Future Prophet

Just a little background info for those who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormon).  In our church we have a prophet to lead the church.  The recent prophets have all gone by their first name, middle initial and last name or by President and their last name.  For example, our current prophet is Thomas S. Monson.  He is sometimes called President Monson.  The prophet before Thomas S. Monson was Gordon B. Hinckley, and before him it was Howard W. Hunter.   I hope this will help this little story makes sense for you.

Jeff was tucking Tyler into bed the other night & Tyler told Jeff, "When I grow up I want to be the prophet.  That way everyone will call me Tyler J. Cosme."  Jeff got a good little laugh about this comment & then he explained to Tyler that he shouldn't plan to become the prophet, but that he should concentrate on being a good boy and obeying the commandments and if he wants to be called Tyler J. Cosme, he doesn't have to be the prophet.  Tyler is such a funny little boy.

Mother's Day Present

Here's the most recent conversation from my house.

Claire: Mommy, I went pee-pee in my bed.
Jeff: Colleen, did you hear what she just said?
Me: Huh?  What did you just say Claire?
Claire:  I went pee-pee in my bed.
Me: You did?
Tyler: What a great Mother's Day present!
Claire: It is not a Mother's Day present.!?! I went pee-pee in my bed.

I guess Claire missed the sarcasm of Tyler's comment!  Too funny!  Even the "joys" of being a mother, like cleaning up a little girl who had an "accident," don't disappear on Mother's Day!  It's just a reminder of how fun it is to be a Mom!  I love my kids!  They're the cutest, funniest, smartest, most fun, and mischievous kids I know.  They bring adventure to my life every single day!  Happy Mother's Day everyone!

A Horse Says....

While giving Matthew his bath, I was quizzing him what different animals say.  He knows quite a few animals, so here's how the conversation went...

Me: What does a cow say?

Matthew:  Mooooooo

Me:  What does a pig say?

Matthew:  Oink-oink

Me:  What does a duck say?

Matthew:  Cack-Cack

Me:  What does a cat say?

Matthew:  Meeooow

Then I decided to try a new one...

Me:  What does a horse say?

Matthew:  Giddy-up

That was just too cute & made me chuckle!  :)

Street Performer

Last week we met up with my family at California Adventure.  When we arrived, they were all in the Aladdin Show.  So we rode a couple rides, then waited for them outside of the theater.  My kids were playing on some steps that led to a fake door.  I looked back & saw Tyler dancing on the steps.  We're talking arms extended dancing up and down the steps!  I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Well, I was hoping someone would walk by and give me some money!"  That boy cracks me up!  He was trying to be a little street performer!  What a nut!!!!

USOA

Here's the conversation I had with my kids in the car last weekend.


Tyler: Why is the O missing from the United States of America? It should be USOA, not USA. It's United States Of America, not United States America!  When I grow up I will be the mayor so I can change it." 
Me: But a mayor is only for a city. I think you'd have to be the President of the United States to make that change.
Tyler: OK, I guess I'll have to the President then.
Claire: When I grow up I want to be Jesus's Mommy.
Me: Jesus already has a Mommy.
Tyler: Yeah, Mary was Jesus's Mommy. You can't be Mary. 
Claire: But I just want to dress up like Mary, in a costume.
Tyler: And then we can call you Mary. Hey that rhymes with Clairie. Mary, Clairie, Mary, Clairie.
Claire: I just want to be Mary!


It was really hard to keep from laughing.  These 2 sure are funny little kids!

Aliens and Indians

Tyler drew a picture of a 3 headed alien and told me this whole story about how the alien grew 3 heads by eating worms.  I tried to convince him to write the story, but he didn't want to.  A little while later he was showing me his picture again.  And again I tried to get him to write it down.  I can tell that he must be learning about pilgrims and indians in his class at school by his response.  He said, "But Mommy, the indians wrote things by drawing pictures.  Like if they saw something coming, like a UFO, they would just draw a picture of a UFO to tell that a UFO was coming.  That's how they would tell the story, with pictures."  Nice excuse to get out of writing his story, huh?  At least he's applying what he's learning at school.  Funny little smarty pants!

6 Stories Tall

Last night while putting my kids to bed Tyler told me, "Did you know that bamboo can grow to be 6 stories tall?  That's a lot of words if you stack them up!"  I chuckled to myself & then asked him to explain what 6 stories tall means.  He said, "like if you take 6 books and stack them on top of each other."

That totally made me laugh!  It was so cute.  It sounds like something Amelia Bedelia would say.  I didn't explain to him what 6 stories tall means.  Maybe later I'll let him know what it means.  For now, I'm just going to enjoy my sweet little 6 year old!  If he was impressed with bamboo growing to be as tall as 6 story books stacked on top of each other, imagine how impressed he'll be with it being as tall as a 6 story building!