Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Funny Boys

Kids really do say the funniest things....

Tonight I needed to go pick up a prescription for myself. Carter had been sad earlier when Derek got to go to the auto parts store with Daddy to pick up new brakes and roters. So, I told him it was his turn; he could have a trip to town with just mommy. They need that sometimes. So, we walk into the drugstore, and as we're headed toward the pharmacy, we passed a display of make-up. Carter stopped, and said nice and loud, "ohhhh, this will make you perrrrrrrfect!" Without missing a beat he asked, "Which one we gonna get?" I chuckled as I explained that we weren't buying any make-up for mommy tonight.....too bad, I'll have to wait to be perrrrrrrrrfect.

The other day we were headed to town, just me and the boys, and Carter decided to imitate Papa. Papa has a phrase he says whenever he sees the boys, and they know it well. Once they found out that we were going to visit Papa and Nana for Easter, they've been talking about what Papa will say to them when he sees them. All the way to town, this is what I hear....
"Hey, there's preacher boy!" Carter would say it in his best imitation of Papa's voice, and they would all break out laughing at the top of their lungs, Owen included. He'd say it again, and again the laughing. This went on for about 15 minutes. Evan broke in at one point and did the impression. Funny thing is, they sounded just like Papa! Again at the supper table tonight, as we were talking about going to Papa's, the impressions started again. They had Ben and I laughing, too. Apparently, we are all easily amused.

The boys decided that tonight they wanted to switch things up and they wanted to tuck mommy into bed. So, 3 little boys grabbed my hands, led me upstairs and tucked me into bed. I was serenaded with a couple rounds of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and Derek sang his favorite, "Jesus Loves Me." Evan then decided that I couldn't possibly go to sleep without a bedtime story. He proceeded to tell me the story of Evan the Bunny....

(You see, he always makes us tell him stories about animals named Evan)

It went something like this......
Evan Bunny lived with his mommy bunny and daddy bunny and brother bunnies in a nice home. They had nice neighbors. They woke up in the morning and said hi to their neighbors and then went on a walk as a family. Then they went back to their home, but a mean wolf was waiting for them. The wolf didn't like bunnies. He took the bunny family and put them in jail. The bunny family's neighbors knew that they were in jail. So they came and got the bunny family out of jail. The End.

At least it had a happy ending!

It's been a long time since I'd had a bedtime story told to me.....more years than I want to admit. I had to document this one!

Then the best part of being tucked in....I got 4 sweet kisses! I had to sneak down stairs after Daddy put them to bed, so they wouldn't know I didn't stay tucked in....

2 comments:

Dee said...

That is all just too funny. So cute that they imitate Papa. Bet he loves that! I like to take just one boy shopping with me too. Nice to have one on one time. Love the tucking in and bedtime story too. Our families are so similar (not really surprised are we). :) Coop loves to have us make up animal stories with animals named Cooper. When he makes them up, he'll start: "Written by Cooper Jones, illustrated by Rock Stone" (Rock is apparently his alter ego) They've tucked me in a few times, which started out being a strategy to get them to go to bed. Can just imagine how sweet 4 kisses was! :) Love your blog, Becca.
Hugs to you!

CNA Momma said...

So sweet! You have to soak it up now. I am all about cherishing the moment. I know they grow up so fast and I don't like thinking about it. Love hearing about your boys!