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.  =)

Holy Ghost

While driving on a winding road with a cliff to the side, Jared noticed that the road was slanted. He said, "I am not even scared of these turns any more because I noticed we would roll down instead of just dropping. I don't know what that comforts me."

Gordon replied, "Holy Ghost".

Matrimonial Pacifist

Jared is sometimes too rough for the younger kids. Gordon must have been musing about it when he suddenly declared, "Mom, when Jared's married, all of his fighting will be gone."

Poetry

This morning while I was driving Jared to school, we were commenting on the beautiful sunrise. Jared kept talking about it and describing it. He was quiet for a moment and then he said, "I could write a poem about how beautiful this sunrise is."

Maybe I will be in for a treat when he gets home from school.

Puberty

Mia loves to correct anything I might say incorrectly. It is like having my personal dictionary following me around.

On Saturday, we were watching Superman. These old cartoons that are about 10 minutes long on Netflix. We kept watching Clark Kent's silhouette changing into Superman. Jared said, "I just want to watch him change clothes!"

I laughed and asked if he was a pervert. Mia said, "Puberty. Mom the word is puberty."

Palms

Jared has been struggling with a lot of things lately. Seth was gone to choir practice and I was putting the kids to bed. Jared and I were talking about his various difficulties and ways we can make them better. As I was getting ready to leave, Jared said, "Mommy. Do you think Daddy could give me a blessing? The kind when he puts his palms on my head?"

Insane!

We were driving in the car and Mia asked, "Who did Heavenly Father marry?" Jared said, "We don't know her name or we would take her name insane."

Casualty of War

Jared and Seth were talking about how we don't really know when we will die. Seth said something along the lines of maybe Jared would die before him.

Jared said, "Why? Are you going to make me be in the military?"

Color Vision

We recently went on a Ward Camp out where we watched a black and white movie.

When Mia found out it was black and white, she said, "We have to watch a movie and there aren't even any colors in it!" Then she huffed away.

I was sitting next to Jared during the movie and he leaned over and told me, "I like to watch movies in black and white because then I can put my own colors in."

Insane

We were talking about bad words and why we aren't supposed to say them, at dinner tonight. Jared said, "Yeah. It is called taking the Lord's name insane!"

Famous

On the way home from Grandma Laura's house today, we were talking about different qualities the kids had.

When we got home, Mia said, "I am really good at bossing people around and tattling."

I said, "Tattling is kind of wearing on a mom..."

Jared said, "Tattling is what most first and second graders are famous for!"

Grown-Up Talk

Today at the dinner table I recited some of the words to Tim McGraw's Angry All the Time to the kids at a rapid and monotonous pace, for no particular reason except that it was on my mind and I like to do strange things. At the completion of this poetic rambling most of the kids simply stared at me with a deer-in-the-headlights look, but Jared (thinking he had it figured out) asked, "Daddy, was that grown-up talk?"

Gold Teeth

After school we were talking about fillings. Jared asked me, "Mom. When can I have gold or silver teeth?" I told him that he probably wouldn't ever get them and asked why. He said, "If I had gold or silver teeth, people would think we are rich."

Progeny No. 5

As a bit of background, my grandfather is named Lester Leary. My father is Brian Lester Leary. I was named Seth Lester Leary. Because of the recurrence of the name Lester I took the liberty of calling myself "the Third" (III). Following this pattern, I named my first son Jared Lester Leary IV (the first "legal" instance of this enumeration).

Today Jared asked me if he would get to name kids (presumably his own). I told him he would. He then asked if he could name one "Lester the Fifth." I chuckled and said that he could, and that I would be very pleased if he did so.

It's funny, because even though I had the intention of naming him "the Fourth" long before he was conceived, I had honestly never thought of the pattern continuing beyond that until this very moment. I'm glad he has already embraced his unconventional name as an honor, rather than an mocking punishment.

Uncle Jordan

Jared and Mia were talking about Poptropica and Jared suggested a plot to the story to Mia then he said, "Would you like that, Mia? Wouldn't that be cool?"

Mia said, "That is easy to do. All we have to do is ask Uncle Jordan and he will make it for us."

Mario Bros.

Jared is fully immersed in anything Mario Bros. Today on the way home from school Jared had this to say, "Too bad the world isn't like the Mario world. There would be a lot more villains but we could have super stars that would make us invincible if anyone tried to get us."

Let Me Check My Schedule

I overheard this conversation between Jared and Mia:

Jared: I fell off my bike and scraped up my whole arm.

Mia: You get hurt a lot.

Jared: I know. It is in my life schedule.

Invincible

After Jared hit Mia, I told him that he can't hit girls. He looked at me and said, "It's no fair! It's like girls are invincible!"

Professional

Jared had his friend over on Friday and they were playing Mario Brothers. I heard Jared say, "Lewis, did you know I am a professional at this game? I am."

Mummy?

We were talking about what the kids are going to be for Halloween. Jared said he wanted to be a mummy. Ellis said (laughing), "You have to be a grown up to be a mummy." Gordon said, "You can't be a mummy. You have to be a daddy."