Family Funnies

Gavin had not one but two substitute teachers today. Mrs. Donna Carole Kitchens and Mrs. Gloria were apparently both sick. So here goes the converstation upon returning home from school...

Gavin: "Mom, guess what?"
Me: "What?"
Gavin: "My teachers have eyes in the back!"
Me: "Ha ha ha, do you mean eyes in the back of their heads?"
Gavin: "Yes! THEY DO!"
Me (still laughing): "Is that what they told you?"
Gavin: "Yep!"

Don't you love it?

Thank you Lord for Friends....

Blake had his new buddy Bennett spend the night last night. We actually heard the sound of gut laughter from our Blake again...we heard it until 12:30 am or later, but none-the-less, we heard it. As many of you know, this move has been really difficult on our Blake-Man, and there have been extensive struggles. Of course, we are not 100% sure where "Moving Grief" ends and "I think I am a teenager already" begins... or how skewed the line in between happens to be. UGH!

Landon was supposed to have been a birthday sleepover last night, however, Pearce's mom got the flu and they had to postpone it. We told Blake he could still have his buddy over, but my word... poor Landon and Gavin just do not get it. They think Bennett is their best friend... actually...poor Bennett! He is completely smothered by my children ... ALL OF THEM! I wish I got that much attention if I went to spend the night with one of my friends..." I am sitting beside Holly!" "I am going to lay beside Holly while we watch the movie!" I am on Holly's team!" Ahhhh, what sweet music to my ears. Hee hee hee!

Crazy! So, who is ready to fight over me like that? Ha ha ha! Obviously, I am joking, but it just cracks me up!

Know-It-All?

Most of you know that Gavin is a true homebody in every sense of the word. He would stay at home everyday, in his pajamas and be as happy as a flea on a dog! I am pretty sure he gets it honest, as every opportunity I have to do the same, I prefer to stay in my PJ's too. Unfortunately, some days, I do stay in my PJ's, yet still leave the house..my Flamingo Road peeps can attest to it. (I really need to work on that!)

He usually has a mini meltdown when he gets up in the morning, with the concept of going to preschool for 3 1/2 looooong hours. 9:00 - 12:30 ... However, once I stick to my guns and tell him that he is going and he needs to get dressed, he does so with a happy heart and full of excitement... ? I know, I don't get it either!

However, this morning, he did not snap out of his initial contesting of getting prepared for his day. "Why do I HAVE to go to school? I already know ALL there is to know about Jesus... so why do I have to keep going to school?"

Obviously, I agreed that he knew a lot about JESUS, but asked him if he could READ...

"Well, NO! Ugh! I'll get dressed!" and we were on our way...

Not age appropriate...

We were sitting at the dinner table the other night and Russ was telling me about an instructor who was in the hospital with kidney stones. This poor man has many ailments and this was just icing on the cake. Landon, being the nosy child that he is, was asking what was wrong and what kidney stones were. So, Russ and I go into the anatomy of the urethra and the kidneys, etc., etc., etc., when Blake abruptly stopped the conversation. He very passionately stated, "I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS AGE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION!"

Really? Oh, he cracks me up!