Like a pizza!

Craig: grandpa we'll be there in half a minute!
Me: how long is that Craig?
Craig: well let's see... (Becomes deep in thought.)
Me: think about it how many seconds is a minute? Let's work it out.
Craig: Wait! 30!
Me: 30 what? (surprised).
Craig: Seconds! 30 seconds because, see I knew that 3+3 = 6. So if a minute is 60 seconds Then I just take one of the 3's away and I'm left with 30 seconds. I just chopped it right in half, just like a pizza! (then he emphasized his his point by slashing his arm through the air.)

Me: (after recovering from the pizza comment) um wow! Totally wasn't expecting that. But, that's my boy! Such a little smarty!

Inspiration from my 5 yr old

As I was tucking Craig in to bed tonight he told me how one night he couldn't find the blue flashlight that he sleeps with (the small keychain kind. He usually has it propped up shining on a small picture of the temple and K.C. and I on our wedding day. He always sleeps with it like that right next to his pillow. He says it's to help him not be scared and so he'll always feel like we're with him. SO cute!) anyways he was telling me how he couldn't find the flashlight and then... Every time he pushed on his blanket, or moved, it would light up! (Static electricity?)

Then he stopped and very thoughtfully said. "Mom it was a miracle! A miracle just for me so that I wouldn't be scared! Did you know that a miracle can happen any day? It doesn't have to be the second coming, (pause) or when you're born, it can just happen any day, any time, right when you need it. That's because Heavenly Father loves us. Good night mom! I love you up to the moon and back infinity times!"

Good reminder.

Grandma is nice

Look! What we got was grandma's idea! I didn't even think of it but she did. It's great to have a Grandma as nice as mine!

Ticket

We were driving and saw a sheriff
Craig said "well better watch out I'm heard about sheriffs, lots of times!"
"oh really? What have you heard?"
"that if you go faster than the speed limit they'll pull you over and give you a ticket. "

A little while later Craig was cracking up "mom do you want to know it's so funny? "
"Yeah Craig "
"If the tickets that a cop gave out when he pulled you over were tickets for Disneyland then we would want to get tickets all the time! We would just go zooming everywhere we went!"

It'll happen to you Jason

Jason someday you'll get the AIR knocked out of you! But I hope it's on something weaker than metal or wood. Maybe dirt would be good because dirt is weaker than metal and wood.

(Jason starts to cry)

Jason it's okay it won't really hurt. I did get an owie but it was just a little owie. Oh and it'll make your voice sound really weird too. But you'll be ok.

Move the lemonade Stand

Craig wants to go and sell lemonade today. But KC is gone with the van and Craig's lemonade stand will not fit into alli car. When I told Craig I didn't know how to move this lemonade stand to a busy street he said okay and then stopped for a minute to think.

Hey mom how long would it take to rent a car?  Because we could rent a car that could carry my lemonade stand, we could even rent a motorhome! That would be a great idea. Actually we could even BUY one!

The things they say

Coal from Santa

We were listening to the song, "Santa Clause is coming to town." And Craig wanted to know what all the words meant. So I was telling him that if you're naughty then on Christmas instead of pressent's Santa Clause will just put lumps of coal in your stocking and you'd be all sad. I said it all dramatic like so he would get the picture that it wasn't a good idea to be on Santa's Naughty list. And then much to my surprise his eyes lit up and he got this big smile on his face, then he exclaimed "unless there was a kid who wanted coal! And he was being naughty all year just so he could get that coal from Santa! Then Santa would think that the kid didn't want it but really the kid did! Oh that kids gonna be happy on Christmas!" This was followed by a very happy sigh.

I just had to laugh out loud. Now THAT my friends is looking on the bright side.

Savannah Speaks Jabberwocky.

As Savannah expands her vocabulary and how clearly she says things it's very common for us to ask Craig to help us understand what she's trying to say. He very proudly announces that he knows all the words in Jabberwocky so he can understand what she saying. Then he'll ask her to repeat what she just said and 99% of the time he can tell us what she wants. Well in the car today she was saying something and I couldn't quite hear what she was trying to say. I kept asking her to repeat it and finally she just said "Never mind. Me speak Jabberwocky." Then Craig translated for me and she said "Shoo Shoo Bobo" (translated 'Thank you Brother').

Later at home I heard here talking to herself trying to say something but she stopping and starting and changing it around, finally in frustration she called out to Craig "Bobo... What me mean?!" Haha. It was the cutest thing ever. She wanted him to tell her what she was trying to say! When they are on each others good sides they are such cute friends. I wish I could just follow them around with a video camera and watch them play. It's quite adorable.