Tobin has a garment most people call a bathrobe but he prefers to call a “dressing gown” (thanks to the Famous Five book series).
A: I love how soft and cozy your dressing gown is.
T: I love how you called it a dressing gown. Nobody else does.
A: Your mama knows your heart.
T: I know your eyes AND your heart. (Pause.) And your teeth.
4/9/19
I was cuddling Tobin on the couch before school. I had my arms wrapped around him.
T: Your arm smells like Mubby and Skitter’s house.
A: (sniffing and not discerning anything) Really?
T: Yeah, it smells like Joe‘s coffee.
A: Is that different from my coffee?
T: YES.
When I was pregnant with Tobin, I was the sickest out of all my pregnancies, and smells really bothered me. Maybe he’s a super-sniffer and transferred his power to me while he was in there.
3/7/19
C: Can we go to the splash pad?
A: Oh, that would be fun, but it’s too cold out.
C: I meant we would wear our coats.
2/20/19
I was taking Callum into the bathroom to wash his hands for dinner, and he shut the door in my face.
C: I need to shut the door so you don’t annoy me.
2/13/19
Callum was sliding out of his car seat and slipped a little.
A: Are you okay?
C: I hurt my sweet little buttcheek!
1/30/19
A: What’s your favorite movie?
T: Probably that one about the guy who’s part wolf and really good at basketball.
1/12/19
[I don’t even remember what we were talking about, but Denny and I were in the dining room and there may have been a nice 10-year Tempranillo involved.]
A: Hot damn, Crall!
C: (from some other room, in his little voice) Hot damn, Crall! Hot damn, Crall!
Oops.
I haven’t been doing a good job keeping up with these on the blog, but Facebook is ephemeral, so here’s some copy-paste:
8/12/19:
Denny: Hey Google, what’s the temperature?
Mrs. Google: …
Denny, with exaggerated enunciation: Hey Google, what’s the temperature?
Mrs. Google: The temperature in Iowa City is 76 degrees.
Callum: Why did you say that so glorious?
8/10/19
Callum was making me “lunch” with his play kitchen.
C: What would you like?
A: Do you have any chef’s specials to recommend?
C: Yes, steak.
A: That sounds good. What kind of steak?
C: Steak…on the cob.
8/9/19
Callum: What’s the planet with the funniest name?
Aprille: Uranus.
C: No, that’s the coldest planet.
A: Oh. So what’s the planet with the funniest name?
C: Herculee.
7/23/19
Miles was being irritating and amusing at the same time (an area in which all my children excel).
Aprille: Miles, while I don’t always appreciate your attitude, I do appreciate your wit.
Tobin: I’m the one who made the big buns joke!
7/23/19
Tobin and Callum were playing a game bopping a balloon around.
T: Are you excited about our Colorado trip?
C: Yes, that’s why I’m bouncing the balloon so hard!
7/17/19
Miles: How old do you think Mom is?
Callum: Eleven long minutes.
6/22/19
“A tail is just a necktie for your butt.” –Miles, quoting Calvin & Hobbes and almost making me an unsafe driver for all the cracking up I was doing while driving.
6/13/19
At bedtime last night, I was reading Callum the book Strongman by Meghan McCarthy, a kid-friendly biography of Charles Atlas. We got to the page where Charles Atlas is shown pulling a 145,00-pound train with a rope.
C: Why did he put on that face?
A: He’s working hard. Do you ever make a funny face when you’re working hard?
C: I don’t lift weights. Look at my arm!
Then he held up his tiny little arm to prove his point.
5/17/19
Callum was eating waffles for breakfast
A: (eyeing him suspiciously)
C: I’m rubbing the syrup OFF my hair.
5/14/19
As the boys were getting ready for baseball last night:
A: Would you like a Claritin before you go out to the ballpark?
M: You gave me one this morning.
A: I did?
M: Yes.
A: I have no memory of that, but I believe you.
T: He’s right. You did. Your coffee hadn’t kicked in yet.
5/12/19
T: What’s he [Denny] doing?
A: He’s making roasted broccoli.
T: By himself?
A: Yes. He’s a big boy now.
T: He was always a big boy.
A: That’s true.
T: A big boy who didn’t know how to cook.
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