Colton Does Sarcasm

Somebody didn't want his picture
taken today.

C: I want to go somewhere special today!
Me: You did.  You were at Jordan's.
C: No! I want to go somewhere specialer than that.  I want to go to the train store.
Me: We'll see.

Me: I don't take boys with that kind of attitude anywhere.
C: Are you really sure?

C: Hey Mom! Guess what!  You were a good mom today, so you get to play trains! And you get to move one!

C: Are you going to be a good dad?
Dad: Aren't I always a good dad?

And a Momism ~
Me: Stoopid, it's Shrek! 
(Shrek is referred to as Stoopid.. which anyone that knows him will understand.  I meant to say it was just Colton making all that noise, so no need to bark at him)

Dad: It's all tied up!
C: (flat voice) Yay. Just what I always wanted.

C: I spelled "M&M Please" on the board for me and I spelled it for Mom too.
Woohoo!

C: Will it be tomorrow after the next day?

C: They should have an S to make a boat.
Me: There isn't an s in boat.
C: But to make more boats, they need an S. 
Me: True.

C: I'm snug as a bug in a light-bulb!

Colton on Family Dinners

C: James is Edward's mama and Gordon is his dad.  The trains have a family!
(All Thomas trains)

Jordan took the pictures for today's blog

C: I have a new car seat in Geoff's car! 
Me: You mean your dad's car.
C: Yeah, in Geoff's car!

Sarah: Did you hit Jordan, Colton?
C: Not very hard!

Jordan!

C: Everyone is sitting at the table, just like a family!

C: Do you want to come outside with me?
Me: Sorry buddy, I need to go watch your brothers.
C: But Sarah can!

Colton on Parks & Rec

Colton & Jensen (center)

Looking at Parks & Rec catalog ~
C: They have swimming, running marathons, and looking at stuff!
Where do I sign up to look at stuff?!

Me: Colton, are your ears working?
C: No, they're out of batteries.
Me: Where can I find new batteries?
C: They're just in my toy box!

C: I will order you some food.  Whatever kind you want! You can have cereal, cheese and crackers, or some fruit.  That's all I know how to make.

Me: Did you have a good day today?
C: Yeah. Do you remember why?
Me: Because you got to play trains?
C: No, because I didn't ask too many questions AND I got to play with trains.

Me: Did you get your teeth brushed?
C: No.  I was just washing this toothbrush out with soap.
Me: Ewwww!

Let's Play HOCKEY!

First game pic!

Dad: Colton, stop stepping in the puddles!
C: You just have to stop talking to me!

Me: What was your favorite part of hockey?
C: Getting to shake hands!

C: When I'm all growed up, I'm gonna stop all the traffic!
Me: How are you going to do that?
C: I'm just going to turn all the lights off and everybody can go at the same time!

Nanan: Ask what will the weather be tomorrow?
C: What will the weather be?
Siri: I do not understand warrick snea.

First hockey game! C in goal. Love the smack on the butt to get him to turn around. LOL!

Colton Knows It All

Sandy: What did you learn in school today?
C: We already knew everything we needed to learn.

C: You're not in charge of me! Only my mom or dad is. Not you, because you're not all growed up!
Jordan: It's grown up. Not growed up!
Side note: Jordan is 5.

C: I'm gonna throw Mom off the Earth!
Sarah: But then she won't be here to cook you dinner or cuddle you or...
Nanan: And you said you wanted to be stuck together earlier.
C: Yeah, but I'm gonna to hold onto her.

Colton Is Helpful

C: My face hurts because I breathed too much.

C: This is the mom, this is the dad, this is the son and this is the ... cousin.

C: Do you want to get a drink? Water is good for girls and boys, even for grown-up girls!

C: I'm trying to make a website on my computer. I emailed that one to someone else.

C: And I'm gonna help you so it'll be less easier!
Yes, yes it will. 

Colton Asks for M&Ms

Cutest hockey guy ever.  Not that I'm

biased or anything.

C: Mom, this is my favorite song!  (Aqua's Barbie Girl....LOL!)

C: When I'm a grownup, I want to be one that builds train sets every day.

C: What's this?
Me: Seasoning.  I think it might be sea salt.
C: Why is it not beaches?

C: If you squish me in half, then I won't be able to love you!

C: We're family, so we have to stay next to each other every day!  (said while clinging to my leg)

C: When I talked to that baby last day, he smiled at me like six times!

C: I spelled the word M&M with my name!
Now I need the word please!

Colton Is a Goof

C: Why do you like watching the weather show?
Dad: So we know where it's dangerous to drive.
C: You just have to drive on the open road!

C: I'm going to deliver the pictures because I'm the picture deliverer. And this one has to be emailed to Nanan. Dad, remember to email it to Nanan!

