Fun to do

I always read about all the funny things other people's kids say, and I always think, "I know my kids say some funny things, but I can't remember." I actually wrote some of those things down this week so that I could blog about them, in hopes that 50 years down the road, when I can't remember my own name, I can read about some of the funny things some kids said a long time ago. AJ seems to be full of funny things to say lately. He thinks that when he beats someone in a race of some kind he should say, "I beat you up!" instead of I beat you. He runs to the car: "I beat you up!" Or if Garret keeps beating him during a video game he'll say, "Garret is beating me up!" AJ also loves to sing, and he sings to himself all day long. One of his favorite songs from nursery is that Fun to do song: Eating a snack is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Eating a snack is fun to do, to do, to do, to do.... That song where you substitute anything at the front...reading a book, eating a snack, running around, clapping our hands, etc...The other day he sang it like this: "Beating you up is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Beating you up is fun to do, to do, to do, to do." It was funny hearing that come out of my 3 year old's mouth in the form of a song. Yesterday, AJ came up with a solution to a serious problem. Garret's frog, Jumper, jumped out of the Rubbermaid and is gone forever. Garret was really upset. AJ decided that next time "let's not get something that can jump or run. Let's just catch a stick." Sounds good to me!! Cora has always wanted a horse!

Speaking of Cora, she is finally back with us! Mark's parents flew back with her on Sunday night. We've been missing HER a lot, but her complaining...not so much. Garret was so excited to get her home, and was running around the house screaming and hugging me all day in anticipation of Cora getting here. She has liked Nebraska so far, but expressed some concern to me today when she asked me: "Mom...In Nebraska, do we always skip lunch?" Very valid question seeing as how we haven't had lunch the past two days. Why? I'm not sure why, but I did finish the book I was reading today! The Host. It was a great book! So tomorrow...we eat lunch!! The kids did eat lunch even though I didn't feed it to them. AJ ate half a bag of marshmallows, and a couple cold hot dogs, and Garret ate a cold hot dog too. Cora's old enough to pillage through the kitchen for something!! I don't know what her problem is...
We saw deers the other day in the neighborhood. "Look kids! Some deer!" AJ-"Can I pee on it?" I guess "Peeing on deer is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Peeing on deer is fun to do, to do, to do, to do." Who knew?