What's that smell...

The other evening Bode and I were picking up the toys getting ready to go to bed. He turned to me and here is our conversation:

B: Mom, what's that smell?
M: I don't know. What does it smell like?
B: It is a comfy smell. I like it.
M: What do you mean? What is a comfy smell?
B: It smells comfy in here. I like it. It feels good. It smells comfy like Grama Trish's house.

I am still not 100% sure what a comfy smell is but I liked his interpretation of it. I think that since the weather has changed a bit down here (hallelujah) it smells crisp like fall. We always travel up to Pinetop during the fall. It does smell comfy up there. So cool and crisp. I also think my mom and dad's house does have a comfy feeling to it. My parents have lived in their house for 30+ years. (click on the link to see the changes that happen when you live in a home for 30 years) I never moved, except from room to room in the house. Growing up I always felt that their house was a sanctuary from the world. A place where I didn't have to worry about what I was wearing, if I had friends, you know all the drama things that high school brings on. It was just home, and I loved it. I hope that no matter how many times Jeremiah and I have to move our family we will always strive to have a "comfy" home. Thanks Mom and Dad :)

Bode-isms...

Here is a fresh new round of Bode-ism to tickle your funny bone.

When we arrived at camp all the kids were running all over trying to get at dirty as possible as fast as possible. Bode walk by my sister Jill with a big stick. He was leaning on his stick walking around. Jill asked him if that was his walking stick he replied, " no, I'm an old man". He continued to walk by hunched over like an old man using the stick as a crutch.

Like I said in a previous post there were cows everywhere. They were also leaving their not so little cow pies all over too. One morning my mom took all the kids for a walk. The kids asked what all the stinky stuff was. She explained that they were from the cows and that they were cow pies. Bode turned to her and said "Well I guess they are coming back later to eat their pies". I sincerely hope Bode didn't try one of those cow pies... I am sure they are not as good as apple pie.

What a mystery...

Every Saturday morning Bode watches "Busy-town Mysteries". If follows all these little animals as they solve mysteries in their town. Bode gets way into it and tries to solve the mysteries first. Today we had a little mystery of our own. Here is our mystery...

M: Bode you need to get a pull up on so you can go to bed.

B:  Ok mom!
     Bode proceeds to run down the hall stripping naked. Taking an unusually long time to get a pull up.

B: Mom!!! There is a mystery in the hall!!

M: Oh really? What kind of mystery?

B: Look mom! There are clues all the way to the bathroom!
     Mom get up to check on the mystery. Notices little puddles all the way down the hall leading to the      bathroom cupboard.

M: Bode! What the heck is all over the floor?

B: It is the clues to the missing pull ups!
     On closer inspection the "clues" are little a trails of pee leading me to the pull ups.

M: Bode did you pee all over the hall!?!!

B: Yes mom. Those are the clues to find the pull ups.

What a kid. I completely resisted the urge to laugh out loud at my mystery to solve. I made Bode clean up his clues wipe paper towels and Clorox wipes. Thank goodness for tile floors! We had a good talk about what kid of clues are appropriate and pee pee is not a good clue. Oh man. What am I going to do with this kids. As gross as this was, he finds a new way to make me laugh everyday. Love that little boy!

Kids say the darnedest things...

Bode has been saying the funniest this these days. I really need to write them down. So here are a few that I can remember right now.

A few weeks ago Bode wakes up in the morning and does his morning thing. Pees in the potty, gives me a hug :), then demands breakfast. He finished breakfast then sits on the couch to watch his morning shows. I was sitting at the computer and all the sudden Bode jumps off the couch, runs to the big sliding glass doors looking into the back yard, rips open the curtains and looks outside. Then he turns to me and asks me all surprised and says "mom... we don't have a trampoline" then he sat back on the couch. Who knows where that came from. I guess I will never know.

When bath time comes around in our house I tell my kids they have stinky buns and need to run to the tub. This always results in a mad naked dash to the bathroom for Bode. This evening was different. I announce the kids have stinky buns and they need a bath. Laine knows what this means and heads to that bathroom. Bode stops and looks at me and says,"Mom, I don't have stinky buns. I have a stinky wiener". Oh dear.

Speaking of inappropriate wiener stories. Bode has become very aware that there is a difference between boys and girl. He tells me girls like pink,  girls play with dolls and girls don't watch Transformers. So the kids were in the tub and Bode tell me this "mom, boys have wieners. what to girls have?" Um what do I say? I was trying to figure out the best way to explain girls and boys to my then 3 year old. Before I could come up with a good response, Bode says "mom, girls have squished wieners". Someday Jeremiah will have to tell him that girls don't have squished wieners.

This morning Bode found a black piece of paper. He then was all cleaver and found a white crayon and started drawing away. He has learned how to write a lot of alphabet letters and filled up the whole page with random letters. Later we were going to the store and I told Bode to get shoes, put away toys so that we could get going. He came to me later with shoes on and pats the front of his shorts and says "nope mom, nothing in there" as he does this I hear a distinct crunchy noise. It made me laugh and I pretended not to notice but for him to get tell dad what he told me. So he did. Jer asked him what he had in there. He replied "his schedule". Jer convinced him to not put stuff down his pants and that he could just carry "his schedule". Fast Forward to a few hours later pulling up to Costco. Bode informs Jeremiah and me that his schedule says that we have to look at the toys at Costco. Where did this come from?

