The Wilson Family of Lexington, SC: October 2010

Kids Say The Funniest things... Especially Mine!

Corbin and I write notes back and forth. One day I got a note from him that read:

"I Love you Mom. Have a great day at home. We are the best family"
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Today (July 3, 2009) I reminded Corbin that tomorrow was Home Depot Day (first Saturday of each month is a free building class for kids) His reply (never looking up from playing his Nintendo DS btw):

"Oh cool, I hope we get to build a bomb or something." (he was obviously referring to 4th of July- but nevertheless I got a good laugh from it)

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7-6-09**Dialogue between Matt and Hunter- Hunter is in the bath and as I'm washing him and he is squeezing his hands together squirting soap through them and concentrating very hard on this. Matt comes home from work and comes into the bathroom.

Matt: "Hey guys"

Hunter: "Hey Dahyee, Cobin and me bein bad" (says it very matter of factly as his eyes narrow to concentrate on the soap between his fingers and squirts right at me grazing my cheek...)

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Corbin got a pencil topper today from the cookie cereal we get for them. It is an Ice Age one and he has been itching to get that toy from the box. When he finally was able to get it out, he exclaimed,

"This is the best day of my life" (a saying that comes out of his mouth almost everyday for the simplest things that life has to offer... oh to see life through the eyes of a kid)

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7-12-09- Corbin and I were discussing the importance of going on a mission today in the car. I told him that Heavenly Father really wants the young men in the church to serve a mission when they get older, but they have to make right choices throughout their life or they won't be able to go. I just said that he needs to stay clean by not drinking or smoking or doing other things that are not pleasing to our Father in Heaven. He cut me off before I completed the sentence and said:

"Like Mountain Dew? Mountain Dew is not good for kids"

I paused for a second and agreed with him- I figure he's still young, so we'll just stick to not drinking Mountain Dew for now. :) Don't you just love the innocence of children?

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7-27-09

We're hanging with Leah and her kids today and in the back of the van Corbin and Anna are talking about limos. Anna claimed to have seen a limo at a school somewhere and Corbin's reply was this (he was serious and very matter-of-fact):

"I bet it was probably the Jonas Brothers"

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10-16-09

Corbin and Hunter were fighting and we were riding in Nana's car. Here's how the conversation went:

Nana: "Hunter, do you want an knuckle sandwich?!"

Hunter: "No, I want chicken nuggets"

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Name calling is never good, but I do have to hand it to Hunter with creativity. Here are some examples that he regularly uses or has recently used:

He got really mad a Corbin one day in the car and exclaimed, "hush yo mouth, Cobin, you fire head poo poo puppy!"

Corbin thinks Lady Ga Ga is weird and frequently tells us this, so apparently Hunter thought it would be an okay to use this.

"Leave me lone, Lady Ga Ga!"

Hunter also loves Night at the Museum- it took me a while to get where this particular name came from... (and he uses this one with the most frequency)

"Go Way, Hopscotch!"

And of course the ever popular- "Stinky_____" and "Poopy____"

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1-28-10

We're in the van and that Beyonce song comes on where she sings, "If I were a boy, even just for the day..." Corbin says after a second listening to the song:

"I think this singer is a tomboy."

I agreed because I didn't feel like explaining, but I did giggle quite a bit!

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I had to cut Hunter's fingernails because they were so long and this is how our conversation went:

Me: "Hunter, I need to clip your fingernails because you have claws."

Hunter: "Yeah, cause I have Santa Claws"

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1-31-10 Hunter came running into the kitchen this morning:

Hunter: "Mommy, my nose is falling!"

Me: "What do you mean your nose is falling?"

Hunter: " Quick, get a tissue and wipe it!"

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Hunter's really into saying "I love you" these days... Conversation in the van on the way to preschool this morning (3/31/10)

Hunter (talking over the music): "I wuv you, Mommy."

Me: "I love you, too, Hunter."

Hunter: "I know- It makes me so happy."

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Corbin: "You step on a crack, you break your mama's spine... but I don't like to say it because it makes me sad."

Me: "Okay, then don't say it."

Corbin: "And you shouldn't either, Mom, because Nana says her back has been hurting."

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May 5, 2010

Typically when I get upset or at my wits end I call which ever kid I'm trying not to brain by their full name... (eg: "Corbin Bailey Wilson!") Apparently, I say that frequently...

Today Hunter was trying to get my attention and got so upset because I wouldn't answer him, he says:

"Mommy Bailey Wilson! You listening to me?!"

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May 5, 2010

Hunter needed help with his button on his shorts and asked me to help him, so of course, I did. His response:

"Thank you so much Mommy, you're a such a sweet boy."

I must say that a lot too... And I thought he never listened to me.

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Conversation with Corbin around 5/17/10

We were going over Corbin's spelling words- using "blew" in a sentence and then "blue" in a sentence.

Me: Spell "blue" like the color blue.

Corbin: Blue is my favorite color...

Me: Yep, I know, now spell blue.

Corbin: B-L-U-E like the color under your eyes

oy.

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7-28-10

Dane wakes up the other morning and I go into his room, first thing he says:

Dane: "I awesome!"

Me: "You are awesome!"

