Overheard: Tayv's dog wisdom

November 4th, 2013

Tayv: "I was just explaining to Tahnyon that dogs see in grey and white. So if dogs could talk you could say, here's a red juicy apple. And the dog would say, no it's a gray juicy apple." 

Overheard: The end

November 4th, 2013 

Me: "Tahn, you take a nap everday. That is the rule." 

Tahn yelling:"I don't take naps ! I'm telling you that every day. THE END!!!" :)

Overheard: Dinosaurs

Tahn: "Mom. Did you know, before there was you there was dinosaurs?"
Me: "You're right! And did YOU know that before there was dinosaurs, there was daddy?"
Tahn: "Whoa. So did daddy take care of the dinosaurs?"
Me: "Yah, I bet he did."
He then proceeded to tell me all about how the dinosaurs died and how they are now fossils.
Me: "So why isn't daddy a fossil then?"
Tahn: "Because he's a human and humans don't die from asteroids.
Me: "Ooooh."
Than: "Mom. I'm glad daddy's not a fossil. But I am kinda sad that dinosaurs are fossils because I would like to see them."

Overheard:speed limit

A few days after somebody got a speeding ticket.... 

Tahn: "Guys, we're going so fast."

Me: "No, Tahn, we're going so slow."

Nate: "This is what the speed limit feels like guys."

Tahn: "But dad, I don't see any cops behind us." 

We're awesome parents. 

Overheard: Tahnyon

While saying the prayer the night before my mom left to go home: "Bless that Grandma can be a McDonald so she can stay here to live with us." 

"Mom, I wish I was with Grandpa Tony right now because I bet he's buying a Mountain Dew and drinking it."

"Mom, I wish you were bampa tony so you tould give me Mountain Dew."

Earlier , I sat him down in time out pretty hard because he wouldn't go himself. I just asked him how his bum was....  "um, tine-da good. But I sink you broke my bum bone ."

Overheard: Same daddy

Tahnyon while helping Nate make dinner: "Dad I gon-ga be the same daddy as you when I grow up!"

Overhead: enough

Tahnyon kept playing with umbrellas, coolers, pretty much anything he wasn't supposed to play with in the car. After asking him at least 10 times to stop...
Me: "Tahnyon, that's enough."
Tahn: "No it's not. I gon-ga be talking to you the whole day. See? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.... See, it's easy?!"
Little stinker.

How to make chocolate milk...

According to Tahnyon.
you just shake it. Then you pour it in a cup. Then you drink it then its all gone. And it's good.

Overheard: Tahnyon's prayer tonight...

Because this is cute enough to make me forget every infuriating moment this kid has caused lately...

The parts I can remember...
"Thank you Jesus can watch ober us. Thank you that daddy can be my daddy. Thank you grandpa can make sure we mum(come) to his house when we get to mum to his house. Thank you Grandpa can share his food with us when we get to mum to his house. Thank you Grandpa will let us feed his courses (horses) apples when we get to mum to his house. Thank you mommy and daddy can watch ober me like Jesus does."

And the next day... "Thank you bampa nan be my bampa. Thank you Aree nan be in our fam-fee. Thank you bampa man be nice and safe."

Overheard:Grandpa's house

Tahnyon running inside after riding his bike with his 'mo-mer-cycle' helmet on: "Mom, nan you come fix my mo-mer-cycle?" Me: "Yah, I guess. Give me just a minute." Tahnyon: "k, thanks. Cause I ready to go to Bampa Tony's house. I gon-ga go fru the water and fru the woods. Cause that's where daddy told me their house is. Fru the water, fru the woods."

Overheard: Tahnyon

Mommy: "Tahn, if you're going outside make sure you don't take off your Spider-Man costume." (This is often a problem)
Tahn:"Yah, cause we don't want anyone to see my bummy or my privates."
Mommy:"right!"
Tahn:"Yah, cause we only show those to the toi-yet."


And on another note: On Sunday I asked the kids to put ALL of their church clothes in the hamper except for their ties. (This is different for them because I don't wash their suits every week.) Today, as I was sorting the laundry, I found Tahnyon's church shoes in the hamper. :) I guess the kid listens sometimes....

Overheard...

-I just got called to be the primary chorister in our new ward. I was asking Tahnyon what songs he wanted me to sing in nursery tomorrow. He told me, "Um... Popcorn popping. But sometimes I don't like to sing that song." Me: "Oh, really, why not?" Tahn: "Because it makes me look out the window." Well, gee kid, don't extend yourself too far. :) -Tayvin was in his room for talking disrespectfully one afternoon. When I went and asked him if he was ready to talk about it he looked at me very seriously and told me.... "My silent moments with you are now forever!" Hahahaha! I seriously could not keep a straight face for even a second. Where did this kid come from?

