Things That Make Me Smile 3/2/18

Jake (12), Alyssa (9 1/2), Zac (8), Tyler 5 1/2), Nicholas (3)

I'm working my way through my catch-up posts. This was the overlap week with the vacation with my parents. On the way home we made stop at The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (my first visit!), let the kids run off some energy, and did some geocaching. As much as we all love vacation, it's always good to be home.  

1. Nicholas: "If I wash my hands on the wall, dat would be 'larious. Dat would be so silly."

2. Zac: "Tyler just did one of the nicest things he could do. He had two elephants stuck together (animal crackers) and gave them to Nicky."

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4. Tyler, about his reading book: "I already read this story, but I don't remember it because I read it tomorrow."

5. Nicholas, about a picture of Leighton when we were first married: "Dat not fahder! Dat not my daddy!"

6. Nicholas, after he ate the leg off a sandwich cut into the shape of a gingerbread man: "Oh, no! My foot ouchie! I can't walk!"

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8. Me, trying to keep Tyler focused on reading: "What's the next word?"

Tyler: "I don't know. I haven't read that word in years! Years, I tell you!"

9. Nicholas: "It's a frocodile, not a adigator." (crocodile and alligator)

What made you Smile this week?

Things That Make Me Smile 2/23/18

Jake (12), Alyssa (9 1/2), Zac (8), Tyler (5 1/2), Nicholas (3)

We have been SO busy the last couple of months. It's a good busy though, making new memories and Smiling a lot. Because of it though, I am quite a bit behind with my lists. 

This week we went to Missouri for a vacation with my parents. So much fun! We met my uncle and aunt at a pizza place and arcade, experimented at the science center in Springfield, released butterflies and held lizards at the Butterfly Palace, did some geocaching, ate at Lambert's Cafe, played lots of games during the rainy weather, and more. We had such a fantastic time as a family. Here are a few more of our Smiles.   

1. Alyssa: "That's crazier than meatball pie!"

2. Nicholas, watching Alyssa paper quill: "It's magic!"

3. Nicholas, wanting a light on: "Daddy? Can you turn the kitchen on?"

Leighton: "How do you turn the kitchen on?"

Nicholas: "You push the button!"

4. Nicholas calling a heron a flamingo. 

5. Nicholas, asking me when dinner would be ready: "Is it 40 minutes, babe?"

6. Nicholas, looking at the bouquet on the table: "Daddy love you? Daddy love you wif fowers?"

Me: "Yes, he does."

Nicholas: "I don't love you wif fowers. I just a kid. And a baby."

7. Nicholas, loudly, pointing to a man in Walmart: "Daddy, is dat Santa?"

8. Tyler, about baby animals: "They're so cute!"

Nicholas: "Wait. I so cute."

 

What made you Smile?