I am doing this more for myself than anything. I have been wanting to
blog the funny & sweet things that the kids say/do. Most of the time
Matt & I post them on Facebook but they don't get carried over to the
blog...where it would be easier to find down the road! So, I am going to
go back through our FB walls and add some cute things from the kids.
8/8/09 - quote of the day is from Katie - 7 years (after repeatedly pulling
her underwear out of her butt). "I am having an unlucky underwear
day!"
8/18/09 - sorry Matt - your chapstick is gone...on a good note, the twins
will not have chapped lips or cheeks for a few days!
9/28/09 - little eyes are always watching! Tagged a bunch of garage sale
stuff this morning (including putting things into ziploc bags)...Maddie
disappeared for a while...came back with all of her summer clothes in ziploc
bags!
10/21/09 - thinks we've eaten out too much lately...tonight I said "we
don't know what its like to eat at home any more" and Alex said, "yes
we do mommy, we go through the drive through and take it home."
11/3/09 - should know that a closed door (with a twin on the other side) is
not a good thing. Just opened the door on Will and found 4 of the brand new
fruit snack packages opened and empty
11/6/09 - asked Alex what she should do if I fall from the ladder &
can't talk to her (while I was cleaning out the gutters). I hoped/expected her
answer to be "call 911"...instead she said, "I'll catch the
ladder, Mom"
12/4/09 - amazed by my 3 yr old...he played the claw game by himself and won
a bear!!! Yes, the bear is ugly!
12/7/09 - Katie (7) just told me..."when I grow up and get fired from
Chick-Fil-A, I will start working at Fazolis...because I really like their food
too"...
12/24/09 - Will was walking around before bed giving out his trucks to the
girls & saying "ho, ho, ho...Merry Christmas"...in his little
3 yr old voice!
4/23/10 - Katie's prayer tonight, "I love Maddie, Will & Alex, I love
Mommy because she gives consequences good and I love Daddy because he goes to
work so we can have things"
8/8/10 - while picking up the basement, I asked Will (4) if the underwear on the
floor was clean or dirty...his response..."here, let me smell them"!
12/12/10 - thanks to the new Hallmark Christmas Vacation Ornament, my kids recognize
the Hallelujah chorus - Will's (4) been singing it all morning!
12/28/10 - I think the kids have watched Despicable Me a few times...Katie just
banished Will to the box of shame...
12/14/10 - listening to Maddie & Will play dollhouse...she finishes everything
she says to him with "honey"...ironically, Matt & I don't say
that to each other!!
12/27/11 - went through Will's jammies today and told him that his Superman jammies are
too small for him. His poor little heart broke and he sobbed! I guess I'll be
on the lookout for new superman jammies. He told me if I find some, to get a
size 10 (he's size 5/6) so he can wear them for a long, long time.
12/1/11 - Maddie was going through her "popcorn" words when we came to
"but"...Her response, "bottom".
11/15/11 - The other night Katie & I discussed honesty. The next night we went
out to eat. She received 6 chicken nuggets instead of the 4 that were ordered.
I asked her what she thought she should do...she got up and went to tell the
cashier that they had given her too many. I love her heart! Of course, they
told her it was their mistake and okay to keep them.
10/21/11 - Katie cut out a mini magazine from her American Girl magazine yesterday. She
excitedly told me last night that Pollyanna and Katherine (her AG dolls) would
now have something to read while they were in the bathroom.
10/21/11 - At conferences yesterday, we got a bunch of old school papers from the kids.
One of the papers that Alex wrote was about summer vacation...she had a great
summer - she made up everything on the paper!! Remember that she is 7!!!
Evidently the things we DID do this summer wasn't up to par for her! she
went golfing and "made it in the hole", rode bikes at church with her
friends, went to Camp Harvest (katie did), went to a hotel with grammy (and
swam)..."My summer vacation was fun!".
8/4/11 - From my sister Teri's wall...
Conversation from the backseat today...
Judah (to his cousin Will): Will, have you ever been bathtized?
Will: I don't know what that is.
