Quotes from the Kiddos...

Before the quotes get underway, I'd like you to see the zucchini that went unnoticed in our garden (and the goofy pose to accompany it)...

 Six ans a half loaves of zucchini bread later, we are set!

When I returned from Chicago, Carter had a few things to say:
Carter: Oh Mom, I been missin' you!  I thought, I want my Momma back, and you did come back!! If you decided to go to Amalillo (Amarillo, where I flew out) eber again, I will (long pause) take all the tires off your car!  Please don't ever loose me again.

The next day...
Carter: Oh Momma, I still glad you are home!

Carter and Peter eat suckers (and everything else) a bit differently.  Carter can make a DumDum last for three days.  Peter chews it (like his Momma).  Carter looked on the table where he had left his DumDum in tact, and all that was there was a stick...
Carter: Oh no!!!  Where is my sucker????
Peter (coming around the corner with blue spit dripping from his mouth), opens his mouth full of sucker in Carter's face and says: Suhta????
Another sucker incident that day left Peter with a buzz cut.

I was taking some zucchini bread to a woman who lost her husband.  Carter asked if she was sick, and I said that she was not sick but sad.  After thinking awhile about it he said...
Carter: Oh! I bet she saw a pider!!  OR a nake!!!
Funny what they think others may be sad about.

Sean came to see us (well, maybe more people that us), and he brought the boys a toy truck. On the back of the packaging, there were the other trucks in the "series."
Carter: Oh Sean!  Tank you for dis no plow!  Next time you tome, I would like the tanker truck.
Nothing like honesty.

Another person there was helping Peter play with his "ca-er-pillar" tractor.
Carter: HEY!  Dat's Peter's tractor!
Me: Carter, do not talk to people that way.  It is nice to share.
Carter: Yes, it is nice to share, but dat is Peter's tractor!

I brought the boys some gummies from Chicago.  After lunch one day last week, I gave Carter and Peter one, and then I gave Jeremy an Army man gummy (cute, I thought).  After Carter gobbled his up...
Carter: Hey Dad, I see your gummy.
Dad:  Yes, it's mine.
Carter: Oh! Well...can I at least have a foot, or a knee, or someping like dat?

The boys were watching a cartoon about Juan Diego and afterwards, I saw Carter grab a paper bag out of the pantry and go outside.  In about ten minutes, he came in, with a bag of flowers fresh-picked from the flower garden and said:
Carter: LOOK! Just like Juan Diego!

Carter's QOTW and More...

We spent the weekend celebrating these kiddos and their First Holy Communion...

My in-laws hosted a brunch for all of the families, and it couldn't have been more perfect!  

How sweet are these cookies?!?  And they were delicious, too.

In other news, Carter has had some doozies lately:

At the dinner table with the family..
Me: Carter, eat your chicken.
Carter: Pollo.
Me: It's called chicken.
Carter: Pollo.  I will call it pollo.
Me:  Carter, it's chicken!  Just eat it!
Carter (whispering): In Spanish it is pollo.
(Duh).

At the brunch, he was running around and getting into EVERYTHING (as was Peter).  I was a little frustrated.  He had a fit and got in trouble.  I went into the back room to talk with him and it went a little something like this...
Me: Carter, why are you behaving this way?
Carter (throwing his hands in the air and then covering his eyes): Mom!  I jus twying to get away from all dese people!!  Here, I will wead my book and you come in and check on me evwey now and den.  Okay?
Comes by it naturally, I'm afraid.

Round two of getting in trouble and spending a little time in the baby bed:
Me (returning to the room to get him): Carter, are you ready to behave?
Carter: I so sorry, Mama.  I know what.  I jus so tired.  So, I will get my blanket and you will get in the car, and we will go home!!

Trying to load in the car for Mass, having just turned off Curious George...
Carter: Mama, I jus don't undertand.
Me: It's okay.  Get in the car for Church.
Carter (whining): But I just don't undertand!
Me: I don't care (I am such a nice mom).  It's time for Church.  You'll understand later.
Carter: But I won't!  And, you mus have patience while I learn to undertand dis.