I also really need to start watching my choice of words these days. {No I don't have a potty mouth} The other day we were waiting at a red light and Bode yells out "stupid cars!". I know where he got that phrase from.

Ok there are the little Bode-isms of the day. He is a funny kid and I love him dearly.

A...

Sunbeam! A sunbeam! Jesus wants me for a SUNBEAM!

Bode is now officially out of nursery and into the primary. He is loving being a sunbeam. The first week Jer took the Sunday off to take Bode to class. Just in case Bode was afraid to go Jer would be there to help him. Well we were wrong. We walked him to the Primary room, he ran in there, sat next to his teacher and said bye!

Hopefully I can get this little story right. That same first Sunbeams day one of Bode's little friends and his mom were sitting in the sunbeams row. She was getting her son to want to stay and said something like "look Bode is sitting here and his mom isn't here, don't you want to do that to?". She said Bode sat up all straight and tall. He was trying not to look like he heard but he was watching them out of the corner of is eye trying to be all good.


Last Sunday I walked Bode to the Primary room. We were a bit early so his teacher wasn't there. I decided to just stand in the back corner until she got there. It was all of 2 mins. Bode kept glancing back at me. The finally he looked back and me and said "MOM, go to class!".

This picture made me laugh. I said Bode make a pose and this is what he did. It is the teapot from the "I'm a little tea pot" song. We are going to have to get Jer to teach him a more manly pose.

Kids and cameras...

Bode swiped my camera the other day. These are this things I found. I assume they are the best things in his life.

She would only cheese this much for her big brother.



He was laughing so hard when he told me he took a picture of the toilet.
Boys and bathroom humor.

And the little picture taker.

Funny kid.

Just in case...

you ever need underwear.

Just check the end table by the chair.

Apparently that is where Bode likes to keep his underwear.

NO DAVID...

I decided Bode is big enough to understand the concept of the library so we have been checking out books. He knows that you can check them out and take them back to get new books. I have been reserving books ahead that I want to read to him and then he gets to pick out a few of his choice. He also knows that the library is a quiet place. We walked by a few girls talking a bit loud, he turned to them and says " shhhh, be quiet, we in the library". :)

We checked out this book. Have you heard of No David? It is great. It is about a little boy, David, who is constantly in trouble with his mom. Bode loves it. He likes the end when David gets a hug and always gives me a hug at the end of it. Bode will sit down and "read" the book to Laine or me. All he does is yell "NO DABID" every time he turns a page.

Today we went to Micheal's. We first stopped off at PetsMart to see the fish, birds and cats. I love that PetsMart can be as good as going to the zoo. We were walking to the car talking about what we were going to do next. Here is our conversation:



M: We are going to go to Micheal's before we go to Aunt Lee's



B: Who's Micheal?



M: No, Micheal's is a store. It is a craft store.



B: Oh... craps? Whats a crap store?



M (laughing): Bode a craFT store is were we buy stuff to make cute things. Like paint and paper.



B: Okay mom. I like craps.




Oh I love being his mom. Everyday has funny moments like this.

What did he say...

Bode, Bode, Bode. What should we do with you? He makes us laugh all the time. Here are a few of his newest thing. Sorry if these are to "in the gutter" for you.

- Bode walks out of the bathroom in his underwear and shirt. He walk in a circle and says, " Mom...(thoughtful pause) Mom, my wiener is big."

-Bode was sitting on my lap. Again in a shirt and underwear. I notice that is undies are a little, shall we say moist. I ask him,"Bode did you pee pee you underwear a little?". He replied, "NO!... (thoughtful pause) um ... yes".

-We bought Dad a Superman balloon for doing such a good job at work. I cut out a picture of Jeremiah's head and places it over Superman's face. Later I was trying to get Bode to say Super-Dad. But he turned to me and says, "No, not Super-Dad. Super-MOM!"

- I sent Jeremiah a funny face picture of me. He showed Bode. Jer asked him who it was and he said mom. Then he said "No, that a monster!"

- I asked Bode if he wanted to go to Target or Wal-Mart. He replied, "Oh mom, Target. Wal-Mart is old, Target in new. I like Target".

In the potty...

Don't let this face fool you.

Bode is all potty trained. He hasn't had an accident in a very long time. Yay! We actually taught him something he will use for the rest of his life. But we now have a problem. Well maybe a couple.

• Three times now I have found a container full of well... um...ya... pee. He is peeing in containers around the house! A bucket, toy container and toy pot. {Don't worry I have bleached, sanitized and washed each one of these items.} When I asked him why he did it he just laughed. Yuck! I guess the whole pee standing up thing is cool. Dang kid. What am I supposed to do about this!?!




• He also has decided that it is ok to pee anywhere outside. Like walking with dad at Monster Jam. He had to pee so he just pulls his pants down and goes. Or when he is at Grandma's house, right off the side of the trampoline. Again, I am glad he isn't going in his pants but how do I get this to stop!?!

Any ideas on breaking these bad habits? Or just hope that he will grow out of them? {he is a boy, and boys love bathroom humor. maybe it won't go away}