that darn brick

Four year old's say funny things...i.e. "Loomer has it". Here's one that just happened:

Mom, small girl holding mom, and boy excitedly clutching Walmart bag with Wolverine and Iron Man exit store. Excited boy gets too close to the brick edged flower bed and scratches his leg. "Oww, oooh, eeee!" says boy. Mom notes the boy isn't bleeding, all should be well. Kids and mom get into car but boy comments, "Oh no. That brick took some of my brown off! Mama, could you go back over there to the brick and see if it taked my brown?" Mom was caught off guard and laughed heartily.

I love the funny things they say!

Madagascar and Adele

This is funny. We're driving down the road, windows down, listening to Adele singing "Rumor has it". You know, "Rumour has it (Roooo-mer has it) Rumour has it (Rooo-mer has it)", you know the one. Well, Zeke's in the back bobbing his head and afterwards says, "She was singing about a loomer." I ask and wonder what he is thinking, "What's a loomer?"

 Zeke responds, "You know, King Julian." Oh my, he means a LEMUR. Ha!! So funny. 

That one definitely beats out him thinking "Love Shack" (B-52's) is about a Love Shark.

 Man, kids are funny. 

Something funny, something yummy

I mean this isn't necessarily the funny thing which I wanted to write about, but it is silly funny. Anyways, on to the adorable funny...
Zeke has gotten more and more interested in Firefighters and likes to dress up like them (surprise, surprise). This afternoon Z comes up to me dressed like a firefighter and says, "Mama, call me at 911 if you need me to come fight a fire for you and I'll rescue you. 912 is Daddy's number. He fights the smoke."
That's funny.

On to yummy. I am not a fan of squashes. You probably are supposed to say squash, but I don't care. I don't like it. Yellow squash, Butternut and Spaghetti, too. There's not enough cheese and condensed soup that can make that gourd good enough for me to eat. BUT, then I had Acorn squash like we had it tonight and everything changed. My friend told me about this and I thought, I'll give it a shot. Here's what you do:

Cut an acorn squash in half and cut a little off the bottom so it will sit up straight.
(P.S...One acorn squash served two people tonight)
Scoop out the seeds and stringy pulp and massage the insides with a smidge of butter.
Roast the acorns at 350 for 45 min or until they're tender.
Add a little bit more butter and APPLE BUTTER, maybe some salt to balance things.
You'll be able to eat the insides just like a baked white or sweet potato.
DELICIOUSNESS.

watch me spin

That Hannah, she so crazy, but we're the ones spinning her on the floor, soooo...

Up her nose

I used to love to listen to one of Sinbad's comedic stories where his daughter shoved an entire box of raisins into her nose. It was so funny and at the same time made me shudder to think of all those raisins up that small snout! Flash forward a handful of years in a house on Brown Rd. Look at that sweet little face...she's so cute and cuddly, kind of like Curious George...

...why does one think it's a good idea to put things up their nose? "Hmmm, look at this piece of string. This looks like it'd be a perfect fit for my nasal passage. I'll just try that out and see if it fits. Wow, that really itches up there and it sure makes me sneeze alot."

I turn to look at Hb and how is the first thought that comes to mind is, has she put something up her nose? One quick look and the boxful of raisin story comes back and I laugh a good laugh as I pull the string out, with tweezers, a string that felt like it kept coming and coming and coming. I wish you could've seen Hb's face as I pulled it out. Hilarious.

I mean, its not like a shoe string long size piece of string, but when it's shoved up a tiny person's nose, it ain't no sewing thread.

Kids R Funny

Jessie and Woody are back! For a limited time only of course, because about ten minutes after this picture Jessie pee'd in her shiny red boots. Well then.

 

She's at it again! Climbing and hanging around!

 

 Kick hard little fishy! Z's been really into swimming in the pool sans swimmies and with his big eyes wide open under the water. We got to get some goggles for the man-cub!

I wondered why Z wanted his belt outside with him one morning, but just thought he'd put it on as his Superman belt or something. As I poked my head out the back door for my routine kid-check I noticed the little fellow found a smooth stone and wedged it under the strap. He'd just begun to whirl his belt in the air three feet from the glass door when I yell out, "STOP!" And then I actually asked "What are you doing?" His response, "I'm David and I'm gonna shite Go-why-ush." Funny  little character we've got on our hands. I love that kid.