Kids Say the Darndest Things

A couple of weeks ago, Gabriel had a Circus day at school. The parents could come and listen to their kids read and enjoy snacks. When we were sitting at the table with Gabe, I was asking him who certain kids were in his class. When I asked him who the kid was in the green shorts he said, "His name is Ben. You know like a hot dog ben". ; )

Last Sunday I was fixing Abigail's hair. I put it up in pigtails and flipped it thru the ponytail holders. It was so cute, but apparently she wasn't too fond of the look. She said, "I don't like it! I look like a freak!" (that is courtesy of her big brothers)

One day Gabriel was "riding" his bike. He had on all the necessary paraphenalia, ie. helmet, pads. He said, "I can ride any board. Skateboard, surfboard, boogieboard, snowboard, because I am a frofessional board rider!"

One morning I was nursing Matthew and Jacob came and sat down beside me. He looked over at Matthew and pulled up my shirt and exclaimed, "No Datchew, No bite mama!"

This morning, Gabriel and Abigail had crawled into our bed and they were talking to Joe while I was pretending to be asleep. For some reason the topic of Christmas came up and Gabriel said, "You know what I want for Christmas dad?" Joe said, "No, what is it?" Gabriel said, "I want my big boy teeth." Joe asked him if he had lost any baby teeth and Gabriel said no. Gabriel said, " I want big boy teeth because baby teeth are for weenies". (another one courtesy of the big brothers)

This week a cat has shown up at our house. I love it. Joe, not so much. He is not an animal lover. If it doesn't come in the house, shed fur, and generally make a nuisance of itself I am ok with it. The reason I love it is because we live in the woods. The woods have mice. Get the picture? We have not figured out if it is a boy or girl. The kids were talking and trying to figure out a name. Gabriel said, "Well, we will just wait and see if it has kittens or puppies and then we will know if it is a boy or girl"!