Colton Goes to the End

Tips vs Ice.. We lost

C: Mom, my teeth are cold!  (chattering teeth this morning)

Me: Did you have fun at gymnastics?
C: Yeah, we went into the PIT! And went from one end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, to the other end, *gasp* to the other end!


C: Hello, hockey ma'am!

C: There's something strange in my bell!

C: Will there be more hockey in the morning?

C: 55!  Can you count that high?

Me: I don't know, I'll need some help.

C: First you have 50, and then 5, then you have 55!

C: In the morning, I am going to the forest. And I will deliver my logs and trees and food to the children. I will feed them mac and cheese, and when they are done, I will give them more food.

C: You can't talk to me, I'm too far away!  (several seats down at the arena)

Colton's Boots Are Made to Not Take Off

                                                       

C: I'm going to give bones to Shrek & Cartman. Shrek gets the green one and the pink one goes to Cartman!

C: I tied these boots up to me so you can't take them off!

C: Is Cartman wearing socks?

Me: Did you make a campfire today?

C: Yeah, but don't get too close to the hot fire!  I parked my fire truck close, but it is sick and needs new batteries.

Me: Did you make marshmallows?

C: Yeah, for Dad & Cartman. But I can make one for you!  I'm going to go get them.  They're in my car.

C: First I have to light the campfire.  I made chocolate and cranberry marshmallows for you!

C: You know, I've been thinking...we could fall down like THIS!

                                                       

C: I'm putting in a new battery because the old batteries are digging out! So I'm screwing it in! (with a colored pencil...)

C: Mom, why are you tired?
Me: I got up early.
C: You need to forget to get up early!

C: I'm going to sleep here with you, but don't sleep in my sleeping spot!

Colton on Santa

Dad: I saw a T-h-o-m-a-s toy that Colton immediately said he needed.  And I said he should ask Santa for it.
C: At the mall?  Santa's at the mall!

C: This is not Bob's, this is the new fry store!

Dad: I'm gonna blow your belly!
C: No, you can't!! It's in the microwave! 
Dad: Well, whose belly is this?
C: Mom's!  Go blow Mom's belly!
Dad: Mama has a mighty cute belly!

C: At Nana's, I made perfect applesauce!  It had peppers, onions, and cinnamon in it. The onions were riping on the tree when I went outside to get the mail.  And I put in A LOT of mail, so I had to take it out of the mailbox.

Colton Goes to the Expo

Rocking the Bondi Band	C: MOM, STOP THAT SWINGING SO I CAN PUSH YOU! Me: Where'd we go today, buddy? C: To Starbucks, to the Marathon [expo] and to the New Park [Camano Island Rotary Park]! C: Somebody [Audrey] won't quit following me! Me: Did you ask Audrey for that? C: No, she gave it to me. Me: No, you took it. C: But she shared it.
Demo-ing the Stick	This is not how you use it.
Rotary Park	Color time!

Colton Has Weird Dreams

                 Lions Park                      

Me: Good morning, buddy!  Did you have a good sleep?
Colton looks at the measuring tape on the floor...
C: Yeah, and I dreamed of measuring you!
Me: Uhm, okay. 

Me: Do you have a seahorse?
C: No!  Goldfish, Mama!

Me: Okay, your turn!
C: Do you have a choc-lical (tropical) fish?
Me: Nope, go fish!

                                                         


Handing me a pile of Lincoln Logs ~

C: Here Mom, I made you pizza with milk and dip-dip (yogurt)!

Me: Mmm, yummy!
C: And here's some macaroni pizza!

Me: Om-nom-nom-nom... BURP!

C: *gales of laughter*



  Sometimes walking in the rain
 has its perks...

C: Hey Mom, here's your squetti (the multi-purpose Lincoln Logs again) and your napkin! But don't eat your napkin!
Me: No, I usually don't eat my napkin.
C: You just use it to clean your face when you get sauce all over it!

        Who needs that napkin?      

                                                                      

C: I want my lights to twinkle!
Me: Like a star?
C: You twinkle like a diamond!

