Making conversation on a short ride today I asked the kids if they could be anything in the world when they grow up what would they be...
Cohen- Spider-Man
Kambri - the tooth fairy

If they could eat anything in the whole world what would they eat?
Cohen - hot cereal (oatmeal)
Kambri- nachos (tortilla chips w melted grated cheese)
They are easy to please :)

Treble or trouble

The other week at piano lessons Mark was teaching Kambri about bass clefs and treble clefs. When he introduced the treble clef she asked, "why is it in trouble?".

Without the V

Kambri asked Cohen how to spell his name. He answered, "C-O-H-E-N-V... but without the V."

Keep your eyes closed or else

Today after Kambri finished saying family prayer she says, " did you know that if you have your eyes open when you pray your dreams won't come true? It's true. I tried it once." There are a few things I find funny about this comment.

The hard life of a six year old

Tomorrow my little lady turns six years old. When I woke her up this morning I reminded her of this and she replied by saying, "I'm really going to miss being five because when your five you just get to be a little kid. When you're six you really have to grow up."

Damn those rude boys and their sweet, sweet moves

Last week Kambri said to me "I hate to say this because he's so rude, but Jason has some sweet moves. The best in daycare"

Bumps On My Tummy

Today Cohen said to me, " I want some bumps on my tummy to show that I'm strong!" I'm pretty sue he's talking about abs.

Sweecwets

Little Cohen is such a sweet little boy. He is very concerned about the evil things in his world. He often says, "mom wanna hear my sweecwet?...um why do you think the gwinch is angwy? Maybe people were just mean to him so he's sad". Or another. "Mom wanna hear my sweecwet? Why is the Joker always grumpy to Batman? Maybe they could be fwens."
He is so sweet.

His New Year's Eve attire

He dressed himself.

My sweet Kambri

This past Friday was the horrible tragedy of the Sandy Hooks Elementary School shootings. As I watched the horror unfold on the tv I kept thinking if my own children and my heart was breaking for these parents who had to deal with the loss if their child. As I watched this I started to cry. We soon left to take Kambri to piano lessons and in the car she asked why I was feeling so sad. I explained that there were parents who lost their children and I was feeling sad for them. Kambri replied by saying to me, "mom, you have such a soft heart. I'll pray that their parents can be happy again." She then began to pray that the children would be happy with Jesus and that the parents would be able to be happy again". My sweet Kambri...

The Strongest Man I've Ever Known

Cohen is OBSESSED with being strong. A few weeks ago Cohen was running around talking about his muscles and he flexes for me and says, "yeah, I'm probly the strongest man I've ever known".

A Child's Prayer

For the past few months we have been quite good at having morning family prayer and it is so great listening to my children pray. I have some sweet stories about their tender prayers.
We talk to the kids about how they should pray for individuals who are in need or are sick or sad and the other morning we talked about Uncle Brandon being sick and so this is how Cohens entire morning prayer went, Heavenly Father, we are thankful for Uncle Brandon, please help him make good friends, please help him sleep good and he won't have bad dreams, please bless the 'squito's won't bite him, please help him get home, please make his tummy feel better, name of Jesus Christ amen. I know my little man has a soft heart and thinks of people in need in his prayers. Months ago we had a good friend lose her baby and nearly every morning even now he remembers to pray that she will be happy.
He also prayed that we would have Jesus with us to make us strong and I love that he prayed for that.

I'd been feeling sick with a crappy virus for a few days so my aunt Darla took my kids so I could get some rest (she's the greatest) and Kambri came upstairs after being dropped off and said " mom are you better now?". I told her not yet and she replied, "I guess Jesus just didn't hear me, I asked him to make you feel better and he didn't listen.". Broke my heart to see how sad she was when she said this. We explained that sometimes it takes time to have prayers answered. My sweet soft hearted girl.
On a silly note... The other morning I reminded the kids that we need to let God know how thankful we are for all that he gives us so when it was Kambri's turn she thanked him for sending us Jesus so that we could have a reason to celebrate Christmas. And for the happiness of Christmas. And for the gifts we get on Christmas. Hmmm, I wonder what could be on her mind.

Kiera....I mean....

Cohen came running up stairs and says, "What did you do tonight Kiera?" Looks at me sheepishly an says, "I mean mommy".

Cleaning?

This is what happened when I asked them to clean their room.

That's just how she fashions it up

Is that Harry Potter or John Lennon?

We were watching the Olympics closing ceremony and my kids got really excited and start shouting "Harry Potter!!!" just as John Lennon's picture appeared on the tv.

Harry Potter Did It.

Cohen fell and got a scratch. He's telling people Harry Potter gave it to him.

I have a period.

I was watching tv with Cohen today and a Midol commercial came on and Cohen said, "what's that? A pack a gum?". I said, "no it's medicine", he asked what the medicine was for and I told him it was for when girls have periods. He replied, "I need some, I have a period too". The commercial must have been very enticing to two year old boys.

I'm a man!

Cohen ran into my room this morning completely naked and shouted, " I'm not wearing a shirt today because I'm a man!". (we were getting ready to go swimming)

Rango

One night I say to my kids in the bath "time to wash hair". And simultaneously I hear the the disappointed, "awe". So to make things a bit better I tell them I bought a new shampoo that's going to make their hair smell like mango. Cohen gets way more excited than I would ever imagine a two year old boy would get about new mango shampoo. Then when it's his turn he jumps up and yells, " yay! I'm going to smell like Rango!". They love that movie.