sLeEpLeSs sTilL ...

why can't i sleep like this?

 

past few weeks have been very

difficult to sleep.

my eyes are heavy and i know 

i'm tired...my mind is wrestless

and full.

shut off mind!

i need beauty rest!!

posting part 16 tomorrow or monday,

needed to rest from thinking 

of time that is gone.

the sprouts have been full of questions 

and supposed solutions...

"mom...do we have a babysitter this weekend?"

"no"

"if you don't get a babysitter how will

you ever get a date?" :/

"mom...when i go to daddy's house i'm going to find his

'marry card' (temple recommend) and bring it home to give to you".

"that isn't how it works" :/

"mom...when i grow up i will look for valerie

(ko's gf, she moved far away with no forwarding information) 

and if i can't find her i won't

get another girlfriend and never 

get married."

"really? you won't want to try and like 

other girls?" :/

"no one will ever be as pretty as valerie".

"like...momma, i like u a lil bit...."

(eef's new way of being funny

as he's giving me the look of 

'is she buying this?')

:/

"like...i have to sleep in ur room 

cuz the spikeyman (woolverine which 

he has not seen) (?) is in

my room"

:/

"like...how many more

minutes til howoween"

minutes? :/

ChUrcH

yesterday after church i picked up ko from his class.

he looked unhappy.

i asked him what was wrong. he said he lost the purple paper. 

he folded his arms across his chest and scowled, and a hummmp! came out of him.

i wanted to laugh but instead acted concerned.

i pursued him to tell me why he was upset.

he said, "i am bery mean!"

i said, "don't you mean mad?"
 

"no", he said, "i am MEAN!"

people in the hall were chuckling as we walked towards the door. when we got in the car he proceeded to tell me how "mean" he was and that he was "angry" (at least he used that appropriately), and when i told him that i didn't want him to be angry and that i loved him, he told me that i didn't love him. he was trying so hard to be upset and oppositional. by the time we got to the second stop light he was happy again, showing me his "smiley face".

e's new way of expressing himself these days is to say "mine!", which he did his fair share during sacrament meeting as he took all of ko's books and toys.

SaY iT yOuR wAy

yesterday ko and i had a popsicle after a bike ride.  mine was root beer and his was "starerbury"

sAy WhAt?

said of as late by ko

"mom, you are a good brother"
"shirt get on my head"(told to his shirt as he's getting dressed)
"don't sass me!"
"it's not macaroni and cheese, it's gackaronie and sheeze"
"i miss you" (even though i am standing right there)
"e, your a good little chipmunk"
"the grinch is in my closet, i need to sleep in your bed"

e: ma ma
ko: ethan has a question

"mom, that kid was fighting on me" talking about when a kid hit him
"horses don't poop, only pee #1"
"i want a blue chocolate milk" meaning 2% with the blue lid

"when you are done, turn your plate over"

peek a boo

"i bet i can fit more food in my mouth than you "