Pancake in my Pocket

Eli came to me and kept repeating the same thing over and over. I was having a hard time figuring out what he was saying. SO I told him to show me. Little did I expect him to show me what I thought he was saying. He had Pancakes in his pocket. They were little silver dollar frozen pancakes.

Speaking English

A friend of mine is a Jr high School English teacher.

Liz: I teach English
Kiah: I speak English; uno, dos, tes.

Am I right?

Today Kiah and I were riding in the car. I don't even remember what we were talking about. Kiah made a statement and then said

Kiah: Am I right, or am I right?

I thought this was so fun.

Luna: Where did you learn that?
Kiah: Clifford, the Big Red Dog

Book report

I know this isn't from one of the kids, but it is still so funny, at least to us.

On Sunday night as we were going to bed Chris and I were lamenting about how awful the night before was and how much we DID NOT want an encore. It was then that Chris told me he had trouble getting back to sleep. I suggested that he should have read a book.

Luna: You should have read a book.
Chris: I did.
Luna: Which book? (I knew what was in the area where he was trying to sleep. They are my books, so I thought it would be a parenting book, or "Shopaholic Ties the Knot." None of the books would have been of much interest to Chris, so I was amused he had to read one of those books.)
Chris: "Color Kittens"

I laughed so hard. I think it was the second hardest I have ever laugh at Chris. The first being before we were married and we were sitting around my apartment with a bunch of roommates and friends talking about a school assignment I had to provide group therapy regarding dating for Young Single Adults. During the wrap-up discussion Chris announced he was "Keen." I know it isn't funny now, but the entire room laughed for quite some time. We have no idea why either.

Well, last night I laughed just as hard. I know many of you are not familiar with "Color Kittens." It is by the same author who wrote the riveting book "Good Night Moon." YES! it is a Golden Book.

Chris: Well, I had never read it before
Luna: What did you think (btw, this half of the conversation was MUCH later and I was still choking back laughter)
Chris: it isn't as good as "Good Night Moon"

Mexican Food

We decided to go out to dinner last night. As I was trying to figure out where to go I began to ask everyone what they would agree to. Kiah actually said she wanted Mexican food. She REALLY wanted Mexican food, because when we tried to switch to something else she got very upset. She said she wanted some rice and beans. Alright, whatever!

So we got to the restaurant and they brought us some chips and salsa. Kiah put some chips in a small bowl for herself them proceeded to get the salt. The girl LOVES salt, but she over did it this time. I didn't notice until it was too late. When i looked over at her bowl it look like winter in her bowl. All her chips were covered with a salty snowfall.

Luna: That is enough. In fact, it is too much.
Kiah tried a salty chip.
Kiah: I don't like Mexican salt.

Symbols

Chris and I had gone to the Temple earlier that day and Kiah was asking up what we did at the Temple.

Luna: Well, we wore all white.
Kiah: No, you wore black. (I was wearing a black dress when I left the house)
Luna: You're right, I was wearing black, but I changed my clothes when I got there.
Kiah: Why?
Luna: White is a symbol of being clean, like Heavenly Father, and being good.
Kiah: I have a Symbol, Look!
I turned to see her slam her hands together
Kiah: Crash!

Luna: (laughing) Very good. That is a different Cymbal.

Don't eat it

As I am helping SweetPea wipe after visiting the potty (Not my favorite mommy Job!)

Kiah: Mom, do you like my poop?
Luna: um..
Kiah: Do you LIKE my poop?
Luna (trying to be encouraging, without grossing myself out at the thought of liking feces): yeah, sure.
Kiah: Don't eat it!

Knock, Knock

Eli has learned how to tell a joke...kinda. To tell you the truth it is hard to understand just about everything he says. But since he got the tubes in his ears it seems to be improving. I guess there was a smallbinky set back, I think the surgery scared him pretty badly so he wouldn't let go of it for 2 weeks. Now his is afraid of it, I convinced him it is only for sleeping, so he runs in fear now when I offer it.

But he started to tell jokes. I am not sure he realizes it, but it made us laugh and we truly understood all he was saying.

Eli: Knock, Knock
Luna: Who's there?
Eli: (very proudly and excited) ME!

we all started laughing. Mainly because I wasn't expecting an answer. So getting one is where the humor lies.

Here is the best video of it I can get so far. It was like pulling teeth to get this much, I hope to get a better one soon.

A Name?

On her way into the bathroom

Kiah: what's my poop's name?

Big Family

Luna: Do you like being a big sister?
Kiah: yes
Luna: How many kids do Mommy and Daddy have?
Kiah: 3, Me, Eli, and Anna
Luna: How many kids should Mommy and Daddy have?
Kiah: 15.....er...17!

REAL food

Tonight we had tacos for dinner. As i was building my taco I was showing Kiah all the different things I can put inside my taco. I also talked about how you can try new things this way.

Luna: Look at all the different foods Daddy and I like to eat.
Kiah: I don't like different food like you and daddy. I like REAL food. (on her plate was a tortilla which she didn't eat, some baby carrots, and sliced cheddar cheese)

Just a Lick

Tonight we were moving a few things around in our bedroom and we found a piece of green sidewalk chalk in the shape of an egg. It was probably put there some time ago when it was taken away from a child and "hidden." It is funny enough that we found a chalk Easter egg in our bedroom right before Easter, but Kiah made it even funnier.

Kiah was playing with the egg and Eli was starting to complain because he wanted one too. So Chris decided to take it away. When Chris took it away he saw there was a wet spot. Then he looked at Kiah and saw a green chalky mark on her chin and lower lip.

Chris: Did you bite the chalk?
Kiah: No
Luna: (chuckling) We don't believe you.
Kiah: It was just a lick!

Elephants and Alligators

The other day we were at the doctor's office, again! The doctor asked Kiah to name an animal that starts with the letter "A." Kiah thought about it for a few seconds and said "Alephant." The doctor laughed and said "I'll take it...this time." Later as we were leaving he told Kiah that Elephant usually starts with the letter "E."

Today I was working on some alphabet worksheets with Kiah. As we were practicing writing the letter "a" I was talking to Kiah about what sound the letter "A" makes.

Luna: Ah-ah-apple
Kiah: Ah-ah-apple
Luna: (pointing to an alligator) what is this?
Kiah: Ah-ah-crocodile

Valentine's Day

Kiah woke-up on Valentine's day and came into our room and said "Happy Valentine's Day!" She then ran to the window and looked out and said "Where are the hearts on the houses?"

Leaky roof

My mom took Kiah to the Balcony sliding door to see the rain.

Kiah: (looking out door) what happened?
MeeMaw: It's raining
Kiah: (looks outside, can't see rain falling, but sees water dripping off the roof) It's not raining, the roof is leaking!