Friday, February 8, 2008

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Little kids are so brilliant and so funny! Here are some of the great things the boys said this week:

1. we went to Mickey D's to play on the 'toy' due to the hideous weather. I had promised to buy apple dippers for the gang, but I forgot my wallet at home. Liam told me he was starving, and I explained I didn't have any money to buy food. He looked at the table next to us with its tray of leftover food and said "Can't we just eat garbage?"

2. Riveria looked over every single bouquet at Costco and brought me a bouquet of two dozen roses! And he wrote me a note this morning that said "I love you". How sweet is that? Of course, he also wrote me a note that said "bring snow shovel after school or ELSE".

3. Liam again: we were looking at a print that his mom has hanging on the wall, and he was asking how it got made. I explained that the artist painted what was in their imagination, and he asked "Does he see pictures in his mind like I do?" Probably not nearly as wonderful as the ones you see, Liam!

4. Alex and I have a real 'soul connection', it's great being his godmother. He's been loving having me nanny for them, and every night when I tuck him in, he asks me to wake him up as SOON as I get to their house in the morning. The other night, Lorraine was tucking him in, and he asked her with a smile "I wonder what we'll get to do with Laurie tomorrow?" I always get a big hug and kiss from him every morning and night, and it's great to be loved!

5. Michael is such a little rascal! He copies EVERYTHING his big brothers do. Whether it's flying off the couch to land on the piled up cushions, flying down the snowy street with a brother on the sled, or making karate moves, he is all over it. He loves the 'grrr' sweater I knit for him, and though he's not using many words yet, he is a pro at communicating. He wanted to wear it the other day, so he 'acted out' the dog and the grrrr and pointed to his tummy to show where it was supposed to go.

9 comments:

Cara said...

god, i miss seeing their beautiful faces everyday.

Katie said...

"Can't we just eat garbage?"!!!!! That may be the greatest thing I've ever heard. LOVE it Love it Love it. :) I hope you said yes.

zaideafraidey said...

what fun. For the record you have always been loved by many.

Laurie said...

I would have said yes if those pigs had left anything good. and thank you little sister, that's very sweet! AND CARA COME HOME SOON!!!

Sue said...

How could they NOT love everything about Lowdie - you are the BEST!!!

Unknown said...

Those boys are so cute. Just another generation figuring out how great my mama is! Oh, and thanks for working out with me! It was really fun to go with you this morning!

zaideafraidey said...

working out, hooray you two!!

Laurie said...

If 30 minutes sitting on the ex. bike can do anything for my fat ass, I am all over it. May go back tomorrow! 2x since we joined at Xmas, that's about 60 $ per visit lol.

Sue said...

Bertie - we HAVE got to get over our aerobics imagery - it doesn't seem to being doing the trick like it did in our 20s and 30s . . .dammit