plates he came up to me, hugged me tight and said "i'm still a mama's boy." aaaawwwww!!! i know!!! i could have cried big tears of joy right there but i held back and kissed his head, hugged him back and memorized that moment in my permanent files...

what did your kiddos say this week that you filed in the 'Remember this moment forever' file?

What Would Your Child Say?! Wednesday

my Posse of Kiddos are always on the go and there are very, very few quiet moments around our home, which is really quite alright with me, when it's quiet i know that someone is doing something they probably should not be doing!!

so in the spirit of What Would Your Child Say!? Wednesday so wonderfully hosted by Family American Style let me fill you in on just a few of the conversations circulating around our home these days:


me: so 'P' did you go to library open check-out today to get new book? you know that next week is the deadline for AR (reading points system) and you need about 200 more pages..

'P': uh.. no i didn't have time to go.

me: so is there a plan? you have a goal to achieve so..

'P': reading for a grade is stupid and lame. we don't get graded on it the first quarter, so it's not a biggie.

me: yes it is a "biggie" (and yes i did the air quotes to emphasize the dumbness of that to my sweet child!!). i'm not concerned whether you get graded this quarter or not. you have a goal set by your teacher and you will accomplish it. so... again let's pick out a book today that you are commited to finishing by next wednesday.

'P': (after 20 seconds of no response, because this child is able to tune out others better that any other human being that walks the earth!!! ..ahem.. sorry) oh, yeah, i'm going to finish that basketball book i started a couple weeks ago because it is enough pages and is in my AR system. it will be no big deal, i'm already like 40 pages in.

me: (dumbfounded now) if you did have an idea then why didn't you just say that at the beginning of all of this instead of leading me to think you were blowing it off?! (just so confused because, well i'm the mama and know nothing, obviously...)

'P': i don't know... didn't think about it.


O MY GOODNESS!!! i love this boy, more than you could ever know, however he leaves out the details most of the time, like all tween boys, and i am expected to read the gray matter between his cute ears!?!! can you feel the frustration seeping out of the screen?


and my sweet girl (who is now 8 if you haven't heard!!!) is in meltdown mode everytime even the slightest thing doesn't go her way. she's a lot, overflowing smidge on the type A side of the spectrum.

me: okay, sis time to practice your piano. let me get 'K' situated with some toys and stuff so i can help you.

Loo-Who: (walking down the stairs, dragging her feet, with a definite whine in her voice that tells me drama is coming..) why do you make me play the piano? i didn't ask to play the piano, and i'm not that great at it, and i can't get me left hand to play as well as my right, and i don't want to practice for 30 minutes..(tears are falling in between each complaint) please don't make me do this now.

me: wow that was impressive to turn it on so quick this time without me having to say much at all. bravo! now sit please and let's do this..

i don't want to bore you with 5 more minutes of whining before she decides to suck it up and practice and play very well in fact. i simply remind myself that she will enjoy playing someday. i hope so because the whining is hurting my ears.

and finally cutie 'K' is so the talker!! he says "tank you, ma!!" everytime i hand him food or drink or his beloved binkie!! it is oober cute!! while outside yesterday he was edging himself too close to the road:

me: hey!! get your hiney back up the driveway. it's danger, right?!

'K': huh?

me: i said now!! move your hiney away from the road! do you need to go to the naughty spot?!!

'K': NO WAY!!! (as he scooted himself back up the drive!!)

these snipets brought to you by the most Blessed Mama to the greatest Posse of Kiddos ever!!! everyday is an adventure, Lord help me :)

what would your children say?! wednesday

i totally think that this is the cutiest idea for mid-week blahs!! the idea was to share with the blog world all the funny, cute, potentially inappropriate nuggets that slip out of those sweet little mouths of our babes, because it's very entertaining, don't ya think?!thanks marianne over at http://familyamericanstyle.blogspot.com/, for being so creative and sharing it with all of us!

my POKs* say the cutest things such as: when Master 'P' was a babe all 'L' sounds came out as 'W', so i love you took on "i wuv you a yot, mama", just melt my heart! and lil' 'Lou-Who' had a hard time pronouncing animal names like a skunk was a "snunk" and an elephant was a "elephlint" and marshmellows were suddenly "marshpillows"(i still say marsh-pillows to this day). and Big 'K' doesn't seem to put the beginning sounds onto words, but he is only 2, so i'll give a pass however still very sweet, like a snack is a "nack" and m&ms (which i never give him because that is totally unhealthy....okay i do, i'm weak and he says it so cute) come out of his mouth sounding like "num-a-nums, peeeeessssss!"

*Posse of Kiddos

i'll have more sweet nothings by next wednesday, but i'll have to start pulling out the files in my mind so i can share more funnies (i didn't have much prep time for this one!! :) )

"I'm telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like children, you're not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in. Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God's kingdom. What's more, when you receive the childlike on my account, it's the same as receiving me." Matthew 18. 2-5 (the Message)