Flowers

Dawson loves to bring me flowers...and since Andi follows Dawson & loves to do whatever he does...she loves to bring me flowers too. They spend a big portion of their 'backyard time' everyday bringing me every single wildflower they can find. In fact, when they run out of flowers, they start bringing me blades of grass! Well, Andi does not quite grasp the concept of bringing the ENTIRE flower. She just grabs & pulls & brings me whatever happened to come off when she grabbed. The other day, Dawson brought me a flower...then Andi brought me half of a petal. Dawson stared at it for the longest time with a completely disgusted look on his face. I was already trying not to laugh when he said, "MOM...Andi only brought you a...(10 second pause)...a flower CRUMB!" Now, I thought that was a pretty darn good way to describe it.

Conversations with Andi

Lately, it has been very difficult to get Andi to say "please." She used to say it. I am not sure if this is in defiance or her just not understanding how conversation works yet. Either way...here is a sample of conversation from this evening....pretty funny.

Andi: "MAMa....need juice!"
Me: "Say please..."
Andi: "Okay Mama."
Me: "No, say juice PLEASE."
Andi: "Okay Mama."
Me: "Andi...can you say JUICE PLEASE?"
Andi: "Okay."
Me: "Andi...look at me...can you say PLEASE?"
Andi: "Okay."

Round & round we go with the same results...what else can you do?!?

Radio/ Rodeo

Derek, Hettie & I took Dawson to the rodeo this year...funniest part is that Dawson keeps telling everyone he went to the radio. Here are some of the cutest pics from that day. All he wanted was a red cowboy rope...well, we found an orange one so he was pretty happy!

Christmas!?!

Looking back at my blog, I realized that I never posted any of the kiddos Christmas pics...most of you guys got my Christmas card, but if you did not...here it is. These are just too cute not to put up here, even if they are 3 months late. At least I posted them before Easter pics.

My Two Comedians

Here are the funniest of the funnies that my kiddos have said/ done recently. Enjoy.

ANDI:

1. (Pretext: We have a squirrell in our backyard that hangs out with us every day...and Dawson named him 'Jingles the squirrell'...and Andi thinks squirrells are cats...& this story will only make sense to those who have watched mickey mouse clubhouse.)

The other day the kids were chasing Jingles when he ran up the tree. Andi said "Uh oh...ki ki cat toooo high. Need MOUSEKATOOLS! (cupping her hands around her face like mickey mouse) OOOHHH TOODLES!" She even looked around for him to show up, and then called out for him several more times...too funny.

2. We are at the stage with Andi where she notices shapes everywhere & she gets so excited when she notices them. Well, the other night after bath time, she did her usual pointing to her chest & said "Boobies". Then, her face lit up & she screamed "Circles!!!"

DAWSON:

1. I was in the middle of something the other day & Dawson kept telling me to come do something...and I kept telling him "JUST A MINUTE". I heard him say under his breath "Mom, you are NOT listening & following directions."

2. The other night at dinner, Dawson had Derek & I laughing hysterically. I told him "Dawson, I think you are SUPER cool." Dawson gave me this sly little smile & replied "I thought so."

3. He told me recently "Mom, me & Andi make a great team."

4. The other day he was congested & coughing. He told me that when he coughed, he got boogers in his mouth.

5. And, my favorite story. Derek was relaxing on the back patio one afternoon when Dawson asked to go outside with him. (Side note: we had been hanging out together all day) Dawson proceeded to sit in a chair next to Dada & copy the exact way Derek was sitting. Then, Dawson said "Soooooo Dada, What did you do this morning?" Derek said "Well, I cooked you some breakfast." Dawson said "Yea...it was good wasn't it?" Derek "Yea it was" Then there was a minute of ackward silence & then Dawson realized I was still standing there by the door. Dawson said "Mom, you can go back inside now, me & Dad just need to have a little talk."