Memorable Things Kids Say - Volume 23

Henry got some new goggles... he's pretty pumped. They are soooo much better than what we've been doing. In case you need a rec, they are the Kids Hydrospex goggles by Speedo. The first night he wore them to lessons, he never took them off once. So great. He had been taking his old ones on and off constantly and it was becoming quite a distraction.

I needed to rake the other day. So I grabbed the boys from the backyard to do some quick pictures. I wish I would have had them change their shirts... but oh well. It was so amazing outside... vibrant... felt like we could live in fall weather forever and be perfectly satisfied!



The 'Memorable Things Kids Say' part... Dinner time. The other night at dinner, the boys were talking. Jonathan wasn't home, so it was just the four of us. Somehow we got on the topic of what life would be look like if Wyatt didn't exist.
Henry: Well, we just wouldn't know Wyatt b/c he would be in someone else's family.
Mom: No, he wouldn't. If Wyatt wasn't in this family, then he just wouldn't BE b/c he came from Mommy and Daddy.
Wyatt: Hmm... how did I come from you?
Henry: You came from her belly Wyatt.
Wyatt: But how did you and Daddy make me?
Mom: (said nothing...b/c Wyatt already had something else coming out of his mouth)
Wyatt: I know! God made us in heaven and then put us in your belly to come out.
Henry: No, that's not true. I don't remember being in heaven.
Wyatt: Yes, it is true Henry. God made us in heaven (says this with exasperation in his voice).
Henry: Then why don't I remember what it looks like there?
Wyatt: B/c you weren't alive yet.
Henry: Oh yeah, that's right. I was just a baby so he made us there, but we weren't alive until God put us in mom's belly. That's why we don't remember heaven. B/c we weren't there with our eyes open yet.
Wyatt: Yeah.
Mom: Finish up your plates guys.
**(a few minutes later)**
Henry: (while eating his bread) NOOOO... don't do it... don't eat me...Oh, you're dead. I ate you.

NEVER A DULL MOMENT. 

Wyatt and I do "pre-school" work about 3-4 days a week. It's been going great and he is a very quick learner. I have a lot of fun doing it with him. I have noticed that he naturally has a love for learning and his brain is always working in ways that surprise me. Henry's desire to learn came much later than... more like 4.5 or 5yrs old, and ironically we did more to try and encourage Henry at that age b/c he was our first. Just a good reminder to myself that all kids are different. At any rate, both boys now are eager to learn and excited when we take time to sit down with them. But, as we all know, learning is happening ALL THE TIME! :)