Random pics and stories

Zoo waterfall hangout.  Look we had a big mommy excursion without stroller or leases!

This morning while enjoying my breakfast I could clearly hear the boys playing and their scenario sounded way too put together.  It must be from a book I think, but nothing I can think of.

Gabriel: "For today's race there will be three obstacles.... duck under the parachute... jump over the hurdles ... shake off the sand wash."

There was  a lot of discussion at this point about whether he had said the obstacles correctly... finally he repeated the above and added "On your marks, get set, GO!" On Go, Gabriel waved his flag (shirt).

Then David came flying/driving (I wasn't sure) out of his room, around the couch, into the kitchen by the refrigerator, past the table and back into his room.  David was giggling almost the whole time and Gabriel was cheering him on.  When he got back into the play room, Gabriel announced "You won!" "You get a trophy"!  Unfortunately, Gabriel was waving his flag so ecstatically that when David zoomed back out (for what I assume would have been a victory lap) he got whipped and then the fun was all over.

Me: "Gabriel, what kind of race was it?"
Gabriel: "It was cars.  Only one car."
David: "I was Finn McMissile."

Me: "What is a sand wash?"
David: "It is full of sand, you shake off the sand."

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Me: "Today we are going to go to bible study." (Where they are in the nursery.)
David: "But Mommy we love you!"

Breaks my heart!!

Me: "Can you please go to the nursery?  I really need to go to bible study to learn about Jesus."
Gabriel: "OK Mommy, I will go to nursery."  (So sweet!  He tried to be brave but a minute later was back to refusing to go.)
David: all confused... "Gabriel, you just said you would go!"

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Going to bed, they can still be stinkers. After Peter put them back down and sternly told them to go to sleep, he walked out of the room.

Gabriel: "What is that guy's problem?"

Good thing daddy didn't hear that!

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Other bedtime comments

Gabriel: "David, turn on the lights, I can't see."

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Gabriel: "David where is your plane?"
David: (very sad) "I don't know. He is lost."
Gabriel: "We have to rescue him!!!" "Come on"

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David: "I poo-ed".

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Gabriel: "I have to poo."

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Both: "It is too dark!"

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Gabriel: "It is not time for sleep. It is morning."


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At the playground one day and I was helping David when I hear...

Gabriel: "Mommy! Get me down!"

Gabriel was hanging from the monkey bars, legs kicking wildly on the other side of the playground.  I got there in time... but it made me wonder how long he had been swinging there before he asked for help!

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David took a bite of his sandwich and then declared he would not eat it because it had "bird poo" on it.  Grrr! 

Clean little boys reading with daddy.

Introduction to hopscotch.  Recently the boys have learned all the numbers up to 20 (finally) with a giant hopscotch on our driveway.  

In training.  Another cool playground.

The beginning of their plane obsession

Love, love love rides ... and oh yes, they like to steer it very high up.