Quotable Quotes

Brantley: "Mom, come here."

Me: "What?"

B: "Mom, just come here. Look. That present is coming open. I promise I didn't do it."
--It looked like some tape had come loose and the flap on the end had flipped open slightly.

Me: " Well, reach under there and press it closed."

B: "But, I don't want to see what it is!"
--He couldn't see what it was and he did press the flap back down.

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Been a while since I've had one of these...

"Mom! I think I grew today!"

And another...

(from a conversation about his Santa list)
"It's not like you have to pay for them."

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I guess I haven't been paying enough attention lately because I haven't thought of anything to post lately. I guess it's part of the Winter blahs. At any rate, I do have a couple of quotes from the day.

On the way home from school, Brantley says to me, "Mom, you know what I found out today. Icing makes me sick." He told me that he ate a cookie that had icing on it and it made his tummy hurt. I said that it was just as well, because icing isn't good for you anyway.

Brantley crawled into bed before I finished my workout on the treadmill, so I went in his room to say good night and he said, "Are you all sweaty? 'Cause if you are, don't come hug me." Well, I love you too.

Happy hump day!

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I was so riled up last night that I forgot about the quotable quote. After I took Brant out and got him in the dugout, I asked, "Did it mainly just scare you?" To which Brantley exclaimed, "NO, it just HIT me!" He was not a happy camper.

Oh yeah....a Quotable Quote

Babe Ruth has a big part in The Sandlot. Brantley asked, "Was Babe Ruth really the best baseball player ever?" He also said, "Maybe I will knock him down to second." That's the way to think!

More cute and funny

Okay, I debated whether I should post these stories or not, but, what the heck. Because I am not a skinny girl, when Brantley gets me laughing really hard my belly shakes. Well, Brantley started coming over to me and grabbing my mid section and makes this funny noise. I had asked him to stop doing it. This morning while I was putting his toothpaste on his toothbrush he did it and again I asked him to stop. I said, "Brantley, I know I'm fat. You don't have to do that." He look at me and threw his arms around me with a big hug and said, "Mommy...you're not fat!" How sweet is that!

Since I told an embarrassing story on me, time for one on Lawson. Recently Brantley's school had Donuts for Dads. Lawson took Brantley to school and asked if Brantley wanted to go get Donuts and he said no. When Lawson asked why he said, "Cause I want you to lose weight so you can play with me more this summer." Okay, that wasn't so sweet.

And finally, it's time for Brantley speak. You have to guess what it is you think Brantley is talking about. I love this because he always seems to make up his own words for things. So, we are watching our favorite show...SpongeBob Squarepants. The episode is 'The Algae is Always Greener' in case you want to watch it for hints. In that episode, Plankton and Krabs switch lives. Toward the end of the episode, Krabs has just tried to steal the krabby patty and he's flying through the Krusty Krab naked. SpongeBob says ,'No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service' and starts shooting at Krabs with a cannon. Brantley laughingly says, 'Look, he's going to shoot boobie cases at him!' There's your test folks. What do you think boobie cases is/are?

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"Before I was in my mom's tummy, I was invisible scaring people to death."

Now, doesn't that make you scratch your head.

Quotable Quotes: Brant vs. Brantley

Brantley came home the other day and said he wants to be Brant now. He said, "You should have named me Brant." I'm still calling him Brantley, but don't be surprised if he tells you he's not Brantley!

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Mom, today is my last day at school, 'cause I'm really smart and I don't need to go.

Priceless

Brantley came in the house today after playing outside with his friends.

"HELLO," he yelled.
"Hello," I said back. He plopped down on the floor and starting taking off his shoes.
"Guess what?" he said.
"What?"
"I got my first girlfriend today."
"You did? Who's that?"
"Hannah."
"Hannah huh. Is she in your class?"
"No, she lives up the street. She's four."
"Oh, okay."

All I could do was smile. I was just too dumbfounded to do anything else.

Bullsikes!

Anyone heard that word before? I don't have a clue where Brantley picked that one up. He'll tell you a story then say, "Bullsikes, tricked you!" I had to ask him to repeat it so I could figure it out. You assignment: figure out how to work the word Bullsikes! into your day.

