Me “Noah where’s your banana?” him, “it’s in my tummy.” me realizing I didn’t ask the correct question, “where’s your banana peel?” (You have to keep track of those things!)

“Noah catch me the soccer ball.” – Ezra (he meant throw, but he uses a lot of opposites, like inside for outside, catch for throw.)

Noah asked what was in Sydni’s hair and I replied her bow. Ezra holds up his elbow and points to it, “this is my bow.”

“I got my baby sister out of the truck. Want to hug her?” Ezra holding up his sippy.

Just found the boys laying in their beds so I asked if they were tired. Ezra, “I’m just resting my mouth.”

I told the boys we were having fish for dinner, Noah ran in the kitchen “I want a red one!” ummm sorry buddy I’m not feeding you Swedish fish for dinner.

Noah just came in while I was putting on make-up and said, “hey you putting on your face?” weird neither Matt or I ever remember saying that.

“mommy your shoes are walking very well!” thanks ez my shoes appreciate that you noticed.

Ezra’s thoughts on why I wouldn’t take the cat on our walk, “he doesn’t have shoes!”

“I need a different pen, I need a cool one.” – Noah

Me trying to convince Ezra to take his medicine “you don’t want to get sick again” and his response “huh-uh I’m a boy.”

There is a key that doesn’t work on the piano. Ezra, “Daddy needs change batteries.”

“More shopping and then Death.” – Ezra (halloween display featuring Death at the grocery store)

Ezra just walked around the corner, “I’m special. Ezra special.”

Matt was talking to me and said “maybe I can take them to the p-a-r-k.”. Noah, “I want to play park.” Guess we have spelled that one enough!

Ezra has been emphatically saying ocean all day, except it sounds like “oh sh*t.”

Told Ezra he couldn’t watch tv because he didn’t have a good attitude. His response, “I don’t want a good attitude.”

We were eating salmon cakes for dinner and Noah just asked for “more cat please” ummm we don’t eat those here buddy.

Matt asked Ezra if he was going to be Thomas for Halloween, “no I’m Ezra!”

We were singing songs before nap-time and Ezra pounds on his chest and says, “I’m a man.”

‎”Let’s chase the pretty girl!” – Ezra (oh my it begins)

The boys were watching a tv show: little boy “Hi my name is Noah …” Ezra, “You’re not Noah! You’re not Noah!”

“Bug don’t eat my ogurt, okay BUG. Don’t eat my ogurt.” – Ezra

The boys were getting ready to leave with daddy to go get pizza – Noah, “I’ve got to go to work, bye.”

Was just told in a very serious tone, “Lightening McQueen wants to talk to you.”

We were explaining to the boys they start swim lessons on Saturday and Ezra says, “and its cold … And there’s sand!” Think he likes the beach much?
you say “potato” Ezra says “tomato” ehhh it’s all the same right?

Me: we’re going to Starbucks mommy needs caffeine. Ezra: cat food! He also refers to cashews as cat shoes.

I was telling the boys they are so smart. Noah, “I’m smart!” Ezra, “I’m smarter!”

‎”mommy and daddy make me feel happy.” heart melt, way to turn the morning around Ez.

Ezra calls caterpillars “caterpickles” took me a bit to figure out how pickles turned to butterflies.

‎”Daddy play sweet potatoes pleeease.” “Sweet potatoes arm falling off!” quotes from Ez re Mr. Potato Head.

‎”mommy twobutt, look mommy twobutt!”. Finally figured out he was trying to say tuba.

The boys’ observations on 347 this morning, “mommy cars are racing, mommy police car are racing!”

Ezra was calling muffins as they baked, “That one is Ezra’s, that one is Ezra’s, that one is Ezra’s.”

Noah from the back seat of the car, “there’s rain, there’s some more rain, and more rain!”

The other day the windshield wipers were annoying Ezra so I explained it was so I could see the road. The next day I turned them on again, Noah, “There’s the road, There’s the road…” (yep every time they wiped.)

Ezra, “daddy is a papa, mommy is a gamma, Michelle is a Jason, Jason is a maybe Thomas. Jason is a James.” (Just so you know thomas and james are trains)

Ezra “I want to ride a school bus” me “you have to go to school to get to ride” a little while later we see another school bus, Ezra “we get to go to school!”

Me “two minutes till nap time.” Ezra, “NO!” Me, “but we can’t go do something fun tonight if you don’t nap.” Noah very matter-of-fact, “Oh yeah, that’s right.”

Noah while in time out: “Noah, clean up this mess right now!”  (yes, he made a mess, but glad he wasn’t cutting himself any slack.

“28, 29, 2010, 2011, 2012…” – noah counting past 29.

“Daddy get iPad, daddy plays letter games”  Yes, thats what daddy does with the ipad.

“Ezra let taffy out! I sure did!” – ezra

We’ve been working on first and last names with the boys. They know their names and mommy’s names and we taught them daddy’s name one night. Matt asked them one more time what mommy’s name was. Ezra enthusiastically shouts, “Bingo.”

Ezra was pretend pouring drinks. He was giving me cup after cup of milk. After a while I went to the bathroom, and I hear a knock at the door, “Stephanie” me: yes, “Want a beer?”

‎”That’s great Ezra. That’s cool buddy!” – Noah

The boys are serving us food and I pointed they didn’t give daddy a cookie, Ezra, “daddy go poop get treat.”

During a Cowboys game I accidentally shut the tv off adjusting it, Noah in his your in big trouble voice, “Mommy, back on, Noah watching Cowboys.” That’s my boy.

‎”jump Ezra, jump, here hold my hand. Yay you did it!” overheard while they were supposed to be napping.

“there is a cow in our wall” – Ezra

“Ezra needs food.” shouting over and over, of course.

“no choking Noah.”- Ezra

Ezra, “I want to go home.” me “but we’re going to Colorado” Ezra, “bye bye Colorado”

Ezra, “I want pizza, I want ice cream!” (at 6:45 am)

Ezra, “daddy push triangle button.”

(I know not my best parenting moment, but it was too cute not to pass along)

Apparently the new definition of pampered in my life means I used my blow dryer!  :)

This is the matt edition of the friday update. so it’s probably not as in depth as stephanie would be.

Adoption

same deal as the usual. no sibling referals this week. I think how it feels for us, and i feel bad for who ever is number 1 on the sibling list. they have been waiting a long time, and I hope they are matched with a sibling group soon!

Work outs

Stephanie has been doing lots of walking, and is still rocking on her push ups. Me, i kind of work on them. I have lost some motivation. not sure why, i do like the results so far. I’ve been back cycling on the road bike in wee hours of the dark mornings (with headlights!) a lot this week. I guess my road bike and i just need a relationship break. We are friends again. 

The garden is coming along. Maybe next week some pics may be needed. Things are still alive, and sprouting a bit more. 

Grass is coming in nicely for the winter rye

we carved some mean pumpkins with Steph’s parents & steph’s bro & wife. the results:

Last night we were discussing that our imac didnt have software to scan. But the lap top did, and it used to be hooked up to the scanner at one point. 

Stephanie refers to this existing connection as: “They are still friends“. 

So that must be straight out of a tech manual right? Yep. An existing software found on a past computer allows said computer to remain friends with any past devices.

I still laugh about it. 

-Matt describing the amount of skittles he ate on our road trip.