The Things They Say

So much for me staying on top of this. Here are some funnies for the past week.

Boston and Aubrie lost their DS's for not closing them when I needed them for something. I hate when they do that. It's not like they can't pause the game! Well after a few weeks, Boston asked if we could work out something so he could get it back. We decided that we would do a point system. A point for each day that he did good. That meant obeying the first time, not showing anger, and being nice to his siblings. Of course, he got a point every day. He was so excited to get it back, he woke up the next morning at 6:00am (on a school day) to play it. Poor Ethan shares a room with him. He got it so fast, I wondered if he would slip back into old habits. I came up with the ingenious idea that if he had a really bad day I would have the power to take it back. So far, so good. He is such a great kid anyway!

So Sophia is still on the independent, "I want to wear Dora underwear and potty train myself", crusade." She does pretty well, considering she did it herself. There are some bumps in the road (no pun intended there), but it's not like I can tell her she can't use the potty. So I have to persevere her occasional accident and be encouraging. So what's so funny about this? We'll Aubrie potty trained Ethan, and we surprised her with a thank you gift, afterward. I have been telling her, since Sophia was born, that if she potty trained Sophia I would give her something. She had decided most recently on a DS game. So when Sophia started potty training herself Aubrie said, "So does this mean I don't get the game?" I told her she would have to take that loss up with Sophia!

So I forgot about this one. A few Monday's ago, during FHE, I asked the kids, "Where do we get everything we have", hoping they would say, "Heavenly Father". Instead, Boston says WALMART!!!! I then ask, "Where does Dad get all his money from", hoping they would say Heavenly Father. Boston then says, "WELLS FARGO". Well, I tried!

One last one. So Ethan takes this music class called, Lets Play Music. It's an interactive music class that eventually will help teach them music theory and how to read music. One of their activities is using puppets to a classic song , to help them in distinguishing different instruments. Well the particular puppet show they are doing right now is about a Genie and a bottle. Anyway, originally Ethan liked being the Genie because it's the dramatic part. The only thing is you only get to use that puppet once. I guess he finally figured that out. Yesterday my Mom took him (he has to have someone go with him every other week) and when he got back I asked him if he got to do the puppet show. He said he was the monster. I said, "Well that's cool, your favorite part". He then said, "No its a total rip off!" I knew what he was talking about, but asked him why anyway, and his response..."Because you only get to use the puppet one time! A total rip off!" Where does he hear this lingo?