Thanks Charlie!

So, last Friday, we had 2 families over for dinner.  We had 7 boys under 6 here.  It was so crazy & loud, but such fun!  After the first family leaves, Charlie looks up at the mom & dad of the second family & says, "I wish you guys would leave instead & that they would could back!"

I don't know who was more speechless....Me or them! :)

Oh Charlie!

So, we are at Publix yesterday, and we have made it all the way to check out with no major meltdowns, and I am thinking to myself, "hey, I've got this."

As I'm trying to pay, Charlie stands up in the front of the car buggy (so everyone can see!), pulls down his pants & underwear, and says "My privates are hurting".  It was like time stood still as I tried to get his britches back up & explain we would have to look into that later!

I'm pretty sure the employees talk about us when we leave.  :)

We have a potty training mindset!

Geoff forgot his shorts for last week's football game, so I was telling Charlie that we needed to run by the school & take daddy some shorts.

Charlie responds with, "Oh no, did daddy have an accident in his pants?"

Love it!

Kirkland's future wife

Me: Who do you think you are going to marry when you get older?

Kirkland: Sara Jane Veal (Her daddy coaches with Geoff & she really is a great choice)

Me: Um, what if you don't marry her?

Kirkland: Then I won't get married.

Well o.k. then. Good talk.

Charlie on the other hand has a different approach with girls. He'll hug on all the girls he can. Kirkland noticed this one day & said, "Why does Charlie hug every girl? Does he want to marry all of them?" I didn't really know what to say. Charlie just likes the ladies!

"blowing" bubbles...

So, Geoff & Kirkland are in the pool while Charlie & I are at the table enjoying a snack.

I think I hear Kirkland telling everyone around him that he is "blowing bubbles", but we are kind of far away so I'm not sure, but I see everyone smiling at him & I think "great!". He is practicing what he learned! When he screams over to me at the top of his lungs that he is blowing bubbles & I give him a big thumbs up & tell him "great job, keep it up!", that's when Geoff climbs out of the pool to tell me that he is actually telling people he is "Tooting bubbles". Nice...

No filter...

So, we are at the Doctor's office for Kirkland's 4 year well child check. We are the only people in the waiting room with, I assume, a lesbian couple. One woman had VERY short hair. Kirkland & I are sitting about 8 feet away from her when he points & asks, "Is that a woman?". I try to casually say yes without inviting more questions about why she has boy hair, when he busts out with "Why are there 2 womans with 1 baby"? I just answered with, "You want a lollipop?".

In other news, he is in the 75th percentile for weight (41 inches) and between the 25th-50th percentile for weight (37 pounds). Doctor predicts he'll be long & lean. (We think he's going to be built like my dad)

We took Charlie for his 18 month check, and he's over 95th percentile for height (36 inches) & weight (30 pounds). (We do not predict that Charlie will be lean!)

Embarrassing!

This weekend, my mom & I took the boys to see Thomas the Train in Cordele, GA. We stopped about half way at a Chick fil A so the boys could get out, stretch their legs, use the restroom, etc. However, Kirkland decided he didn't want to use the potty. But, my thought was that he needed to TRY b/c it was going to be a long time before we stopped again.

So, I made him come in the stall with me,. He starts screaming, "NO, DON'T TAKE OFF MY UNDERWEAR! I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT! WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME?"

Please imagine you are in the stall next to me. Does it, or does it not sound like I am doing something inappropriate to my child? Couldn't he have just said, "I don't need to go potty"

Potty humor-sorry!

Kirkland & Charlie are in the tub tonight & Kirkland passes gas. He looks down, laughs, & says, "I just made bubbles with my bottom!"

I still can't stop laughing! Where does he get this stuff?!?

He says the darndest things...

Low Country Boil is a very popular meal served down here when you are having a large gathering. Basically, it's potatoes, sausage, shrimp & corn all cooked together in a huge pot.

So, I sit down to eat mine, and Kirkland looks at the sausage & says, "Mommy, are you going to eat that poop?"

Uh, no. I am actually no longer hungry. But, thank you.

Some of Kirkland's favorite things to say when me & Geoff don't do what he wants us to do:
(Mostly at the top of his lungs)
-No Sir! (Does not matter who he is talking to)
-You need to OBEY!
-Don't you talk to me like that!
-Don't say that word! (I get this a lot when I tell him, No)
-Do I need to get the sad spoon?
-Do as I say!

I don't know where he gets this stuff. Not quite sure how to explain to him that I am actually the one in charge.

I almost didn't post this...

But, Geoff said I needed to...It's too funny not to share.

So, I'm getting dressed this morning for church & I'm putting on pantyhose. Kirkland asked me what they were, so I told him that mommy wears hose to church. He turns his head to the side, ponders for a moment, and asks, "So you don't go tee-tee?".

Uh...not exactly.

Hicks

I let Hicks inside after she had been running around in the rain. Naturally, she smelled like a wet dog. I said, "Whew..Hicks, you stink". Kirkland looks at me very seriously & says, "You really need to change her diaper"!

Embarassing...

We're at the Thanksgiving preschool luncheon at our church, eating at a table with a bunch of other nice couples with their well-behaved kids. Geoff pats Kirkland on the back to get him to bow his head for the blessing, and Kirkland yells out, "Don't hit me Daddy...That hurts me!". It was like the record stopped & everyone quit talking so that they could turn & see which Dad was beating their son during the prayer at church! Nice...