Wednesday, December 22, 2010

I bribed the boys with donuts on our way to Omaha this morning. After we got them, Spencer says, "Beckett! We get to eat breakfast in the car!! Even though donuts aren't a real breakfast. They aren't even on the healthy pyramid at all!"

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Beckett: Can we go to the Children's Museum tomorrow?
Me: No, not tomorrow. We are going to see Santa tomorrow!
Beckett: You mean, we're going to the NORTH POLE?!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The gift of Christmas

During the boys' Christmas program today, the leader did a children's sermon. She was talking about the real "gift" of Christmas, meaning Baby Jesus. Spencer thought she meant something else...

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving

Me:  ...And when we go to Grandma's, we'll have turkey for dinner!
Beckett:  A real turkey?
Me:  Yeah.
Beckett:  With legs?!
Me:  Yeah.
Beckett:  And can WALK?!
Me:  No buddy, it won't be able to walk...

Monday, November 15, 2010

My boys...

Here is a prime example of the difference between my boys:

Spencer wants to grow up and be a 4th grade teacher in the school where I'm a 3rd grade teacher.  That way, we can eat lunch together every day. 

Beckett wants to grow up and be a dinosaur.  That way, he can eat people for lunch. 

See?  Big diff. 

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Shoo!

Last night, it was starting to get dark.  Beckett walked over to the window and said, "Shoo, night, shoo!" while trying to wave the night away with his hand. 

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Spencer labeled our door. You know, just in case we forgot what those things were called...

Monday, November 1, 2010

As I was sitting here at the computer, Beckett came downstairs. I can't see the stairway from where I'm sitting, but I heard him say, "Mommy? Can I take these to bed with me?" I assumed that they were stuffed animals or toys. Then, he walked around the corner, and I see he has two packages of Whoppers and a slice of cheese. Sorry, buddy, you don't get to take chocolate and cheese with you to bed.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Thank you, ma'am!

Today, Beckett and I took a trip to Target. As we finished checking out, the cashier said, "Thank you, ma'am!" Beckett looked at him and said, "My mommy is not a MAN!"

Monday, September 27, 2010

Wednesday

My Mom: Beckett, I thought you were going to be a big boy and poop in the potty.
Beckett: Is it Wednesday?
My Mom: No, it's not Wednesday. It's Sunday.
Beckett: Well, I only poop in the potty on Wednesdays.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

The truth...

Spencer: (Something that was awfully bossy, but I don't remember what it was)
Me: That sure sounded bossy, Spencer. Who is the boss here?
Spencer: Mom, I know you are the boss, but I am telling the truth! The truth just sounds bossy sometimes.

Heaven?

Beckett: Mommy, where is heaven?
Me: It's far away.
Beckett: Is it like a town?
Me: Well, it might be kind of like a town. I don't know for sure.

Silence for a few minutes -

Beckett: Mommy... that town... was it called Heaven... Or Kevin?

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Girls...

We have friends with the last name Hartvigsen. They have three little girls. Spencer calls them the "Vixen girls". LOL!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Little brothers can be the worst...

Scene: Beckett does something mean to Spencer.

Spencer: Beckett is so mean. He's just so, so mean. Let's give him to a new family.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

French Toast

Setting: Lying in Beckett's bed, trying to get him to sleep

Beckett: I want french toast for breakfast in the morning.
Me: Okay.
B: How do you make french toast?
Me: Take some bread, dip it in egg, and cook it in the pan.
B: The eggs makes it turn French?!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Football

Spencer brought home a flyer for football. I asked him if he wanted to play football. He said, very excitedly, "Yeah!" I said, "You do?" He said, "Yeah! I really, really do!!" I said, "Do you even know what football is?" He said, just as excitedly, "NO! What is it?!"

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Chicken Nuggets

Last night, I was trying to get Beckett to sleep when he said, "I'm going to have a dream tonight about chicken nuggets. And, it's going to be a good, good dream!"

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Old Chicago

Spencer: Old Chicago is nice!
Beckett: And new Chicago is bad?
Spencer: Yeah, New Chicago is BAD!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Funny stuff over the last month

Beckett was being silly tonight, so I said, "Oh Beckett, you are something else." He replied, "What am I? A lizard?!" Yeah Beckett... you're a lizard. LOL!

A few days ago, Beckett asked for milk. I said, "Milk from a cow?!" He said, "Nooooo, milk from the jug!"

Beckett has been not wanting to go to bed lately. Over the last few weeks, he has told me that he's scared of the dark, the light, and tree outside of his window. Tonight, he told me that he's scared of the air. I told him that it wouldn't help to go downstairs because air is downstairs, too. He informed me that downstairs air is not scary, only upstairs air is.

We went to Colorado in July. While we were there, we toured a mine. While we were waiting for the tour to start, I told Beckett that it was going to be time to go in the mine soon. He said, "It's yours?!" I said, "No, it's a mine." He said, "Yours?!" I finally stopped laughing enough to tell him that the place we were going was called a mine, but it was not mine.

Beckett: "Mommy, Spencer's kicking me!"
Spencer: "No I'm not, Beckett. I'm just feeling you with my foot!!"

Sometimes when you ask Beckett what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, "a dinosaur". Other times, he says, "A giant." My mom asked him what he would do when he was a giant. He said, "I would say fee, fi, fo, fum!"

