Kid-isms

One of the many reasons I started this blog was to capture not just the unbelievable, crazy, incredible moments in our lives, but the simple ordinary days that seem to blend all together. You know the kind of days I mean - homeschooling, running errands, cleaning up messes, cooking dinner, doing the laundry, reading stories, kissing boo boos, etc. etc. etc. Those are the days that all run together in a wonderful mundane mush until something crazy comes along to mess it up and make you say "oh yeah, it's been a while since anything has happened". I love when we get days upon days of those kinds of days. Kind of how you don't really notice how great you're feeling each day until a cold comes along and knocks you on your butt. Then when you suffer through days of misery and come out of the fog to feel healthy again, you realize how much you like being able to breathe. It seems to be on these wonderfully ordinary days that the one or more of the kids come up with some zinger or cute something that I know others aren't really interested in, but I feel compelled to post them on here so I can look back with my failing brain and remember them. Just last night when the "big switch" happened on here and I was locked out and could only read my blog, I did just that. I scolled through post after post reading about the events in our lives for the past few years. My grandson's mom was over for dinner and her telling me that she has been reading through it and gaining more insight into our family also reminded me why I post as I do. So many of our family live far enough away that they don't get to share in the chaos I call my life - this is a little resting spot where they can keep tabs on what we are up to. So, enough rambling for today -----
This morning when the toddlers were watching Disney, Special Agent Oso was on and #5 asked me in all her 3 year old wisdom "mommy, why does he have a hoopa-loop?" LOL He was working a hula-hoop. I thought it was very cute until I hear Oso call it a hoopa-loop! Huh? I guess there must be some copyright infringement or something???

Then tonight at dinner, upon placing a bowl of Alfredo Pasta with Chicken & Broccoli in front of him, #4 said he likes the pasta but not the chicken. I asked him why he didn't like the chicken and he replied "because it's dead chicken". O-k-a-y. I didn't realize that not having to chase his dinner around the kitchen first was upsetting him. He didn't clarify any more and didn't seem to disturb by it when I came back a few minutes later and he was chowing down on it.  And there you have it, the "Kid-isms" for today. Ta-Da!