Awww...

Colton Does Thanksgiving

Aunt Shan flying the little man	C: KNOCK, KNOCK!  ... Mom, why are you not talking to me? Me: I'm ignoring you. C: Don't gah-nore me! Watching me put on lipstick ~ C: Whoa! I didn't know you could do that.  My daddy and I put some on too! Granddad: I get your belly! C: No! You can't! It's in the microwave! C: Knock, knock! Us: Who's there? C: Turn-it! Us: Turn-it who? C: You need to turn the pancake over!  C: Knock, knock! Granddad: Who's there? C: silence Granddad: Pancake? C: No, there's no pancake in me!
Makin' the whip!
Got a little too close with that marker. LOL	Happy Birthday, Granddad!!

Colton Is Too Smart

Made ornaments with Sarah & Jordan today

Me: It's very cold outside today.
C: Yeah, and we can't go play at Sarah and Jordan's until it gets sunny! 
No chance of that today, buddy.  28F & cloudy.

Shining a light in a red lego ~
C: It's my rosy, red apple!

C: Why are you not talking?
Me: I'm sleepy, buddy.
C: You need a drink to make you feel better!
Me: What kind of drink?
C: Coffee!
Does this boy know his mother or what?

Watching Tom & Jerry ~
C: I don't like it. Somebody's trying to eat somebody else!

Colton Gets Ink

Somebody was left alone with the markers too long :)

C: We're in the mall, Mom!
Me: Yeah, I know!
C: And there's a playground here.
Me: Yeah. Do you know where it is?
C: It's a very long way away. It's in the mall.

I love Mt Rainier!

C: They have delicious food here!
Me: I'm sure they do.

He really is a monkey

C: Do you see this beautiful tree? It's beautiful!

Colton likes to pose & yell "STINKY!" ... because that's Christmasy.

Playing the "bubble game" (screen saver) aka training my replacement ;)

SnOMG!

First snow of the season!  11/21	C: When I was driving to work and was like a penguin ... Me: What is your favorite part about the snow? C: I was wearing my snowplow for I don't get stuck in the snow! While in the bath ~ C: Mom, can you open this paint? My hands are being washed. C: Here's some delicious apple juice!  It tastes like strawberries, and vanilla, and chocolate. Because that's all the ingredients I put in it. I didn't put any eggplant in it because eggplant is icky. C: My juice is getting cold, so I have to put it back. And then I'll put in blueberries and chocolate and some peanut butter M&Ms.  And then I have to cook it.  It has 3 cups of water, cinnamon, watermelon, cantaloupe, and soda. And that makes it delicious!   C: Hey Mom, I can't hear you! Me: Why can't you hear me? C: Because you're typing. Me: Are you ready to get out? C: No!  Nonsense you, Mom!
Snug time!
Playing the 'xylophone' Train track bars played with a hockey stick mallet

Colton Plays Hockey

                       First snow of the season!                 

C: Knock, knock!  I said, knock knock! Hey guys, does anybody hear me?
Dad: We hear you.  We've just heard all your knock knock jokes already, buddy.  You need new material. 

Dad: Are you going to play hockey in a few years?
C: Yeah!
Dad: Are you going to be a forward or a defender?
C: I'm gonna be a backwards guy!

Dad: What kind of soup do you want, buddy?
C: Uhm, chocolate broccoli!
Me: Eww!

   Wearing Mama's running shoes    

Me: Let's go home and have some broccoli & chocolate soup!

C: No Mom, it's chocolate-broccoli! 

Me: Right, sorry buddy.

C: I can't go to bed, I'm drinking my hot choc-um-cider!

C: But Mom, I'm still hungry.
Me: What do you want to eat?
C: Marshmallows!

Colton Is up with the Sunset

Me: Ready to get up?
C: Yeah!  And when I was asleep, I saw a strange apple!

C: Wait a fishy! Wait a doggy! Wait a ...  Hey Mom, why are you not talking to me?
Me: Because I'm tired.
C: Well, but there is no bed here.  See the nice sunset? 
Me: It's 7:30 in the morning.  It's called a sunrise.