Dane: "... and cool."

Me: LOL!

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8-27-10

School is back in session and this year Corbin has started riding the bus. It's super hot in the afternoon, so he is especially sweaty (and admittingly a little stinky in my opinion- not b/o stinky, just sweaty stinky)

Corbin (coming in from the bus): I'm so hot!

Me: Go get a gatorade

He grabs a gatorade and comes over to me by the computer and I realize just how sweaty/stinky he is...

Me: Wow, Corbin you should go change your shirt, you're a little smelly. (I know, I'm so nice)

Corbin: You want to know why?! I had to sit by 2 girls and they got it on me.

Me: LOL!

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Woke Hunter up from his nap the other day and I took his hand to walk down the stairs:

Hunter: "Mom, I want to marry you one day"

Me: smiles :)

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Sept 1, 2010

Hunter had to go to the bathroom (#2) and needed some help cleaning up, but couldn't stop "going"

Hunter: Someone is in my tummy pushing my poop button because I can't stop going!

Me: LOL! (can't help it, potty talk/humor gets me everytime)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

From a Child's Mouth

Kids say some amazing things sometimes that really impact us in the smallest ways, right?! This morning in the car, Hunter and I had a rather unique conversation. It was so neat, I decided to come home and write it down so I wouldn't forget this. I know I typically write quotes from my kids on the sidebar, but this was too long and too good to put over there...

Hunter: Mom, we live on Earf?

Me: Huh? Earth?

Hunter: Yeah, Earf.

Me: Yeah.

Silence. I looked in the rearview mirror and Hunter is looking in the sky.

Hunter: It's raining on Earf.

Silence

Hunter: I miss all the people...

Silence

Hunter: And I miss our home.

I turn around to see him because we're at a stop light. He's just looking out the window.

Me: But we have a nice home here, too, right?

Hunter: Yeah

Another moment of silence and then Hunter looks at me and smiles really big

Hunter: I like popsicles a whole lot!

Me: Smiles.

I love little moments like this. They make me happy and they also remind me that moments like this make staying at home worthwhile and valuable.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Trend Alert

For the month of October, the trends in our house goes as follows:

-Toy Story 3

-Lighting McQueen (Dane)

-Iron Man

-Dinosaurs (they have made an epic, "John Travolta" come back in our house-glad I didn't get rid of them)

-Normal Popsicles (cherry, grape, orange kind... and oh so messy)

-Corbin begging to go back to carpool for school pick up (uh, h*!! to da no! I will never participate in that madness eva again)

-Prepping for the big hike on the Appalachian Trail (my trail name is gonna be Alpha, of course- and Matt is gonna be Tango. Alpha + Tango = AT or Appalachian Trail)

-Hunter's Lion (he's become unusually loving toward his stuffed companion)

-Dane climbing out of the crib (and at all hours of the night now- OMG!)

-DIY projects (I find a certain amount of therapy in doing these- the latest is painting the window shutters)

-Still running (not a trend, new way of life- ran a 10k Hammer the Hills Habitat for Humanity race in 1:08...not too shabby for my first go- I beat the 84 year old guy by 3 mins. lol!)

-Pumkin decorating

-Halloween costume shopping (Corbin will be Dastan from the Prince of Persia, Hunter will be some kind of Red Dragon Ninja, and Dane chose to be Scooby Doo)

-Fall TV started - House, Grey's, Private Practice, Vampire Diaries, Cutthroat- RW/RR challenge (woot, woot), some truck driver show that I find fascinating

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Trauma, Melodrama, and Angst sprinkled with a little bit of WAAAHHHH!

I'm a walking cliche. Yes, I do believe I am. I'm posting today because tomorrow I will sink into that abyss of Friday, October 15th, to wallow and cry, eat some California Dreaming while dreaming of days of yore as I inhale that strawberry daquiri that I get once a year when I go... Then I will emerge on Saturday, October 16th- dare I say it??!.. Th- Thi-Thir-Thirt- THIRTY!!! To quote a wise man named Kanye (uh-hem), "Now that don't kill me can only make me stronger"... that said, this ordeal will not kill me and I will (eventually) get over this and move on with my good life.

But today, I will dread and cry myself puffy and complain and be dramatic because I can and I will! In all seriousness, this is a hard pill for me to swallow. Turning 30 to me is a marker of sorts. I'm officially "marked" as an adult now. Do I feel 30? I don't know. All I know is that it feels unreal. 18 was yesterday for heaven's sake!! I mean I just turned 29 five minutes ago! I just. can't. accept. it... Today (or tomorrow) at least.

According to society, I'm way ahead in the game of life. I have a good life- great husband, awesome kids, a nice house... It really is charmed. But I think the "mark" reminds me of what I personally have not done. Questions that I have about myself, I feel, should have been answered during my twenties... but they haven't. I'm thirty and I still don't know anything! I need more time to figure stuff out. Thirty marks being a real grown up as I said earlier. I should have my stuff together so I can enjoy and coast the rest of the way through my mortal life. Maybe my expectations are completely unrealistic and maybe I just need to let go and let it be. I will, but not today. I need today... and tomorrow... and then I'll be good. Aaannnnnnd scene.