My kid is Gumby!!

Today we went to Pizza Hut with Hunter for lunch. We sat right next to a pinball/bouncy ball machine. We didn't have any quarters so he just kept going to it and looking at it. He opened the bottom, where the bouncy balls come out and discovered someone had left one in there. So of course he was SO excited. He played with the ball while he ate. Once he finished his lunch he went back to the machine and put the ball back in the little door shut it and re-opened it. Low and behold the ball was now gone!! He somehow had pushed the ball back up inside the machine. He reached his little arm in and was trying to feel for the ball. I went over and was telling him to get his arm out of there....he says, "Mom! I feel money in here!" He pulls his arm out and has a quarter in his hand!! Somehow, he had gotten his hand/arm up and in the quarter part of the machine!!! He puts the quarter in, plays the game gets two bouncy balls and says. "Yay!! Im gonna get more money!" Then proceeds to shove his arm in the hole again! This time, mom gets his arm, pulls it out and says. "No sir! We do not reach in and get money out! Thats not ours to get!" 
I would have said more but honestly, I was in awe. I didn't know you could even get your arm in there far enough to reach the money!! Crazy kid!!  Talk about flexible!!

Wee Little Lad

Boy, its been awhile since my last post!! Today the boys were eating grilled cheese sandwiches and Hunter was pulling his apart and eating the cheese out.  Then he was playing with the bread, making Pac-Man with it to be exact.  Dominic tells him, "When I was a wee little lad I did that and mom got ticked!"
Then they started sharing stories of things that happened to them when they were wee little lads.
Crazy boys!! I mean Crazy Lads!!

The Furnace!

Dominic saw a can of Ravioli on the shelf and said:

Dom:"Oh man! I wish I could take that to school for lunch! I would eat that up so fast!"

Mom: " You can take it to school."
Dom: "How? It wont be warm at lunch and I dont like it cold. Oh man, its too bad you dont have a furnace to put it in."
Mom: "You mean a Thermos?"
Dom: "Yeah! Thats what I meant! A Thermos!!"
(I have never seen anyone so excited to get a furnace, I mean Thermos!)
And yes, he did eat his lunch up and enjoyed it warm!! :)

Does Face Cream Really Do All That?!

We saw one of Doms friends crying before school one day and I asked Dom about it after school.
He explained that his friend had forgotten his homework and he was upset about it.Here is the conversation that followed.
Mom: "Oh, ok. I was wondering why he was so sad."
Dom: "Yeah, he was sad but he got to walk with his mom to class so he felt better after that."
Mom: "Oh thats good. That was his Grandma not his mom though."
Dom: "Really? She doesn't look old enough to be a Grandma. She looks young."
Mom: "Yeah she is a young Grandma I think."
Dom: "She probably puts that stuff on her face to hide all her wrinkles so she looks young."
Mom: (chuckles) "You think so?"
Dom:  "Yeah, once she washes that stuff off she looks all old and wrinkled up and gross!"

Now thats some really effective lotion!!

Pizazz!

We were all outside doing some yard work. Hunter was busy digging holes and putting various objects in each one then filling them in with dirt. On one particular hole he was dropping in leaves, rocks, a worm and then he dropped in a Roley-poly. He was searching around and found a piece of wood then said, "Oh I'll put this in there too! This will add Pizazz!"  I started laughing quietly to myself and he begins a search for more stuff, then excitedly he says, "Oh! This will add even more pizazz!" He had found an extremely cool rock to add to the hole.  Now that is one hole with a lot of pizazz!!!

DISCLAIMER!

So if you read this regularly you might be wondering why there aren't that many Dominic posts here. You might be wondering if he says funny things like Hunter.  Well, he does! However, being an 8 year old he is very particular about what I can and cannot post here! He gets embarrassed easily and doesn't want some of the things he says where people can read them!
I understand, but I sure wish I could post more of what he says because he really does come up with some cute things!!

Big legs

Hunter was looking at his legs intently and then he looked over at mine and said, "Mom let me see your legs." So I sat next to him. He looked down at my legs and says, "Yup those are some pretty big legs mom." Then he nods and says, "Yup, those are real legs for sure!"  Then he looks at his legs again and says, "Yeah, I have real legs too." 

Not quite sure what that was all about! :)

Too much time with mom!

Hunter was in awe of my newly polished toenails. He kept asking me if it hurt to put that stuff on them? I told him no. He then asked me if he could have his polished. I said, "Well Hunt, that's pretty much for girls to do." He said, "But I love you and if you love someone that means you have to do what they do. So I want that stuff on my toes!" So I whispered, "I'll put it on your little toe and that's it."  He said, "But I want it on all my toes!" I told him that I was sure his dad wouldn't like it on one toe, let alone all of them!  Yes, I think this is what happens when boys are with their mom most of the time! Sounds like some father son time is in order!! hahaha

Two phones!!

