The writings of a mom who sometimes loses her mind: It's time to get TiVo

Quotes from the kids

D- (Talking about the baby) "She said I love you. Did you hear her? She said wah wah wah...that's I love you in spanish."
We are sitting down talking at the start of a play. I tell the kids, "This is like a movie theater. You shouldn't talk." D chimes in, "And turn off your cell phones."
In the car I say, "No more messing around. Period." J replies, "Don't you mean exclamation mark?"
D- "Can I have some farties?" (smarties)
J- "I am going to wear my warmings tonight, I am pretty cold." (long johns)
O- "I know what a female is. I know what a mailbox is too. A female is a girl and mailbox is a boy. I know that because the wii and J taught me. Mom, why is a boy a mailbox and a girl a female?"
J- (we had Wendys for dinner) "Did you get me a Junior booger...whatever it's called?" I said, "Burger," and we both laughed.
J- "This is so hot. It must be 87 degrees or something. Ya, probably 87 degrees. It's pretty hot."
J- "Someone ate all the marshmellows out of my Lucky Charms." Dad responds dump it out and get a new bowl. J dumps it out. Dad says, "Not on the table! In the garbage." J gets the cereal off the table and into the garbage.
O- "How old are you and Dad? You're eighteen and he's thirteen, right?"
D- (talking about the bath water) I ask, "Is it too hot?" "No." "Is it too cold?" "No." "Then, it's perfect?" "No." I ask confused, "What?" D replies, "I just wanted to say no."
O- (speaking of baseball) "Do we play on the force field?"
D- (talking to Dad) "You can't feed the baby because you don't have bumps."
J- "O kicked me in the back in a pressure point." I ask, "What's a pressure point?" J says, "Well, I don't know but I think that's where I got kicked." I decide to take a look at J's back. It looks like J's back is really dry. I say, "What are all these little bumps?" J promptly chimes in, "Oh no! Chicken pox!" I think it's way past bed time.
O- "Don't eat that! It's for the beast!" I ask for what, and O says, "The beast." I finally get it, the feast.
O- "Dad are you hot?" Dad replies, "Yes, I am always hot!" O-"Let me feel." (O grabs Dad's arm) "No Dad, you're not hot."
J- "You don't want your old bike? How 'bout I trade you? I'll give you my bouncy ball."
Today J's hair didn't look combed and I said, "You need to fix your hair." Then I see J pick up the remote and comb with it. I ask, "What are you doing?" J answers, "Mom, the remote works great!"
The other night it was bedtime and I see J has just come out of the bathroom...with his hair freshy styled. I ask, "Why did you just do your hair?" J replies, "I don't want to have to do it in the morning."
O wrote a song for C. After singing the song for us, O decided the best part of the song was the line, "I love you even when you fart."
I know who that is. It's M. Wrestle Ballard.--O
You like to eat booggers.--J I know I do. They taste good.--O Here I have a boogger right now you can eat.--J I don't like other people's booggers...only my own.--O
Please don't pay my lunch money. (I ask why not.) I want to get a stamp on my hand. (They only give stamps for insufficient funds.)--J
You can be diaper man without a diaper. Don't waste the diapers.--J

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

It's time to get TiVo

In the past I have not had a "must see" show, so not having TiVo has been no big deal. And for the amount of tv I like to view, commercials are no big deal. But, now I've changed. The other night we were watching a program as a family. The show was completely appropriate for my children. Then a commercial came on to watch a show about the man who had a baby. Argggh. My kids were so confused. "Mom," they asked, "can a man have a baby?" I spent some time explaining no. Of course no wasn't good enough. Further I explained that he was really a girl who decided to be a man. There is no way a man could have a baby--one major reason is because they don't have a uterus. My kids seemed satisfied. That alone was not enough to have me banning all commercials and running out and getting TiVo. But, it appears as if the idea from that commercial stayed in my children's heads, because after it mulled around awhile they came up with a new question. "So, if he's not really a man, then can two girls get married?" My kids are too smart sometimes...so I guess we need TiVo.

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NicoleFebruary 26, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I have recently been a little more sensitive to commercials. I don't really want to explain to my kids what "an e-------- lasting more than 4 hours" means. Seriously. I LOVE to fast-forward commercials.
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JoceFebruary 27, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Your kids are so smart! I'm glad I haven't had to explain that to my kids yet, and hopefully I'll handle it as well as you did when that kind of thing comes up.
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rick and cherylFebruary 27, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Yes, we love dvr for that very reason. Although, they know more infomercials than I do. There are still quite a few topics I'm not ready to discuss...
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