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?"

puppy

I don't normally have to deal with our new dog in the morning while trying to get my daughter off to school. This morning I did. Twice. I was not a happy pet owner. After I came back into the house the second time, obviously frustrated, Brodie tells me, "He'll get older soon Mommy. It's okay. It's okay." I ask, "You mean becuase he'll behave better once he gets older?" Brodie replies, "Yes. It's okay. It's okay."

action figure

Katherine and her friend were playing with some Barbie type dolls. Brodie wanted to join in so he hit one of the dolls in the stomach with his driver from one of his race cars. (not very hard and not with malice, just the way a toddler boy would use dolls) Katherine asked him to stop, so he did it again. I sent him to time-out. After his short time-out I told him it was not okay to take his doll and hit Katherine's doll. He immediately corrected, "I don't have a doll." I rephrased, "You may not take your action figure and hit Katherine's doll with it." To which he replied, "Alright."

grocery store

After dropping Katherine off at school Brodie asked if we were going straight home.

Me: No, we need to go to the grocery store.

Brodie: Aww. I don't WANT to go to the store.

Me: We need to buy food.

Brodie: I want to go home.

Me: Our family needs food. We need to go buy food for our family.

Brodie: I'm not hungry.

Me: hahahahahahahahahaha

"Little Boy Jesus"

Reading to the kids at bedtime. Brodie chose a book titled Little Boy Jesus. There is a verse on the last page. Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Brodie remarked, "You can say that again."