Sunday, May 17, 2009

Snippets

Driving home from Grandma Livingstones:

Jeff: Can't we stay up late tonight? It's Friday.
Mom: It is 7:30, by the time we get home and you get your pj's on, brush your teeth, fight with your sisters, and get a drink it will be way past your bed time and you will have stayed up late.
Jeff: Is it okay if I spend time reading a book instead of fighting with my sisters?

*He does take his responsibilities as an older brother very seriously and I know would feel he had shirked his duty if he missed any prime fighting time.

Another One

We are thinking of taking the kids to the Grand Canyon in a couple of weeks and at dinner we were dropping hints about summer time plans, I said, "We might go see a big hole." Tessa caught on quickly and said, "Oh, I know, we're going to the Turley's." (Friends of ours who had to replace their main plumbing line and had to dig a huge trench in their backyard.)

*I'm grateful that they haven't got big expectations for family trips and fun yet :)

7 comments:

Kirsti said...

I love hearing your kids conversations. They make me smile.

Unknown said...

I hope you shared that conversation with the Turleys - too funny!

Machelle said...

Ha ha, those were great. Gotta love my favorite kids!

Arnon said...

You've gotta love a fella that would rather read a book than have a good brawl... ;-)
Who knew Turley's yard had potential as a tourist destination!!

tessa said...

Wow, that sounds like an affordable trip. Maybe we'll come along and bring popcorn:)

Kent and Kate said...

I can't wait until they are in high school and you can get out Grandmas book of funny grandchildren quotes and embarrass them!!!

Whitny said...

Love what Jefferson said. That is really cute.