no more

Last night my man cub asked me to stop posting Brodie Quote of The Day. I told him okay. I double checked with him this morning to make sure he is serious. He is. It is no longer fun for him to have people comment about his quotes. I respect his request. My eldest makes funny comments all the time as well but I do not post those as she asked me not to. I will continue to jot his jokes down for his own enjoyment later in his life, but I will no longer post them for the world. It was fun while it lasted. : ) For those of you who see Brodie on a regular basis, I ask that you also respect his decision and do not mention it to him or try to change his mind. Thanks. (Of course those of you who see him on a regular basis will continue to hear his jokes and general view of the world live and in person)

goodnight sister

Brodie: Say goodnight sister.

Katherine: Goodnight sister.

Brodie: Hahahahaha. That cracks me up!!!

root beer float

My daughter was having a root beer float for dessert. Brodie said, "Mommy, I don't like real root beer flutes." I replied, "You don't like root beer floats?" Brodie answered, "No. They taste jangely." I asked, "Jangely?" He said, "Yes. Like bubbly."

breakfast cereal

While picking up a few items at the market, Brodie and I ended up on an aisle with breakfast cereal. Today many of the cereal boxes had fun characters on them - promoting movies coming out, etc. Brodie asked for a cereal with such a character on it. It was one I may have bought if our pantry was not currently well stocked with breakfast cereal. I explained to him why I wouldn't get that cereal today. As we walked down the aisle he saw another of his favorite characters on a cereal box and said we should get it. When I saw that cereal I explained I would never buy that cereal for him because it was not healthy. We continued our way down the aisle and Brodie saw yet another cereal box with a beloved character on it. He said we should get this box of cereal. I looked and saw that it also fell under the category of never because it is not healthy and told Brodie so. To this he exclaimed, "But chocolate is healthy!"

what are you doing?

While both kids and I were getting in the car, Brodie was shuffling his feet and taking weird steps. We didn't have time to waste so I said, "C'mon. Let's go. What are you doing?" Brodie continued this odd walk and stated in a stiff voice, "I. Am. A. Ro. Bot." Ah. Of course.

tinker toys

"Mommy, I am tired. I am so tired. A person cannot put Tinker Toys away if they are tired."

long neck

Brodie and I were rocking in the glider before his nap. He wanted to lay his head on my shoulder a certain way but it wasn't working. He told me that he has grown and his neck was too long. Then he asked if my neck was long. I told him to look at it and tell me. He pointed at my neck and counted, "One. Two. Three. Four. Five miles!"

sidewalk chalk

Our family was visiting with the kids' GodMother. She had a new bucket of sidewalk chalk for them to play with. The kids began drawing on her back patio. Brodie took the white chalk and began scribbling. His GodMother asked him what he was drawing. He answered, "Bird poop."

know it all

While in the car Brodie pointed to a new building in our area and told me to look. I told him what the building is. He promptly responded, "I know that." I smiled to myself at his self assured answer, thinking he knows it all already. I replied, "You know a lot." Brodie then shocked me by saying, "I know a little. You know it all."

christmas

Listening to Air1 this morning in the car. A segment from Luis Palau aired. Luis was talking about Christmas not being about lights and greeting cards, but about Jesus Christ. Brodie happily shouted, "That's our Jesus!"

don't worry

I was reminding Brodie of some proper behaviors before we left the house. He interrupted me to say, "I got is ALL under control. Okay?"

lil rascal

Brodie looked me in the eye as he put on his baseball cap, kept eye contact as he twisted the bill over to the side. He then told me in a serious tone, "Do not call me Spanky".

baa

On our way out of a store I pushed Brodie in the shopping cart over those annoying yellow bumps. He let out a, "Ahhhh" while he went over. Then he said, "Why does it make you baaaaa like a sheep?"

car seats

This morning in the car the kids and I were talking about laws concerning car seats. I explained that it is breaking the law to not have a child in the proper car seat or booster and if I got pulled over for some other reason I would not only get a ticket for that violation, I'd get a ticket about the car seat too. Brodie asked, "Would you be in a heap of trouble?" I told him that yes I would.

scream like a girl

Brodie and I were hanging out at home. He comes into the room I was sorting laundry in and starts screaming a funny high pitched scream. Then he tells me, "I scream like a girl, huh, Mommy?" I kinda laugh not sure where he is going with this and tell him, "Uh, if you want to." He screams the same odd way and adds, "I want my mommy!" I asked if I heard him correctly. He starts lauging and tells me, "I was just being silly."

put your shoes on

This morning I asked Brodie to go put his shoes on. He dropped his Tinker Toys and obediently ran to his room to fulfill my request. A few minutes later he found me in my room to show me he had his shoes on. He had his flip flops on his feet, and a sock and shoe on each hand as well. When I saw what he had done I started laughing. He smiled and laughed as he asked, "Don'tcha like it?"

gargling

Brodie usually has water at bedtime. He often gargles that water and is told to stop before he makes a mess. Last night was no different. Katherine was reading Encyclopedia Brown to us. Brodie is drinking his water, (gargle gargle gargle). I tell Brodie to stop and he does. (gulp) So I ask, "Are you allowed to do that?" Brodie responds, "No." (sip - gargle gargle gargle) I do my best mommy poker face as I force myself to neither laugh nor smile and then calmly ask, "Then why are you doing it again?" Brodie simply said, "(gulp) I don't know."

green suede shoes

Green is Brodie's favorite color. He has green suede Vans right now. He wore a green polo shirt and his green Vans yesterday to church. Someone complimented his shoes. He stuck one foot out in front of the other and responded, "Fancy, huh?"

okie doke

Jon told me he was going to take Art Vandelay on a quick walk. He has french onion soup on the stove so I asked if there was anything I needed to tend to while he was gone. He said I may need to stir it. I told him, "Okie doke". Brodie asked, "Why does he have a doke?"

chocolate hot dogs

While sitting on a bench in Oak Glen, waiting for Jon to catch up with us so we could pick berries, Brodie turns to me and asks, "Are there chocolate hotdogs in real life?". I told him no. He replied, "Why not?"