I think it's a combination of the age and their aunt getting married, but the married talk around here is getting hysterical.
You may remember Stuart's declaration of future marriage to Ruthie a few weeks ago and Sabrina's serious dismay at that idea. Well, the next week he changed his mind and said he was going to marry Ella. He decided since Ella is almost five, she would be better than Ruth who is three.
Today the topic came up again in the car today.
Sabrina: Stuart, are you still going to marry Ruthie?
Stuart: Noooo. I'm marrying Ella.
Sabrina: But I want Ruthie to be my sister (she changes like he does!)
Stuart: I'm sorry, Sabrina, I'm going to marry Ella. We're going going to go to the church and ask the principal if we can get married and then we'll live somewhere and have some little kids.
Me: You know, Stuart, you need to ask Ella's daddy if you can marry her.
Stuart: Why?
Me: Because that's what boys do.
Chase: Does Ella have to ask Stuart's daddy?
Me: No.
Boys: Why?
Me: Well, boys are supposed to protect girls and until a girl gets married, her daddy protects her. So you need to ask him.
Stuart: (distraught) But! What if he says "no"?
Me: Well if you asked him now, he probably would say no. But when your older and out of high school, you could ask.
Stuart: Ok, I guess I'll just have to wait and ask later.
Sabrina: BUT I WANT RUTHIE TO BE MY SISTER!
How in the world are we going to have discussions when then there's a another voice in the conversational space?
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Friday Funnies
Stuart: When I grow up, I'm gonna marry a girl.
Me: Yep. Do you think you already know who she is?
Stuart: I don't know. Maybe I could marry one of Sabrina's friends.
Sabrina: My friends at First Friends? [her mom's day out]
Me: Like who?
Stuart: Maybe Ruthie. I could marry Ruthie.
Sabrina: NO, NO, NO! You can't marry Ruthie! She's my friend!
Me: Sabrina, it's OK, then your friend would be your sister. Like Aunt Melissa and me.
Sabrina: [extremely long pause and then disbelievingly] No, Ruthie's my friend not my sister.
Chase: [from the back seat] I'm still not likely to marry.
And just a fun picture of the possible future Mrs. Whitmer & Sabrina
Me: Yep. Do you think you already know who she is?
Stuart: I don't know. Maybe I could marry one of Sabrina's friends.
Sabrina: My friends at First Friends? [her mom's day out]
Me: Like who?
Stuart: Maybe Ruthie. I could marry Ruthie.
Sabrina: NO, NO, NO! You can't marry Ruthie! She's my friend!
Me: Sabrina, it's OK, then your friend would be your sister. Like Aunt Melissa and me.
Sabrina: [extremely long pause and then disbelievingly] No, Ruthie's my friend not my sister.
Chase: [from the back seat] I'm still not likely to marry.
And just a fun picture of the possible future Mrs. Whitmer & Sabrina
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Celebration Midwest 2008
This weekend was Celebration Midwest in Warrensburg, Mo. This was really the first year the kids made friends and asked to sit with them! Chase & Stuart especially enjoyed playing with Jethro & Sophia Steinke at dinner on Saturday night.
Vicky Mowery told me this about Chase in class:
One boy was saying some really awful and hateful things about his teacher from his school. I guess the child was really going on about it and saying he wanted to kill her or something. Chase says in his very knowing, "I'm really an 80-year-old man" voice, "We should love our enemies."
When we got home and this kids we were going through all the kids crafts and activities, Stuart was so cute singing his song about God creating the world to the tune of "London Bridge". Then he said, "Next year, when we go back to the place with the diet coke and the beds, I want to stay far away from two-oh-eight. [208 was our room number] I want to stay in the room with a one and two zeros." Why, buddy? "Because it will be so big!"
Haven't a clue, but it definitely made me giggle!
It's a lot of late nights for the kids. Sabrina stayed in the first night, but Saturday night, we kept her in the nursery the entire meeting...so about 2 hours past her normal bedtime. And she's my clock work girl! Anyway, she insisted on carrying her own diaper bag, which is a good sized back-back. That girl carried this pack at least 200 yards. I asked her several time, "May I take your bag?" With her first finger pointing out at me and her head nodding, "No, mama, I carry it." I finally made her take it off when we had to go down concrete stairs! She's a whole lotta bossy for 29 pounds.
Vicky Mowery told me this about Chase in class:
One boy was saying some really awful and hateful things about his teacher from his school. I guess the child was really going on about it and saying he wanted to kill her or something. Chase says in his very knowing, "I'm really an 80-year-old man" voice, "We should love our enemies."
When we got home and this kids we were going through all the kids crafts and activities, Stuart was so cute singing his song about God creating the world to the tune of "London Bridge". Then he said, "Next year, when we go back to the place with the diet coke and the beds, I want to stay far away from two-oh-eight. [208 was our room number] I want to stay in the room with a one and two zeros." Why, buddy? "Because it will be so big!"
Haven't a clue, but it definitely made me giggle!
It's a lot of late nights for the kids. Sabrina stayed in the first night, but Saturday night, we kept her in the nursery the entire meeting...so about 2 hours past her normal bedtime. And she's my clock work girl! Anyway, she insisted on carrying her own diaper bag, which is a good sized back-back. That girl carried this pack at least 200 yards. I asked her several time, "May I take your bag?" With her first finger pointing out at me and her head nodding, "No, mama, I carry it." I finally made her take it off when we had to go down concrete stairs! She's a whole lotta bossy for 29 pounds.
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