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From the mouths of babes
- Macy (very sweetly and sincerely) " Mom, you aren't VERY stupid." 11/4/2011
- Jackson" Mom, I LOVE all of your dresses.........except the weird ones." 11/4/2011
- Garrison:"Hey Jackson, what's 10 plus 10?" Jackson:" Garrison, there is no such thing as 10 plus 10" 10/2/2011
- Alexia: singing--"I've been workin' on the railroad, all the heckin' day" 10/2/2011
- Jackson: (After seeing Jarom on BYUtv) "Mom, I don't think Dad knows that Jarom is my cousin" 9/17/2011
- Jackson:"Ahhhhhhhh! I got White Sands in my eyes!" 9/17/2011
- Garrison:"Alexia, if you don't leave Jackson alone, you are no longer going to be his sibling-mentor-hero." 06/2011
- Jackson:" Grandma and Grandpa can come visit again. So can Aunt Mandi, Jamison, Jace, Johnny, and Mckenna. BUT, Nephi's brothers can NOT come visit. They tie people up for praying!" 5/2011
- Jackson: "Mom, Maybe is a YES word!" 5/2011
- Jackson: "Sienna, you are so cute, I love you! I remember when we buyed you at the hospital!" 5/2011
- Macy:"That is NOT a bad guy OR a giant. It's Mom." 5/2011
- Jackson: (After we killed a cockroach) "That was one UGLY butterfly" 5/2011
- Macy (while Conal was outside watering the lawn): "Look!
Daddy is washing the grass!" Alexia:" No Macy, he is SHAVING the grass!" 4/2011 - Macy: (singing "We Will Rock You") "We will, we will, ro-cket-ship! " 3/2011
- Me:(after doing a lame-o version of "Can't Touch This" from "Just Dance wii") Wow, I should be on So You Think You Can Dance!" Garrison: "I was thinking more along the lines of America's Funniest Home Videos." 1/2011
- Me:"Jackson, you are my favorite 4 year old in the whole world!" Jackson: "and you are my favorite 99 year old!" 1/30/2011
- Me:"Wow, I'm so tired I need a nap!" Alexia:(laughing hysterically) "That's hilarious Mom! Moms don't take naps!" Jackson "Yeah, only BAD moms take naps..................well maybe good moms take naps???" 1/2011
- Conal "Hey guys,
Sienna 's almost 6 months old!" Jackson "Yeah,Sienna 's almost bigger!" 12/2010 - Jackson:"Don't worry Mom, cats aren't mean. They aren't even real." 11/2010
- Alexia:"Mom, I washed up the sink after I brushed my
teeth !" Me:"Thanks Alexia, I'm so proud of you!" Alexia: " I scrubbed it up with my toothbrush!" 11/2010 - Me:"Alexia, its time to go to bed.". Alexia" I can't Mom. My room exploded.". 11/2010
- Jackson:" Mom, can I have some Freakin' Berry?" (Frankenberry cereal) 10/2010
- Jackson:" Mom, where did diarreah kid go?" Alexia:"Jackson, its 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'". Jackson: (with a "yeah I know" inflection) "Yeah, Diarrhea of the kid". 9/2010
- Me: "How was school today Alex?" Alexia "It was good but we didn't
work out atthe gym today." 8/31/2010 Grandpa "What did you learn at Kindergarten today Lex?" Alexia" Nothing that we didn't already know." 8/31/2010- Alexia: " Mummies without
toilet paper aren't mean. Mummies WITHtoilet paper are scary!" 8/2/2010 - Jackson:"Hailey, Sienna is not a her, he's a she!" 7/31/2010
- Jackson :" Daddy, I'm afraid of those grassjumpers!" (grasshoppers) 7/21/2010
- Jackson:" Dad, I don't want to wear those underpants. I want different ones. Those are too spicy." 7/21/2010
- Alexia:" HAPPY
MOTHERS ' DAY..... mothers-day-woman!" 5/2010 - Hailey: "Mom, some girls in my class don't comb their hair everyday. Can't you be one of those mom's who doesn't do hair?" 5/10
- Alexia: "Can I have another egg
taco ?" (an omelet---which I might add she waseating like a taco.) 5/2010 - Alexia:" Mom, are you a fonabor?" Me:" Alex, what exactly is a fonabor?" Alexia:"Someone who eats macaroni and cheese. " 4/2010
- Garrison "Once you get past infinity plus infinity, it gets messy after that." 3/10
- Jackson: (after we bonked heads) "Ouch mommy, my mind hurts!" 3/10
