Dylanisms

I have not been the best at documenting anything the past year. I guess three kids put me over the edge. ;) I did manage to jot down a few funny things Dylan said the past 6 months or so though. Gotta love this kid!

• Dylan was a bit frustrated with his chores one morning and said, "Mom, we need to have a new goal not to use as many dishes anymore." Of course, this coming from the child whose chore is emptying the dishwasher. Too funny!
• Anthony was trying to remember Dylan's middle name. He just couldn't seem to get it right. Dylan finally said, "Alberto. Like Albertosaurus, you know, the dinosaur. It's like pretty much the coolest middle name ever!"
• Dylan calls Cardiac Canyon at Cherry Hill, "karate-ak canyon" and calls sparklers "spark-cu-lers."
• I had to take Marissa out in the hall during stake conference. Marcos stayed on the bench with Dylan, Anthony and Preston (we were tending Anthony at the time). Dylan came out after it was over and seemed really excited it see me. He said, "Mom, during that last prayer I felt so good. It felt like Jesus was sitting right next to me."
• We were at Sam's Club and I spent more money than usual that trip. Dylan looked at me and said, "How much was it, Mom?" I told him and he said, "Phew, that's a lot of money. I think you should make it your goal to be more careful with our money." I smiled and said, "Dylan, that's been my goal for over ten years." He seemed surprised and said, "Oh, it has? Well, maybe you need another goal then."
• It was really hot in the house one day. Dylan came up to me and said, "Phew, it's hot in here. How much gra-dees (degrees) is it today?"
• Dylan had a few hard days in a row and lost the privilege to go to the zoo with the family. He was asking if there was anything he could do to earn it back. Marcos and I said, "Maybe, but you need to have a perfect night and a really good day tomorrow for us to even consider it." He got all serious and with a pensive look on his face said, "Okay, I will do it. I'll show you what a man can do."
• Dylan was asking me questions about how the printer prints paper. I told him that the computer tells it what to do and then it prints. He said, "Oh, well, it's kind of like the computer and the printer are friends. They have a symbiotic relationship."
• Dylan had put his swimsuit on to go outside with the hose in the backyard. I told him he couldn't because it was only about 50 degrees outside. In the meantime, Preston had gotten his swimsuit on and soaked himself with the hose. I told Dylan he was responsible for getting Preston dressed again since Dylan had broken the rules and was setting a bad example for his brother. I turned around and could hear Dylan as frustrated as could be with Preston putting the wrong foot in his underwear and pants, not paying attention at all. I said, "It's kind of frustrating getting him dressed, isn't it." He said, "Yeah, it really is." I said, "I know. I feel your pain, bud." He looked at me with a surprised look on is face. "Do you really feel my pain, Mom?"
• During devotional we were reading about Amlici and Alma and how Alma prayed that he would be able to save his people and God granted him power to kill Amlici. Dylan said, "Wow, God can do anything. Hey, I know something He could do. He could touch His finger to this room and it would be totally clean." I just smiled and said, "Yes, He could do that, buddy, but he's not going to so we need to get to work."
• Dylan said, "Mom, if I was a plant, do you know which one I would be?" I replied, "No, which one?" "A tumbleweed."
• Dylan was playing with his little sharks on the stairs. It was when we were studying about oceans. He said, "This top stair is the sunny zone. The second stair is the Twilight Zone. The next stair is the Midnight Zone. Then the Abyss and then the Trench."
• He was looking up sea creatures in a book we had checked out from the library. He said, "Mom, I know a lot about lots of different whales, but I don't know much about the Right Whale. Can we study about the Right Whale?"
• I put Dylan to bed and went back to check on him a few minutes later and found him looking at his scriptures intently. He saw me peeking in and he said, "I'm reading scriptures, Mom. There's something I'm trying to look up."
• The day Grandma Betty died, Dylan asked me if I could teach him an angel song so he could play at her funeral. I said, "Just a minute, bud. I will teach you after I make dinner." Slightly annoyed, he walked away and said, "Never mind. I'll just go see if I can make one up myself." He went into the living room and got his violin out and a few minutes later I heard him playing softly on the A string and singing "Angels, please take care of GG. Angels, please take care of GG."
• Dylan also made a paper with glitter and foam stickers that said GG on it that he said was to bring to her funeral.
• He also kept saying to me, "I just can't believe GG passed away. I really miss her." He's such a sweet soul. It was really hard for him to lose his great grandma.