April 2012
1 post
“Church might be closed on Easter.”
– Jackson (mostly in hopes of having time to play with his neighbor, Ronnie, on Sunday)
March 2012
1 post
Mom: Look at all that dirt! Do you guys see that? (referring to two HUGE piles of dirt in an empty lot)
Jackson: I like dirt.
Dorian: Yeah, I like dirt. We should play in that dirt.
April 2011
1 post
“She looks like she has good muscles.”
– Jackson referring to Noelle at a couple days old
March 2011
6 posts
“When we were leaving the hospital, I almost cried.”
– Jackson’s report of how he felt leaving the hospital with his new baby sister
T-Ball Helmet
Mommy: Grandpa called with a tip for getting the helmet to fit you.
Dorian: Where is it?
Mommy: Where is what?
Dorian: The tip.
“You’re a nut cake.”
– Dorian incorrectly imitating Grandpa’s “You’re a head case.”
“I could just look at her all day.”
– Jackson (referring to his new baby sister)
“She’s beautiful.”
– Dorian (describing his new baby sister)
December 2010
3 posts
“Beebeek”
– Dorian’s name for his blanket until recently
Superhero Guess Who - the boys’ favorite car ride game
Jackson: *Moaning and whining*
Mommy: What's going on out there?
Dorian: Jackson's screaming about oatmeal.
November 2010
6 posts
“Grandma left her monkey here.”
– Dorian on various (random) occasions since Grandma left her stuffed monkey at our house after her visit
“Chowder”
– Jackson’s suggestion for the baby’s name. Can’t tell whether this is better or worse than Firetruck, his suggestion for Dorian’s name.
“Spider-man is GREAT because he saves girls!”
– Dorian
“You are the best mommy, but I like grandma better.”
– Jackson
Dorian: It's cold. (referring to the water from the faucet)
Mommy: I can't make it warm.
Dorian: Grandpa knows how. He does like this *waving hand back and forth beneath stream of water*.
October 2010
1 post
“I don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl. I just want chunky cheeks.”
– Jackson upon finding out about the new baby
August 2010
1 post
“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.”
– An old friend from college’s Facebook post
April 2010
1 post
“Mommy, I’m actually interested in this.”
– Jackson while watching severe weather update.
March 2010
4 posts
Mommy: Where'd you get that big belly?
Dorian: Walmart
“Brrrrr! Doke!”
– Dorian’s way of indicating he’s cold
“I do it!”
– Dorian
February 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
1 tag
November 2009
0 posts
October 2009
4 posts
September 2009
7 posts
Preschool Version of Scared Straight
Jackson: You know what I learned about in school today?
Mommy: What?
Jackson: Electric chairs.
Mommy: What did you learn about them?
Jackson: They can shock you and you don't want to be in them.
Jackson: Did you know some people travel all over the world and some people don't?
Mommy: Yep. That's true.
Jackson: Scientists travel all over the world.
Mommy: I'm a scientist and I don't travel all over the world.
Jackson: You're not a scientist. Scientists wear helmets and dig for things.
“Mommy, do you have god’s phone number?”
– Jackson asks while driving home from shopping
“God is great. God is good. Thank you [followed by mumbling]. I don’t...”
– Jackson saying grace before dinner
“I know. Mason can be my cousin since he moved far away.”
– Jackson (After learning about family in school and thinking about his own family as he went to sleep. I reminded him that his only cousin is a dog named Lexie.)
August 2009
3 posts
Jackson checking up on little brother
Dorian came home with an incident report on Monday about how he had bitten and pushed a friend on the playground. It's now Tuesday afternoon and I'm picking Dorian up from school. Jackson just woke up from a short nap in the car after swim lessons.
Jackson: Did D bite anyone today?
Mom: No. Not that I know of.
Jackson: Oh, good. What did his report say?
Mom: He had a fun day.
Jackson's Interests at 4.5 years old
Mom: Let's write in your baby book.
Jackson: What?
Mom: I want to write about how you like to make up stories and tell them silently to yourself so we don't forget when you get older [he tells me his current story is about The Justice League].
Jackson: Put the other things we did in there too.
Mom: What other things?
Jackson: Organizing, cleaning the bathrooms, Goodwheels [AKA Goodwill, AKA Center of Hope]...you know.
“Try that on, Jackson. I want to see what you look like. Awww…now you look...”
– Jackson’s 4-yr-old “girlfriend” Noelle referring to a Batman mask
June 2009
2 posts
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May 2009
1 post
April 2009
4 posts
March 2009
9 posts
