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Kids Say


Like I’ve said a million times before (and will keep reminding you,) the Kids Say posts are some of my favorites. This one will probably be a little more special to me down the road because I questioned Liam and Kai on some things about me. 
 
I had seen some people posting a questionnaire that kids had answered about their Moms. But when my friend, Rose, posted her daughter’s answers on Facebook, I knew I had to join in. It was so sweet to me that the answers reveal in a childlike way how much they love and are being loved.  I asked Liam (age 6) and Kai (age 5) the questions separately so they wouldn’t base their answers off what the other said. So if you’re interested in reading, those are posted at the end of this regularly scheduled Kids Say post 😉
 
(plus a few extra iphone shots that didn’t make the cut in the last post—because I take too many pictures and I don’t like to blog without pictures!!)
kids walking in a line

 

a boy and his little sister

 

large family at creek

 

Kai was trying to determine the source of a bad smell…

Me–“well, what does it smell like?”
Kai–“kind of like…..a bad duck.”
 
Me–“Kingston, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Kingston–“A firefighter….with brown skin.”
(Sorry buddy, just like your parents, you will probably never exceed “extremely pale.”) 
 
After asking Kingston if he was excited about Chris and Rachel’s wedding..
“Yes! I love hotdogs!”
 
Because she has older brothers who always run to the window to watch the ice cream truck drive by and yell out which characters they see on the side of the truck (Sonic and Batman), every time Evangeline hears the ice cream truck coming, she shouts “BATMAN!” and runs to the window to watch it drive by.
 
As he was slurping out the last bit of gogurt from the tube, Kingston heard all the (obnoxious) sounds he was making and said, very seriously, “This is a beautiful song.”
 
Kai–“No, I didn’t say that out loud. I said it out quiet. 
 
Me–“Evangeline, were you testing your limits?”‘
Liam–“She was making her own limits.”
 
Liam–“It smells like Doritos in here. I guess it’s just Kingston’s feet.”
 
dad and son grilling hot dogs
artistic boy
1. What is something mom always says to you?
L-“I love you.”
K-“I love you.”
2. What makes mom happy?
L-“Me kissing you.”

K-“When I give you hugs.”

3. What makes mom sad? 
L-“When I do bad things.”
K-“Not getting your baby out.”
4. How does your mom make you laugh? 
L-“By saying funny things.”
K-“Saying funny things.”
5. What was your mom like as a child?
L-“lovable”
K-“a little girl”
6. How old is your mom?
L-“25”
K-“40”
7. How tall is your mom? 
L-“About like 30 inches tall.”
K-“really tall”
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
L-“cuddle”
K-“go to sleep”
9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
L-“Watch ’24′”
K-“talk to daddy”
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? 
L-“That you had so many babies” (<—-probably the answer that made me laugh the most)
K-“because you’re famous”
11. What is your mom really good at? 
L-“Sewing”
K-“sitting”
12. What is your mom not very good at?
L-“exercising while there’s a baby in your tummy” (he’s right!!)
K-“sleeping” (also right!)
13. What does your mom do for a job?
L-“take care of us”
K-“take care of us”
14.What is your mom’s favorite food?
L-“chocolate”
K-“tacos”
15.What makes you proud of your mom?
L-“When you make lunch quick.”
K-“When you hug and kiss me.”
16. If your mom were a character, who would she be?
L-“Kate from LOST when you wear your hair in a bun”
K-“Princess Leia”
17. What do you and your mom do together? 
L-“Make crafts and paint”
K-“cuddle”
18. How are you and your mom the same?
L-“We both have brown hair.”
K-“We love each other.”
19. How are you and your mom different? 
L-“You have green eyes and I have blue eyes.”
K-“Mommy is a girl and I am a boy.”
20. How do you know your mom loves you? 
L-“Because you said it so many times.”
K-“You make brownies for us.”
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? 
L-“You like to hang out with him while we’re sleeping.”
K-“You like to see him.”
22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?
L-“Ruby Tuesday”
K-“To the place that has really yummy burgers”
23. How old was your Mom when you were born?
L-“This one’s a math question….19”
K-“41”
24. What is your favorite thing about your Mom?
L-“That the baby is about to come out.”
K-“That you love me.”
25. What is one thing you wish you could change about your Mom?
L-“That you would wash the dishes faster.”
K-“That you could go to sleep better.” (This kid knows about my sleeping issues!)
26. How much do you love your Mom?
L-“To the sun and back, 30 times.”
K-“So much….to the Death Star and back, a billion times.”
**I added questions 24 and 25 and Liam added 26.
If you have young children, ask them the same questions to see what they say. It was a fun little questionnaire that I’ll have to do for Father’s Day (and my husband will just have to pretend he didn’t just read that 😉 )
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Before I share the ‘kids say’ post today–I just wanted to share a super cool thing that happened to us. I tried to keep it simple but feel free to scroll down to the cute stuff my kids have said lately 😉
 
