Things That Make Me Smile 9/22/17

Jake (11 1/2), Alyssa (9 1/2), Zac (7 1/2), Tyler (5), Nicholas (2 1/2)

Happy Friday! This week we celebrated Talk Like A Pirate Day, Leighton took the older 2 boys hunting, and Alyssa turned 9 1/2. Did you make sure to Smile this week? 


1. Me, about Nicholas, teasing: "What are we going to do with that baby. I'm pretty sure he's trouble."

Jake: "Really? You're only pretty sure?"

2, Zac, about sea snakes: "God made these creatures really special."

3. Nicholas: "God go to fweep!"

Me: "God goes to sleep?"

Alyssa: "Well, the Bible does say that God rested on the 7th day of creation."

4. Nicholas, holding a play phone: "Beep boop beep boop beep. Hello? Gramma? Papa? Why you at your house? Hello, mateys!"

5. Nicholas, noticing that the TV remote was missing a battery: "Hey, what happened? Eberyone stole it!"

Me: "Everyone stole it?"

Nicholas: "Tink about it. Jakey stole it."

6. Tyler: "Nicky's fun to play with."

7. Zac explained a whole narrative of how Alyssa was mistreating him.

Me: "Alyssa."

Alyssa, sweetly: "Yes?"

Me: "Oh, don't pretend to be innocent. What's going on?"

Alyssa: "Well, Zac's not playing nicely!"

Zac: "She's being mean to me!"

Alyssa: "He's being like Nebuchadnezzar."

Me, trying not to laugh: "How is he like Nebuchadnezzar?"

Alyssa: "He gave himself gold and gave Tyler bronze. He thinks he's the best and better than everyone else, just like Nebuchadnezzar."

8. Jake got his second deer.

9. Tyler came inside with a scraped and bloody elbow.

Tyler, proud: "Mom, look!"

Me: "Oh, no. What happened?"

Tyler: "My body got ahead of the swing and I backwards flipped off. I liked the backwards flipped off part!"

Me: "Do you want me to clean it up?"

Tyler: "No, I just want to see it!"

{10 seconds later}

Tyler, whining: "Ow, ow, owie . . . It hurts. Ooow . . . Can you do it now?"

It didn't hurt until he saw it. A complete 180 with his reaction.

10.  Alyssa: "I have a feeling I'm going to be cold or hot. I'm just not sure which one."

11. Me: "Were you a good boy tonight at church?"

Tyler: "Uh . . . hmm . . . well . . . No. Yes . . . Kinda."

What made you Smile this week?