my days with the boys

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Muskmelon Party!!

(picture taken 5/31/12)

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Kristi: I am a mother of three wonderful little boys, Andrew ~ 8 years old and Carson ~ 6 years old & Alex ~ 2 years old. Married to my husband Chad of 14 years. Summer of 2007, I became a full time stay at home mom. I enjoy my days with the boys but miss the adult interaction nursing provided. My desire for this blog is to attempt to keep family and friends up to date on the daily events of the boys. I hope it will also help me reflect on the time I have with the boys and remind me of what an awesome job God has blessed me with!

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Quotes

Carson climbs in our bed, sighs and squirms around "Aahhh, Thanks for the coziness Mom." Carson (3/11)
"Why is everybody decorating with Lucky Charms?" Andrew (3/11)
"I remember it like it was Tuesday!" Andrew (1/11)
"I love you double." Andrew to Mommy (9/10)
Carson stands on my feet when urinating to get him to the proper height, so his bare bottom is pressed against my legs. He let out a "wittle toot" and said "Gotcha!" (4/3/10)
Andrew - "Should we use that handitizer Mom?" aka hand sanitizer (4/2/10)
Carson - "I HATE Wal-mart!" I'm not real fond of it either but we don't have too many other options. (4/1/10)
Carson's new song "Oh, what fun it is to ride, Ee ii ee ii oh!" (1/27/10)
Carson was having a snack and held a craisin up to his ear and said "I can hear the ocean with my craisin!" (1/17/2010)
As we were driving in the car on beautiful sunny day, Andrew asked "What is the sun made of?" I was trying to decide how to answer that when Carson said "PLASTIC!" (1/13/2010)
"Why are they called bear feet when I don't even have claws?" Andrew (12/09)
I asked Carson to throw away his granola wrapper that was laying on the floor. He promptly layed down on the floor and said "No me can't walk any more!" (9/09)
Andrew - "I heard a bad dream in my brain last night." (8/19/09)
Carson- "Those worms?" as he touched the veins in my hand. (8/18/09)
Andrew- "Mom, do you know what kind of baby I'm going to have when I get a wife?" (we will talk about that 'get a wife' thing later) me-no what kind? "A boy baby, so we can tussle!" (7/22/09)
The boys were having one of their little spats and Andrew said "Mom! Carson hit me, so I hit him back." I told him that that isn't what we are supposed to do. You know how that made you feel, you have to think about how that made Carson feel. Andrew replied "Well, I didn't think, I just did it!" (6/09)
As I was dropping Andrew off at preschool today, I told the boys to please walk not run. Andrew responded "We are tip toeing fast not running." (4/29/09)
"If we eat lots of fruit and exercise a lot then we won't die." Andrew- (4/20/09)
I told Andrew that I was going to a baby shower tonight. A little while later Andrew said "I don't want you to go to the baby bath!" (4/9/09)
I love how sweet and polite Carson can be. He almost always says "Bless you, Mommy." after I sneeze & "Excuse me Mommy" after he coughs or burps! Such a sweetie! (3/20/09)
As Carson and I walk out to the car after dropping Andrew off at his preschool class everyday, Carson says "Dores first?" (Stores first) which is then usually followed by "Me no nap". (3/18/09)
Carson's vocabulary continues to multiply. He often talks in choppy staccto sentences. Carson- "I. help. you. please. Mom." (2/10/09)
Andrew - "My eye is hot!" Me- "Why is your eye hot? What happened?" A- "I put a buggar in my eye." Yet another reason I don't want him to pick his nose. (2/10/09)
The other day Andrew & I played quite a few new games together. When Chad got home, Andrew told him "We played flap jack and old navy!" aka slap jack and old maid. (1/14/09)
Carson dropped his pacifier one morning and it was still quite dark. In his sweet little voice he said "Paci? Where are you?" (1/09)
While eating some icecream Andrew said "this is so good I could eat a horse!" (11/23/08)
As I was helping Andrew get dressed this morning, he gave me an embarrassed little hug and said "I wish I could marry you Mommy." Isn't that precious? (11/10/08)
"When will I be 4?" In a few weeks. "Then will I be as big as Daddy?" (11/4/08)
At bedtime, I asked Andrew what songs he wanted to sing. He said "Let's sing a song from that blue book that has words in it." Me- you mean the hymnal? Andrew - "Yeah!" (10/29/08)
I have a bit of a headache, Andrew says "I wish I had a headache. I like headaches!" Bizarre child! :) (10/28/08)
Chad was helping put Andrew's socks and shoes on. Andrew said "I like you Dad....but...my sock..." Andrew's sock was a little bunched up, not quite perfect. (That bugs me too!) (9/08)
Andrew talking to Carson "When you are a grown up like me you won't cry anymore." (9/19/08)
"I wish my bedroom was inside your bedroom." (9/16/08)
"I wish Carson had his own Mommy" (9/10/08)
While going to the bathroom today, Andrew said "I sure am doing a good job going poo-poo Mom." Me- "yes Andrew." Andrew- "I can't believe I'm such a good boy!" (8/18/08)
Andrew is having some issues with not listening very well. Today he said "Am I going to get trapped in the whale?" No, Jonah. (8/15/08)
While driving in the car, Andrew was nonstop talking as he had been all day long. I said "Andrew, I could use a little quiet time." A-"Why?" K-"just because" A little while later, it was fairly quiet and I was singing quietly to the radio when I hear Andrew say "Mom, I could use a little quiet time." (8/14/08)
Andrew was singing a song he learned in Sunday School, "The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me...." when he got to the end he shouted "BYE-BYE!" instead of "Bible!" (7/6/08)
While driving home from church, Andrew said "Can we go to a restaurant so Mommy doesn't have to cook?" That's my boy! Thanks for looking out for me. (6/29/08)
At our friends dairy farm, Andrew walked up to the fence where the calves were and said "Hi. I'm Andrew." like he does with lots of children. (6/27/08)
As we were driving home, Andrew spotted our large geese population in our neighborhood. He said "Goose!" Chad asked "What are the geese doing" Andrew replied "Umh, maybe pooping or maybe eating." Isn't that the truth!! (6/08)
As we were driving in the car today, Andrew said "Don't squish him Mom." Don't squish what? "Don't squish that motorcycle Mom!" There was a motorcycle in front of us. (6/5/08)
"This is the best soup EVER!" (5/27/08)
Andrew is hanging from our island coutertop, swinging back and forth. I told him to stop doing that & that he knows he isn't supposed to do that. Andrew said "I thought you couldn't see me." (5/22/08)
"What kind of Kristi is your name?" (5/20/08)
I asked Andrew this morning, "When did you come in Mommy & Daddy's room last night? I don't remember you getting in bed with us." Andrew looked at the invisible watch on his wrist & said "Hmm, 40 minutes". (5/19/08)
I asked Chad a question about his parents, Andrew very sadly said "I wish I had parents." (5/17/08)
"It's growing straight up, like a bean stop!" Andrew (5/16/08)
After returning from a walk, we were playing outside and Andrew said "Do we have pastas?" me- "pastas?" "Yeah, like those people had at their house?" me-"oh, Hostas?" "Yeah! Hostas!" (5/16/08)
While I was putting together some recycling in the garage, Andrew came to the door and said "What is all the racken?" (5/15/08)

