Here are some of the funny things Dylan has said the last couple of months. I keep them in journal format to put in his scrapbook so they are written "to" him, but you should get the point. He can be so funny sometimes.
-Mommy is now the Valiant 10 teacher in the ward with a very difficult class. I was having a difficult day with the kids and a very negative moment and was telling Papi I didn’t want to be a teacher and didn’t think I could do it. I didn’t even think you were listening. You said, “Mom, do you not want to be a teacher?” Oops! I said, “I had a bad day, but yes I do want to be a teacher.” You said, “No, I don’t want you to be a teacher. I want you to be a Mom.” It was so sweet.
-Abuela made all you older kids capes and costumes to wear. You had yours pinned on at her house and were running around yelling “Super bunny.” It was cute. I knew you were playing Max and Ruby, but was surprised when Amy asked if that’s what it was. She knows your show too!
-You are getting to be such a cute big cousin. Amy tended you and Preston last week (the middle of October) and said you played so well with Mason, Diego, and another 4-year-old boy named Cole. I am so proud of the big boy you are becoming. You were also so cute with Kamyn and Jett when we went up to Grandma’s house. You brought down toys to share with both of them and you lead them around by the hand when you wanted to show them something or play with them. Now that you are one of the “big” cousins, the little ones are sure started to look up to you.
-We went to the park to feed the ducks. They were pretty aggressive and one of the swans loved your bird backpack. You could feel it pecking at you. After Mommy got the swan to back up a little you said, “Hey, why was he ‘nicking’ at me.”
-I asked you to do something and finished it by saying, “Okay, Dill pickle?” You said, “Okay, Mommy pickle.
-I fixed a yummy pot roast in the crock-pot. Apparently I don’t cook enough because Papi couldn’t stop talking about it. He kept thanking me and telling me how delicious it was. You were sitting at your seat with your head leaning on one hand and said, “Mommy, this is so delicious. Thank you so much.” It was cute!
-You have such dry lips this fall. I pulled out the chapstick to put on your lips and you said, “No, not chappy stick.”
-We were driving to Treehouse Museum and got into downtown Ogden. You blurt out, “Hey, this is Arctic City.” What? I have no idea if that’s like Arctic Circle or what, but that’s where you thought we were.
-I came down the stairs for church November 4, 2007. You were in the booster seat on time out (which is where we currently put you because you can’t undo the buckle and drive us crazy). You looked at me and said, “Wow, Mommy you look like a princess.” Apparently the pink shirt and long, white skirt gives me the perfect princess look.
-I tucked you into bed one night and you said, “Be a good ‘grill’ mom.”
-You asked me one day if you could have a “drink of my sip”.
-You wanted some cheese and I tried to cut you a piece. You said, “No not like that. I want the skrunky cheese.” What? You were asking for shredded cheese, but it took me a minute to figure that out.
-We were having syrup and you asked me if you could have some “syrsup”.
-You asked me when the “za-zan-ya” (lasagna) was going to be ready.
-We were talking about caterpillars turning into butterflies. You were talking about the “callapitters”.
-You were telling Great Uncle Ed about something at our Thanksgiving party and you said, “We were ‘figure outing’ it.”
-You were so eager to play in the hot tub at Grandpa Mike and Grandma Suzanne’s. You asked if I was coming in the hot tub and I told you I was. You said, “Yeah, because you’re a ‘dote’”. You meant that I was an adult because you had been told you had to wait for an adult to get in the hot tub with you.
-We were in the hot tub and you were looking up at the sky. You said, “Look, Mommy, the moon’s moving.” The clouds were moving very quickly and it looked just like the moon was running away.
-The nursery leaders told us a funny story about you. You and Kambrie Hagberg are good friends. She tells people you’re her boyfriend and when asked, you say the same about her. It’s a cute little thing. I guess she was telling you over and over again today in church that she was going to marry you one day. You just ignored her, but eventually turned to her and said, “No I’m not. You’re too bossy.” Holy cow, the whole thing makes me laugh. Where did you get that? And why is it that it only takes boys 3 ½ years to think women are bossy? Funny!
-You were eating two pieces of bread at a time. You had your hand on your hip and just looked at me and said, “Look at me. See?” I said, “What?” You said, “I’m growing. I’m so big and strong.” We always tell you to eat your food so you can grow big and strong and I guess you thought we could see it happening. You stood still waiting for us to comment on your growth.
