new rules

While driving in the car after church yesterday, Reed says to me, "On my birthday I am going to turn 4 and then when I turn 5 I will get baptized." I of course said, "You can get baptized when you turn 8." Reeds response was, "No, I don't like that, I'm getting baptized when I'm 5." I'm glad he's head strong, but come on now...

Too much truthfulness

Ben walked past me last night and said, "Hmm...your bum is getting bigger too." Thank you for the observation Ben...to bad 6 year olds don't lie.

Sweet Boy

Reed and I have been spending a lot of alone time together since Ben went back to school and Ted went back to work. I have had fun spending some one on one time with him, he has become very chatty and says sweet little things...I thought I should record some.

He puts sunglasses on and puts his face right into my tummy and says, "I can see baby sister smiling at me."

Yesterday he said in a wistful voice, "I can't wait to eat chicken nuggets with baby sister."

As we were leaving his preschool orientation he looked up at me and said, "I just knew I was going to love my school!"

As we were watching a cartoon together, he looks up at me and says, "I love you mommy", and gives me a kiss.

Reed is a happy, fun loving, eager to learn little boy. I am so blessed to be his mom!

nerves

After we put Ben to bed last night, he got up and came into our room. He looked at me and said, "I can't go to sleep. I feel like I'm going to have a bad dream. I just can't calm my nerves."

I wondered, since when do six year old's have nerves to calm?

baby stuff

Reed was laying his head on my stomach, he then says to me, "I can hear your baby kicking, and I can hear it's stomach growling...it wants bananas."

Ben's idea of IKEA

Ben says to John: "Do you want to go to IKEA with us? They have really comfy chairs you can sit in and you don't even have to buy them!"

signs of carsickness

Today Ted let his brother, Chase, drive a stick shift for the first time. Ben was driving with them in the church parking lot. When they got home, Ben said to me, "I got car sick when Chase was driving. Whenever I get carsick my penis hurts. And my penis was hurting so I knew I was carsick."