Judah: It's when people push you under water and you come back up....
Will: Oh, I never been bathtized.
Judah: I've never been bathtized either.
So cute.
12/19/12 - waking up Maddie (6) this morning,
she was still half asleep and said, "spell Police for me
Mom"..."I really need to know!". I spelled it for her and asked
why she needed to know...then she looked at me like I had two heads! Love my
sleepy babies!
12/8/12 - Will was looking at our big mural painting over our bed this morning.
It was hand painted by
Kari!
He finally looked at me, confused, and said, "Did Kari mean to color
outside the lines?"
11/29/12 - While driving through a nice neighborhood, with HUGE houses, Katie
told me "Mom, when I grow up, I am going to own a big house....one with a
bedroom for everyone. Then, you know, I won't have to share a room with my
spouse. Don't you ever wish you had your own room mom?"
11/16/12 - From Katie's science test;
Q. A scientist is studying a rough fur guinea pig. What could be true about
the fur traits of the guinea pig's parents?
A. One could have smooth, the other rough, they both could have smooth fur,
or they could both have rough fur. It's either that, or then I have no clue.
But I'm sure that I'm right, then.
11/10/12 - Will was sitting on
Matt's
lap this morning when Matt's cell phone (in his pocket) started to vibrate.
Will jumped off Matt's lap and announced, "I never knew Daddy had a bottom
shaker!"
10/14/12 - Found this To Do List by the computer (made by Maddie, 6):
to Do liist
Do the lodree (laundry?)
vakumee (vacuum?)...
poop on the toolit
10/1/12 - While helping Katie (10) with her homework, she innocently asked
me, "Mom, were there pens around when you were a kid?"
9/22/12 - After a very LONG week with Will (you name it, he's probably tried to
do it!), he told me this afternoon that he doesn't want daddy (
Matt)
to come home (he's been gone since Monday), because, "I've had a lot of
fun with you, Mom!"...I don't know if that is a compliment or if he's
telling me that he's been pushing my buttons because it is fun!
9/15/12 - Just overhead:
Alex to twins: Stop arguing...you're twins...you're SUPPOSED to get along!
7/16/12 - Conversation between Will (6) & Maddie (6).
Will: I accidently hurt the leg of that fly.
Maddie: oh no, he won't fly again!
Will: I didn't hurt his wing! Just his leg. I took him to the hospital and
now he has a wheelchair. He'll be okay.
if he's not taking insects to hospitals, he's watching something on his
"invisible tv" in his room. He definitely has an imagination!
7/14/12 - Alex (8) to Will (6): Will! Stop it! Get back in your cage, we
haven't bought you yet!! (just for the record, we don't own a cage!).
6/20/12 - quote #2
Katie to Alex: Alex, I know that you don't like chocolate, but believe me, it
won't give up on you - it will persist!
Couple of quotes from Katie today...
"Mom, other than flunking classes, I would've given anything to do summer
school. That's how much I LOVE school".
6/12/12 - Maddie's quote to me this evening (while picking her up at church):
"Mom, in case you are the tooth fairy...this is how I am going to lay in
bed (shows me, while standing, how she will be sleeping). My tooth will be
under my pillow on the other side." Thanks kid - it makes my life a lot
easier!!
a little piece of irony for the day...
I just paid the kids their allowance, in which I had to dig to find change,
used my last $1 bills...5 minutes later Maddie runs in with her smile wide and
a big gap between her front teeth. After working on this tooth for the last
month, she chooses to lose it after I hand out my last dollar!
6/11/12 - Will's been helping me with new drawers with Matt's letterboxing closet.
This is the conversation:
W: Amazing
Me: What's amazing?
W: When dad is dead, and I'm grown up...I can have his letterboxing closet!!
5/18/12 - While at Kohls this evening, Katie & I were in a dressing
room. I tried on a new shirt. her response, "Oh Mom, that is definitely
your style...you know, totally 1970s!".
5/9/12 - evidently the twins now know their phone number - judging from the
writing on the wall (literally)...
