"Breaking the Girl"

Listening to 'Breaking the Girl' (RHCP)

O: "That guy said 'baking' the girl."

M: "I think he said 'breaking' the girl."

O: "Nope, he said 'baking' the girl." (pause) "That's evil."

A Present

O: "Mom, sometimes in my little class, Zachary be's naughty and tries to rip Tate."

M: "Rip him?"

O: "Yeah. It's because he thinks he's a present."

Sunday Morning

Odan comes in and wakes us up....

O: "Mom, is daddy here?"

M: "Yeah" (groggily)

Odan walks around the bed.

O: "Daddy!"

D: "Hi Odan!" (groggily)

O: "Are you dying?"

D: "No, just tired."

Bedtime Story

O: "You better hurry and tell us a story or we will turn maaaad."

Batman Socks & Batman Mask

O: "I want to wear my Batman socks and my Batman mask. My teacher won't believe it, I'm going to be so cool and so awesome!"

Lovely

(Odan trying to give his little sister a kiss)

D: "Noooo!" (whining)

O: "But DeeAnn, kisses are lovely!"

When I Die

O: "When I die, will I be a baby again?"

M: "No."

O: "I'm going to be a kid forever???"

Afraid

O: "Mom, I'm afraid of the world."

M: "The world?"

O: " Yeah. It's because there's earthquakes in it."

Mistakes

A conversation after fighting with his brother.

M: "Odan, are you angry?"

O: "No!" (his hands in his pockets, scowl on his face)

M: "Are you frustrated?"

O: "No! I'm just making mistakes!"

M: "What kind of mistakes?"

O: "Fighting mistakes."

Wives

O: "Everyone only has one wife...except the Hulk."

B: "Oh, how many wives does the Hulk have?"

O: "Um, a thousand or something - I don't know."

(B in this convesation is our nephew, Brian)

A Little Bit Sad

At Murray park....

O: "This is making me a little bit sad."

M: "Why?"

O: "Because the birds are gone."

Animal Power

O: "Mom, this is how animals get their power..."

(Proceeds to pound his fists on his chest like a gorilla)

Old

O: "Mom, are you old?"

M: "No!"

O: "Are you sure?"

Me looking at him questioningly...

O: "Are you sure??"

M: "Do you think I'm old?"

O: "Yeah"

It's True

This is a conversation we were having while we were driving....

K: "Mom, are we going to live forever?"

M: "Yes, but our bodies will die, and our spirits will keep living"

K & O: "Aww" (sadly)

M: "We will get them back again."

K & O: "How?"

M: "I'll tell you - because of Jesus, it's called Resurrection"

O: "Does that mean I will get a new mommy?"

M: "No, I get to be your mommy forever, and do you know why?"

O: "Why?"

M: "Because mommy and daddy were married in the Temple."

(Odan begins a whimpering-like, crying sound)

K: "Odan are you crying? Why are you crying?"

O: "Because it's true!"

K: "No it's not!"

O: "Yes it is! Mommy, is what you just said true?"

M: "Yes it is."

O: "See! I told ya!"

Spider

O: "I want to be a spider."

M: "Why?"

O: "Because I want to be a tough one that someone would smash and I won't die."

Target

Odan and I were at Target, and as we are going down the school supply aisle, Odan turns to a lady walking in the opposite direction as us and says, "Hi!" enthusiastically. She turns to him and says, "Helloooo!" as she passes by. Odan recoils and 2 seconds after she'd passed us he says to me, "Mommy, she sounds crazy!" I turn around to see if by chance she didn't hear him, and all I see is the lady turned around looking straight at me with her jaw dropped to the floor in offense at his comment.

I quickly turned to Odan and said, "She doesn't sound crazy!" To which he quickly replied, "Yes she does!"

I didn't turn back around.

Love

O: "If you love people, then somebody will be in your heart."

Beautiful Stranger

I was in the kitchen doing dishes and listening to Madonna's song, 'Beautiful Stranger' from the Austin Powers soundtrack. Odan was sitting at the table listening as well while he ate a snack.

O: "Beautiful stranger?" (laughs) "That's funny!" (But also a little bit confused)

Once the chorus came around again, he repeats,

O: "Beautiful stranger?" (laughing at the absurdity of the thought)

So I decide to explain.

Me: "Odan, your daddy was a stranger when I first met him."

O: "He was? Was he a good stranger?"

Me: "Yes, and I went up to him and said, 'Hi, I'm Norda, what's your name?' and he said, 'My name is Kendall.'"

O: "And then he changed into a daddy?"

Me: (laughing) "Yeah, something like that."

He then referred to his daddy as a beautiful stranger for a few days.

Fire Truck

Driving into the parking lot for swim lessons last night, we noticed a big yellow fire truck parked near the back of the lot.

O: "Mom! A fire truck! I think there's a man in a tree!" (Pause) "Or a fire."

Outside

This one was while Odan was at our friend's house. She was taking the kids out to play and talking about how beautiful it was outside. This was their conversation:

Miche: "Odan, what's your favorite thing about being outside? What is your favorite thing to do?"

O: "Eat."

Hey Mom

In Target today.....

O: "Hey mommy?"

M: "Yes Odan..."

O: "Um, I love you."

A passerby turned around and said to me, "wow, that just melted my heart, and I don't even know him!"

He says this spontaneously, seemingly out of the blue. And usually it is mostly when I need it. Love this boy.

Tiny Hulk

This morning Odan brought me one of the boys' little toy airplanes. I noticed that the end of one of the wings was bent, so I began to question Odan on what had happened to it. (I am unusually bugged whenever any of their toys break) I also happen to know that those particular little metal planes are the perfect 'key' to unlocking mommy and daddy's room, hence the probability it was used to try and open our door.

Me: "Odan, what happened to the wing?"

O: "I don't know."

Me: "It's bent...how did that happen?"

O: "Oh, I think a tiny Hulk bent it."

Me: "Really?"

O: "Yeah, a tiny Hulk bent it."

What's That Smell?

Driving home from Kaysville one night, after passing Bountiful (and the 'fire' from whatever plants those are just to the side of the freeway)

M: "Ew, what's that smell?" (jokingly)

O: "I think DeeAnn farted!"

D: "Nooo!" (a little angry at the accusation)

M: "No, it wasn't DeeAnn, it's the fire we just saw."

O: "Oh, I think the fire farted!"

The whole backseat erupts in laughter.