Friday Funnies (on Thursday)

My little man, he's funny.  He doesn't mean to be funny, doesn't do it on purpose, doesn't even know how funny he is.

I often post his funnies as my facebook status and I have had some people suggest I should be writing them down as keepsakes.

So yesterday, I went through all my facebook status updates ever (it was a long process, I don't recommend it) and wrote them all down.

But I'm horrible about keeping scrapbooks and note pads, so I thought I'd put them here.

Sit back, relax and enjoy.  These are in no particular order.


"Mommy, I have to poop.  You wanna come watch?"

"Mommy, you aren't listening!!!"
"Sorry Monkey, I was reading a letter.  What did you need?"
"I need my water bottle"
"Ok, I'll be right there"
(Monkey walks off in a huff) "I swear to God no one listens to me in this house" 

" Mama, my tummy hurts."
"Ok, drink some water.  Here you go."
"Uh, no Mama.  I need some chocolate from my window (advent calendar). Only chocolate can make my tummy feel ALLLLLLLLLL better! (huge grin on his face).  Go get me one Mama!  It is up there."

"Little Lady, you don't eat paper!  Them made from trees and if you eat trees then a tree will grow in you like a seed.  (pauses to think) Then you have sticks and leaves out your ears and you look like a tree. (looks in her ears) Maybe we can have a bird them!  You can sit on the balcony!  Mommy!!!!! (I always tell him that birds belong in trees and not in cages and that is why we can't have a bird as a pet)

Monkey to 10 month old his sister, who was playing with some of his CARS toys "Little lady, you can't have these.  You still too whittle.  But when you get bigger, you can play with them.  Well, maybe not, but you can play with my other toys.  Well, maybe not either.  I know!  You can ask Santa for some toys. Hold on, I'll get you a pencil."

I gave Monkey a hug and told him I loved him.  He looks at me with a big smile and says "Mama, I love my bulldozer.  Look at the wheels, aren't they beautiful!?"

After checking himself out in the bathroom mirror, he turns to me and says "Hey Mama!  I'm pretty handsome today!"

 "Mana, I want to make this truck" (shows me a megabloks picture)
"We don't have that one Monkey."
"Dat's okay Mama, we can ask Santa for it!"
"Oh, Santa won't be coming for a long while yet."
Monkey stops to think... "That's ok Mama, you call him and tell him to come tomorrow.He can have breakfast with me!!!! (passes me the phone) Call him.  And tell him to pack his jammies... and a toothbrush!"

"Mama, my stomach hurts.  Can I have a band-aid please?"

Monkey is walking around the house with a box on his head saying "Take me to your leader" over and over again.

"Good job peeing Mama!  Here, you get a Smartie!!!  What colour to do you want?"

I just told Monkey that he has ants in his pants.  Now he is all worried and won't put his shorts back on.  He keeps on picking them up and looking in them, looking for the ants.

While listening to Johnny Cash, Monkey walks up to the speaker and listens for a while.  "Mommy, I think this singer has a cold.  His voice is all grumbly."

Monkey is sitting on the couch at the top of his lungs, holding his ears shut. When I asked him why he was holding his ears he said, "Mommy, I singing too loud. It hurts my ears!". He then continued to sign even louder.

 
Monkey just came up to me and said "Mommy, I'm very frustrated! This puzzle is NOT behaving and if it doesn't start soon, I'm putting it back in the box!" Exit frustrated little man stomping his feet.

 After a visit to a farm where all the chickens had names, we came home and started making dinner, chicken burgers. When my husband came home and asked what was for dinner, Monkey man says "Penny!" (one of the chicken's names).

One Thousand Words

HA! This is one of my new favourite pictures of my little lady.

 

I wonder what she was thinking...

Captions anyone????

Updates

I've got a lot of things going on so I thought I would update in this entry.

1. My resolutions are so far going ok.  I spent the remainder of September making sure to do at least 15 minutes of exercise in each day.  We also started walking with the family each day after dinner until just before bed time.  The kids have really enjoyed this and it really makes those sometimes long hours between dinner and bedtime go so much faster.
Next up for October (I can NOT believe October is knocking on our door already!), I'm tracking all my exercise on a calendar.  My goal is to do 20 minutes four days a week, with one session of resistance training.  And we will continue our nightly walks.

I have been cooking pretty much every night, except when we are up north.  We don't have a kitchen up there so we are at the mercy of mother nature.  There have been a few weekends that it has been pouring rain so we have gone in to town to grab a bite.  But otherwise, I've been cooking each and every night and am LOVING it.

2. A few days ago I was on my soapbox about how you should always do things that you love to do, no matter the circumstances.  I challenged my readers to pick something they want to do, used to do or enjoy doing but don't have the time anymore, and just do it.
Here is what I have been doing.
My  monkey man and I have been baking once a week, some times twice.  I love to bake, he loves to bake, yet I'm always putting it off.  My little guy is in seventh heaven.  He is even learning some pre-math skills to boot while following recipes.
This is what he made today: 

Sugar cookies decorated to. the. MAX.  Go big or go home people.  It's all about the presentation.

I have also started a project that I've been putting off since my little man's first Christmas.  Every year I tell him a story that involves Gilbert, a mouse who lives in the woods.  Through the years, he has asked to hear these stories over again at night time, so I wanted to make a book for him with the stories in them.  But I can't draw to save my life, so I've been putting it off.
I recently started needlework again and came up with the idea to create each picture with a collage of different materials and have Gilbert out of felt with some needlework for detail.  So this is what I have started as my challenge.  I'll continue to update as I make the actual collages.

Here is Gilbert.  He has no face yet, but he will.
 

3.  The kids toys are slowly getting organized.  I'll be truthful and say I haven't done anything since the last picture update.  I'm at a stand still because I'm waiting for some shelves to be brought up for the basement.  Good thing I'm not holding my breath. 

4. The year long challenge for sweet organization: I'll be tackling the shed next.  I'm scared.  It is a jungle in there.

I think that is everything I need to update. I'm going to try and update once a month or so, just to stay accountable.

In other news, I discovered a nifty way of keeping all those decorating sprinkles for making a mess of everything.
Line a muffin tin with muffin liners,


and when you are done you can just lift the liners out, bend them a bit and pour the sprinkles right back in to their container!

I know.  Smart.  I try.

Cheers!