"No more 'poopy'!!!"

"You have to stop. It's not funny." (well maybe a little, but I certainly can't laugh). "If you say 'poopy' again you'll have to go to your room."

"Oookaay" says my 3 year old with an enormous smile on his face. As he walks away I could swear I hear a whispered 'poopy' but I can't be sure. Do I continue this inane conversation or do I just let it go for now? I decide to drop it. I'm sure it will come up again. And it has.

"What the what?!"

I totally stole this from my friend's son but I honestly did say it when I saw that Mommy Lingo was in Redbook magazine!! Seriously, check out the June issue of Redbook and look on page 116 and there you will glimpse a lovely snippet of this blog written by Marisa Cohen. As you can tell, I'm pretty darn excited about that. The only thing is, I haven't been able to figure out where it is on their website redbookmag.com. Perhaps it will appear in June? Perhaps I'm not looking in the right spot? Perhaps it won't at all? Perhaps I should just chill and wait and see??

Kind of in the same vein, I was recently approached by CSN Stores about doing a giveaway or a review, so be on the lookout for a giveaway soon!! Isn't this fun???

"Don't throw chopsticks at the vacuum cleaner."

Now this is certainly something I never thought I would say to anyone. Why would this ever be an issue? Even if I were somewhere where chopsticks were prevalent and I were regularly cleaning up using various tools would this probably never come up. But it did. And I was in my own home where utensils are predominantly kept in drawers. But it was after school on a Friday and kids were home and full of energy and there was music playing and dancing going on and cleaning being done so, naturally, my 3 year old showed his excitement by throwing something. This time it happened to be a chopstick at the vacuum cleaner but next time it could be anything (really, 'cause who would have put those two items together before?), so I shut off the machine, said my peace, and we all carried on as if nothing strange had happened.

☺"Looks like daddy figured something out, huh?"☺

Oh, my hubby was quite proud of himself and the look on our son's face told him that he, indeed, had thwarted all future plans of successful escape. The other night our oldest was having trouble going to sleep (perhaps because he kept getting up?? I recently tried to reason that he couldn't possibly fall asleep if he was up walking around every 5 minutes. Perfect logic, but apparently only to me). Anyway, hubby and I were downstairs and would occasionally hear some hushed footsteps upstairs or a door quietly open or close and so we would go up to see our son in the shadows, whispering that he simply had to use the restroom or that he needed a certain object to sleep with. Finally having had enough, my husband grabbed a cane(?) from our room and showed my son (who was in the bathroom again) that he was going to place the cane precariously between the doorknob and the railing so that it would fall if anyone opened the door from the inside. I think I remember hearing an, "Aha!" before the great revelation but I certainly remember my husband bounding down the steps with a big smile on his face. No 7 year old was gonna outwit my man that night!

"Take off your gloves before going to the bathroom, buddy."

This wise utterance came from my friend yesterday and is something that all children should keep in mind. Apparently my son had found some weight lifting gloves at her house that fit, well, like a glove, and was wearing them the whole time he was over there. She thought it was pretty cute but when he announced he had to use the facilities she quickly gave this directive. He did as she asked and when he came out she set a new rule: "No gloves in the bathroom."

"If you eat all your French fries, you can have an apple later."

Not the usual order of things but my son really loves him some apples! I was in a hurry and had gotten my kids some lunch at a drive thru but forgotten to request apples as the side dish so when my oldest opened up the bag and peered inside the first thing he asked was, "Where are the apples?" He was quite disappointed to see the fries. Sorry buddy. My daughter, on the other hand, was quite pleased with the substitution and muttered a 5 year old version of, "Score!"

"I'm really good at sinking."

Said my daughter to my cousin as she was trying to swim. Today will be dedicated to our kids and some of the crazy funny things they say to us. Their sweet and sincere comments should put a big smile on your face!

"I'm glad I'm not an elephant."

"Yeah but you're not me, you're you."

"I hate that class, stop going!" Friend's daughter cried to her mom who had been attending Love and Logic classes. Friend found book in daughter's room.

"Isn't he just sooo adorable?" Said my 5 year old about her 3 year old brother.

"No panties in the hot tub." Friend's 3 year old randomly said to her the other day.

I know there are a ton more so I'll save some for later!