Me: How's my pajama-boy?
C: I'm not a pajama-boy!  I'm the breakfast guy!

Me: You're driving me crazy!
C: No, I'm making you nuts!

C: Hey Mom, you go to daycare because I have to exercise! (said while on the stairclimber)

Me: Okay, I am going to play on the re-puter! (post @ park)
C: I put on golf for you!  Did you do the big slide? C'mon Mom, I'll show you how to do the big slide!

C: Did you have a good workout?
Me: Yeah.  How was your workout?
C: I'm not done yet. 

Me: Did you get a towel?
C: They didn't have any.  But when I was exercising, I had a towel.  And I threw it away for you!

Me: I have snowmen jammies!
C: And I have puppies!  They are the same size!
Me: Mmm, I think I'm a little taller than you, kiddo.

Colton Sees Old Trees

C: I am going to pay this! (@ Nana's)

C: MOOOOOOM!  MOOOM!  MOM!

Me: You'll have to wait!
C: Wait a minute!

Me: Exactly!

C: I took that from Jordan.

Me: Did you tell him thank you for giving it to you?

C: Jordan, I am telling you thanks!

Me: Not quite what I meant, but okay.

C: Wait a Jordan!

Me: Wait a train!

C: Wait a crossing!

Me: Wait a Colton Henry!

C: I'm not a Colton Henry!

Me: Yes, you are!  Henry is your middle name, silly.

C: But Mom, what is gonna happen?

Me: Nothing buddy, it's going to be a quiet night.

C: But I will build a track and there will be a landslide! And that tree is going to fall down!
Me: I hope not!  That tree is very strong.  It's not going to fall down. When trees are wide like that, it means they are pretty old and strong.
C: And Mom, I see lots of old trees.

9:30pm (Colton's been in bed for an hour)
C: MOOOOOOM! MOOOM! MOM!
Me: Yeah?
C: I have a problem.
Me: What's your problem?
C: I don't know how to make applesauce.
Me: I'm sure we can find a recipe in the morning, buddy.
C: Yeah, and I will make it all by myself! With mashed up apples and cinnamon and ....

Colton Has a Problem

ZOMG!  It's inflatable Thomas Xmas!  Don't show Colton
Tks, Uncle Jake

4:30am
C: MOOOOOOM!  MOOOM!  MOM! 
Me: Yeah, buddy?
C: I have a problem.  I have a fever in my ear and you need to take my temperature.
Me: Okay, you're all good buddy.  Good night.

4:45am
C: MOOOOOOM! MOOOM! MOM!
Me: Yeah?
C: That light is gonna come up and get me.
Me: It's just from your Christmas lights and it won't get you.

5:00am
C: MOOOOOOM! MOOOM! MOM!
Me: Do you want to come cuddle with us?

5:15am
C: I want to go back to my bed now.

5:30am
C: MOOOOOOM! MOOOM! MOM!

And so it went on..  Mama is tired.  So is Dada, since he took the 5:30-6am pages. 

6:00am
C: In the morning, I'm going to choose to stay home.
Me: Enjoy, buddy.  I'll see you after work.

Eat Me. Drink Me.

Children's Library 11/17

Parents are SO boring!

C: Everyone is leaving and going to my house!
Me: They are? What are they going to do there?
C: They will biff and bash and crash into each other!

C: I love you very much and I need a kiss!

C: You can't eat me, I'm hot chocolate!  You have to drink me!

C: Don't talk to me about our Christmas tree.  Let's just get it out!
That's the plan, monkey man!

Colton Will Make You Feel Better

Me: Daddy is sad.
C: Oh. A nap will make him feel better!  And then I will run past him and he will cry!

C: And we told Swiper no swiping! And he said, "Oh man!"
Me: Colton, no swiping!
C: Oh man!

C: I am making lots of corners with these of beautiful colors.

Me: What should we do tomorrow?

