Purple Air

There are fires burning all around us which has put our air quality at PURPLE.  I told the boys they needed to stay inside due to the PURPLE air.  They were quite bummed when they realized they couldn't be running and playing outside.  Ryan went running into his room saying he knew just what to do!  He came out with a gas mask and said he was going to go shoot some hoops....


No stopping this kid!!



Slowly Loosing Our Toothless Wonder.....



First summer as our Toothless Wonder, 2007

 Ryan lost his 2 front teeth during Christmas Vacation in Okinawa in 2006.  He learned real quick what happens when you tickle your big brothers feet when he is sleeping and your mouth is in line with his feet!  Both teeth kicked out, Ryan in tears, blood everywhere, Jorden felt horrible, and of course it was a Sunday night with no dental open in a foreighn country!  We called the emergency number on the answering machine for the dental office and a dentist (from our branch that we knew) happened to be on call and took great care of Ryan.  We have referred to Ryan as our "Toothless Wonder" (much to his dismay) for the last 4 1/2 years.  He now has a chicklet comming thru and we will have to come up with a new nickname for him.....sigh.....


This summer as our Toothless Wonder no more.... 



I Can Already Fly Those

Jorden 1995

Out of the blue Ryan tells us that he is going to join the Navy.  Ed says, "NOOOOOOO!!!"  I say, "Ok, but only if you go in as an officer and fly one of their super cool fighter jets. Jorden used to want to be a Blue Angel Pilot"  Ryan pauses with that look on his face where you know he is thinking it all through and replies, "Ohhhhhh yeah, I will do that, I can already fly those kind of planes."  I didn't even bother to ask how he knew how to fly those, another thing about Ryan I probably do NOT want to know....

My Teeth Are Angry At Me Mom

Ty, Ryan, and i all had our teeth cleaned today.  Ryan and I had no cavities and Ty had one on a baby tooth that should be coming out in the near future. When we got home I said something about thanking them for not having to make any appointments for fillings and to continue to take good care of their teeth.   Ryan said, "Mom, I hate going to the dentist, I hate getting my teeth cleaned!  My teeth are now angry at me and they are not joyous at all right now!"  I love the words this kid uses!  Have no idea where he comes up with his lines, but he always keeps my suppressing giggles in his serious rants!   

   

Shutting Down

Ryan said he wanted to run errands with me today.  So we left to get a few things done....he was sitting in the seat playing his DS.  All of a sudden he began talking in a computer voice saying "turn left, turn right, turn left, recalculating, shutting down.  You are sooo lucky i am not your GPS Mom!!!"

I never know what is going on in that brain of his!!!

Motorcycles Would Be Easy To Hot Wire

 We were sitting on a bench by the water while the boys were eating ice cream when a bright yellow moped pulled up and parked.  Everyone couldn't cheese slap fast enough.  A few silent minutes passed while the boys finished their ice cream.  Than out of the blue, Ryan nonchalantly says. "Yeah, motorcycles would be easy to hot wire...."  That kid scares me!!!

I Thought It Was For The Dog

Ryan hates to take showers.....i have to tell him to bathe and than make sure he actually did when he comes out.  He came out of the shower with almost dry hair.  I told him to go back in and wash his hair.  He said he couldn't because there was no shampoo.  I thought that was odd, i had just recently put their 2 in 1 shampoo in there.  Sure enough,  the Suave 2 and 1 watermelon shampoo was in there and quite heavy!  I told Ryan there was shampoo in there.  He said he didn't want to use Vicki's.  I told him his and Ty's was in there and took him in to show him!  He looked at it and said he thought that it was for the dogs since it had a picture of a dog on it because i always buy the one with the monkey on it for them.  I asked him if he was a monkey!  He laughed and went back in the shower and washed his hair.  

Laundry Surprise!

I told the boys to put their hamper by the washing machine and make sure all their dirty clothes were in it....later when i went to do laundry i opened up their basket to this cute lil surprise inside! 

My Phantom Seed Monster

We love watermelon!  After 6 years of no watermelon, we eat LOTS of watermelon!  There is always one cut up and ready to snack on whenever or one about to be cut up because the prior watermelon has just been finished off.  Lately i keep coming into the kitchen and finding seeds all over the table when i don't buy the seedless ones.....it might be a Phantom......but i would put my money on Ryan if it were up to a bet!