He Said/ She Said

HE SAID:

1. Logan got a new book and was so excited to read it. Not too far into it, he came into the room all disappointed.

Dad: What's wrong buddy?

Logan: My book has a swear word in it.

Dad: No way, it's a kids book. Show me what you're talking about.

Logan (opens book): See right there. It says "beep".

Dad: Laughing asks Logan what does "beep" mean?

Logan: I don't know but I know it's really bad.

2. Logan approached me one day with this random thought:

"Mom. I would much rather smoke for 6 months than eat really unhealthy fatty foods for 6 months. If I smoked for 6 months, it probably wouldn't do too much damage to my body, and then I could repent, so it would be like I never smoked at all.. But if I ate lots of fattening foods I could get pretty fat in 6 months, and besides, I don't think you can even repent for that. "

3. I'm heading to AZ on Thursday (wahoo!!!) by myself for the first time ever since I've been a mom. So I can't stop talking about it with my kids. Yesterday in the car I was talking about my trip.

Mom: I know Mariah is going to miss me a ton. Harrison probably will too. But I bet Logan will throw a party as soon as I leave and say, 'yay! no bossy lady to bother us for 5 days'...

To which Logan quickly responded: "you can say that again."

I know he loves me. He really really does, right?

She Said:

1. The other morning Mariah woke up and ran to my side of the bed, and with that twinkle in her eyes she said, "Mom, I had such a good sleep. I had a dream that I kissed the whole baseball team." What the..?

2. Mariah's been interested in policeman lately and what they do. I explained that part of their jobs is to make sure we aren't breaking the law. A while later we were in the car and I ran over some plastic thing. Mariah urgently exclaimed, "Oh no mom, you broke the law! I heard a smash and crunch under your car. We are in big trouble!"

3. I love this little story because it reminded me once again of Mariah's little rose-tinted world. Mariah was asking me the other day how my back was feeling. I told her I was doing okay. She started to ask about my accident (when I was 18) and how exactly I got hurt.

Mom: Well, this lady was driving her car, and there was a red light. Instead of stopping, she just kept going and then....

Mariah: Oh, and you were just walking by holding some flowers and she hit you?

Yes, I was just strolling along in a flowing dress singing a beautiful ballad while holding a bouquet of flowers. I can just see her imagining this in her head!