I was told by Spencer, "If your foot burns, but not the rest of your body, you should use the gold bond foot powder I just saw on TV." Thanks for the tip, Spence. He also insists that we need the "Mr. Steamy" that he saw on TV, too.

Spencer: "I have a million killion jillion smarts in my brain!"
Beckett: "YEAH! And, I have FIVE smarts in MY brain!"

Long time, no blog!

I've been slacking on my blogging duties, so hopefully I can get caught up tonight!

The biggest news at our house is that Spencer is headed to kindergarten on Friday. He's super excited. And, on the 24th, Beckett will head to preschool. My babies are growing up.

In other "big news", I got a new job. I will be teaching 3rd grade in Fremont this fall. I'm super excited to get back in the classroom.

Todd has no big news. LOL!

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Manager

I know I post stories about Spencer all.the.time, but this kid just cracks me up!

He and Beckett were supposed to be in the basement picking up toys. I went down to see how they were doing. Spencer was just sitting there watching Beckett pick up. I said, "Spencer, why aren't you picking up?!" He said, "But Mom, I'm the manager!"

Friday, February 26, 2010

Spencer the Olympic Expert

According to Spencer, the first medal is gold. The second is silver. The third is brown. And, the fourth medal is blonde. For the boys and girls with yellow hair. LOL!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A story from Spencer

I took Spencer to the dentist today. Here is one of the stories that he told me on the way there.

Beavers make trees fall down. They chew on the trees, nom, nom, nom. Then, they say "timmmmmmmberrrrrrr" and the tree falls down. But, they can't say timber like people say timber, so they really just say "grrrrr", and that means timber in beaver words.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Beckett woke up early this morning, crying. I went up to his room to figure out what was wrong. He’s been sick and has a cough, so I figured he just felt like crap. I picked him up and asked him why he was crying. He said, “Mommy… *sniff* …I want.. *sniff, sniff* ..to go… *sniff* …to PIZZA HUT!” I said, “You’re crying because you want to go to Pizza Hut?!” He said, “Yeah… I REALLY want to go.” LOL!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Babies

As we were watching the Super Bowl tonight, an E-Trade commercial came on. Spencer watched it and started laughing hysterically. "Hahahahaha! I just saw BABIES talking with GROWN-UP WORDS! Hahahahaha!"

Look at your face!

Today Beckett was trying to convince me that he didn't need to take a nap, even though he was falling asleep in my lap at church this morning. He was being crabby and fussing, so I said, "Beckett! Look at your face. That's your crabby face. You need to take a nap so that you can get your crabbies out!" He wailed, "MOMMMMMMY! But, I can't SEE my face!!"

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Smart Head

Tonight, Spencer told me that when he was born, I should have named him "Smart Head" because he is so smart. A few minutes later, he said that "Simon" would have also been a good name because Simon the Chipmunk is smart, too.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Keeping 'em dry!

This is an oldie but goodie...

A while back, Beckett was wearing big boy undies that had boats on them. I told him that he needed to keep his boats dry! Spencer, who was wearing baseball undies, said, "Yes, Beckett, you do! And, I'm going to keep MY BALLS dry!!"

LOL!!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Hellooooo Gorgeous!

How can you tell you have let your boys watch Alvin and the Chipmunks too many times?

1. Spencer says, "Helllooooo gorgeous!" to a lady at church who said, "Good morning" to him.
2. Beckett cries every time the movie ends. Every.single.time.

Monday, January 11, 2010

My favorite friend

On the way home from daycare today, Spencer said, "I made a picture for you!"
I said, "For me?"
He said, "No, I'm not talking to you. I made a picture of a heart for my friend Beckett. Because he's my favorite friend." ♥

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Success!

Toys picked up? Check!
Kitchen cleaned? Check!
Kids jammied and put to bed? Check!
New blog header picture made and uploaded? Check!
Desperate Housewives? Check!

Sounds like a successful evening to me! :)

Rock Star

It's nap time. Spencer and Beckett are lying in my bed watching Alvin and the Chipmunks. Beckett has come out of my room several times already. The little turkey comes to the doorway of my room and just stands there looking at me.
I say, "Beckett, you need to go lay down or you will have to go up to your bed!"
He says, "But Mommy... I'm a rock star."
"Did you just say you're a rock star?!"
"Yeah, I'm a rock star. I can't lay down."

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Snood?

The other day, Spencer said, "A snood goes on your head, but it isn't a hat." I had to google snood to see if he was right! The next day, I asked him if he remembered what a snood was. He said that he couldn't remember. I told him that he had said it goes on someone's head. He said, "Oh yeah! A snood keeps your hair in the 1940s!!" LOL!!

Stretch Marks

I overheard this conversation today.

Beckett: Do WE have stretchmarks?!
Spencer: We have to buy stretch mark lotion so we don't get any more stretchmarks! The lotion we have is only baby lotion, not stretch mark lotion!!"

Ahh... the power of commercials. LOL!

My first post!

I have decided to join the world of blogging! I hope this blog can be a place where I can share pictures, funny stories, and updates on life here at the Trimpe house. Whenever I share a funny story at work, someone always asks, "Did you write that down? You really should write that down!" So, I'm hoping this can be the place for that!