April 26th, 2015

I guess Kellan calls "fireworks" "fireworms". I know we're no where near firework season, so I cannot explain how that came up...

Bot boys can swing all by themselves! They had to figure it out since I got sick of pushing them... :)

April 25th, 2015 Part 2

So Camden has been using his iPad from "Great Uncle Paul" and is asking me words to spell so he can type them in. I was spelling fish for him and said "f". He asked if I had said "f" or "s". I said "f" as in Frank. He looked at me like I was crazy and I don't blame him.

We took the boys to see Disney on Ice. They were SO excited. Kellan was begging for one of the "splashlights" (flashlights) they were walking around selling. Of course Granfy jumped up to go buy the boys one. Kellan wanted to go with Granfy, but I told him then he'd be missing the show. He asked if we could pause it. Maybe I didn't mention this was Disney on Ice LIVE...

We were in the car on the way home from school and Kellan asked "Mom, can I think about my iPad?" Uh sure?...

Usually the boys are saying something hilarious when I'm driving. So obviously I'm not going to text it to myself so I can remember, but if I don't write it down quickly, I'll never remember (I have the memory of a 106 year old).
So I've been using voice text/email to send it right away. The boys find this absolutely hilarious.
Here's how it goes every time;
Me into phone (MIP) Email Carrie Tilley
Backseat drivers (BD) Email Carrie Tilley
Phone (P) Which Carrie Tilley?
(BD) Which Carrie Tilley?
I voice enter what I want to say
(P) Ok, I'll send it
Camden ok I'll send it
Kellan ok I'll seb it
This may not sound very funny, but the belly laughter from the back seat drivers is hilarious...

Ok, I know the boys are only 4 and 5, but every single time I take them in to Albertson's, they run wild like it's an amusement park. About 3.2 minutes into the trip, I question, not only the meaning of life, but why I decided to bring them in the store. I finally turned to Kellan, bent down, and gave him my most stern Mom face. I said "Kellan! Why can't you be good in a store?!" His reply? "Because words keep coming out of my mouth."...

Kellan was messily (do I even need to add that point) eating Doritos while we were watching Camden swim. You could see the parents keep moving seats away from us because he was eating like the Tasmanian Devil and orange was flying everywhere. He turned to me and said "My lipstick is on fire!!" I looked at him wondering where he got lipstick from the last 3 seconds I had been looking at him. Then I realized the spicy Dorito residue was around his lips like a lovely orange colored lip balm. Even the parents that had run away laughed at that one...

Lately Kellan's really been slacking on saying please. I asked him where his manners were. He thought a minute and then pointed to the ceiling. Up there says please and I say thank you...

Camden said "Mom, I love you 601,225." Not to be outdone, Kellan said "and I love you 12." I know parents aren't supposed to play favorites but...

April 25th, 2015

Kellan just stepped on the scale to see how "old" he is... Sigh...

Kellan had his Mickey Mouse guitar out and asked me if I had any requests. I said MMMBOP. He replied, "that's not in my collection"...

On the way home from school, Kellan randomly said the man cut down the tree. I was really worried as I had no idea what that meant and where that came from. Luckily Camden chimed in "Oh yea, the landscapers came yesterday, Good memory Kellan!" Whew!

I asked Kellan if he wanted corn and rice for dinner. He gave me the most gaggiest face and said "No! They have spicy things in them". I said "uhhh... plain white rice"? His face said it all...

For knowing how high anxiety I am, I'm surprised Kellan said this. "Mom, I can't breath". Keep in mind, he didn't say "breathe" he said "breath"...

I was getting a tad frustrated with Kellan (go figure). I said "Kellan, please stop making me yell!" He said "Then quit making me be bad!"...

Camden asked for lucky charms. I said "remember, we're out of those". He replied "Oh yeah. It's been a long day."...

April 23rd, 2015

I'm 445 months old today!

So Kellan knows how high anxiety I am. Every time he gets an owie, he tells me, "but it's ok. It doesn't hurt anymore". His teacher just told me he does the same thing to her.

We pulled up next to a police officer at a red light and the boys were so excited. I rolled down their windows so they could wave at him. Camden said "Mom, why don't you roll down your window too?" I replied "Uh...I don't know if he'll think it's cute if I do it". Camden replied "Why? Because you're fat?" Anyone want a Camden?

I asked the boys what their favorite animal is. Camden replied woodpecker and Kellan said camel...sigh...

April 21st, 2015

Camden keeps begging me to give him math problems to solve. This means Kellan's been dragged in as well. Kellan's been doing really well! It cracks me up though, because he'll repeat the question I gave him and instead of saying "equals" he pronounces it "eplus".

For some reason Camden has been so worried about wearing sandals to school. He says the teachers won't let him play on the playground if he has sandals on. This is odd, because I've never been told that by the school, and many kids are running around the playground with sandals on. Camden pulled out a newer pair of shoes, and asked me if they were sandals. I said, "No, they're not". His reply? "But will the teachers know they're not sandals?"

