Randomness v47

1.  Bear (during play time)- "Then, the fortune said that the giant was a peacock"
 (not sure what they were playing, but their conversation is interesting sometimes)

2.  Bear- "I saw a piece of chicken almost as big as my face, but bigger"

3. Girl- "Grandpa told me that last night."
Daddy- "He did?  You talked to grandpa?"
Girl- "No"

4.  Me- Let's learn this little rhyme.
Secrets, Secrets are no fun
Secrets, Secrets hurt someone

Bear-  Secrets, Secrets are no fun
Secrets, Secrets hurt one son.

5. Bear- looking at the Christmas presents under the tree.... "To mom, from Stephanie, What?!?  How can that be possible?"

6. Girl- "No prob-len-tay"

7. Monkey- "If the (foster) baby wrestled a chipmunk who do you think would win?"

8. Monkey- "It's like Bear has leprosy on his fingernails because they just fall off."

9.  Bear- "They should call it eleventeen and twelveteen.  Hey, eleventeen actually sounds good!"

10.  7 yr old girl- "I remember Chick-Fil-A!  It was the best pizza I ever had."



 

Randomness v46

1. Isaiah- "It's not stupid unless it's something good.  Like a cheese cutter."

(I have no idea what he meant by that, but I was cutting the cheese with a cheese cutter at the time.)

2. Me- "Let's not jump the gun here"
Monkey- "I can't jump a gun."

3.  Monkey- "Yes Mom, you could buy that, you have $100."
Me- "Yeah, we don't really broadcast those things"
Monkey- "Oh, yeah thats right you only have $10."
(nice save)

4.  Foster girl- "Guess how? Pie Cow!"

(mixed up the saying, supposed to be guess why, cow pie.)

5.  Grandma- "Monkey, what position do you play in football?"
Monkey- "offense and defense"
Grandma- "Well, that covers it all"

6. Bear- "If I could be an animal, I'd be a mountain goat."

7.  Monkey- "Maybe once I eat I'll get my appetite back."

8.  I (mom) was leaving for a ladies event.... Monkey- "I'll miss you mommy, but I'll still love daddy"

9.  Foster girl- "We had a kind of turkey but it's called a b b b  beef stick."

10.  Bear- "What does doo-doo mean?"
Monkey- "Poop"
Bear- "Oh, I've doo-doo-ed before"





 

Randomness v45

1.  Me- Wow, you sure gobbled up your chicken.  Or maybe I should say you clucked up your chicken. "Ba-doom, ching" ha

2.  6 yr old girl- "I'm going to save up to get an iPot"

3.  Monkey- "I want to be a monkey when I grow up"
Me- "yeah, that's not really a possible dream"

4.  6 yr old girl- "This is my 'Teddy-Cat'"

5.   16 yr old nephew-  It (Facebook) is like a frig full of leftovers.  I keep going back but it's the same old stuff.

6.   Monkey- 10 seems older than 9.

7.  6 yr old girl- "when I went to the farm I fed a pig."
Me- was it a baby pig.
girl- no
4 yr old boy- "OH, Was it a Father pig?!"

8.  Monkey- "the only part I like about funerals is the cake."

9.  Bear- Ouch, I hit my head.
Girl- "Oh, are you ok, Bud?
Bear- Yeah, but could you just call me by my name instead of Bud?"

10.  Bear- "This pizza tastes like noodles"
4 yr old foster boy- "NO it isn't!"

11.   Bear- "You can be too big, but you can't be too small."




 

Top Tooth

I'm glad I decided to write this post because it is reminding me, er....um....I mean it is reminding the tooth fairy to visit before morning comes. :)

Ok, my kids  know I'm the tooth fairy.  I don't want to be a liar.  Call me silly.

He's lost four teeth on the bottom so far, but now Bear lost his first Top Tooth....he's now going to have a temporary speech impediment. :)  heehee.

So exciting.

 

Randomness v43

1.
Monkey- Mom, do you need more pail-nolish?

2.
Monkey- When I have my own restaurant, I'm going to name it Jennies  old-fashioned pizza.

3.
Monkey- Smart as the other bear.
Me- I think the phrase is smart as the average bear.

4.
Monkey was looking out the van at the snow covered fields and says it looks like someone poured cookies and cream ice cream all over the ground.  So my mom looks out the other side and chimes in, then those hay bales look like biscuits.

5.
Monkey- on the first day of Christmas my true love came to me.
Me- my first love GAVE to me.

6.
My 4 year old nieces way of describing something to me.
We don't have that at our house, because we dont.
My mom doesn't have one of those, because she doesn't.

