"The elf is dead in the shower"

My mom bought the kids an Elf on the Shelf for Christmas and Liam opened the box. Cassia became very upset that Liam was holding it first and began shouting "NO BABY!" She grabbed the elf by the head then laid him face down on the floor. It was like Elf on the Shelf goes to Guantanamo Bay. 

We went to the elf web site and Liam named him Dinosaur, then made this Christmas tree. I asked him why it looked like this and he said it needed stairs. 

The kids decided it was more fun for Liam to hide Dinosaur then let Cassia and I find it. Pretty soon Cassia wanted her own turn and hid the elf in the bathroom. Liam says "Mom it looks like the elf is dead in the shower."

Me: Cassia say Happy Thanksgiving!
Cassia: Scooby Doo?


She's reading a book about Thanksgiving and sees some kids dressed like pilgrims "oh, babies, nice!"

Liam gives me a history lesson "Mom, these are canons. You use them if you have a ship or a kingdom."

Quotes from this week

Liam's favorite subject is math, and "subtraction because it makes numbers smaller"

He also talks some football smack "Mom you like Seahawks so you eat baby food! Dad and I like the Lions so we eat regular food!"



And not to be left out:

Me: Did you eat your lunch?
Cassia: Babies.
Me: That lunch for for the babies?
Cassia: No.
Me: OK then. 
Cassia: Snow. 

Jerad: Cassia say please.
Cassia: Babies.
Jerad: Babies.
Cassia: Thank you.

Leaving Barb's house:
Cassia: Bye Pishi, bye Cassia..(Pishi is their cat)
Me: Bye Barb
Cassia: Bye ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bo!

Anatomy with Cassia

Me:  nose!
Cassia: nose!
Me: mouth!
Cassia: mouth!
Me: ears!
Cassia: NO!

Uncle I I comes to visit

Aaron drove up to see the BSU/BYU game with a friend. We met at Red Robin, where engrossed in conversation did not notice Liam pouring multiple sugar packets on his grilled cheese. Cassia began copying him with the salt and pepper, to whoever had to clean our table I am sorry. 

I told Aaron about how yesterday I dropped Liam off for school and he said "see you later, chicken fries!" before slamming the door. Also about his teddy bear that he named "farty bear". Aaron in return showed us pictures of his Alaska trip, complete with a video of a humpbacked whale. 

Afterwards my kids played in the street and I took home a bag of garlic from my parent's garden. 

Oh, and BSU won.

Morning at the Park + the Dollar Store

As you can see Cassia is not afraid to go down the big slide by herself. You might notice a lack of photos of Liam, he was too busy playing with a group of strangers for pictures. 

After we left the park we went to the dollar store, where Liam bought some toy snakes and Cassia insisted on running around in a fireman's helmet. We talked about Halloween:

Liam: I know what I want to be for Halloween! A knight! A knight who never gives up!
Cassia: Night night (lays head on my shoulder)

Liam tends to change his mind a lot so we'll see. He tends to want to be whatever is in front of him (right then it was a knight)


edit: (4 mins later) Now he wants to be a Dementor

little toddler

can you find my daughter? (hint: look high)

Quotes from Liam

Upon hearing "Elanor Rigby" by The Beatles which starts out "...look at all the lonely people"


Liam "why are they lonely?"
Molly "I guess they don't have any friends"
Liam "Where are the lonely people?"
Molly "There's lonely people everywhere, even where we live"
Liam "There's probably lonely people in Africa because Africa is full of crying babies"

He later said he wanted to visit some one who is lonely, so were thinking maybe a nursing home trip?

Devon and Kellie do have a valid point

Liam

Liam: Were you sick?
Molly: Yeah, I am still sick but not as much.
Liam: Why were you sick?
Molly: I had bad germs on me.
Liam: You need to wash the bad germs off. You don't keep them!
Molly:  Thank you, I will do that.
Liam: And don't eat any green gumballs! They are real and they will eat your brain and head!
Molly: What?