I fell asleep on the couch because my bed was covered with laundry. I woke up and checked on the boys in the middle of the night and Kellan was no where to be found. I finally found him in my bed in the one spot that was free of laundry. Guess he likes my bed, and all this time I thought he wanted to sleep by me.

I washed Kellan's new puppy and he was very anxious to get it back. I told him it was in the dryer. So he said "When the dryer hurts my ears does that mean puppy's clean?" I have been trying ever since to get the alert beep off the dryer and can't figure it out. Poor sensitive Cow ears... 

April 4th, 2015

Happy Easter!
We are so blessed and thank God every day!

Last night Kellan wanted a snack so badly. He was trying every trick in the book to get one. We are trying to stick by the rule if they don't finish their dinner, they can't have a snack later. A snack was the only thing on Kellan's mind. I tried to get him to focus on something else. I asked if he was excited to see if the Easter Bunny comes tomorrow! He looked at me pathetically and said "will you ask the Easter Bunny to bring me a sandwich?"

One the way home from school one day, traffic was bad and I had to stop quickly a few times. We later pulled up to a red light and Kellan yelled - "Hey Mom! Nice job stopping at that red light!" Sigh...

Camden has been so gassy lately! I mean way more than usual. He tooted and promptly said "Excuse me, I shot a duck!" Then he looked perplexed. I asked him what was going on? He replied "I really didn't think my toot would stink so badly. I just ate a cherry..."

Camden got this really cool Alphabet puzzle game. He's really good at putting the letters together with the picture, Kellan wanted to help him and Camden was actually fine with that (It's an Easter miracle!) Camden did start ordering Kellan around, I mean you can't ask for everything in life. He was telling Kellan what letters he needed. He asked Kellan for an "O". Kellan looked and looked and he told Camden "All I can find is this zero!"

At Kellan's birthday party, we were waiting for Great Aunt Pammy to get here. Kellan was especially excited because he knew she was bringing the cake and that's all he could talk about. The doorbell rang and Kellan's face lit up with excitement. He froze though. We looked at him and encouraged him to go open the door! After saying this 3 or 4 times, Camden finally ran to the front door. Not to be outdone, Kellan ran and opened the refrigerator. In Kellan's defence, we did just say to open the door. We did not specify which one...

Camden and Kellan were talking about some twins that go to their school. Camden asked me if he and Kellan look alike. I told them they look a lot alike because they are brothers. But they also have differences because they have different features and personalities. Camden thought for a minute (when is he not thinking) and replied "I know Mom! We're different because Kellan has to take medicine right now and I have cavities"... You literally can not write this stuff...

I just asked Camden who he was going to marry when he grew up. He looked at me with a shy grin and said "you Mom" My heart burst with love! Then he thought and said, oh wait! You'll be dead when I'm older. Sigh...

I was sound asleep then realized I could hear one of the boys breathing really really ridiculously loudly. I realized I should get up and check on whichever kid this was. My body refused to get up. My brain was going to the worst place possible, but this Supermodel body of mine needed it's beauty sleep. Finally I was able to wake the model part of me and went into the boys room. Camden was on the top bunk sleeping normally (a shout out to the docs that removed his tonsils). I bent down to check on Kellan and he was no where to be found. I kicked the s$#t out of the Supermodel part of me and raced out to find Kellan. Then, I think some of the 40 grand that was spent at Michigan State (not by me by any means, those Gall people) getting me a degree finally kicked in. I checked my bed, and sure enough, a cow had snuck in in the middle of the night and made himself comfy cozy...

If you are even a distant acquaintance of mine, I'm sure you know that I kind of enjoy my birthday. Camden's been trained well. All day on March 23rd (like how I threw that in?) he went around winking at me and saying "Hey Girl! Happy Birthday!"

I always lay out the clothes for the boys in the morning before school. Never once (maybe once in a rare occasion) have the boys complained about the clothes I've chosen for them to wear. On this particular morn, Camden took one look at his shirt and said "I have to wear a shirt with a pocket? Ugh! So not fair!" I just stared at him wondering if he was a 13 year old girl, or my 5 year old son...

Here's a little snippet on Camden's Kindergarten assessment;

Teacher said Camden’s a genius. 

She asked one kid to count as high as she could and she got to 15.

Camden told her he could count to 100. When he got to 42 she stopped him and said she believed him. 

Teacher: What kinds of animals sting?

Camden: Stingray oh and bees. 

Teacher: What kinds of animals swim?

(I think 99.9% of people would go with fish)

Camden: Sea turtles

 Poor Nana always has to sit in the back seat between the boys' car seats whenever we all go anywhere together. The other day I put the boys in the car and told them to get in their seats while I put the groceries in the trunk. When I went to buckle them up, I asked Kellan why he hadn't got into his seat yet? He replied (all grins and dimples) I'm Nana! It took me a minute and then I realized he was sitting in the back between the car seats...