Brotherisms

Since Brother was 3 years old, I have kept a running list of what I call "*****isms". He is such a thinker, especially at bedtime. So that I don't forget these little "funnies", I run to my computer and type them in. I figure I will print them in a cute font to put in my scrapbooks someday. I had some of Sister when she was younger, but he says something almost daily that just cracks me up. Here are just a few from this year. :)

Jan. 2008

At bedtime:

"Mama, why did it get to snow in Mississippi? I want it to snow here" I explained that the weather is different in different places and maybe we could pray for snow. "I don't want it just to snow down, I want it to snow and stay up. I want to pray for a heavy snow so I can build a snowman!"

April 1, 2008

At bedtime: "When your clothes get too small to wear, do they grow?" I replied "No, you just have to get bigger clothes." He says "Oh, so that's when you take all of the clothes that are too small and put them in a box, get the tape and a piece of paper and write on it that the clothes are for sale." :)hehehe I do that with clothing ministry clothes...box them up but I don't sell them. I was leaving the room and he kept talking so I went back in and asked him what he was saying. He said "So when you are a grown up and get big, then you have to put your medium size clothes in a box. Then you have to get the piece of paper and tape and write boys clothes on the box." I agreed with him. He had figured out the concept of what happens to clothes when you outgrow them. They don't actually grow with you. That's too bad ... I like that theory. :)

April 25, 2008

Brother has been learning about recycling at school so I'm trying to make a real effort to recycle things. We made three recycle bins in our playroom. He loves to find the numbers on the bottom of things to see if it's recyclable. I gave him a cardboard box and he said "This doesn't have a number on it so we can't recycle it." I asked him why not and he said "You just put it in the trash. If it has a number on the bottom, when you put it in the ground, the world doesn't change it...it just stays like itself." In other words, it's not biodegradable. Hehehehe Priceless!!!

April 2008

Sister has just started learning cursive at school. I hadn't noticed that Brother was even listening when we talked about cursive. He obviously didn't understand what it was. I realized this when, at bedtime, he asked me "How do I pray to Jesus in cursive?" He thought it was a language apparently. I explained to him it's a different way to write, not talk. :)

April 2008

When Brother was in the bathtub, I was going in to get him out. He looked down at his "peanut" (his word, not mine) and said "Look! My peanut is dead!" I replied "baby, don't say that..it is not." He said "Well, it's just lying there. It must be broken!" :)

June 2, 2008

After a hot morning at school for Field Day, we decided to go get something cold to drink. I asked the kids if they wanted to go get a frappucino at Starbucks. Brother had never had one. When we got there he was so excited and said "I can't wait to have my first crappucino!" He has heard us say cappucino and frappucino, so I guess he combined the two! I didn't correct him because it sounded cute.

June 2, 2008

I rented an old movie from the library that I watched as a kid. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". The kids had never heard of it and from memory Brother remembered a different title and said "I want to watch Doorknobs and Breadsticks!" He cracks me up!

June 7, 2008

We went to the water park, Wild River Country, for the first time this year and were standing in line to get our passes. Brother looked up and said "Look they have a Wild River Country flag! I wonder what their pledge is?"

June 9, 2008

Today was one of the hottest days we've had so far. While we were riding in the car, Brother said "Why does God want it to be so hot in June?"

***I love that he is such a thinker and wants to know so much about why things are the way they are! God has great things for him!*****