The Mighty Hunter / Things I Hear The Kids Say

Levi had a successful hunt last week! He had asked for almost a full week off work so he could go chase the animals in the woods, but he ended up getting a nice 4-point on opening day. Yay!


I think his shirt is very appropriate. :)
But does anyone else feel like the deer is almost smirking in this picture??



I decided I'd better start using some PTO too, so while he was off being a manly man I went and played at Mom and Dad's. Ü

As I soaked up getting to be with my family for 3 days straight, I started really listening to the things they said (mostly Morgan and Zane). At our house, Levi and I talk about a) work, b) who has to teach the Sunday School lesson that week, c) Harry Potter, or d) how we can incorporate bacon with our next meal. That's pretty much it. I know. We're boring.

When they moved to Nebraska, Zane was 4 and Morgan was 7, so I still expect them to be . . . not so big and grown up! So allow me to share some of the conversations that I found most interesting/hilarious. (If you don’t know the kids very well, this will probably not amuse you in the slightest and I will not be offended if you skip to the next post now.)

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Mo and Zane (ages 10 and 7), discussing whether or not to watch “The Little Mermaid”.

·         Mo: "Ooo this was on at Speech last week! But I didn’t get to watch it, I just kinda saw the part where they’re all 'daadada dada dada daaaadaaaaa' [basically monotonous, incoherent singing], you know?"

·         Zane: "Oh, the Under The Sea song. Yeah, that’s a good part."

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Mo and Zane, now watching the end of “The Little Mermaid”.

·         Mo: "Oh no! Is he going to try to steer the boat into Ursula?? What?!?"

·         Zane: "Well, he’s spent his entire life sailing the sea, so he’s pretty good at steering a boat by now." [Sometimes that kid’s logic surprises me.]

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I made dinner.

·         Mo: "What are we having?"

·         Brit: "Enchiladas!!"

·         Mo and Zane: "Ohhh….. we don’t like enchiladas..."

·         Brit: "Oh good, I was just kidding – It’s Mexican lasagna….."

·         Mo and Zane: "YAAAY!"

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I’m doing my makeup in the bathroom. Suddenly Zane’s voice is coming out of the heat vent at my feet.  Apparently they’ve discovered they can communicate from one end of the house to the other by yelling thru the heat vents. I was laughing too hard to be able to tell who said what.

·         "What are you doing??"

·         "Heating up my socks!! What are you doing??"

·         "Talking to you!! And looking for pants…"

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I introduced the kids to the NFL Bad Lip Reading on YouTube. If you’ve never seen it, it is hilarious. For the rest of the weekend, I would randomly hear Zane spout off phrases from that video (which I'm sure Mom was thrilled about hehehe), such as the following:

·         “An orange peanut? An orange peanut for me? Wooowwww… Well I accept you.

·         “I want it now!! I want cake now!”

·         “Double side of Scooby snack.”

·         “Come pick up all your floor bags, you’re not living in southeast Asia!”

  

 So grateful to be so close to those we love!!  (And to have a full freezer for another year. Ü)