C: We should stay home.
Me: We need to go to the library.
C: And then we can go to the purple museum!
Me: We can't go to the museum if we stay home.
C: Oh.

C: Mom, I am so unhappy.  I am sick and have a fever in my ear.
Me: I think you're fine.  Go to sleep and you'll feel all better in the morning.
C: No, I'm just resting.
Me: Okay.  Night, buddy.

Colton Tells a Knock Knock Joke

C: My friend is my mom.
All together now: Awww!

C: Knock, knock!
Me: Who's there?
C: CRASH!  *giggle*

C: Knock, knock!
Me: Who's there?
C: Macaroni!
Me: Macaroni who?
C: Macaroni French fries!  *more giggles*

C: Mom, you have lots of healthy colors!  (crayons)

Me: You're getting so big!
C: And I'm almost as big as my dad!

Colton Is Logical

Dad: Do you remember what makes bananas turn brown?
C: Yeah. We didn't eat them!

Dad: Did you get lunch all over your shirt?
C: No!
Dad: Then what's that?
C: Nothing!

C: I am very speedy! I run very fast, but go slow up the hill, in case I fall.

Me: I'm going to wear your Thomas jams!
C: No, you can't! I'm going to wear them!
Me: I will be sad without Thomas footies.
C: But you can have the piano. It's your size!

Colton Runs to the Finish

                                                                                       

Dad: If you go down the slide, your pants will get all wet.
C: I don't mind!

C: You're a cupcake, Mom!
Me: What kind? Am I vanilla, chocolate, lemon? And do I have sprinkles?
C: You're chocolate!
Me: Yum!
C: But Mom? Cupcakes don't drive!
Me: Mine do.  And they are doing the speed lemon!
C: Cupcakes don't do the speed lemon, they are speed-eated!


                                                                                        

C: Did you have a good run, Mom?

Me: It was good! Did you have a good run too?

C: Yeah, and I ran over the bridge with you! And I beat you!

Me: Yep, good job, buddy! Thanks for coming to see me today.
C: You're welcome!

C: I can't sit in time-out right now because my butt doesn't work.

C: Click that red button to get to the Thomases!
(red x in corner of my screen)

C: Hey Mom, I'm working in here.  Don't come near me!

Colton Goes to the Train Store

Yesterday ~

C: But Mom, I want to stay home!

Me: We can have a stay-home day tomorrow.

C: Oh. And in the morning, the train store will be open!

Me: Probably.

C: And it will be foggy.

Me: Wouldn't surprise me!

Turns out both were true statements.

In the produce section ~
C: There is healthy food here!  And you like healthy food! 

Me: Yes, yes I do! 

C: Tomatoes!  I like tomatoes! They are crunchy.  And I like crunchy apples! But I don't like bananas anymore.  If we don't eat them for a while, they turn brown.

Me: And then we can make muffins! 

C: We almost can make muffins! 

In the bath ~

C: Percy wants to get out of the water because he doesn't get out on his own.

Making pupcakes ~
C: Can I try this flour? (cake mix)
Me: Sure, but it probably won't be very tasty.
C: It tastes crunchy!

Colton licks off the caramel ~
C: All done, Mom! 
Me: But you didn't eat the cake part of your pupcake.
C: It's a cupcake. Call it a cupcake!

Me: You got pupcake all over you!
C: Don't eat me, I'm not a cupcake!

Colton Is Cross

11/10/10

Me: Hey buddy, how are you?
C: I'm just a little cross. 

C: Hey Mom? I speak dog.

Me: You do? Tell Zoe to stop barking.

C: Zoe, no barking! Mom, I said Zoe "No barking!"
Me: Thanks, buddy.

Me: How was your day?

C: I had a cross and grumpy day.

Me: Me too. 
C: Oh.

Zoe (L) & Shrek

C: On my birthday, there were lots and lots of decorations!

Me: And we're going to have lots and lots of decorations for Christmas.

C: And I am going to deliver the lights! And it's gonna snow!

Me: Are you going to wear your snow plow?

C: Yeah, and Terrance (tractor) will be there.