A saying for every day of the year

This one is really me, but it initiated such a laughing response I thought I'd better write it down.

We were helping to clean out Kendall's parent's house when his brother Kirk presented a jar with a bunch of papers in it toward me asking,

K: "Hey Norda, would you like a jar with a saying for every day of the year?"

I replied,

M: "No thanks, I have an Odan."

He and his mom busted up laughing saying, "that is true!".

On TRAX

O: "Mom what is that red button? What does it do?"

M: "Well, it says 'Push for Emergency', so you push for an emergency. Only for an emergency."

I could see the wheels in his head turning, and I was trying to think of a scenario I could give an example of when he says,

O: "So if someone is killing you, you push that button?"

Trying to hold back a laugh I say yes.

O: "What if they are killing you while you are walking?"

First Day of Kindergarten

Odan woke up this morning bright eyed and before getting out of bed these were his first words...

O: "I get to go to school today! What are we waiting for? Let's get ready!"

A conversation on throw up

O: "Guess what, when I was at Miche's I throwed up. Because I ate robin noodles and chocolate milk. And that's too much sugar."

He and King kept conversing about throwing up and how gross it is. When Odan asks me,

O: "Mom, does throw up fly?"

M: "What?" (I had no idea what he was talking about)

O: "How does it get out?" (of your tummy)

M: "Well, when you throw up it doesn't fly off into the sky,"

The boys burst into laughter.

M: "So no, it doesn't fly."

You make me sad

Odan was having a hard time while I was trying to run errands. He was being impatient and wanting to go home. This was our conversation in the car...

O: "Mom! You make me sad every day!"

M: "What? How?"

O: "You never tell me what we are doing!"

Ice Cream

A friend had taken Odan and DeeAnn with them to get some ice cream at Arctic Circle. DeeAnn wanted to try my friend's cherry flavor. When my friend tried to offer Odan a taste...

S: "Odan, do you want to try some of my ice cream?"

O: "No. My mom says I can't have red things because of the red #40."

The next day I was asking them about their ice cream,

M: "What flavors of ice cream did you guys get?"

O: "I got chocolate and DeeAnn got really chocolate."

M: "Oh yeah, did she have hers dipped?"

O: "No, hers was 'dropped'."

Seatbelt

Whenever leaving the house I always take inventory of who has their seatbelt on. I will ask each child individually if they have theirs on. Sometimes I am more impatient than not. On this particular day I was being a bit intense, and after I had asked everyone, Odan says this,

O: "Mom! Get your freaking seatbelt on!"

Odan makes a wish

Walking into the library the kids picked some dandelions in the grass and began blowing the seeds around. Before Odan blew his dandelion I hear him say this,

O: "I wish...(inaudible)"

I couldn't hear him, so I asked,

M: "What did you wish for Odan?"

O: "I wish my mom was a super hero."

Stinky

Upon walking into the kitchen King says,

K: "Why does it smell stinky?"

O: "Because mom's making a stinky dinner!"

Semi-truck

Driving on the freeway an England Trucking semi-truck passes us.

O: "Mom! It's a card truck! A card truck! Maybe there's cards in it!"

(The symbols on the truck resemble face cards.)

DeeAnn is so pretty

O: "DeeAnn is so pretty, it makes me cry." (commences fake-crying)

D: "Odan what's wrong?"

O: "DeeAnn is so beautiful!"

Hike to Twin Lakes

Kendall took the boys on a hike to Twin Lakes up Big Cottonwood canyon. When they got back, Kendall told Odan to tell me about the "science" they did up at the lakes.

O: "Mom! We just took dirt and put it in the water, and it looked different!"

M: "It did? What did it look like?"

O: "Like gold. But that was the only science we did."

Leaving the playground

Odan was upset, not wanting to leave the playground as we were trying to go. I sent DeeAnn to run over to him and tell him we were leaving. Although I couldn't hear what DeeAnn had said to him, I heard his reply to her loud and clear,

O: "DeeAnn! I am very cross!"

Later he told me again,

O: "Mom! I am very cross right now! I didn't want to go yet. I wanted to play more!"

Not going swimming

On our way to a family reunion, we were supposed to go swimming first, but we were running so late we decided to head over to the pavilion for lunch instead. As we pull into the parking lot his cousin Isis notices Odan looking sad...

I: "What's wrong Odan?"

O: "I'm so disappointed we aren't going swimming."

We did swim afterwards. :)

Earth's Crust

Driving down the road,

O: "Mom! I see the Earth's crust!"

M: "Where?"

O: "Right there!" (pointing to the road)

M: "Well, the road is on top of the Earth's crust, but everywhere else you see the ground, trees, grass, that is the Earth's crust." (I hope I am correct in that)

Thank you Bill Nye for your episode on 'Earth's Crust'.

What my kids call string cheese

O: "Can I have some more scream cheese?"

City Library

This one is from over a year ago that I've remembered lately.

We were visiting the downtown Salt Lake City library and after exploring a few of the floors I was explaining the purpose and awesomeness of libraries.

M: "At the library you can find a book about anything and learn about it. Anything in the whole world! Volcanoes, dinosaurs, anything you can think of, you can learn about from a book at the library! So let's each take a turn and look up a book on something we want to learn about. Who wants to go first?"

All the kids raise their hands, excited and enthused and I picked Odan...

O: "Um...I want to learn why Satan is bad!"

I was stumped. Of all the things to look up a book about! I had to quietly explain that that one might be difficult to find a book on!

Murray Park

An example of Odan's pronunciation of r's...

O: "Moo-y Park has cows in it. That's why it's called 'Moo-y' park."

P90X part 2

When I am doing a P90X dvd the kids like to sit and watch - the tv, not me I might add. If I am lucky every once in awhile they get up and try to do the moves with me. Sometimes they say things like, "Go mom! They're going! Keep going!" or "How come you're not doing it?" Well today I overheard this...

O: "He could be Superman." (referring to Tony Horton)

K: "He's not Superman!"

O: "But I can see his muscles! It could be Superman! Look at his muscles!"

Car Wash

Told to me from a primary teacher...

In primary a leader was showing an example of the paper they were going to cut out for a craft of some sort. She cut fat strips of paper and asked all the kids,

"So do you think you all can do this? Cut these in strips?"

Odan blurts out,

O: "Hey that looks like a car wash!"

He is so random!

Rocket Ship

Eavesdropping on some free-play...

O: "I will get in a rocket ship to see if there's a problem in space!"

Kissing

I overhear the kids in the basement playing with an older friend when I hear the friend attempting to get DeeAnn to kiss him...

Shocked and infuriated I yell...

M: "Hey!! No kissing games down there! Everyone up here right now!"

The kids file upstairs and line up sheepishly.

M: "There is absolutely no kissing aloud in this house! That is not appropriate."

O: "But you kiss us, and Daddy."

M: "Yeah, but I'm a mommy."

O: "Oh, so when I'm a daddy I can kiss?"

M: "Yep. Only when you're a daddy."