Carter unscrewed his lid to his sippy cup for the 47th (okay, maybe 4th) time...
Me: Carter!  You know this is a no-no.
Carter: Mama, are you sad?
Me: Yes.  You disobeyed.
Carter:  Don't be sad.  It was a matake.  Please don't cwy Mama; it will make me cwy, too! (making himself cry).

Then I took a few pictures of John Paul and think there might be a few similarities between these two (me as a baby).

 Finally seeing those new teeth...

 And, that's all I've got today :)

Quotes, Life, and Such...

Remember those fire engine crayons Carter got for his birthday?  Well, Jeremy accidentally broke one.  When Carter saw it, Jeremy was at work.  The conversation went something like this:

Carter: Oh no, what happened???

Me:  Daddy accidentally broke your crayon.

Carter (whimpering): It was a matake.

I fordive him.

I will pway for him.

When I told him no more swimming one night on vacation:

Carter: JUS ONE more time! (holding his index figer high in the air).

Me: No.

Carter: Jus one more time!

Me: No.

Carter: Can I jus put my feet in?

Me: Sure.

Carter: You jus go inside.

Carter started swim lessons this week.  As much as he loved swimming in GA, I thought there would be no problems.  Wrong.  The last half of the lesson I returned to watch.  He was telling the teacher a plan he had (while no where near the pool), then he was crying in a corner.  When I told him we were going back the next day and he had nothing to be afraid of, this was his response:

Carter:  Yeah.  My angel Michael will jus swoop down and wescue me and deliver me back to my home.

When I told Carter RoRo was coming to visit, he said:

"YAY!  Maybe she will bwing me a truck, or some toys, or someping like dat."  

Her mission to be the aunt who always has something for the boys has been achieved.

Peter has now joined the QOTW posts.  He and Carter were having a difficult time sharing one morning (what's new), and they got in trouble.  So, after naps, Carter immediately shared a toy with Peter.  Peter looked at me with wide eyes and said:

Dood Bwuder.

What do we do for fun around here?

Play in the horse trailer...

look for snakes...

find frogs...

get new animals...

watch tv...

make things from the garden...

and things not from the garden...

wave...

take baths...

watch for rain...

and spend a little time in Big Red...

Life is good.

QOTW: Cousin Edition

I am not making any of this stuff up.

We went to my grandmother's home for her two days of branding this past weekend, and all of the second-cousins (well, not all, but a lot!) got together.  

Gentry and Peter share one thing in common...a love for food.  While they didn't have too many quotes up their sleeves, they did enjoy Me-Me's cooking...

Then Peter had a second lunch and Carter was thankful for the help!

It was around this little table that the conversations were rolling:

Carter (3): So...you guys been dittin' any wain???

Price (5):  Anybody have a girlfriend?  Huh?  Huh?  Because I do!  Abby Grace!
Chappel (6): A girl was following me around school at recess.  Thank goodness she moved!
Rett (5):  Girls??  EWWWW!

John Paul (and the rest of us) got to meet sweet Adair finally, and they cooed and cooed at each other.

Some other funny ones in the past week:

Me: Carter, let's go pick tomatoes.  They are red!

Carter:  Oh good!  Dose tomatoes were tired of being on dat vine.

Carter giving Peter a toy while Peter was whining for it:  Mommy, does dat help you?  

Me: Yes, it helps so much.  Thanks Carter!

Carter: It just makes me so happy to give Peter my toys!

(not 10 minutes later a frustrated Carter bonked Peter on the head with a toy rake).

I bought a sun hat for our beach trip.  It was on the dining room table.  The boys were both coloring at the table.  Carter looks at Peter:  So, who dot da gwamma hat?

PaPa had lunch with us one day this week when Elley was out of town...

Carter: Oh, PaPa, it makes me so happy when you come to see me!  I just love you.

Elley got a fever blister this week and Carter noticed it:

Carter: Elley!  What dat on yo face??

Elley: It is called a fever blister.

Carter: Did PaPa poke you with da fork lift?

Every morning when he wakes up: "Tan we doe fishiiiing?"

We were feeding cattle and Carter saw a maintainer.

Carter: Mom, what is dat?

Me: A road grater.

Carter: No, it's called a maintainer.  Tan you say MAIN-TAIN-ER???

Have a happy one!

