Little Boyisms

I am trying to be better about writing things down. These are some funny things the boys have said recently.

Ryan, driving home from church one day:
Ryan: I can't wait to go to bed.
Mom: Why? You still have a few more hours until bedtime.
Ryan: Because then I will wake up and it won't be Sunday and I won't have to sing any more boring songs.

Zachary: Mom, you're growed up like a big boy girl!



One night, Zachary came out of bed and said his legs were sore and wanted me to come and rub them. I walked him back to his room and as he crawled back into his bed he told me which leg to rub first. "This one mommy, and then this one. But I only have two legs. Only rub two legs mommy because I'm not an alien."

Matthew was taking a bath and got some soap in one of his eyes. He couldn't get it out (probably because of all of the soap already in the tub), so I told him to turn on the shower to help rinse it out. As he is standing under the water he tells me, "I guess I better find my pirate eye patches. I might need to wear one to school tomorrow."



And of course with all of these boys there is a lot of potty humor. The following stories illustrate what happens in our house almost daily.

One day, Zachary was playing with his nerf ball popper gun, hunting down dinosaurs.

Zach: Pow! I got another T-Rex mom!
Mom: Wow, that's great. Watch out, here comes another one!
Zach, in all of his excitement, passed some gas as he tried to shoot the popper gun.
Mom: What was that?
Zach: It was a Toot-a-saurus Rex!

We were playing hide-and-seek downstairs. It was my turn to count and when I opened the door to go find them I heard cute little boy giggles coming from the bathroom. I kept looking in other places and saying, "I wonder where they are? Where could those boys be hiding?" The boys thought it was fun that mom couldn't find them so they started laughing even louder. I finally got to the bathroom and opened the door. "There you are!" I said. They squealed with delight. I laughed and told them I found them after I heard their giggles. Ryan spoke up and said, "Nuh-uh, mom. It was because you could hear me farting!"

And to show that my boys do have moments of sweetness, Matthew said to me the other day out of the blue, "Mom, you work harder than dad. You are always doing things with your arms - fixing my lunch, picking up things, starting the bath, helping Andrew." I told him that dads and moms both work hard; they just have different kinds of jobs. And we work hard because we love our family. It was nice to know that sometimes he notices the things we do.

And what does Andrew have to say to all of this? Lots of bubble blowing, drool, and the occasional bah-bah, ma ma, or mum mum. Why do they have to grow up so fast?

Happy (Late) Halloween

I keep trying to catch up on the happenings of our family, but it seems I keep getting further and further behind. So I decided I better just get a move on and post something. So here's a Happy Halloween from Buzz, Sir Matthew, the Jedi and the Candy Snatcher.

Soccer is Back

After a long summer of practice in the basement the fall soccer season has started. Ryan's team is called the Crocodiles and Matthew's team is called the Laser Bolts.

For the first time we have moved Matthew and Ryan to the Northern Utah County Soccer league. Smaller fields for Ryan and no goalies for Matthew and Ryan!!

Ryan started up scoring goals just like last season. I think he scored four times but he keeps correcting me that he scored six times, which is possible...I wasn't counting.

Matthew #8 is playing well too. Just like our Wii soccer game Matthew is a five star player. In his first game he scored three goals.

In Matthews team we are working on passing the ball and playing defense. Both Matthew and Ryan had a lot of fun. Zach let us know that he scored two goals today (in the basement league) and had to dress up in one of Ryan's old soccer uniforms. Too much fun.

Zachary

Zachary has turned into a little boy from a toddler overnight. He definitely knows what he wants and will often find a way to get it, even if it means getting in the way of his older brothers. He knows exactly how to push their buttons and finds it fun to do it often. But he can also turn around and be the sweetest boy. He is very thoughtful and usually willing to share.

He wants to be a big boy, but is still unsure about the potty. He is afraid of getting his underwear wet. I think we're pretty close to trying again making it stick.

Zach is very imaginative. He is always going to the store, fighting bad guys, playing with his lego guys, etc. Behold, the Zach-o-saurus!

He Loves to play games even though he doesn't always understand the rules. His favorites right now are Sleeping Queens and Duck Duck Goose.

He is still attached to his blankets made by Grandma Tams. He must have them for sleeping and sometimes rolls them up and pretends they are his babies.

One day Zachary told Ryan to go to time out after a fight over a toy.

Ryan: You can't tell me what to do. You're not the mom.

Zach: No, I'm the Zachawee. (Zachary)

All his v's sound like b's: bolcano (volcano), fibe (five), Lub you (love you), shubble (shovel) etc.

He also says "My tie came unshoed" when he needs his shoes tied.

He loves the little girl across the street and can't wait to see her in nursery. He prays for her often.

We sure love this little/big guy. He brings so much more adventure to our family.

Ryan

Some fun things about Ryan:

-He loves to make people laugh. He is especially good at initiating tickle fights with Matthew and Zachary.

-He loves doughnuts.

-He likes writing his name and is learning how to read small words.

-He has to be active all the time. Even when he is sitting still you can see the wheels in his head moving around (usually planning some sort of mischief).

-He played soccer for the first time this Spring and was a little hesitant at first but he got over that very quickly and jumped in with all of his might. He scored a lot of goals and stood up to some pretty big kids. He loved playing with some of his friends in the neighborhood.

-Ryan is a good big brother. He especially loves helping Andrew. One day Andrew was fussing and Ryan came running over. "Don't worry Andrew," he said. "You don't have to cry. You don't have any sisters so you won't ever have to play with Barbies."

-He has a great imagination and is very good at making spaceships and space stations out of legos. Ryan is interested in weapons right now and can turn anything he finds into some sort of gun, true to typical little boy fashion.

-He can draw some pretty awesome pictures of battles, usually between Star Wars characters.

-He is a great singer. He loves to sing the Bumblebee song, 1-2 Buckle My Shoe, and The Oxcart Song.

I can't believe he is going to be five years old soon. He's such a fun boy and we love having him in our family.