The things they say

Abram: "Dad, can I have some hanitizer?" (meaning hand sanitizer)

Nolan: (laughing uproariously) "It's not hanitizer!!!  It's hantanicizer!!"


One morning, while driving home after dropping Caden off for school, a song came on the radio.  It started with the words "I've been waiting for my dreams to turn into something".  Abram immediately piped up with, "I've been waiting for my dreams to turn into something..........but they can't!............Can they mom?"  Then a little worriedly as he thought about it more,  "Dreams CAN't turn into something right mom?"  I guess that would be plenty scary from a kids point of view.  All from a child's perspective...


Abram likes all of the characters from "The Avengers".  Especially Hulk.  But Hulk also really scares him, and perhaps this is why he is so fascinated by him.  He mentions regularly how the other characters and Hulk  have "anger issues."  Today he said, "sometimes dad has anger issues too.  Like one night you were gone and he told me to go get my pajamas on, and later he came upstairs and I still didn't have them on, and he said, "Get your pajamas on for Pete's sake!!!" For some reason, the fact that his dad just might have anger issues like the Avengers seemed an admirable trait in his eyes. Grreeeaaaat.


I was told today that it would be a great day to take down Christmas "directions".


"Games" with Abram are always entertaining.  Today we sat down on the couch with some goldfish crackers to have a little snack.  We started pretending that we were on a boat stranded in the middle of the ocean.  We had been there for weeks with no land in sight, and were only able to survive because every once in awhile we were able to catch a fish.  One day, when we were literally on the point of extinction, fish started "jumping out of the water straight into our mouths"!  (We were gorging ourselves on crackers) Then we noticed that the ottoman was a fairly close island!  Abram said, "I know!  I brought a trampoline!!" (everyone brings that on a boat trip...just in case...at least they ought to! They really come in handy.  Boy do adults need to be more resourceful like this!!)  Later, we were wary because sharks were following our boat. Abram chimed in that "there was also a crocodile following the boat!"

DVD's are "diva-d's"

Isabelle, ever the teacher:  "Abram, what do you believe in?"
Abram: "Heavenly Father"
Isabelle: "And?"
Abram: "Jesus"
Isabelle: "And?"
Abram: "The Holy Ghost"
Isabelle ready to move on: "GOOD!!!"
Abram: "And Santa Claus"