-I had the Cheerios out and was giving Preston one at a time. You were excited to feed him so you gave him one at a time like I told you. You would eat a handful and then you gave him one. He has two teeth on the bottom and one coming in on top and he bites down all the time. I guess he bit you pretty hard. At first you were mad at him and wanted to punch him, but after I explained why he did it, you took a different approach. A minute later I heard you talking to yourself saying, “Hold it flat” and opening your palm to be flat and put the Cheerio on it. You were feeding Preston the way Grandpa taught you to feed horses so they can’t bite your fingers. Smart little guy!
-You had just gotten out of the bathtub and wanted the “green” lotion instead of the pink lotion. I told you I would use green lotion (a Vaseline gel) and you said, “Yeah, because green’s my favorite color…and blue, and lots of colors of the rainbow.”
-I was trying to set up a home video for you to watch and the phone rang. You were going to go get it for me, but I saw that it was a telemarketer so I told you that you didn’t need to answer because it was a wrong number. You looked over at the answering machine and said in a loud voice, “Thank you for leaving a message on our machine.”
-We were trying to put some gloves on you one night when it was really cold. You said, “Oh, these are very interesting gloves.” Honestly, sometimes you sound like such a grownup.
-You were stalling one night and didn’t want to go to bed. You were begging me to stay with you in your room. You said, “Mom, please. You’re my best ‘grill’”. I’m not your best friend, but I’m your best girl. At least I made the list!
-Mommy cut her hair quite short in December 2007. You saw the hair on the floor and said, “Let’s just put it back together, Mommy.” You weren’t sure about the haircut, but Mommy told you it would grow again. For several days you woke up asking when my hair would grow. I finally told you it would grow when you were 6 years old. Ever since then you don’t ask every day, but you often say, “Your hair’s going to grow when I’m bigger. When I’m 6.” You’re so funny.
-You have been obsessed with Santa and reindeers. Your prayers were so cute. You said our family prayer before bed and said, “Thank you that I could feed the reindeer a carrot and put carrots on the snowman’s nose.”
-You were pretending to be a reindeer one day and wearing my necklace around your neck. I was Santa riding a sleight and had to hold the reigns. I kind of drummed on your head over something and you said, “Hey, don’t bonk my horns.”
-You call the hazard lights in the car “tick tock clock.”
-One day driving in the car you said, “Mom, those are wonderful sunglasses.”
-You were looking at the exhaust pipe in the car and said, “Mom, is that smoke?” I told you yes. You said, “I’m scared” and I asked you why. You said, “Because it will cough us.”
-We couldn’t find our car at Gateway after you had gone with Abuela to see a movie. Laura and Abuela went the other way and we walked and walked trying to find the car. You said, “Don’t worry, Mom. I will look for Gabi. I will put on my raccoon eyes.”
-That same day, I called Abuela to tell her we were lost. Luckily I found the car before she picked up the phone. After I hung up the phone you said, “Did you talk to Abuela? What did she say? Turn right, then left?”
-You were getting low on pants to wear because I hadn’t done the laundry yet. I pulled out an old pair of hand-me-downs that had patches on the knees. You said, “No, not the ones with the bandaids.”
-You came to give me a kiss while I was in bed and not feeling well. We have so much static electricity around the house and it shocked your lips when you kissed my cheek. You looked at me and said, “Mom, you sharpened me.”
-After your bath one day you coughed. I still had the stomach flu and was doing the best I could to take care of you while Papi went to a meeting. You said, “Mom, I have the cough and you have the flu.”
-You climbed up on my lap one day and said, “I need my bubbas.” That is something I always say when I need a hug from you or something. I asked you what your bubbas was and you pointed to me. You just wanted me to hold you. Sometimes you are such a big boy and something you are still my little baby. You’re caught right in the middle.
-I was scooping some ice cream for you and it was so hard. You could tell I was struggling and you said, “Mom, just be strong like a Dad, okay?” So much for girl power. Apparently you’ve already figured out that Papi can open things that Mommy can’t.
-You got out a little plastic container with nails in it one day and set it on the counter. You said, “Mommy, can I just leave that out so Papi can build me a bunk bed?” You are obsessed with bunk beds now that Diego and Mason have them and you can’t wait until Preston is a little older so you will have a bunk bed too.
-We had Kambrie over for a playdate. You two were playing with a toy that makes music and dancing around so silly. You were holding and swinging your hands together. Then you put your arm around her and said, "Come on, my princess." It was so funny. You were being such a little gentleman.