QOTW: 5/13/13

Jeremy was singing that "knick knack paddy whack give a dog a bone" song the other day and was on the number four when Carter said:

"Dad, dats a gweat song, and I'm glad you love it!  BUT, I tink you need to stop singing it so it won't wake anybody up" - everyone was awake.

I was facetiming with someone the other day, and they were sad when we got off the call.  Carter said:

"Oh no, was she sad?  I KNOW, I will make her happier!  Les call her back and I will be weally weally silly."

Carter always wants Peter to play with him.  Peter uses it as power over Carter and shakes his head no when he knows Carter really wants to.  So, we've told Carter to just go play and Peter will eventually follow.  The other day when it happened again, Carter got right in his face and said:
"Peter, I am going to ignore you.  When, I go in my woom without you, you need to follow me.  Ok?  Peter?  Ok?"

"HELP!!! HELP!!!" ( I hear from the back part of the yard as I am pulling crab grass in the front).  I go see what it is, and Carter has his undies around his ankles.
"Carter!  What are you doing??"
"I's jus killin crab grass."

"Hey Mom!  What's your shirt say?"
"Word on Fire...it is where RoRo works!"
"OH NO!  OH NOOO!  RoRo is on fire?????  We better save her!!!"

I got a hanging basket of tomatoes the other day, full of little green tomatoes.  However, since I brought it home and planted it (instead of hanging it), it has mysteriously lost a lot of tomatoes (thank you Carter and Peter).  I warned them time and again not to pick them.  As I was warning them, Carter pulled one off.
Spank.
Then, Peter uprooted my herbs (for the second time).
Spank.
Jeremy walks in the door for lunch.
"Hey Dad!  It's been a BAD day.  We got lotsa spankins!"

Carter checking out PaPa and Elley's new puppies.

7 Quick Takes...

Joining Jen for Seven Quick Takes this Friday...

1.  Carter has been at it again.  I didn't get in a QOTW, so I'm sharing some here...

I had given both Carter and Peter a sucker.  Peter quickly devoured his.  Carter was savoring his when I heard a terrible scream.  Upon going in the other room to see what the problem was, I saw Peter with Carter's sucker, and Carter laying on the floor crying.  I took it away, returning it to Carter and causing Peter to cry and went back into the other room to do whatever it was I was doing.  Within minutes, Peter came to me with Carter's sucker again.  Then Carter came in saying:

"I was laying on the gwound tinking, what should I do?  What should I DO?  Then, I tot, I do not want my sucker anymore.  Peter can have my sucker.  And I gave it to him!!"

Just preparing for his birthday in a month.

2.  Abby (my parents' Border Collie) had puppies.  Carter was so proud of her he came running to me upon hearing the news saying, "Abby deserves a biscuit!  GIVE HER A BISCUIT!"

3.  Carter was trying to speed race though the meal blessing and finished in about 2.5 seconds.  When we told him that Jesus might have a hard time understanding him talking so fast he said...
"Oh!  Jesus lives in my heart.  I will talk louder so he can HEAR me!"

4.  Guardian angels are amazing.  I just finished listening to a talk of the Lighthouse CD of the Month series, and part of it was on the importance of having a relationship with your guardian angel.  That evening, I was praying with Carter and asking God to send their guardian angels to guide and protect them always.   Then, I went to turn on Carter's Tot Clock (which has only ever played music), and it came on with a story that said, "Hi.  This is your guardian angel talking..."  Crazy!

5.  Hallie has saved my carpet :)  In one of her Five Favorites a week ago, she mentioned the floor cleaner/spot remover Folex.  Well, I had my doubts.  All of our boys have been insane spit-uppers.  I mean, vomit style at least 2-3 times per feeding.  Anyway, our carpet (which isn't two years old), looks notsogood.  And, I've tried everything.  Well, I thought I had...until Hallie saved me and my sanity.  This stuff works!  Thank you!

6.  This little girl came to visit this week.  We hosted her Mom's birthday after Mass.  What a beaut...

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the high life via Aunt Sammie...

And check out her brother...

and all three...

Happy Birthday, sweet Cyd!  This girl is about as amazing as they come in the mom department.

7.   And a photo to end...Carter and his love for ladybugs.

Have a blessed weekend!  Enjoy Mother's Day, and don't forget to read the other fun posts at Conversion Diary!