Two small arms to hold you tight,
Two small feet to run,
Two small eyes full of love for you,
One small son.

-Author Unknown

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Books I have read 2011

Family History by Dani Shapiro
Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
Get Lucky by Katherine Center
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner

Books I have read 2010

Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Life After Yes by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Naked Anabaptist by Stuart Murray
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
What's so Amazing about Grace? by Philip Yancey
Interpreter of Maladies stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt
Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project by Dave Isay
The Soloist by Steve Lopez
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

Books I have read 2009

The Sunrise Series by Karen Kingsbury
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Firstborn Series by Karen Kingsbury
Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting by Meredith Norton
The Shack by William P. Young
The Redemption Series by Karen Kingsbury
The Gift of More by Pamela Yates
Lost Sons by Judy Clemens
Every Mother Can Keep Her Cool by Julie Barnhill
The Hair-Raising Joys of Raising Boys by Dave Meurer

Books I have read 2008

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

Halloween 2009

Cowboy & Superman

Cuddling

Daddy's "turn" to tuck Andrew in

Hug or Tackle? One in the same

Gitty up!

Read a book!

Snack time

Brotherly Love

Santa PJs

Fun in the fall leaves

What's that?

Happy Father's Day

Andrew loves Springtime

Smiley Boy

Cheese!!

Go Buckeyes!

December 2006

Carson James

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