Overhead : Bampa

Staying true to form, Tahnyon and my dad are BEST BUDDIES and pretty much can't get enough of each other.

Me: "Tahn, will you say the prayer please? "
Tahn: "Yes. Hefee Fafer, Thank you this day. Thank you bampa. Thank you bless I go bampa's house. Name of Bampa, amen."

<3

Overheard:

Walking out of church yesterday...

Tayv: "Mom, this is the picture I colored in cry-mary today. This one is a picture of me and daddy. And on the other side is a picture of you in the hospital."

Me: "Oh? You put me in the hospital?"

Tayv: "Well, my teacher asked us to draw a picture of something that would be a good reason to fast."

Overheard: Problem

Tayvin: "Mom, in school today we were supposed to say a problem." (I think they were working on math problems.) "And [insert random schoolmate's name here-we'll call him Braxton] said his problem was that his mom told him he couldn't play Cars 2 anymore that day because he'd already played too much. And I was like, Braxton! That's not a PROBLEM-Your mom's trying to keep you smart!"

Overheard: George

Randomly at dinner Tayvin asked if two girls could marry each other. Silently I was freaking out. I strongly believe that we each were given free agency and can choose how to use that but the institution of marriage, created by God, was meant to be between a man and a woman. (See my beliefs here.) But how do you explain this to a 5 yr old who, thankfully, knows little about where babies come from and nothing about sexuality. So, I'm freaking out and Nate is saying nothing. Thus, please don't judge me for my answers. :)

Tayvin: "Mom, can two girls get married?"
Mom: "In some states, it's legal. Not in our state. But God created us to marry a person of the opposite gender so we don't believe that it's right even if it is legal."
Tayvin: "Oh. So if they get married in the states where it's legal what happens to the kids?"
Mom: "There usually aren't kids. Unless they adopt. But it takes a man's body and a woman's body to make a baby."
Tayvin: "Is that ok?"
Mom: "Well, I believe that a child needs a mother and a father. Sometimes that's not possible but if we have a choice, that's what we should try to do for our children."
Tayvin: "Why?"
Mom: Blah blah something about daddy being able to teach him things that I can't and vice versa.
Tayvin: "George only has a dad because he was adopted."
Mom (assuming he is talking about a classmate who I suspected has two dads: "Oh? Does he just have one dad or two?"
Tayvin: "Just one."
Mom: "Is he tall and skinny?"
Tayvin: "Yah. And he has a yellow hat, a yellow suit, and a black hat."
Mom thinking that's interesting. I've never seen him dressed like that.
Tayvin: "Ya know, Curious George?"

End of serious conversation. Hahahaha!

Overheard

Walking to the car in the garage-
 Tahnyon: "Mom. Bikes. Ride. Maybe? (Gee, can you guess what my answer always is when he asks to ride bikes.)


Tayvin: "Mom, I'm trying to use these pirate hooks to climb the walls but they're not strong enough yet. I call them, 'have a lot to learn hooks.'

Facebook statuses...

Usually I know words. But is 'statuses' a word?  Anyway, facebook does this thing on your profile where it tells you what your status was last year on this day or two years ago, etc. And sometimes, no, a lot of times, I post things on facebook but not on my blog. So now, thanks to fb, I can transfer them over so I have some of those things documented. My first...

Sept 6, 2009
Stacia thinks her little guy is the cutest... "There's somepin' wrong with my covers."


sorry if you really don't care about my status on fb from two years ago, i do. :)

Overheard: spy

Tayv: "Hey Mom, wanna play spy?"
Me: "Um, maybe. I'm just going to do something for daddy's b-day then I was going to try to get your presents together for your b-day."
Tayv: "Oh, ok. I'll probably spy on you."
Me: "hahaha, no I don't think that's a good idea."
Tayv: "Oh, I don't think I'll see anything because I'll be hiding behind a wall."

Overheard: Cat

When my little sister was on her mission in New Zealand, she became really good friends with one of her companions from the Philippines.  She had a terrible family background and not a lot of hope for her future.  My parents are sponsoring her so that she can go to school here so she has become an adopted member of our family... we call her Cat.

Tayvin: "Hey Mom, you know we're all homo sapiens right?"
Me: "You're right buddy!"
Tayv: "But you know who's NOT a homo sapien?"
Me: "Who?"
Tayv: "Cat."
Me: "Yes she is! She's a human being too-just like us!"
Tayv: "Not Cat like Catherine. Cat like Tom Cat."

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Me: "Wow Tayv, you're getting awfully tan."
Tayv: "What?"
Me: "You're getting tan. It means your skin is kind of brown from being in the sun."
Tayv: "I don't want to be brown! Cat doesn't like her brown skin."
Me: "It looks cool when you're tan."
Tayv: "MOM! I'm not supposed to be brown, I'M WHITE!"