All throughout our 7 1/2 years of marriage, we have always had a used mattress. It’s not necessarily in bad shape but it’s a little firm for our liking. Anyway, we have “complained’ to each other multiple times about how we needed a new mattress. The problem was the cost! A good quality mattress would cost so much and we were more interested in saving for a house. 
 
Anyway, a couple of weeks back, Don had mentioned again how badly we needed a new mattress. I told him that maybe we should just wait until we buy a house, then we could consider it. 

That same night, I was scrolling through instagram and came across a contest. The grand prize? A new queen Tempur-pedic mattress set (among other prizes!!!) Entry method? Post a pregnancy picture (showing how you attempt to get a comfortable night of sleep during pregnancy and use the hashtag #sleepingwithabump) This all seemed to be such crazy timing!
 
So after racking my brain on what kind of picture to take, I finally threw on some white clothes and had Don snap a few photos for me. (All white bedding just looks so appealing to me!) And let’s face it, I’m never comfortable while I sleep so I just attempted something that would LOOK comfortable.) I used a ton of filters, uploaded the picture, and then waited a whole week until they announced the winners. The whole time, I was obsessively checking to see if they had picked someone yet.
 
I was incredibly shocked when I saw that my name was announced as the first prize winner! Not only did we win the mattress set (valued at $3500), but we also won a $240 crib mattress, a $130 pillow, a book, and a couple of magazine subscriptions. Best prize ever!! But wait, there’s more!!
 
After talking about it, we decided we wanted to see if Mattress Firm would allow us to pay the $500 to upgrade to a king size. I figured–Go big or go home!
I reached out to them and asked them if that would be possible. Yesterday they notified me that they wanted to do me one better…they wanted to upgrade us for free!! What a blessing! I have no clue why they would even do that for us, especially when we had offered to pay for the upgrade. It just proves God’s kindness to His children…even in the little things.
 
All of the timing on this just felt like an answer to a prayer that we hadn’t specifically been praying for. But I am so thankful that we will soon have a new huge, comfy bed! I already promised the kids that we would have a movie night when it arrives.
 
So, not that they will ever read this…
But thank you to Small Fry Blog and Mattress Firm for seriously making me the happiest pregnant woman!!
 
pregnant photoshoot
 
 
 
And now a few words from my crazy kids….
 
Liam–“I wish I could wear a straight jacket.”
Me–“You would actually want to wear one?”
Liam–“Well, only if I wasn’t homeschooled.”
 
Kingston referred to his lips as his “kisser.” 
 
Liam was reading a book about Jesus’ birth and said “they brought him ‘Frankenstein’, myrrh, and gold.”
 
Kai–“There’s a bug outside that’s orange with a red nose. It has a tiny big nose.”
Me–“A tiny big nose?”
Kai–“Yeah, it’s little.”
 
Liam–“It’s a bird bug…
…I think I made that up.”
 
Me–“Why does your breath stink so much?”
Kai–“Because I’m a kid!”
 
Kingston–“I love evangeline. Hers my friend.” 
 
(As the boys were pretending their toys were bad guys)

Kai–“We need to smell yucky because bad guys always smell yucky!”
Liam–“Yeah, let’s cover ourselves with pickle sauce!”
 
For some reason, when Kingston sees a bee or a wasp, he refers to them as “that guy.”
He gave me a couple of heart attacks the first times I heard him use that term–
Examples:
(Running inside after playing on the deck–yelling and crying) “Mommy!! That guy out there is trying to get me!”
Or when a wasp got in our house “Mommy!! That guy is in our house! I don’t want him to get me!” 
After hearing those kinds of phrases a few times, I panic a lot less now.