Chase's funny statements

Just a list of some funny things Chase has said recently.

He's taken to calling Sabrina "sis". As in, "Come one, Sis, let's go cook!" or "Si-is! Don't knock that over!"

Chase: "Mom, when I get older, I don't want to marry."
Me: "Well, you've got a lot of years to decide. You may change you're mind."
Chase: "Nah, I don't want to marry."

"I must, I really must have all my A to Z mystery books in my bed [that's about a dozen books]. Then when I finish one, I can just pick up the next one and keep reading."

While eating a snack of TasteeOs. "Mmmm, these are tast-ee! OH! That must be why they call them TasteeOs!"

Daily Routine a la Sabrina

I got glimpse of Sabrina's impression of our days. All of this took place in Sabrina's room in about 10 minutes.

First, she made me sleep with all her blankets and animals on the floor. Then she woke me up, very sweetly (made me feel good) and said " You Sabrina. I'm the mommy. It's time for breakfast!" She then threw some bowls at my face (did not make me feel good). She backed my backpack and her purse and clicked me in the 'car'. She said, "I have to get my purse down," and put her bag next to her. "Let's take the boys to school and then we're going to the Y and then to Rufie's!" [That would be Ruthie's to those having trouble translating!]
So she pretends to drive while saying "drive, drive, drive" and we 'drop off' the boys. We go to the Y and then we get back in. Every time we 'stop' we go through the clicking of belts and the purse and such. "We're at Rufie's! You play upstairs with Rufie and I'm going downstairs to pray with Lisa." She then 'walks down the stairs', kneels, puts her hands together pointed up, and says, "Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Ok, time to go!" [Funny, I don't remember the last time I kneeled to pray and my hands are never together!] "Time to get the boys!" Whole car procedure again and "here's your snack" as she again throws some bowls at me, then we're home. "Time for your nap. I love you" and I'm re-covered with the blankets. She leaves the room and shuts the door!

Phew...what a day!

Not me! Monday

Yes, it's Monday! Time for our weekly confessional of all the activities I DID NOT do this past week. MckMama has more posts from others for NOT ME! Monday.

I DID NOT leave the sprinkler on in the backyard for almost 45 minutes when it was supposed to be 15minutes. I especially DID NOT do this twice this week.

I DID NOT pilfer through my children's Halloween candy and take out the good candy, leaving them with dots and tootsie rolls.

I DID NOT give my daughter 2 nickels in exchange for 2 quarters.

I DID NOT, again, leave my van door open all night. I also DID NOT leave my house door wide open the entire day while I was gone. I do not have a problem with "closure".

I DID NOT make a double recipe of pumpkin bread & muffins and forget that muffins take half as long as bread. I DID NOT completely burn all 24 muffins. I DID NOT try to feed them to my children.

On my front steps, I DID NOT leave pumpkins that had been hollowed out by squirrels. I DID NOT tell people this was an observation exercise, so my children could watch them decay.

I DID NOT talk on my cordless home phone in the car. I DID NOT drive away still talking on the phone. I DID NOT put that phone in my purse when I was finished talking, so I of course DID NOT carry it around that morning. I DID NOT pull it out of my purse to check message when I got near my house again.

Maybe I spend too much time at the Y

I work out regularly. Typically I'm at the YMCA Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and usually at least 1 more day at the Y. The kids do love the childcare, especially when they get to go to the gym. The kids pass through the cardio and weight area and always give enthusiastic waves.

A couple days ago, Sabrina was playing in her room while I put away laundry.
Sabrina says, "I'm going to the Y, Mom. Bye!" Then she talks to her baby: "Here's the nursery. Let's hang up your backpack. Have fun! I love you. I'm going to work out." She leaves her dolls and takes a few steps away from her bed. Then she keeps one foot planted and moves the other leg back and forth in front of her while pumping her arms back and forth as well. "I'm working out," she says to me. She walks back to her bed and picks up her baby, "I'm finished working out."

Below is a video of Stuart exercising.


Well, I guess I'm raising kids who think exercise is cool.

Playing school

Stuart and Sabrina like to play school.

They start in Sabrina's room and pack her "lunch" in her backpack.
Then Stuart drives Sabrina to school: she stands behind him and they walk in a line while he says, "drive, drive, drive" until they get to the entryway. She gets out at school and he helps her find her hook. He waves good bye and walks out. She plays in her "classroom" and then Stuart comes back and says, "Time for carpet time." They sit down and Stuart reads her a book (and by read, I mean the re-telling of a story that may or may not be related to the book in his hand.) After that, sometimes they play some more or they decide it's time for lunch. When they eat lunch they unpack her lunch in her pack and "eat". Then they pack up for "carpool" and drive, drive, drive back to Sabrina's room.

It really is the sweetest thing.

Eating lunch at school
Carpool

Not me! Monday

Yes, it's that time again for me to recount to you all the behavior I DID NOT exhibit this past week. I know none of you would do these things either.

I did not make my two year old carry her gloves because she insisted on bringing them into the store and I didn't want to put them on. I did not allow her to put them in my purse because I told her she had to keep track of them by herself.

I did not leave, for a week, a storage bin of summer clothes in my back hallway. It's not still there.

I did not sit and laugh at my family while they talked about really random things and Skype with Michael about it. He was not sitting right next to me at the table while I did not do this.

I did not skip two of my runs this week. I'm am committed to that training schedule.

There is not popcorn on my floor for supper last night because I, of course, did not serve popcorn and apples for supper. I did not learn that from Shelly Kirkman.

I did not sit down to right this post while the dirty dishes from Sunday's lunch and Monday's breakfast sat on the counter. I would never do that: it's unsanitary and I always do my chores before doing fun things like blogging. Additionally, the groceries that I bought this morning are not sitting on the counter. My children are also not watching TV while I write this post, they are of course reading their books or cleaning their rooms.

I would never be involved in any of these situations. Of course not, not me!

Spinning Class and Halloween

Just a normal Thursday at the Whitmer's







Halloween
Is it really graduation?
Chase & Landry
Aidan, Chase, & Sabrina