The Truth About Santa

Today the older boys were talking about a Diego episode they were going to watch about Diego saving Christmas. During their conversation I said in jest, "Wait a minute - are you saying Diego IS Santa Clause?"

Dallen - "NO! Santa is Santa."

Me - "I was just kidding. Do you know how I know that Diego isn't Santa?"

Dallen - "How?"

Me - "Because I'M Santa. Seriously."

Dallen - "Whatever, Mom."

Me - "It's the truth. I buy your presents, then after you go to bed on Christmas Eve me and Daddy stay up and put all your presents out for you."

Dallen - "Ya right, Mom." (Seriously not believing 1% of it or I probably wouldn't have said all that.

Me - "Why don't you think I'm Santa?"

Dallen - "Because you're just not that cool."

Not that cool, huh? Ha! Well....I tried. They can't ever be mad at me when they find out because I told them! And now I've even documented it!

Loving These Boys...

Bath Toys

I LOVE a good, hot bath. Anytime, really, but especially when I'm pregnant. Even when I'm not big and huge yet it seems to help relax my body and even helps with my morning sickness. When I was pregnant with Duncan there was a night that I was prepping my bath (still dressed, fyi) and I was using the boys toy boat to mix the water. Dallen walked in, assessed the situation with a curious look on his face and asked, "Mommy, do you want to play with some of my other bath toys, too?"

Fast forward to this pregnancy. Last week I was again prepping my bath, using the boat to mix the water when Dawsen walked in. He gave the same perplexed look as Dallen had, but asked, "Are you playing with my boat? You didn't ask!"

Yes, my boys, I play with all your toys when I'm in the privacy of the bathroom. Little did you know... NOT! :)

Loving these boys...

Funny Lookin'

Terron was teasing with Dallen the other day and Dallen's response was, "Oh, Daddy, you're the funniest guy I've ever seen."

Ditto. Hehehe.

Loving these boys...

The Devil's Team

Awhile ago during a family home evening Terron used the analogy of us being on Heavenly Father's team or the devil's team. We choose everyday who we want to win by how we act, even though we all know who's going to win in the end. Whose team do we want to be on?

So yesterday we had tithing settlement. We sat down in the bishop's office which was hotter than the sun.

"So how is the James family?" asks the bishop.

"Well, we've kind of been on the devil's side lately, Dallen answers. "We just like to hit each other and fight a lot so we've been choosing the devil."

The bishop's expression was priceless. :)

Loving these crazy boys...

Pretty Boy

Dawsen went upstairs after breakfast one morning to wash his hands. Shame on me for actually thinking I didn't need to chaperone him! My make-up was still sitting on the counter waiting for me. He DID wash his hands, then decided he wanted "pretty eyes" like mine. YIKES!! The funny thing is that his eyelashes beat mine anyday, even without mascara!

Loving these boys...

Nonsense

English is such a weird language! I guess I never really thought it through until I started watching my children figure it out for themselves. They say so many silly things that after reflecting on I realize, they're exactly right!

One that is both making me laugh and driving me crazy at the same time comes from Mr. Dawsen. He's constantly saying "I amn't" instead of "I'm not. " He's RIGHT! We always take the O out of not, but for whatever reason not in this circumstance. Or could we abbreviate both "I am" and "not" and make it "I'mn't?"

Something to consider!

Loving these silly boys...

Spacey

Last night we were reading a book about outer space and it mentioned that if you screamed something in outer space to the person right next to you they wouldn't be able to hear you. Terron said to Dallen, "Did you know that?" To which Dallen replied, "Ya, that's because they're both wearing helmets."

What a wise child.

Loving these boys...