This morning Ryker announced that he couldn't get his sweater down. He means sweatshirt but it's cute so I don't correct him. Also, I vaguely remember having trouble with this distinction myself, or maybe it was Ryan. Or my Grandmother Fern. Who knows. Anyway, I know what he means.
I went into his room to help him and said "oh Ryk - this is a NEW sweatshirt!" Correction here too, it was Buster's, then Jack's, now Ryker's. New to him.
He beamed up at me and said "what's it's name??"
"Umm, I'm not sure. What do YOU want to call it?" I said.
"Cartwheel."
Sure babe. Why not?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Ryker Listens
The other night Jack was having a rough time. He was throwing a tantrum and had been sent to his room. Chuck and I were both in Ryker's room, explaining that Jack was making bad choices and that he was in a timeout because of that.
Ryker didn't really appear to be listening to us, and was busy getting his pajamas ready for bedtime. Without turning back to us, and kind of under his breath, he goes "God bwess it." Then three more times "God bwess it. God bwess it. God bwess it."
Chuck and I stared at each other, eyes WIDE open and jaws on the floor.
Chuck goes "what are you talking about Ryker?"
Ryker goes "Sassin's 'havior."
Awesome.
Ryker didn't really appear to be listening to us, and was busy getting his pajamas ready for bedtime. Without turning back to us, and kind of under his breath, he goes "God bwess it." Then three more times "God bwess it. God bwess it. God bwess it."
Chuck and I stared at each other, eyes WIDE open and jaws on the floor.
Chuck goes "what are you talking about Ryker?"
Ryker goes "Sassin's 'havior."
Awesome.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Proverbs
I read the funniest thing on Facebook today. I don't know if it was true, but the story goes that a 1st grade teacher gave her student the start of famous proverbs and made them finish them.
So I decided to try it with my kids. I had a hunch they wouldn't participate for long, so I bribed them by throwing gummy bears at them at random intervals.
Here were their answers:
1. Don't change horses
Jackson: because the other one might be mean.
Ryker: bad or good.
2. Strike while the
J: painted zebra.
R: zebra.
3. It's always darkest before
J: night
R: (silence)
4. Never underestimate the power of
J: because you might be smarter than you think you are.
R: change. (I kid you not - that's what he said.)
5. You can lead a horse to water but
J: there's water in the way.
R: we need gas.
6. Don't bite the hand that
J: is a skunk.
R: is a shark.
7. No news is
J: no fun.
R: changeable.
8. A miss is as good as a
J: shoot.
R: tigress.
9. You can't teach an old dog new
J: tricks that dogs already know.
R: changing invisible.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll
J: it will be soft.
R: bite.
11. Love all, trust
J: Momma.
R: (silence)
12. The pen is mightier than the
J: horse.
R: no one.
13. An idle mind is
J: nothing that talks.
(At this point Ryker takes a break to eat the rest of his dinner.)
14. Where there's smoke there's
J: fire. (good one!)
15. Happy the bride who
J: marries.
16. A penny saved is
J: a dime. (we need to work on money, I guess)
17. Two's company, three's
J: makes fours.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what
J: because it might be a terrible day tomorrow.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and
J: whine.
20. There are none so blind as
J: Old Man Jankins. (I looked perplexed, and Chuck and Jack cracked up laughing. I guess the other day in the store Jack pointed up at some random old man and goes "Look - it's Old Man Jankins!" We have NO IDEA who Old Man Jankins is. Some of you will recall John Millman. I think this might be a similar figment of his imagination.)
21. Children should be seen and not
J: so big.
R: (reenters the game to win more gummy bears) be nice.
22. If at first you don't succeed
J: you do it again.
R: no one.
23. You get out of something only what you
J: don't like.
R: (silence)
24. When the blind lead the blind
J: it gets you nowhere.
R: (silence)
25. A bird in the hand
J: doesn't fly.
R: nothing.
26. Better late than
J: early.
R: no one.
So, clearly we have some work to do on our proverbs with Rykie. Jack, on the other hand, has some pretty decent insights I think.
So I decided to try it with my kids. I had a hunch they wouldn't participate for long, so I bribed them by throwing gummy bears at them at random intervals.
Here were their answers:
1. Don't change horses
Jackson: because the other one might be mean.
Ryker: bad or good.
2. Strike while the
J: painted zebra.
R: zebra.
3. It's always darkest before
J: night
R: (silence)
4. Never underestimate the power of
J: because you might be smarter than you think you are.
R: change. (I kid you not - that's what he said.)
5. You can lead a horse to water but
J: there's water in the way.
R: we need gas.
6. Don't bite the hand that
J: is a skunk.
R: is a shark.
7. No news is
J: no fun.
R: changeable.
8. A miss is as good as a
J: shoot.
R: tigress.
9. You can't teach an old dog new
J: tricks that dogs already know.
R: changing invisible.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll
J: it will be soft.
R: bite.
11. Love all, trust
J: Momma.
R: (silence)
12. The pen is mightier than the
J: horse.
R: no one.
13. An idle mind is
J: nothing that talks.
(At this point Ryker takes a break to eat the rest of his dinner.)
14. Where there's smoke there's
J: fire. (good one!)
15. Happy the bride who
J: marries.
16. A penny saved is
J: a dime. (we need to work on money, I guess)
17. Two's company, three's
J: makes fours.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what
J: because it might be a terrible day tomorrow.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and
J: whine.
20. There are none so blind as
J: Old Man Jankins. (I looked perplexed, and Chuck and Jack cracked up laughing. I guess the other day in the store Jack pointed up at some random old man and goes "Look - it's Old Man Jankins!" We have NO IDEA who Old Man Jankins is. Some of you will recall John Millman. I think this might be a similar figment of his imagination.)
21. Children should be seen and not
J: so big.
R: (reenters the game to win more gummy bears) be nice.
22. If at first you don't succeed
J: you do it again.
R: no one.
23. You get out of something only what you
J: don't like.
R: (silence)
24. When the blind lead the blind
J: it gets you nowhere.
R: (silence)
25. A bird in the hand
J: doesn't fly.
R: nothing.
26. Better late than
J: early.
R: no one.
So, clearly we have some work to do on our proverbs with Rykie. Jack, on the other hand, has some pretty decent insights I think.
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