4/29/12 - the kids are looking for a snack right now...Maddie doesn't know
what to have. Will suggested some cookies. Her response, "no, I trying to
find something healthy...mom, we have no healthy thing here!!"
4/22/12 - after being gone for 2 days, Katie told me the sweetest thing this
morning.
Katie: "Mom, I am so glad you are home!!"
Me: "Why is that?"
Katie: "I missed you, the house just isn't the same without you!"
3/20/12 - Katie's math homework included this problem. 7n = 50 + 34. Find
the answer and explain the steps to get this answer. Here's her answer...
3/19/12 - The kids were talking about the messy ice cream we had last night
at McDonalds (the worker filled the cups to the top with ice cream...making it
very hard to add hot fudge/caramel. It ended up melting all over and making a
mess. While the kids were discussing this, I chimed in with "yeah, he was
Messy Marvin"...Maddie stopped talking and looked at me in wonder, "I
didn't know you knew his name, Mom!"
3/3/12 - The kids received conversation candy hearts at church tonight.
Maddie ate hers after dinner. She was trying to read the first one. After
figuring out that it said "kiss me", she shrugged her shoulders and
kissed the candy heart...then ate it!
2/26/12 - while driving today, Will was having a "nose" issue (and
using his finger rather than a tissue)...A few minutes later, this is the
conversation...
Will: Mom, I am so hungry!
Alex: you shouldn't be, you just ate your snot!
1/30/12 - Will (while eating ice cream): "Ugh, brain...stop getting
freezered!"
1/9/12 - Conversation last night:
Katie: "Dad, you're like Larry and Mom, you're like Bob" (from
Veggie Tales).
(my thought...I think I'm offended since Bob is short and very round!)
Katie: "That's because Bob doesn't have a sense of humor...but Larry
does!"
Me: "Let me remind you...without Bob running the show, all heck breaks loose!!"
12/29/13 - Leaving the house today, Matt said to me, "Young lady, where
is your coat". Will said, "what? I have a coat on!". Matt
repeated himself and said I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Mom. Will
then said, "What? She's not young!"
11/28/13 - While putting our Thanksgiving decorations away this afternoon, I
heard Will talking to our pilgrim figure, Jack.
Will: I am sorry Jack, but you are going to spend most of your life in a
box.
11/27/13 - Will & I do a race every morning to see who can get
dressed first (I wake him up and then "ready, set, go" as I race back
to my room to get dressed...it is a good wake up tactic!) I have YET to beat
him and this morning I whined about him always
winning.
Will: Well, maybe when I am a great-grandad you will win
Me: I am pretty sure I'll be dead by then!
Will: Well, there you go - you will beat me at dying!!
11/3/13 -
Becki:
"You can't treat your babies like that in real life." (after Maddie
tossed one of her dolls)
Maddie (7): "I'm not going to get married and have babies."
Becki: "Why not?"
Maddie: "Because I don't like kissing."
10/8/13 - Needs to take a moment to share what Katie did tonight. She
completed the fourth book in the Awana T&T series. What's the big deal,
you ask??? She started and finished in 6 weeks! Most kids struggle to complete
a book in a year! We are so proud of her and pray that God continues to use her
for His glory.
12/20/13 - While playing Outburst last night, the answer was "Disney
World"...with the timer beeping REALLY fast, I blurted out, "It is
the place where you go to have all your dreams come true"
Alex (not missing a beat), "Heaven"!
8/15/13 - Will just walked up to me and held out his hand (holding a
lightning bug). He then asked me to "watch my grandbug for a
while"...
6/16/13 - So, I took 3 of the 4 kids to a gathering in Indiana from Friday
to Saturday (1 night/2 days).
Becki
is unpacking Will's suitcase;
8 shirts
1 pair of swim trunks
1 pair of shorts
6 pair of socks + 2 socks that didn't match...
15 pair of underwear
The kicker, he slept in his clothes and didn't change the next day. Guess he
prepared for the worse case scenario.
6/10/13 - I want to give a shout out to my wonderful hubby, Matt.
