My little valentine

Noah: "Mom, I love you so much your heart is breaking my head." 

 While I can't be sure this is the accurate translation, I'm still going with: Your love is mind-blowing.

The Mysins. A lovely couple.

Okay, so Noah really said nothing in this conversation, but it was so hilarious, I have to write it down.

So we're doing bedtime prayers and Paul asks what the kids want to pray for. "Hank!" is blurted out. Then "My sins," says Rachel.

Caleb begins and prays for Hank and then says, "And I pray for the Mey..Meyers? wait. What's that name?"
I answered, "Do you mean 'My sins'? Rachel said she wants to pray for 'my sins.' Two words. It's not a name."

To which Paul chimes in with, "The Asian couple?"

We got back on track only to have Rachel start praying, asking God to forgive her brothers of their sins. Never did mention her own.

Oh, goodness.

Root Beer

Noah wanted to know if we could have "root beer" for snack. "Not the pop, Mom. The stuff by the garden." I had no idea what he was talking about so we put on our snow boots and headed to the backyard - to discover he was talking about rhubarb!! Too bad it's the dead of winter...

Tummy Troubles

Today is Noah's birthday and he asked around 2:30 if he was truly 5 now. I said yes, and that 5 years ago at this time I was holding him in my arms after having him in my tummy for so long.

To which he replied, "When I came out, what was on me?"

I thought he meant clothing so I said, "Nothing. You came out naked."

And he said, "No, I mean, what food? What food was on me since I was in your tummy?"

Nice or Naughty?

Noah: Mom, Jaxon told me if you are naughty, you don't get presents from Santa.
Me: Yes, that's why Santa has a 'nice' list and a 'naughty' list.
Noah: But we're (speaking on behalf of his brother and sister, too) always naughty. I don't know how to work that out.

They have kids?

Noah: "Mom, how fast did you grow up?"
Me: "I guess you'd have to ask my Mom."
Noah: "Who's your Mom?"
Me: "Your Grandma in Carrington."
Noah: "The one who lives close to a park?"
...

Me: "Yes."
After much thought, he then asks, "Do you have a Dad?"
Me: "Yes. Grandpa. You know, he took you fishing."
Noah: "Oh. I didn't know they had kids."

Eat your veggies!

While at Caleb's T-ball game, Noah was playing with a couple little girls. When I asked him if he made some new friends he said, "No. They were mean and pushed me. But I'm tougher than them. They don't even eat vegetables!"