Oh, it's been way too long since I did a Das Not Funny! Friday post. Way, way too long.
Not sure what Das Not Funny! Friday is? Well, nearly 3 years ago I wrote this little post talking about all the funny things our kids had said over the last several days. At the time, Elizabeth was 4.5 years old and Lucas and Ashlee were a few months shy of 3. Aaron was nearly 12 months old and Olivia was bouncing 5 month old. Our lives were, um, busy to put it mildly.
Our lives were (and still are) also hysterical. Kids kind of have that effect on life, don't they? They make things funny, often funnier than they intend. It never failed that one of our kids would say something funny and Luke and I would try our very best to stifle our laughter.
Typically, Ashlee would hear us laughing, give us the look in the photo above and say, "Mom! Das not funny!"
Which, in turn, made us giggle even harder. I have always heard my Mom, my grandmothers and other moms say that they really wished they'd written down the funny things their kids said when they were little. Well, Das Not Funny! Friday is my attempt to do just that.
Now, our kids are older - but equally as funny. Elizabeth is now 7.5 years, Lucas and Ashlee will be 6 in May, Aaron will be 4 in June, Olivia is 3.5 years and Ella is a feisty 22 month old.
Our lives are still busy and I really want to remember the hilarity of our young years with all these young kids. So here's goes nothing....
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Aaron said to me the other day, "Mom, you're belldy is realwe realwe big!"
Me: "Yep. It sure is buddy."
Aaron: "Jep. But it not popped yet!" Then he laughed like he'd made the biggest and best joke ever.
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Ella has developed a new, slightly inappropriate and yet totally hilarious habit. When I'm holding her, she pulls the neck of my shirt open as far as it will stretch, peers down the front of my shirt and says in her loudest 22 month old voice,
"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww."
Awesome. Self esteem boost #1.
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Lucas enjoys telling me that I'm getting huge. I don't think he intends on it being offensive because I really don't think he understands that it's offensive to say that someone is "a big fat pregnant lady."
After several times of him lovingly patting my stomach and commenting that I "sure was getting fat" I though that maybe it was time to have a conversation with him.
Me: "Buddy, I know you aren't trying to be ugly, but most of the time it's not really nice to tell someone you think they are fat. It might be true but it still isn't an appropriate thing to say because it might be something that hurt their feelings."
Lucas: "Oh. Okay. But your stomach is getting fat. But I know it's because you're fat and pregnant."
Me (stifling a chuckle): "Yes. That's true. But sometimes people can get their feelings hurt because they are upset about being overweight and it's not nice to point it out to them."
Lucas: "Okay mom. I won't call anyone else fat. Even though I don't know ANYONE else as fat as you."
Good. Glad we cleared that up. Except, not really.
Self Esteem boost #2.
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I've been making a conscious effort to spend real, quality time with our kids before the baby comes. I know that when baby girl gets here, she will command most of my time and my 1-on-1 time with the others will be limited. With that in mind, I've been taking the kids off on Mommy-dates, which includes them choosing where we eat and where we go. I'm simply their chauffeur, bouncer and bank account.
This week, Lucas and I went out. He decided he wanted Japanese food so we sat, on the same side of the little booth and enjoyed our rice, while conversations of guns, army men and ammunition graced our table.
Suddenly, he asked me, "Mom, how do you say, 'I like red' in Spanish?"
Me: "Um. I think it's 'Me gusta rojo.'"
Lucas: "Me gusta rojo! How do you say 'The King is in danger'?"
It's probably a good thing he was beside me because I'm pretty sure I spit rice clear across the table.
Y'all have a great weekend!