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This morning, we were are laying in my bed talking:
Me: Tanner, are you a mommy's boy?
Tanner: Yeah, but I'm a daddy's boy too.
Tyson: Is Mom a daddy's girl?
Tanner: No (with a laugh)
Tyson: Then what is she?
Tanner: She's no one. She's just Mom.
That's a boost in the self worth category. Apparently moms are no one. Sorry to break the news to you.
This conversation was followed by me telling Tanner that if he kept jumping on Tyson, Tyson would get grumpy. He proceeded to jump on me, and the same threat was made about me getting grumpy. Tanner : "Mom won't get grumpy. She can't. She's a girl, and girls do not get grumpy." I think Tyson would beg to differ...
Apparently, if you touch the sun, you will "turn on fire." Tanner has requested of us all that if we plan to touch the sun, we need to have a glass of water handy to "turn off" the fire. As he said, "If it's on SpongeBob, it's true."
As if that isn't enough, Tanner has a lot to say about the family finances and food preparation. In a conversation with his grandma, they were discussing a family friend who is a service missionary at the Bishop's storehouse. Grandma explained that people who don't have money for food can get food there. Tanner thought a minute and said "I wouldn't like it if we didn't have money for food. Except sometimes my dad doesn't have any money, and sometimes my mom doesn't have any money. Then I would have to use my money for food. But I definitely wouldn't cook the food if I had to buy it." So that's how that works. Is that how Tyson gets out of meal prep? Like father, like son.....
Who ever thought that a 5 year old boy would have a preference before he knows what to call them? A few days ago, I got seriously fed up with asking Tanner every 3 minutes if he had to use the bathroom (to which he always replied "No, I'm just unsticking.") . My first thought was thank goodness I'm a girl. My second was boxers. He prefers to call them boxtops, primarily because that's what he thinks they're called. They apparently make you run faster because you don't have to stop to fix things all the time. Who knew?
McKayla was in a benefit horse show a couple of weeks ago (yes, I'm way behind, don't get me started....) at Saltaire, the stable she takes her lessons at. She did amazing! She rode Freckles in three crossbar rounds, and took 2nd place in two of them and 3rd in the other. She looks so stinkin' cute when she rides!
Well, Halloween has come and gone. McKayla dressed up as a Geisha, Tanner as Dash from the Incredibles, and Tayler as a fireman.
It was a great day for the kids. OK, so it was a good day for me too, if you can over look a few minor disasters. Tayler managed to find a tube of chapstick. He then managed to eat it before I noticed. Yum! All things considered, I think I may have overreacted slightly to his initial warning signs (Who, me? Overreact?). He's not as bad as Tanner, at least not yet.
McKayla went to Texas for the UEA break. It was her first time to fly there and home alone. It should have been an easy trip, but she missed her return flight (a direct flight from El Paso) and had to fly to Atlanta, stay for a layover, change planes, and then head home. It ended up being a 13 1/2 hour day in airports and airplanes for her. Poor girl! It all sounds so OK now, but if you talked to me while it was happening, you know I wasn't so OK. Tyson used the word "Fury." As long as it wasn't directed at him he could say it with a smile! Luckily, I got to do some batting practice with a couple of friends from my softball team on my way home from the airport. Thanks again, Rafe and Krystle! Hitting the ball was just the outlet I needed! You guys may have saved my husband some bruises, or at the very least, saved damage to my personal belongings. Let's hope Thanksgiving goes a little smoother!
