Black Humans

The other day while driving in the car, Alex said, "Mommy, I wish I was a Black Human."

I asked why and he said, "Because then I could take all my clothes off and I would look just like a monkey. I wouldn't even need a costume!"

Human Throw

When at the temple the other, we had an interesting experience. On our way out, Alex literally picked Rebekah up and THREW her into the grass.

After scolding him, I scolded him some more by saying, "Alex, what made you want to throw Rebekah?"

A: "Well, I just thought it would be softer to throw her in the grass instead of on the cement."

Earlier I said, "I don't ever want to see you you do that to a girl again!"

Rebekah overheard this and said, "Yeah! Not a girl with a TUTU!!"

Later that night when Joseph was talking to Alex about it, Alex said, "Well I didn't throw her like a basketball, it was more like a Human Throw."

He then prayed for the following, "Please bless that I can remember to not Human Throw my sister anymore."

Positive

This morning as I was getting the kids their breakfast, Alex said, "Ugh! I wish it wasn't Sunday!"

I replied, "Come on now, let's be positive today."

He wittingly said, "I am positive. I'm positive I DON'T want to go to church today."

I'm Your Family

Today I was crying a lot about wanting to go home (back to Iowa) for Christmas. Rebekah asked, "Mommy, why are you crying?" I told her that I don't know....I just think I miss my family a lot.

She wisely responded: "But Mommy, I'm your family."

That made me cry more....but at least it was a good cry.

Young Love

Since the first day he laid eyes on her, Alex has been "in love" with a little girl named Gracie from his church class. Really we just thought they were the best of buddies, but all of the sudden they seem to be getting a little silly about things. Today, while Gracie was over here, this happened:

Alex: (whispering to me, but Gracie could hear)  "Mom, I'm gonna tell Gracie who I am going to marry!"

Gracie: "I know! Me!"

Lots of giggles from both kids, red faces, etc....

Alex: "How did you know I was going to marry you?"

Gracie: (giggling uncontrollably) "Well because you are my boyfriend and if you are my boyfriend then  that means we are going to get married."

More giggling and teheeing....

Gracie: "My brother Nathan has like 20 or even 40 girlfriends! There is one named Shirley and he is totally IN LOVE with her!"

Alex: (giggling hysterically now) "IN LOVE?!"

Gracie: "Yes, in love....and he even KISSED her!"

Alex: "Ewwww, gross!"

Gracie: "It's not really that gross."

Hahahahahaha  It was SO hard to keep a straight face.

Pretend Hair

Today in the car on the way to our friend's house, Rebekah started listing off that Mommy has hair, Alex has hair, Rebekah has hair, Kaitlyn has hair...etc. I asked her, "What about Daddy?" She replied, "Daddy has pretend hair."

Brother's Day

Last night at dinner Alex started talking about what he wanted to get for Joseph and I for Mother's and Father's Day coming up. He then said, "AND, I bet you can't guess what I want for Brother's Day!"

Someday he'll realize that every day is Brother's Day.