In trouble

DeeAnn was whining and complaining for getting into trouble.

M: "DeeAnn, Odan got in trouble too."

O: "What? But I'm the funniest boy in the world?"

College or Mission

O: "Is college a place when you're big enough to go on a mission?"

M: "Yes."

O: "Which do you go on first?"

M: "When you are done with high school you can either go on a mission first and then go to college, or you can go to a little bit of college and then on a mission. It's up to you and Heavenly Father to decide what to do."

O: "Well I want to go on a mission first because I want to choose the right."

D: "Well I don't."

M: "You don't want to choose the right or you don't want to go on a mission?"

D: "I don't want to go on a mission."

O: "Well, I do."

'Naughty' list

O: "Am I on the 'Naughty' list?"

M: "No."

O: "But I wanted a real dog, and I only got a fake one."

K: "Odan, remember Daddy is allergic?"

O: "Oh yeah!"

Garbage on the ground

O: "Why do people just put garbage on the ground?"

M: "I don't know, because they are litter-bugs."

O: "Does Jesus want the Earth to be clean?"

M: "Yes."

O: "I will tell the whole Earth Jesus wants the Earth to be clean. I will even tell the whole country."

Merry Christmas

While passing out goodies and singing carols to friends and neighbors Odan said,

O: "I wish everyone in the whole Earth a Merry Christmas! Even the people in California!"

Jar full of jelly

O: "Mom, what would happen if you drank a jar full of jelly?"

M: "Where'd you hear that?"

O: "Nowhere, I just made up that joke in my head."

M: "Well, you would feel sick, I don't think your tummy would like it if you drank a jar full of jelly."

Playing 'War'

Playing 'War', with a deck of cards...

O: "I have an idea. Let's play 'War' with the Joker's in, and when you get a joker, you have to tell a joke."

When I go on a mission

O: "When I go on a mission I want to go on the other side of the Earth. No, I want to go on the other side of the country because I don't want to ride on a boat, I don't want to ride on the Mayflower. I want to ride in an airplane. So you'll have to take me to the airport so I can ride on the airplane."

Getting the wind knocked out of you

The kids were running around in the basement, and lately DeeAnn thinks it's funny to stick her arms out while she and others are running full speed. Odan's chest was the victim of a pretty hard slap and he came upstairs hysterically upset. Like, really upset. Not only from being hit, but that anyone, let alone his sister, would intentionally harm him like that.

He was saying his chest was hurting, complaining of not being able to breath...

M: "Oh, Odan, I'm sorry. Did you get the wind knocked out of you?"

O: "What?"

M: "Sometimes when you hit your chest too hard, and it's hard to breath, that's called 'getting the wind knocked out of you'."

O: "Oh. I can just get some more tomorrow."

M: "More what?"

O: "Wind!" (as he pats his chest)

Litter-bug

M: "Oh no, see this garbage on the ground, my mom used to tell me if you drop garbage on the ground that makes you a litter-bug."

O: "I will never be a litter bug."

Words that end with 'b'

A mom who was helping in Odan's Kindergarten class told me this one.

They were going over words that end with 'b' when the teacher came to the word 'rob', to which Odan then informed his teacher,

O: "Teacher, my mom never robs. She always pays for stuff."

Worksheet from school

Odan came home from school so excited to show me a worksheet he'd done that day...

O: "Mom!! I'm on the 'Nice' list!!"

He pulled out a paper that he had written his name in on the bottom of a sight word Santa list.

Naughty List

O: "King, you better not make scary sounds cause I think that will put you on the naughty list."

King stops making scary sounds and says,

K: "Oh, yeah."

Adopt

O: "Mom, can we adopt Kimball on Fridays?"

M: "Well, we already watch him on Fridays, what do you mean 'adopt' him?"

O: "I just want to adopt him and take him to California with us."

M: "I don't think his mom and dad would like that."

O: "They could come with us!"

Giant Robot

The kids playing in their room, I over hear Odan complain,

O: "Why do I always have to defeat the giant robot?"

It was on 'Ellen'

The song "Paradise" came on the radio and the kids were remembering how we saw Coldplay performing on tv...

O: "Hey mom, remember when we saw this on tv?"

K: "Yeah, on the news..."

O: "It wasn't on the news, it was on 'Ellen'."

K: "What is the news?"

M: "The news is when people sit behind a desk and talk."

O: "'Ellen' is when they sit on a couch on a stage and people watch them. Then you could watch it on tv."

Getting sick

O: "Mom, I think I'm getting sick."

M: "Go lie down in your bed then."

O: "No, I'm just getting sick of you."

Odan singing to himself...

Kendall was hanging out with the kids in the boys' room. He over heard Odan singing to himself...


O: "I have an alien here on Earth, they are so good to me. I want to share my life with them through all eternity. Aliens can be together forever, through a-li-ens plan. I always want to be with my own alien. And the alien has showed me how I can. The alien has showed me how I can."
 

Stay

Listening to "Stay" by Rihanna,

O: "Like I want Jaaron to stay, but it's too late."

(Jaaron is his cousin who is on a mission right now)

Your Brain

Sometimes he says the most random things, after seeing a pile of newspapers...

O: "There's a bunch of newspapers in your brain, and they all fit because they're folded."

Thank you Bill Nye the Science Guy. (The episode about the brain)

A Ticket

At Daddy's work, Uncle Ruston was with us, and Odan asked if he could see Ruston's wallet. Ruston pulled it out and handed it to him. Odan opened it up, pulled out a business card of some sort and handed it to Ruston saying,

O: "Here's a ticket to a better life."

Uncle Ozzie

O: "I'm so worried about Uncle Ozzie because he has tornadoes."

M: "Where?"

O: "In Texas!"