- Alexia: "Mom, is it ok if I read this book about 'pa-hon-ix'?" Me: "What???" Alexia:" This book about Pa-hon-ix" Me:"I don't know what that is, let me see the book." It was a book about Phonics. Huked on fonix werked fur me. 2/23/10
- Garrison:" I guess I can't yell like a girl anymore. I lost it. See....AHHHHHHHHH! Oh, I guess I found it again." 2/21/10
- Alexia:" Boogers live in noses." 2/11/09
- Alexia: "Um Mom, I can see up your two nose throats." (nostrils) 2/11/09
- Hailey: "I think I want to serve a mission in Rhode Island. Well......maybe not. Islands have volcanoes." 1/31/10
- Conal: "I think the name Monique is so cool and so pretty, that I married a girl named Monique." Hailey:" Dad.......we already knew that.". 1/10
- Garrison:" Mom, I'm not sure if I want to play an instrument or not when I grow up. Maybe I just want to be one of those guys that exersizes a lot." 1/10
- Hailey: "Today is January 1st, and I'm not having very much fun. It feels more like September 2nd. " 1/1/10
- Conal: "Guess what guys, I get to stay home from work today!" Garrison:" Awesome! Even better, we are having oatmeal for breakfast." 11/09
- Alexia: " Mom, I don't want THAT for dinner. I want something delicious. Something with Chocolate drizzeled on it." 9/09
- Hailey referring to Grandma Burton "Even though she is young I still like her. " 9/09
- Alexia "Oh NO! Mommy, my blankie has a hole in it. We need to take it to a blankie doctor. Hurry!" 8/09
- Garrison: "I hope that movie isn't rated "R" because I want to see it." Hailey: "What does rated "R" mean?" Garrison: "It means us Mormons can't watch it because it has too much violence." Hailey: "What is violence?" Garrison: "It means that there are a bunch of people punching each other." 8/09
- Hailey: "It seems like Mexico is in the olden times, because they ARE in the olden times. They don't have much electricity there." 8/09
- Alexia: "Mom, freeze out!" (chill out) 7/09
- Alexia: Hey! Who turned off the day?" 7/09
- Garrison:" Whoa, I'm dizzy! I wouldn't be dizzy if the fluid in my ears would stop spinning!" 7/09
- Garrison: "Mom, I think Macy is crying because she thinks she is in a force field." 7/09
- Hailey:" I'm scared of scary stuff" 7/09
- Garrison:" Ok, someone probably shouldn't have invented werewolves." 7/09
- Alexia (the day after Fathers' Day): Happy babies' day Macy!" 6/09
- Garrison:"Mom, can I go outside so I can see if I need a coat?" Me:"Sure." Hailey: "Garrison, can you check to see if it is warm enough for 6 year olds?" 5/09
- Garrison: "Dad, did you know that when you get older your bones become more fragile and so they break easier?" Conal: " Yep, that's true." Garrison "Well, then that means you have 34 bones that could break and I have 7 1/2. " 5/09
- Garrison: "Be careful Hailey, I almost got my foot caught in the wheel of the stroller, and then I would have gotten a cut, then it would've gotten infected, then I would have to go to the hospital and then I would DIE!" Hailey: "Garrison, this isn't the 'olden days'". Garrison:" Yeah, but we ARE out of bandaids!" 5/09
- Hailey "Why does everyone say that everything is only going to be one second when really it takes 4,088 seconds?" 4/09
- Hailey:"Mom, I'm getting so excited for my birthday that I am getting bored." 4/09
- Me:" Macy, why are you crying sweet heart " Garrison:" It would really help if you spoke "baby". By the way, that means pick me up." 4/09
- Alexia: "Mom, can you be Super Mom?" (Then trying to convince me) You could flyyyyyyyy! 4/09
- Hailey:" Mom, can we get another kid?" Garrison" Yeah! We have an extra seat in the car!" 4/09
- Alexia "Mom, Sister Stone is afraid of fireworks." Me:" Alex, are you sure it isn't you that is afraid of fireworks?" Alexia:"Nope! It's Sister Stone." (Sister Stone is Alexia's primary teacher.........and she has no idea where Alexia got that from) 04/09
