Quotes by Ian and Drew

2009

January 5, 2009
I almost always make Ian get dressed before we head downstairs in the morning. It just makes the morning routine go a little quicker. But on this morning I let Ian go downstairs in his PJs. On the way down the stairs he said…
Ian: “When I get to go downstairs in my jamas it feels a little gooder!”

January 7, 2009
Mom: “Ian, please don’t take that away from Drew. He’s playing with it.”
Ian: “Whatever.” (said with an eye roll!!!)

February 8, 2009
Ian: “Why are you putting on makeup?”
Grandma Lee: “To make me look pretty. Do you think I look better with or without makeup?”
Ian: “Without.”
Grandma Lee: “That’s so nice. Who ever marries you will be really lucky.”
Ian: “Are you going to marry ME someday, Grandma?”

Febraury 11, 2009
Ian always shouts out the speed limit whenever we pass a speed limit sign, to make sure I’m going the appropriate speed. He actually informs me about almost every road sign we pass… merge, cross-walk, fire station ahead, etc. So it’s a constant conversation in the car. Here’s today’s tid bit…
Ian: “Twenty-five.” Then a few minutes later…
Ian: “Thirty-five.”
Lori: “Thanks, Ian.”
Ian: “Are these cars going thirty-five?”
Lori: “No, they’re going a little bit slower.”
Ian: “Too bad these other cars don’t have kids to tell them the speed limit.”
Lori: (laughing) “Yeah, too bad.”

February 11, 2009
After going to the Children’s Theater with his preschool class Ian get’s in the car and says
Ian: “Guess what my favorite part was about the play?”
Mom: “What?”
Ian: “Goldilocks.”
Lori: “She was funny, wasn’t she.”
Ian: “No, I liked how she looked.”
Lori: “What did she look like?”
Ian: “Like a girl…Pretty!”
Lori: “Yes, she was. Wasn’t she.”
Ian: “Yeahhh.”

February 18, 2009
This may be actual proof that gaming is bad for your child’s brain 
Ian had been begging me all day to play on the Xbox. I finally let him. While he was playing he said…
Ian: “Can I play Xbox?”
Lori: “You are playing Xbox.”
Ian: “Oh, I just forgot.”
I guess he had asked me so many times during the day that the question had just become a habit.

May 2009
Dad and the kids play a game where Dad holds them and helps them jump around the house on furniture, walls, banisters, walls, counters, chandeliers, you name it. Actually, they run, jump, and flip from place to place. It is quite a work out for Glenn, but the kids could do it for hours.
Ian: “Can we do it again.”
Dad: “No, I need a rest. “
Ian: “But I’m doing all the work!?”
(Ian probably thinks he IS doing all those tricks with nothing more than a “spotter.”)

May 2009
Ian: “Can you come play with me?”
Dad: “Not right now.”
Ian: “I’m not getting any attention.”
Dad: “I’m talking to you right now.”
Ian: “But nobody is playing with me.”


June 15, 2009
Drew fell off the back of the couch and hit his head. After he stopped crying we started asking him questions like…
Mom: “How many fingers am I holding up?”
Drew: “Two.”
Mom: “Where is mommy’s nose?”
Drew points to my nose.
Mom: “Where are Mommy’s eyes?”
Drew points to my eyes.
I asked him several of these questions. Since Glenn was sitting next to me I asked…
Mom: “Where is Daddy’s beard?”
Drew points to the back door and says, “In the garage.”
Which is exactly where Daddy’s BEER is.

June 17, 2009
While trying on clothes in the fitting room of a store.
Ian: “Mom, you look so beautiful. That looks great on you.”

July 2009
I was teaching Ian about making a wish while blowing away an eyelash.
Ian: “I wish my Grandma and Grandpa could come stay at my house for 100 years.”

July 2009
Ian: “I can’t find my toy.”
Mom: “Come eat your breakfast and then your toy will be easier to find.”
Ian: “How do you know?”
Dad: “That’s just what mom does.”
Ian: “What? Is just be crazy all the time?”

August 10, 2009
Ian and Mom were having a conversation about the differences between boys and girls.
Mom: “So, what do you think the world would be like without any girls?”
Ian: In a very excited voice…”One great big giant battle!”

September 2009
Mom: “I was a little kid like you once.”
Drew: In his most drawn out, awed voice, “Awesome.”

2009 (All the time)
Drew: “My tummy hates this game.”