Doh!

I usually have stories that the kids have done. This post is about me. And my Doh! moments. I have 2.

#1: Back story: every Wednesday church is offering meals before church for $2 per person. It's a way just to make Wednesday nights easier. You have to buy the tickets Sunday so they can have a count. Sunday night before church (a few weeks ago) we left early so we could drive through the ATM and get some cash out. First ATM we went through was broken. Daddy's card wouldn't go in the slot for some reason. We assumed that there was a card stuck in the slot. So we backed out and went to the other ATM. At the second ATM I told Daddy to choose "quick cash" which should have given us just a quick $20. But for some reason it was automatically going to $60. NO! CANCEL! He tried 3times before he opted to go the regular route and get the $20. Meanwhile, someone had gone through the ATM that we thought was broke--and left! Seems like we were there for forever. So we go to church...........and............forget to buy the tickets! Doh!

#2: I was doing laundry the other day. I emptied the lint trap (applause. thank you.) My lint trap is on top of my dryer. As I was turning to put the lint catcher thing back in, my elbow knocked a stain stick----right down the chute! Aaah! How do I get it out?! I called my very handy next door neighbor and he came over to help. He had a brush that fit down the chute but wasn't able to get it out. HE HAD TO TAKE THE ENTIRE BACK OFF MY DRYER.



Besides the stain stick that he rescued, he rescued a small person made of lint. Look at that pile! and yes SIL, I faithfully empty my lint trap. You should see the number of turns that the chute has to make. It's no surprise there is so much lint down in there.

So thankful for our handy next door neighbor. What took him about 25 minutes would have taken Daddy and I about 25 hours. Doh!

C-isms and other fun stories

If you know my kids, you know that K can come up with a one liner quickly and often. C, not so much. But when he does, they are pretty funny.

The other night Daddy was in the bathroom and C went running that way. "Daddy are you almost done? I have to go!" Daddy finished up and C went. He came out and said " I'm waiting flush because it's still processing." Too funny!

This week my kids have been attending day camp at a friend's church (yes 8-5 every day; I don't know what to do!) Today when we stopped at a red light I said, "we should do a Chinese fire drill." All 4 kids said "huh?" So explained it. They got such a kick out of it. C giggled so much that E said "you laugh like a girl." I'm thinking that part of it was the fact they were so tired.

Another thing that happened every morning, the kids tried to look for deer (we drove through a nature park every morning with big open fields). I think it's funny that we never saw one deer. Unless you count the dead one that I saw and didn't point out to the kids. That just tickles me.

Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures from day camp. I'll share if/when I get them.

More K-isms

Aaah! My kids are bored already! I knew I shouldn't have been finished with school so soon!

Anyway. Here are 3 things that K has said lately that I found funny.

1. The other night C asked us (Daddy & I) if we wanted to be President. We both said NO. Too much responsibility. K said she wants to be President one day because "then she can jump on the bed anytime she wants."

2. Last week Daddy was mowing grass. K was right there with him with her little mower "helping." Daddy asked her to open the gate. She had no idea what he was saying, so he had to turn the mower off to tell her. She said "sorry I couldn't hear you. My ears aren't big enough."

3. This week is VBS at church. K has been so excited about it. Tonight they get to have their face painted. We asked K what she was going to get. She said "Jesus." We said "the word Jesus?" She said "No a picture of Him." Good luck with that, Miss Whoever-gets-to-paint-her-face.

K-isms

The other day we were talking about our favorite people in the Bible. Daddy: David Me: Esther C: Caleb K: Jericho The night after K had puked 5x, she came to me in the middle of the night and said "Mommy I'm going to die to get a drink." Watching extreme couponing, the lady got 62 bottles of mustard. I said to K "what would you do with that much mustard?" Her answer "it would boil wouldn't it?" We were in the car and K reminded me to strap her, cuz "if I'm not strapped it's off the law." April 1st=April Fool's day. K was calling it "April 4th day!"

The sign says it all

One of these days, I'll get back to blogging..................

BTW: Daddy actually saw this sign at his old work. Sad.

So True

Here is a conversation that I had with K girl at C's basketball practice the other night.

Me: Did you know you are pretty?
Her: Yes.
Me: How?
Her: You've telled me 101 times.

Me: Did you know I'm proud of you?
Her: Yes.
Me: How?
Her: You've telled me 101 times.

Me: Did you know you are my favorite girl?
Her: Yes.
Me: How?
Her: You've telled me 101 times.

Me: Did you know you are special?
Her: Yes.
Me: How?
Her: Because God made me and He loves me very much!

Oh that girl! She can be so smart!

My pedometer

Somewhere -- awhile ago-- I saw where you could register to get a free pedometer. So I registered. I thought it would be interesting to see how many steps I took in a day. I got it in the mail and saw why it was free. It was very cheeeeeply made; but oh well. It would do the trick. I wore it for a few days and then some of the numbers started fading out. I haven't worn it in while because of that; but that's not the point of this post.

In reading the "directions of use" I got a good chuckle at the last point.

"Breakable does not drop and wet."

HUH?

Another K funny

This is a very short post, compared to the last few. But it's a K funny that I just had to share.

Sunday morning, K said to Daddy "When I die and go to heaven, I have a question for Jesus." Daddy -a little take back- "Oh? And what is your question?"
K: "I want to ask him about all those fuzzies in the laundry room."

HUH?

Along the same lines of heaven, don't ever let a 6 year old try to have a philosophical discussion with a 2 year old. I can't remember the exact conversation but it was quite interesting.

K-"isms"

Here are more funny things that my daughter has said recently.

1. The other day while she was in the bath tub she started singing "Happy Birthday to the potty!" Daddy thought it was hilarious.

2. Friday night at C's baseball practice she was playing around on my chair. I told her not to tip it. She said "I'm not trying to tip it; I'm trying to break it."

3. We played outside Friday before C's practice. K stood on one of our mounds of dirt and said "I'm the king of the midgets!"

4. On our way home from pizza Friday night, K talked constantly. At one point she stopped and said "I talk a lot." Bingo!

5. Oh by the way, we have a new person living in our house with us. He can fit in a pocket, is potty trained sometimes (usually when K tries to explain why she's been playing in the bathroom), he can be carried in K's hand, we can leave him in the car when we go shopping. His name is Daniel and he is K's imaginary friend. He goes everywhere with us.

Well spoken

Once again, this post is about the funny things that K says. These were told to me by her AWANNA Beez leaders Wednesday night.

#1: K has 2 teachers for Beez: Miss K and Meg. Miss K was talking to K and called her "sweetheart." K politely told her "That's not what I called. I KNW (gave her full name) but my mommy calls me "What am I going to do with you, K?" Poor girl! Does she really think that's her name? and do I really say it that much?

#2: Miss K left the room to go to the bathroom. When K discovered she was gone, she went to Meg and was very concerned. "Where Miss K go?" "To the bathroom." "Who took her?" "She went by herself." "She went by herself?!?! Won't she need help?"

K's toys

Wednesday morning K went upstairs to get some of her "upstairs" toys to bring down and play with. She kept saying she was looking for her "knocker." I had no idea what she was talking about. Finally, she found it.