- Garrison:" I look like a goblin with a chipped tooth." (after he lost one of his front baby teeth) 03/09
- Me: "Alexia, what did you learn in primary today?" Alexia: "I learned about coloring." 03/09
- Hailey:" Mom, my toe is bleeding!" Me:"which toe?" Hailey:" the one next to my thumb toe." 03/09
- Alexia:" Mom, Can I tell you a secret?" Me:" Yes, what is it?" Alexia "Jackson is going straight to college."03/09
- Me: "Jackson, lets go get Hail." Jackson: " No go to Hail!"03/09
- Garrison: "Mom, did they have electricity when you were born?" Me:" yes Garrison!" Garrison "What about hammers and screws?" Me "How old do you think I am ????" 03/09
- Me:"Did you know Grandpa Burton can speak French?" Hailey: " Yeah! Because they went to Spain last year!" 3-8-09
- Hailey "I see lots of spy-scapers" (skyscrapers) 3-7-09
- Alexia "Grandpa has a pet!" Me: "Well, he used to have a pet. Do you remember what it was?" Alexia "Yep, it was a dinosaur." (3/09)
- Jackson referring to baby Nolan "Hey, its a Macy!" 02/09
- Jackson: "Daddy, what you DOING??" very loudly, over and over, as Conal is speaking in sacrament meeting.01/09
- Hailey: "The other day I saw a guy with long hair. A GUY!" 01/09
- Hailey: It is SO unfair that Garrison GETS to go to the dentist and I don't!" 01/09
- Garrison: "Ahhhh. Thank you good smelling molecules for landing in my nose!" 01/09
- Garrison: "This is the coldest anyone has ever been in the history of life." 12/08
- Hailey:" There is something strange about my new school. To tell you the truth, I don't even have a Spanish teacher!" Garrison: "Me Neither!!!" 12/08
- Hailey:" You know those weird voices you hear in your head? That is called 'your imagination ' "
- Hailey:" Mom, if there is no such thing as aliens, why do I keep hearing alien music?"
- Alexia when she wanted to hold Macy: "Please pass the Macy!"
- Hailey:" Ms. Smartt isn't going to be at school tomorrow." Me: "Oh yeah, why?" Hailey;"Because she is going to act like Judge Judy." (I found out her teacher has jury duty.)
- Garrison saw a picture of a candidate for president: " Hey! isn't that the guy who wants to take all of our money and give it to other people?" Hailey:"I'm definitely not voting for him!"
- Alexia: "Gingerbread boy is a girl!"
- Jackson: "A cow! MOOO!" Me: "Actually Jackson, that is a horsey" Jackson:" No! cowsie!"
- Hailey: "Is that meat from a real chicken or a fake chicken?" Me: "A real Chicken." Hailey: " Do you know what phony bologna is? It's bologna made out of something fake. Like wood or pants or something. You should NEVER eat phony bologna!"
- Hailey "I heard a weird sound in there. It sounded like alien music!" Me: "What exactly does alien music sound like?" Hailey" It sounds like alien music. I also heard alien breath."
- Hailey:" Mom, did you know that I know sign language?" Me:"No I didn't. Do some for me." Hailey does some hand signals that look a lot like Itsy Bitsy Spider. Me:" Well, what did you say?" Hailey:"I only said that I know how to speak sign language. I never said that I know what it means."
- Garrison: "Why are people treating me like an imbecile?" Hailey:"hee hee. That means idiot!"
- Alexia: "Look, there's a picture of Daddy and Aunt Mandi!" Me:"No that's Daddy and Mommy." Alexia"Nope. It's Aunt Mandi!"
- Hailey: "Listen Everybody! China is a place where some stuff is made of glass." Garrison and Me: "huh???"
- Garrison: "Does 'a couple' mean 2?" Me:"yep". Garrison: "Does 'a pair' also mean 2?" Me: "Yep." Garrison: "Well using 'a pair' and 'a couple' together is redundant." Me: "It sure is Garrison". Garrison: "Mom, do you even know what redundant means???"
- Hailey:" Look Mom! Their house is ON sale too!"
- Hailey: "I do NOT want to be a princess when I grow up. I want to be a firefighter."
- Garrison:" Hey Mom, Macy is getting a tooth!...........Oh never mind. I misread her mouth!"
