Kidbits

Including several from the August with Gommie and Pop:

As I've mentioned, the kids are obsessed with Pokemon, thanks to Mama and Goo (who was obsessed himself, years ago).  I know enough about Pokemon to identify Ash, the major Pokemon, and the basic plot of the tv show (we're not playing the card game yet).  I even have a favorite:  Snorlax, the giant sleeping cat.  But recently, the kids have decided I'm a different Pokemon--Smoochums, the huggy-kissy one!  So instead of our usual "huggles" or cuddles, we now have "Smoochum attacks!"

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Bud, in telling us about a trip to the fitness room at Gommie and Pop's hotel, said, "I picked up 5 ton weights."  We didn't have the heart to tell him differently.

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Last night after the Brownie ceremony, Sis and Bud were having so much fun playing and Mama and I were so ready for bed that we said they could stay up and lay and then camp out downstairs!  And they did!

But around 4:30 a.m. they both ended up in our bed after a spate of nightmares, snuggling up between us.  But because Bud had left Mr. Big below in his rush for safety and comfort, he would roll to one side and hug Sis and then roll to the other side and wrap his arms around me.  At one point, he said, "You don't feel like Mr. Big."  And so I gave him one of my stuffed penguins (yep, I sleep with two; they're big and support me, like those long pregnancy pillow things) and he said it didn't feel right.  i told him it was a penguin and that seemed to satisfy.

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When Bud broke out in a rash from too much fresh fruit (a holdover from babyhood), I said, "No fresh fruit, Bud.  How about some ice cream?"  Best.  Mom.  Ever.

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Bud on dressage during the Olympics, "Is that a real sport?"

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When Pop tripped on a basketball and fell in the driveway, scraping his knee (but not hurting himself otherwise), Bud panicked, "Did you get blood on the driveway??!!"

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At some point, and I forget the whole story, Gommie and the kids were talking about what if you didn't hear with your ears.  Gommie lifted up her shirt, as if her bellybutton were listening, and said, "Whadya say?"  The kids now randomly lift up their shirts and repeat her question, breaking into hysterics!