My Kids Crack Me Up

We had an awesome weekend this weekend in Midland.  The kids and I drove up Saturday morning and Grandma Kathy, Uncle Mike, Lexie and the three of us went to Snow Snake and went snow tubing. We did this last year as well.  It is a great way to get outside in the winter and enjoy ourselves without having to put in the effort to ski or snowboard (both of which I am not good at).  Uncle Mike told Mackenzie that he would teach her next year though.  The kids had a great time hanging out with Lexie at dinner and at Grandma's house overnight.  Then they got to go see Copper at Uncle Mike and Aunt Misty's today (Aunt Misty hurt her ankle so she couldn't go snow tubing with us).  They got to see Copper which they loved.

Here are some funny stories:

Isaac is really into Lego's lately.  He has a problem with the word instructions though and often asks us about his "constructions".

Mackenzie's reading is improving rapidly and her vocabulary is improving with it.  Lately she comes out with sentences that make her sound like an adult.  For example, the I bought two new Kids Bop CDs for the kids.  They each had one to listen to and I was getting pretty sick of hearing "I threw a wish in a well, Don't ask me I'll never tell . . ."  So I bought them new ones.  One morning I went upstairs and heard Mackenzie say, "Mom, I need to speak with you."  I went into the room to see what she needed and she informed me, "A song on this Kid Bop is inappropriate for children."  She then looked at the CD case for a minute and informed me that "Gumball Style" uses the word sexy which is inappropriate for children.

Isaac knows that his name means laughter and he thinks it means that he has to tell funny jokes.  The problem is that he is 4 and his jokes often don't make sense.  He finally let us in on the secret that his name means laughter so we are supposed to laugh at him.  Now he will make a comment and we just ask him if we were supposed to laugh and if he says, "Yes", we laugh.  Then he laughs.

Mackenzie has a friend named Sahdiya.  She is actually Mackenzie's locker mate.  The other day Mackenzie told me that Sahdiya calls everyone, including boys "Lady".  I informed her that some boys might take offense to being called lady.  So now she calls me lady (as well as her friend Payton).  However when she says "Lady" I think she must be copying how Sahdya talks because she says it with an accent and doesn't sound like herself.

Isaac had his underwear on backwards one day when Brian was getting them ready for school.  So Brian had him strip down by the door to the garage to change them around.  There is a large window there that goes almost to the floor.  Mackenzie exclaimed, "Isaac you can't be naked in front of the window, you could get arrested!".   She also informs me that I can't leave my children (which I threaten to do when they are dawdling) because it is illegal and I could be arrested.