7.
Bear- Tuesday is the best day of the year.

8.
Bear is vacuuming and Monkey is mimicking the vacuum noise.
Bear-You're just making extra racket.  No thank you.

9.
Bear- what is 4x4?
Me- 16
Bear- oh, so that truck is 16 years old.
(We were parked next to a 4x4 pickup)

10.
I kissed TJ.  Monkey says, awwww....Well actually that is disgusting, but kinda sweet too.


 

Randomness v42

1.
Me- (singing) Lady in Red.....
Monkey- (doesn't know the song but tries singing along)- Lady in blue, lady in all different colors like you.


2.
Me- Thank you for your manners.
Monkey- It should be womanners to you and manners to me.


WOMANners, MANners.....get it?  I thought that was pretty interesting for him. :)

3.
Bear- I remember the cartoons I watch and then I refresh my brain and I can watch it again inside my head.

4.
Monkey-If I were a human cat I'd jump out the window.

5.
4 year old niece- What time it is?
(Looks at my watch) Oh, 49:10:11

6.
Kids were playing in the mud.  I told monkey I'd give him a reward if he cleaned the mud off his brothers shoes.  He went out to do it and said to me, I don't want a reward from you.  I'll just wait to get my reward in Heaven instead.

7.
Me- How many days are in a year?
Bear- 7
Me- no that's a week.
Monkey- 30
Me- no that's a month.
Monkey- OH! 31!
(Oh dear)

8.
Me- As long as we go in and get it done.
Monkey- You mean no dilly-daggin'
Me- it's dilly-dallying.

9.
Me- Whats the capital of Argentina
Monkey- Buenos Dias.
Me- Close, Buenos Aires

10.
KNOW
Me- when the k is next to the n it doesn't say anything, it's called a silent letter.
Bear- WELL then WHY do they even put it there? Just leave it off!!!



 

Randomness v39

Gotta admit....it's  been WAY too nice out to blog.

BUT!  I thought it was time for some randomness from the Wright household.

1. Bear-Can it get so hot, that something freezes?

2. Monkey-The funnest place in history?!?.......GRANDMA's.

3. Bear-What's a spongee cord?

4.  Conversation......
Me-Did Lazarus have siblings?
Bear-Yes, he had 2 sisters.
Me-Very good....what were their names?
Bear- I don't remember.
Me-(hinting) Mary and.....
Monkey-(interrupting the conversation) Joseph!...   Oh wait.

5. Monkey-Holy Cow!  This is so awesome!  What is it anyway?

6. Will-Addy, you can't go peeking through peoples drawers.

7. TJ- That burp tasted like cake batter.  They don't usually taste good, but I wish I could burp again.

8.TJ- It must be cold in here, because everytime I try to use my phone it freezes.

9.Bear-I think it's so cold that some of it melted.



(for the life of me, I don't know why my children are so confused with the hot/cold thing....they are frequently saying things wrong like that.)


 

Randomness v38

1- Monkey- Mom, I miss you being normal.
2- Bear- He can't pick him up, but He can pick him up!

(huh?!)

3- Bear- "Ok, let me go ask mom.  Dad, can I watch him play that?"

4- Monkey- It feels like ice cream in here.

5- TJ- my back hurts.
Me- my head hurts.
TJ- I'll walk on your head, if you walk on my back.

6- Monkey- "Bear, would you like to play with me?"
 Bear- "Yes, I would love to play with you!  Do you want to play with me?"
Monkey- (weird look on his face) "Uh,  that's what I just asked you."

7- TJ- What game do you want to play tonight?
Monkey- Old Maid River

8- Monkey- Dad, quick think!
TJ- the expression is think quick.
Me- Actually the expression is "Think Fast" 


 

Toys are Overrated #6- erasers

Who needs toys when you have ERASERS!

 

Toys are Overrated #5- wood and sticks

 Who needs toys when you've got wood and sticks!

Anytime we go for a walk, mom can I bring this stick home?  If there's wood or sticks somewhere, you know they are playing with it!

old pics...but always a current toy!

 

Toys are Overrated #4-String

 Who needs toys when you have paper string, or real string for that matter!

Every time I scrapbook, my kids argue over who's going to get this paper string that is left over from my tape runner.

Mom, can I have that string this time?!

 

Toys are Overrated #3-cups and dice

Who needs toys when you have cups and dice!

My kids will sit at the table and play with cups and lots of dice for a long time!  Stack them, sort them, guess which one has the most in it.

 

Toys are Overrated #2-gloves

Who needs toys when you can play with gloves....


Look mom!  We are frogs!

