Out of the mouths of babes--September

Hope you get a chuckle or two out of this month's installment.

9/3--We were listening to a children's CD in the car today that had the song, "When the Saints Go Marching In." It's a new CD and we hadn't listened to that song before. After the line that says, "Oh, I want to be in that number..." Brandon asked, "I want to be in that HUMMER?" I don't think anyone wants to be in a Hummer these days, honey.

9/4--Brandon noticed a poster up in the hall at school. It says, "If you believe it's possible, it IS possible." Most people would read that and find some inspiration in it. Oh, no. Not B. He came home and said, "What about the kids that think they can fly? They can flap their wings really hard, but they're still not going to fly. Even if they BELIEVE it's possible." Technicalities.

What if I BELIEVE I can do flips on my bike?

9/18--Whit is a REALLY helpful little girl. She had gotten out the diaper changing basket for me and I had given her a very emphatic THANK YOU. As I was changing C's diaper, Whit made sure to tell her, "See, I'm a nice sister, Caroline....NOT a jealous sister."

Can you just FEEL the sisterly love?

9/21--During church today, Brandon was going through some little cards that we have with pictures of temples on them. He started "quizzing" Caroline. "Which temple is this?" Then he'd whisper in a high-pitched voice, "Washington DC." "Good job, Caroline!" It was so cute.

9/21--On the drive home from church, we were talking about possible Halloween costumes. Whit has some interesting ideas. "I want to be a tree. No, I want to be a bridge!!" Any ideas how I can put that one together? I'm hoping it was a passing fancy, because she hasn't mentioned it since.

9/21--We were sitting around in the living room today and Whit said, "Let's play dye-berry!"
Me: What's "dye-berry?"
W: It's where you die and then you get buried! But you just pretend die.
Hmmm...pretty morbid game, don'tcha think?

9/23--Out on our bike ride today, Whit was doing a GREAT job going up the hills and I was sure to compliment her....over and over. She said, "I've got good skills, Mom. Good LEG skills."

Since when did she turn into Napoleon Dynamite?

Look at Brandon's skills:
He can ride Whit's bike backwards AND

do this cool circus trick on his own.
(Sorry it's so short and there's no sound!)

9/24--When I was volunteering in B's classroom today, his teacher shared this story with me: Brandon was talking with some other kids and telling them about how in the future, they'll be able to make computer chips the size of atoms and molecules. The other kids looked at him like, "What's an atom?" His teacher said, "Brandon when you grow up to be a rich and famous scientist, will you remember me and share your money?" He told her, "I'll consider it." Well, at least it wasn't an automatic "No."

And a couple of bonus pics of Caroline:
Can you just smell the clean baby scent wafting off this girl?

I LOVE her smile in this pic.

Look!
She has enough for hair to make a baby fauxhawk.
I see Halloween costume potential here!