Father May You

Me: [Shakes keys]
Ellis: Dad, can you stop that?
Me: I can...
Ellis: May you stop that?

Smart Aleck

At dinner tonight Gordon said, "I hate when adults get smart alecky."

Monkey

Tonight, while tucking him in, Gordon told me, "I think that I am part monkey. I can squeeze very tightly with my arms and my legs. I'm only missing the tail and the fur."

I told him that he gets his "Monkey-ness" from his dad's side of the family.

Where the Wild Things Are

We are watching "Where the Wild Things Are". When Max runs away, Gordon looks at me and said, "That must have been terrible for his mom."

Tears of Joy

Tonight Gordon told me, "Mom, sometimes when I go to bed, I cry tears of joy because I think I have the nicest family in the world."

Favorite Ending

Gordon said, "They say the world will end in five billion years. That's really sad because that's my favorite number."

Garfield

Gordon is memorizing the US Presidents and was practicing them in a little song before he went to bed last night. Ellis listened intently as Gordon was singing them. When he finished, Ellis said, "I like how they included Garfield."

Faces

Last weekend we went to an art exhibit. They had a metal bust with a beaded skirt on display. I was looking at it with Gordon and he said to me, "Mom, can you see the face in this?" I asked him what face.  He pointed at the breasts and belly button and said, "Eye, eye, mouth." I said, "I can see how you see that but look at it this way, breast, breast, belly button." He looked at it for a minute and said, "Yeah, but I just see a face." and walked away.

Beautiful

Last night when Gordon was ready for bed, he gave me a hug and said, "Mom. I hope that when I get married, I can marry a girl that is as beautiful as you."  I hugged him back and said, "You might even marry someone that is more beautiful than me."

He took a step back and looked at me like that wasn't even possible and said, "Really?".

The Love

We were watching "The Legend of Korra" with the kids the other day and we got to an intense part where one of the characters betrays the guy who loves her.  Gordon said, "I knew she was faking the love!"

The H Is Silent

Linda was reading riddles from a book and the kids and I were trying to guess the answers. She read through a couple which referenced elephants and I passively answered "elephino" to one of them, simply making reference to that popular riddle. Nobody seemed to catch on, so after Linda had read a few more I told the kids I was surprised they hadn't heard this one and asked them, "What do you get if you cross an elephant and a rhino?" They made a few wrong guesses until finally Mia, who must have heard me earlier but hadn't really processed what she heard, said, "helephino?"

Sealed

I was watching Annie with the kids and we got to the part where Daddy Warbucks got Annie back and they were all so happy.  Gordon looked at me and said, "Are they going to get sealed together?"  I asked him, "What did you say?" Gordon said, "Are they going to go to the temple and get sealed?"

Rodeo

We went to the rodeo tonight.  The announcer said it was time to get ready for bare back.  Ellis perked up and said, "Bear Back?"

They Pay You to do That?

I have been substituting all week in Ellis' class because his teacher had knee surgery.  Yesterday I was talking to Gordon and Ellis about how I need to check in at the office so I can get paid.  Gordon stopped in his tracks and said, "Wait.  They pay you to substitute!? I always thought you did it for free!"

Ellis said, "I always thought you paid them to let you substitute."

I asked Ellis why he thought I paid them to let me substitute and he said, "Well, You are using their building."

Sickness Business

Gordon stayed home sick today. Linda was substituting, so he was instructed to call me (as my work offers more freedom) if he needed anything. I was just coming out of a meeting when I noticed I had a voice message. Here it is:

Voice Message

I guess he's all business when he calls dad at work.

Acne Agony

Mia has a small pimple in her eyebrow.  We were talking about it and Mia said, "Oh no! I have acne!" 

Gordon said, "You have agony?"

We all started to laugh and Ellis was in the back saying, "Agony...annie...it's agny!"

Criminal on the Loose

We received a reverse 911 call because there was a crime in Park City and the criminal has not been caught.  Jared was talking about it and Gordon was a little nervous.  Gordon said, "If it is a murderer, he can kill me in the night because I DO NOT want to feel death."  Then his eyes started to water and he ran to give me a hug.

I told him that I really didn't think he needed to worry about it, just to stay where people are and not go somewhere alone with someone he didn't know.

Then I told Jared to stop talking about it.  =)

Help Wanted

I spent the weekend at my sister's house while Jared was at Jordan's house.  When I got home I was sewing a pretty big project for cub scouts.  Gordon came in and was offering me all sorts of ideas about how to make the thing I was making. 

After a little while he said, "This is a really good way to welcome someone home!"

I said, "What is?"

Gordon said, "Helping!"

Reading

Another note that Ellis wrote for me while I was at the band concert. (We started paying our kids $.01 per page in the hopes that Gordon who is a fantastic reader would get excited about reading something other than picture books.  They have to read a book on their reading level and they can only get paid for it once.  Then they need to give me a book review. We got this idea from Seth's cousin, Becky.)

From Ellis
Dear mom
I red 111 pajes
in a book it
was abot
cristmas in camolot
(Fictin) what
I liked abot
it is Jack and
annie whent
to a cave
Then got
Torches
ant ust
Them
like sords.

From Ellis
Dear mom
I read 111 pages
in a book it
was about
Christmas in Camelot
(fiction) What
I liked about
it is Jack and
Annie went
to a cave
then got
torches
and used
them
like swords.

Christmas Program

I came home from Jared's band concert to a note that Ellis wrote.

It said, "could you please come to my cristmas program today please"