I can't think of a better partner to walk through life with "in
sickness & in health". He woke up and prayed me through a scary
night - full of pain and vomiting. He packed a full hotel room in minutes and
loaded all of us into the van for a 30 minute (mountain) drive to Rapid City.
He delivered me into the caring hands of nurses and doctors and then tended our
4 scared and confused children - keeping them entertained, fed and (mostly)
put together! He drove 9 hours round trip to meet my mom 1/2 way so she could
take the kids home. After driving those 9 hours, he ended his night at the
hospital - sitting with me. He tended to me in ways I never expected and
appreciate every effort he put forth. He guided my steps into the bathroom on
our long drive from Rapid City to Sioux Falls - because I was to weak to stand
on my own. He made me laugh when I didn't think it was possible, kept the a/c
on while everyone else was freezing, and made numerous laps around the hospital
corridors while I tried to gain strength. Matt, there were many more things
that didn't go unnoticed...just too many to list in one post. I love you
& I think we make a pretty good team, you & I. Thank you for
taking such wonderful care of me this past weekend. I love you!
1/26/13 - I took Alex & Maddie to their first wedding a few weekends
ago. While making dinner a few nights ago, Alex looked at me and asked,
"Mom, do I have to sing to the man when I get married?" I tried to
figure out why she asked that and then remembered that their only wedding
experience included the bride (
Tya)
singing to Jason! I reassured her that no, she didn't have to sing if she
didn't want to. She was pretty thrilled to hear that, "Oh, that's good. I
don't like singing by myself in front of people. I didn't know if I'd ever get
married then!"
10/30/14 - So, we headed to Kansas City for Fall Break this week. I gave
each kid a list of what to pack and told them I wouldn't be checking - it was
their responsibility to pack what I had on the list. All assured me that they
got everything on the list.
First morning at the hotel, we quickly realized that Will did not pack ANY
clothing - other than swimsuit and pajamas! You will notice that he is wearing
the same outfit in all the pictures! Didn't seem to phase him one bit.
Cross Country – 2014 - Wilson Middle School had their sports recognition
night this evening. Coach Perkins identified two "most inspirational"
athletes (one boy and one girl from each class --6-8th grades) -- Kaitee was
recognized as the most inspirational female athlete of her class. Not because
she was the fastest runner, but because she always smiles . . . even while she
runs.
7/30/14 - I love the servant's heart that my son has! He just heard the
garbage truck drive by, grabbed his flip flops and ran out the door. He is now
putting the garbage can away!
3/22/14 - Me: Will, can you bring the phone to me?
Will: why, who are you going to call?
Matt and me in unison: Ghostbusters!
Will: utterly confused....
1/14/14 - To my dear daughter, I know you aren't sleeping! I am currently on
my Nook and keep receiving the recommendations you are sending!! Yes, her nook
has been confiscated.
2/14/15 - So, another good Will story for you. While at church tonight, Will
sat with
Matt
and me. He had never sat with us before so we showed him how to follow along
and fill in the sermon notes on the outline provided in the brochure. He sat
listening intently for the first 10-15 minutes then started doodling on the
paper. Then, he looked at me in horror and whispered, "do we have to turn
these in when we leave"? When I chuckled and responded no, he let out a
huge sigh of relief!
2/12/15 - We've had issues with Will continuing to come upstairs after
bedtime...finding excuses to come up to tell us something. So last night, I
told him "good night Will, unless there is an emergency (our house is on
fire), I don't want to see your handsome face until morning". About 30
minutes later, Will walked upstairs...with a pillow covering his face.
1/2/15 - The girls are watching The Sound of Music for the first time...they
know the music but have never watched the movie. Maddie (8) just came up to
me...
Maddie: I am going to sit up here with you for a few minutes. It is a slow
song that I don't like.
Me: Is it Edelweiss? (singing a few notes)
Maddie: Yes, I don't like that one....
Me: Oh, that is one of my favorites because that is when the Captain and Maria
realize they are in love with each other!
Maddie: WHAT?!!?!! The Captain and Maria get in love???
Obviously I have failed in telling my kids the story of the von Trapps!