Dinosaurs and Caves

Today we went to Dinosaur World. It was okay, but there wasn't much to it. I think Brantley enjoyed it though. Since Dinosaur World didn't take as long as I thought it would, we decided to go to a Cave. We went to Diamond Caverns. There are no diamonds in the cave, but when they caves were first discovered, they saw shiny stones that they thought were diamonds and the name stuck. I was really glad we decided to go to the cave. We were really lucky and ended up getting a private tour. Not that it was really private, just that Brantley and I were the only ones there for the tour. The tour after us was full though. It was really nice having the tour guide just for us. He was really nice and knowledgeable. He had a history degree (used to be a middle school teacher) so he was really into the stories behind the discovery of the cave and the explorations. He kept asking us if we had any questions and we didn't until we got to the part when he turned off the lights. When he turned them back on, Brantley said, "I have a question. How is there a light switch in that rock?" It was really cute and I wish I had gotten a video clip of it. Check out the pics here.

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Various phone conversations: "A real power ranger came to my party. Yeah. He was awesome."

While watching Little People with mommy: "Mommy, let's talk about kindergarten."

On the morning of his actual birthday: "Are you sure I'm 5 today. Let me look at my hands. Nope, my fingers aren't long enough. Are you sure I'm 5."

At dinner today: "Mommy, will I have to do homework when I'm in kindergarten. I like homework. I can't wait to do homework."

After dinner: "I'm doing my homework. See, these are check marks."

Quotable Quotes and Thunderstorms

Brantley has developed a fear of thunderstorms. He really dislikes thunder. It started prior to the big hail storm, but I think the big hail storm topped it off. He's very concerned about the weather and wants to see the radar. He even knows what some of the colors mean. We had a storm with some small hail in Charleston. Brantley was hanging out in the bathroom scared to death. Finally, we hooked up my MP3 player and he started listening to music. That helped. The next night we were out to dinner and it started to lightning again. Brantley wouldn't eat and I kept telling him to eat his dinner. Finally he said "I'm taking my food back to the condo and I'm going to eat it in the bathroom!" Matt and daddy might be able to correct me if I didn't get the quote exactly right. Well, today we are having some thunderstorms with some small hail. Look at where Brantley is....

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It's Saturday morning, 6:45 A.M. I really don't want to get up yet. Lawson has gone to the gym and here comes Brantley. In an attempt to get him to go back to sleep, I let him crawl in bed with me. He lays there for a little while, asking when we can get up. Finally he yawns. I say, "See, you're still sleepy too!." To which Brantley replies, "That was not even a yawn. That was taking a deep breath." Smarty pants.

Later that morning, I'm on the phone with my mom. She says to tell Brantley she hopes he has a good time at T-ball today. Brantley pulls up his short legs and looks at his band aids. He shakes his head and says, "I don't know if I can even run anymore." He still won't let me take the band aids off. And, during practice Brantley asks me if I told Coach Waldo about his shots. I said yep, both of your coaches know that you got 2 shots yesterday. Yep, keep milkin' it.

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Whenever Brantley needs to do some business in the bathroom, he has to practically strip. Today, he's half naked about to walk through Grandma's house and and I stop him and tell him to put his underwear on. He messes around, and I, already being a little irritated with other things, say "Put your underwear on before I spank your bare bottom." He says to me "I don't have a 'bear' bottom. I have a people bottom." Smarty pants.

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"Cheaters! I want to do cheaters!"

As we sit down for Christmas brunch, us with our mimosas and Brantley with his milk, Brantley says "Cheaters! I want to do cheaters." We all look at him quizzically and ask "What?" He raises his glass and again says "Cheaters!"

Ahhh..."Cheers"

Remember that for you New Year's Eve toast!

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While watching his new Allosaurus movie with Grandma.

"I know everything about dinosaurs." - Brant
"Just ask you, huh?" - Grandma
"Yeah" - Brant - Miscellaneous discussion about hot lava and paleontologists.
"What are those dinosaurs behind the Stegosaurus" - Mommy
"I don't know." - Brant

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A conversation about Star Wars:

"Mommy, does Anakin turn in to Darth Vader"
Me " I don't know. I haven't seen a movie where he does. Why do you ask?"
"Well, Reed says he does."
Me "Well, I don't know what to tell you. I don't know."

Before the movie.
Me "Now, you can't tell me what happens because I have to study. I'll have to watch the movie some other time. Okay?"
"Okay"

After the movie.
"There were good guys and bad guys. Hmmmm...who were the good guys....Jar Jar Binks, he's a good guy. And Yoda, he's a good guy. And ummmm...(yelling) daddy - who was that other guy in the movie.."
Daddy - "Obi Wan?"
"Yeah Obi Wan. He's a good guy."
"And...Anakin... he did a bad thing. And Anakin got burned by hot lava and somebody put him back together and made him in to Darth Vader!"

Thanks Brant. Good thing I already kinda knew what happened.

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"Hot lava made the dinosaurs dead. And, paleontologists dug up their bones. Then, kids looked at them."

I can barely spell paleontologist, much less imagine my 4 year old saying it.