Jerad feeds the boy since I'm sick:
Jerad: Dad made dinner tonight, bud.
Liam: Hotdogs with cheese?
Jerad: Dad dinner!
Liam: Is it burned?
Molly: Ha!

I love this kid

"look what I made!" Liam brings me a toilet paper tube with a small piece of toilet paper balled up inside "I'm a scientist!"

Liam

He brings a rolled up piece of paper to bed with him and puts it under his pillow. "Good night little trashy thing" he tells it.

quotes from Liam + Cassia getting stuff stuck on her head

"Good job cleaning your room Liam, I'll give you 5$ for your allowance"

Liam "Five....five dollar....five dollar foot loooooong.."

(for anyone reading this in the future and does not get it, it's from a Subway commercial)

I spend 8 hours cleaning our house

Liam "It looks....not perfect"

Volunteering in Liam's kindergarten:
Teacher: What are some things that do not go in soup?
Random Child 1: Heads!
Random Child 2: Bodies!

And Cassia got Liam's potty seat stuck on her head. She was not very happy.

Cassia helps with the laundry

Now that she can stand on her own, Cassia is helping me with the dryer. And not to forget her brother, who is always full of conversation:

We made a pumpkin pie. I dropped my piece.
Molly: Crap!
Liam: What?
Molly: Oh nothing.
Liam: I saw you. I saw you drop your pie.
Molly: OK, well yes I dropped my pie.
A few minutes later
Liam: I want to tell you a joke. Why did the pie go to the doctor?
Molly: I don't know why did the pie go to the doctor?
Liam: Because you dropped it.


And here is now he talks smack during a game of Risk "Mama I played a game with the kitty and SHE LOSE! She's on YOUR TEAM!"

"Liam where are your pants?"

Liam eats breakfast with less clothing than most people eat breakfast. "Why aren't you wearing pants?" "To keep me cool and cozy"

Yesterday Cassia was crying while he was in the bathroom. "Don't worry baby!" He yells "I will come get you when I am done pooping"

The Marushias buy a car. Even better, it was from Jerad. They also held my children. Please, Marushias visit more often.

Sean's parents cam to Boise and stopped by Larry Miller Honda to talk cars with Jerad. They ended up finding exactly what  they wanted (and in red too!). I came by afterwards with both kids to visit. Liam told Susan he likes zombies then ran around all of us in circles for a while. Then Jerad gave him an orange balloon and the running in circles continued. 

Liam is a smooth criminal

Liam was wearing one glove today, which is strange in and of itself on top of the fact that its July.

Molly: Why are  you wearing one glove?

Liam: I'm not. This is not a glove. This is my friend Squidy and he lives on my hand.

Squidy also holds skittles

Picnic outside

Decided to have breakfast out on the grass. Liam and I had sandwiches, plums, watermelon, and a banana. Cassia had cereal before we left. She watched Liam slide down the hill on a cardboard box and was a good baby (even took a nap when we got home!! Unheard of!!).

And as a random stranger walked by, Liam took it upon himself to shout "Hey human! I am a robot that kills humans!". 

Just another sunny morning for all.

very serious

Well, maybe not

Me: Jerad, I think Cassia's eyes turned brown!

Jerad: (looks) No, they are way blue.

Me: What! (looks) Yeah I guess so.

Jerad: Her eyes change color during the day like yours.

Me: Oh. 

So, I guess her eyes are still blue. If they do turn, I doubt they will be as dark as Liam's, but might be getting a little more green? I don't know. I'm gonna stop analyzing her and let her eyes do what they need to do. Also, she spent half of last night in her bassinet, so rock on baby girl. 

 

Liam is a robot

He hands me a Lego creation.

Liam: Mama this is a Lego robot. His super power is vacuuming.

Jerad: Oh, Liam, you need some guy time! (Jerad took Liam to see Transformers later that day)

Cassia likes the grass

Liam met a new friend:

Liam: Hi! I'm Liam! And this is my girl Mama.

Kid: Is that your brother?

Molly: No, sister, she is just wearing a blue shirt today.

Kid: I thought that was a boy because she is wearing blue and has no girl hair. Other girls have hair. 

Thanks, kid.