- Garrison: "Why don't those cows have gutters?" Mandi, Conal, and me :" Do you mean udders?" Garrison: "Yeah, gutters"
- Garrison: "I love little Macy. She is so cute and she never tries to hit me or kill me."
- Hailey:" I need to give Macy sitting up lessons."
- Garrison: "We're playing Book of Mormon stories. I'm Ether, Hailey is Alma, Alexia is Moroni, and you're Shiz"
- Hailey: " Mom, I think Macy is allergic to scary movies."
- Garrison to the younger 3 kids, with a Spanish accent: "Chicos, obey mama!" "I'm not sure what Chicos means but I think you are supposed to use it when you are talking to a lot of people.
- A long time ago, the sky used to be a very light, dark blue. (Garrison)
- Alexia: "Look Mom, there's a parrot!" Me: "Actually that is a ferret." Alexia:" No Mom, PPPPP parrot!"
- Mom, you are the best mom in the whole galaxy. By the way, what exactly IS a galaxy? (Garrison)
- hmmm. I wonder if a vampire bat bit me when I was a baby. (Garrison)
- Me: Alexia, Can you please turn the light back on? Alexia: No Mom! It's too dangerous!
- Garrison:"Hey Mom, I was reading the back of the sacrament meeting program, and did you know that Dad is the Elders quorum president, and he doesn't even know it!?!?" Me: "Honey, he knows he's the Elders Quorum president." Garrison "No he doesn't Mom! I PROMISE!"
- I think people can read my mind because everything I think comes true. (Garrison)
- Mom, are you going to vote for David Cook or David Tarantula? (Hailey)
- Mom, since Jacky is kind of crazy, maybe the baby should wait until Jackson is 3 to come out of your belly. (Hailey)
- Mom, why is Hailey taking so long in the shower? She is still air conditioning her hair. She put like 5 meters of conditioner in her hair. No, more like 5 KILOMETERS of conditioner. (Garrison)
- Is that water leaking onto the ship? What is this......the Titanic? We're going down!! (Garrison says this very loudly after the first 5 minutes on the cruise ship)
- Mom, what if a dinosaurs tail knocks our house over when the earth goes back in time? (Garrison)
- You aren't supposed to put up just your pinky finger. That is the middle finger in Chinese. (Garrison)
- Dinosaurs like macaroni and cheese. (Alexia)
- Garrison: Dad, how many days are in a hundred million hundred hours? Conal : I don't know, I'm not that smart. Garrison: You should eat more pineapple.
- Ada and Bailie must be cousins because they have the same shirt (Hailey)
- I sure hope a rattle snake didn't slither up on to my bed and bite me while I was asleep! (Garrison)
- When I'm the weather person I am going to say that it will be warm everyday so that it will NEVER be cold! (Hailey)
- "Here comes the bread Mommy, Here comes the bread!" (Alexia after we sang a sacrament hymn for FHE)
- As I am preparing garlic bread Hailey says "Mom, can I help? I don't eat butter anymore!"
- I LOVE grandma and grandpa's house, except when I stepped in throw-up! (Garrison)
- Garrison: " Does Mandi live in North Carolina or South Carolina?" Me: "North Carolina". Hailey: "Can we go visit her?" Garrison:"It's too far away Hailey" Hailey: "No it isn't. Go get the map and I'll show you. I'ts just a zzzzzz DING and you're there!"
- The water in the water fountain at school is SO high it reaches the mircrowave, but don't worry, it didn't explode.
- Mom, you do a good job with your judging. (Hailey referring to me directing the choir)
- My mouth is SOAKED in red! (Hailey)
- Mom, I'm a vampire that doesn't drink blood. (Garrison)
- Hey! Maybe I'm a vampire and that is why I am scared of them! (Garrison)
- Mom, I've tasted brocoli before......and it tastes like grass! (Garrison)
- Alexia chants over and over "NO more naps! NO more naps!"
- Mom, I am not taking a shower right now, I just heard a spaceship land and I am NOT kidding! (Garrison)
- Vegetables are just fruits that don't taste good. (Garrison)
4 comments:
12 miles, huh? I feel out of breath, a little sick, and Jeff says his eyes are dilated just THINKING about it. WHEW. ;)
Way to Go!! That is awesome!!
Woot!! That is RAD!
Are you training for a 10k?
That's farther than I've ever ran! Good job!
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