Rib-bit, Rib-bit, Rib-bit, Rib-bit...





 

Randomness v37

1.
Bear-  Sometimes I wish my fingers were scissors.


2.
Bear-  I never can sometimes get to sleep.



3.
Monkey- Look mom!  It looks like I'm getting ready to run! (see picture)

4.
Monkey-  This is soaking wet, and it's supposed to be soaking dry.



5.
I bumped my elbow and it really hurt so I was sitting there ooohing and ahhhhing.  Bear comes up gives me a hug, then says....come on, Be a MAN!
Hahaha...I tell them to man up all the time.




 

Toys are Overrated #1-boxes

Who needs toys when you have boxes.....

Sometimes I'm amazed what my kids will play with other than their toys.  So here's a little series that I will throw out at you every once in a while with my crazy kids new "toy" :)

Oh what do we even buy real toys for?!



 

Organization-Wall Art#1

When the kids make a picture that is (don't tell them this) but, not really worthy of keeping forever....eh hem....  you still want to do something with is as to not squish their desire to continue drawing, or coloring or something.  So this is something I came up with a while back.  There is only so much room on the frig, and that is pretty much taken care of with the other papers of life.  So I made them their own little board to stick their accomplishments too.  Here's a simple way to solve this problem.

I bought the 12x12 corkboards and used ribbon to hang them in their room.  Now they can hang all their pictures up in their room.  When the board is too full, you have to toss one out to fit in the newest one.  They get to pick which one that is.  Of course if something is truly a masterpiece, find a file for yourself to keep them in, and then click here to see how you can bind them together and make a book for the year of their best masterpieces!

Next on my to-do list is an updated crafty version of this that I'm hoping to make soon.  Check back some time to see when I make this next project!

 

Carrot Stamp Art

Turn a carrot into a stamp! :)

Take a full size carrot and cut it half to make two stamps.  

Then I cut the fatter end flat.  Last I cut/shaved it to make it a shape.  

A line, rectangle, circle, star, triangle, and hexagon.

Then get out some cardstock, and some paints....and make a shape creation!

This was my example for them on how to use it as a stamp and not slide it like a brush.  

We wanted to see each shape on the page.

And their final creations. :)

Happy Crafting! :)



 

Craft time, Marble(ous) Maze!

Craft of the day!   

Marble Straw Maze

 First I found a box...you can use whatever size you have laying around.  I could only find a big box lid.  I taped paper together to line the inside of the box.  Then we drew our maze design on the paper.  

 Next we cut straws and glued them onto our lines for the maze walls.

 Let it dry and then use a marble to find your way through your own maze....or your brother's. :)

 

Randomness v36

1.
Bear- That's not that redicifult.  (he mixed Difficult and Ridiculous together)

2.
We were swimming in a hotel pool, Bear looks up at the life saving device on the wall and says, That's what someone would use if you started shrinking.

lol...probably thinking sinking...but meaning drowning. :)

3.
Eating supper.
Bear- I couldn't hear you cuz my mouth was full.

4.
Bear- Daddy your drinking out of mommys cup.
Dad- She's drinking out of my cup.
Bear- Well that doesnt give you the prove to drink out of her cup.

(*right, to drink out of her cup)  Funny how they twist words around.)

5.

Monkey- Here comes the smoulder. 

Nevermind that he was being weird and put 2 clown nose toys on his ears. :)




 

Children's Bible/Devotions

Here are some great bible/devotionals we have used with our children and loved them.

We started with this one as a gift from friends.

Great short little stories you can read to your kids before bed.


Then we changed up to this book.  Which is great for little kids.
It's called the Read 'n' See Bible dvd...

It presents the stories in short formats, and it also has a dvd with the book.  On the dvd it has each story that you can listen, and it basically shows the picture from the book, but it adds a little extra variation with sound and voice, plus at the end of each story there is a sing-along song that goes with each story.  Great fun!


Next we have used the Gotta Have God Devotions....we have 2 now.

One that is ages 2-5 and another that is ages 6-9.  Check them out.  They are quick little devos, that focus on one verse to learn, and then a short story regarding what the verse in talking about.  There's a question to answer at the end, or to make you think about what you just read.  Then a little activity on the next page.  There is more than one for each age group, and this is a boys version, there is also a girls version and many more.


Lastly, our newest bible purchase.  It's the Jesus Storybook Bible.

This is a super great bible story book.  It brings every story back to Jesus!  Great read for any age.  And really great pictures.  You're kids are sure to love this one!



Just so you know we read 1 chapter from the regular bible every morning.....then, these fun shortened bible stories are what we read at night before bed time.