Wow, today was a busy day for funny sayings!! Len was putting contacts in his new phone and using his old phone to look at the names and numbers. Hunter walked in and says, "Why are you using two phones? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of!"

When I was baby.....

Alright, so I have yet another Hunter "When I was a baby..." story.  I'm not going to elaborate as I think his story says it all!   "When I was a baby I could fart out of my nose!"

Run!!!

As Len was making the boys there Lemonade/Rock stand, he offered to show me how to use the Scroll saw since I have always wanted to use one! So as I'm getting ready to cut, the boys are painting and I hear Dom tell Hunter; "Moms gonna cut! We have to get outta here!" And they grabbed the paints and wood and ran across the yard!! I could smell the fear!! :)

Ripoff!!!

Hunter is playing the original Super Mario Brothers for the Gameboy and he comes out all mad and says, "This game is such a rip off!" I ask him why and he says "Because they just start you wherever they want! Its just a rip off!" Then he takes the game out and walks off shaking his head.

Percy does what??

Hunter has had a DVD called "Percy takes the Plunge" for ages. He has never wanted to watch it. Today he was looking at it and said very excitedly, "Mom! I think I really want to watch 'Percy takes a dump' now!" I corrected him and told him that Percy isn't taking a dump but rather he is taking "the plunge".  Of course, with two boys, that got a lot of laughs!

Toss and Turtle

Hunter couldn't fall asleep and wanted to lay with Dominic to fall asleep.  So he asked Dom if he could. Dom said, "No." So I went to ask Dominic if he would let Hunter lay with him until he fell asleep and then I would move Hunter back to his own bed. Dominic said, "I really don't want him to lay here because I toss and turtle all night long and I'll probably kick him!" 

Note: He did let Hunter lay there just until he fell asleep then Mom had to go move him! Tossing and Turtleing is rough!! :) 

Doms Birthday Cake

Dominic turned 8 on July 15th!! Crazy since it seems like yesterday I was bringing him home in a panic wondering if I could really take care of this little guy! :) For his birthday he wanted a Pacman cake. Ahhh simple I thought...but almost too simple so I decided to add a few more elements to it! Pacman of course, but also a Ghost and Power Pellets. His reaction made the time and work SO worth it (it always does). I called him in to the kitchen and he walked up and his eyes got so big and he smiled a huge smile and said: "Mom this is awesome! You are the best cake maker ever!! You are the number one cake maker and number two is Dairy Queen cause they make ice cream cakes!"  He said a little more than that..but I don't want to let it go to my head! Lets just say, he was loving his cakes and was VERY happy with them!! Which makes it so worth while!! I love making these for my kiddos!! :) 

Pasta!!!

Dominic loves pasta!!! I mean LOVES it!! So today is his birthday and I said, "Ok you can have whatever you want for breakfast. What would you like?" He says, "Pasta!!!" I say, "Ok what about for lunch?" He says, "Pasta!!!" "Ok Dom, what about Dinner?" You guessed it, "PASTA!!!" Today will be an easy day for cooking, but talk about Carbs!!! haha Happy Birthday Dominic!!!

Sign me up!

So we take Hunter to his potential Pre-School to show him the playground through the fence. He grabs the gate and says VERY enthusiastically, "Sign me up today!!" So hopefully that enthusiasm will continue when school starts!

Sorry, I cant go there!

When looking at a picture of his potential Pre-school, Hunter says to me, "Well I cant go there! That slide is huge and Ill fall off and die!" 

When I was a baby.....

I suppose it started because we all had stories of "when we were little" and Hunter, since he is still so little, didnt have any. So he began telling us many stories of "When I was a baby....."  and they usually involve something that has to do with the topic at hand.  They make me laugh because in his stories he does some pretty amazing things as a baby!! Just last night as we were coming home from our 4th of July Fireworks and having to swerve around the various fireworks people had in the road,  he shared another story.

"When I was baby and I drove home from fireworks, I had to drive all over the road because it was all jacked-up with everybody's messes." 

Im not drinking outta that!

So today we are sitting eating breakfast and I'm drinking milk out of a cup that the kids have used before. Its not a kids cup mind you, its just a regular cup! Hunter looks at me and said, "Are you drinking milk?......In that?" I said, "Yes I am!"  He says, "Well, I'm not drinking outta that cup ever again!" I asked him why and he says "Because you are drinking out of it, that's gross!"  Then Dom says, "She washes them so we can keep drinking out of the same cups silly!"  Hunter still looked pretty grossed out though!