C: You just have to email it to Nanan, and she will catch it right where my finger's at! (just below my laptop)

C: This is my pretend friend and we are just having a battle with these. (beaded necklaces)
Me: Your pretend friend?
C: Yeah. His name is Mr. Runner!

C: These pictures are just for look-atting.

C: Is that picture blurry?  I'll just wipe it off!

C: When I'm a giant, I'm gonna eat you!  And you're gonna have to pump every day 'til the last day! 

Me: Did you go outside today or did it rain all day?
C: It just melted all day.

C: The all-clean dishes are clean.
Thanks, Capt Obvious!

Colton Has a Snow Day

Watching Return of the Jedi

C: I wanted to be the parent first! 
Me: How come?
C: So my birthday would be in the winter.

C: Why did we have to have two babies?
Dad: Ask Mom.
C: Why, Mom?
Me: I don't know.

C: I'm going to pick out what I'm going to wear!
Me: Okay, go ahead.
C: I'm going to wear a dress!
Me: Okay, but I don't think you have any.
C: We should make dresses.  Dad would really like that for his birthday!

C: I wanted to come out of your tummy first!
Me: You did.
C: Not before you and Dad did.
Eh??

C: I was really sleepy yesterday, because I had a lot of coloring to do. And making stuff.

C: I'm sorry I didn't get to have my first hockey game.
Dad: I know, I really wanted to see it.  But you'll have your first game next week and I'm going to be there to see it!

Birthday Dinner

Me: It's your dad's birthday today.
C: I'm gonna check to see if we have any cake mix.
Me: I don't think we do.
C: But we have muffins!  And I'm gonna choose what kind! ... I choose muffins!

C: And we're gonna have pasta for dinner!  So I'm going to put the pasta and the dessert on the counter for you to remember to make.
Yum... Tuna Helper and apple cinnamon muffins.

C: Where is Dad?
Me: At work.
C: When will he be home?
Me: After you're in bed.
C: I don't want him to work! I want him to be home at dinner!
Me: I know, buddy.  But we can have special dinner with him tomorrow.

C: I will just tell Dad that these muffins are for after dinner and he'll say "That's right!"
Said to me when I was quality testing *before* dinner.. ;)

C: When it snows the next day, I'm gonna remember that you will come out and play with me in the snow every time!

C: We're gonna have to make a deal about you coming up to play trains!

Snowmaggedon, Part Two

Me: This snow isn't very good for building a snowman.
C: That's because you don't have a carrot for his nose.

C: I'm gonna clean off the car, so if we have to go somewhere it will be half cleaned!  Somebody needs to lift me up to do the top.

C: This is where we're gonna sleep tonight!
Me: Won't it be kind of cold?
C: We'll wear our snow clothes.
Me: What about your face? 
C: The snow's not too cold for my face!

C: I'm going to make it so no air can get in.
Me: Then what will we breathe?
C: There's lots of snow to breathe!

Colton Takes a Snow Day

C: Nanan, when you put the baby down, make sure you remember to play trains!

Nanan: I get side-tracked frequently.
C: I just lost my mind! 

C: Now that I'm home, we can play trains!

C: The next day, you should be sure to make me hot chocolate!
Me: That sounds good for breakfast on a snowy day!  Do you want blueberries on the side or in your pancakes?
C: I want them on the side, and on top, and inside!
Dad: So basically you want a little pancake with your blueberries?

C: Don't put my pajamas on my head!
Me: Why not?
C: Because then I'll have to look in the window to see if they're on my head.

Dad: I got some special bread for lunch tomorrow.
C: What is it?
Dad: Sourdough.
C: Yeah, and I will want pancakes and waffles too!
Dad: I was thinking grilled cheese for lunch, not breakfast.

C: I shouldn't have gotten this cough!  I didn't want it!

C: Tomorrow, can we go to the train station?
Me: No.
C: Why not?
Me: I don't have anywhere to go.
C: I will just make the map!

Colton Wants It to Snow!

Colton helps with this week's update!

C: When water goes up in the sky, it becomes snow!

We got the barest of dustings ~
C: Where is my snow suit?! I need it to go out and build a snowman! 

C: When can Jordan come over?
Me: This afternoon.
C: I can't wait that long!
Me: You only have to wait until after lunch.
C: I'm hungry! I need something to eat! I want lunch right now!
Me: You're not hungry.  It's only 10:30am.

C: I took a picture of my muffin!

C: When will my Nanan be here?
Me: 6.
C: I can't wait that long! 

C's picture of the babies after he was momentarily
distracted by muffiny goodness.

C: Look at it now!  It's making a Christmas tree!

C: I don't want it to snow and rain!  I just want it to snow!

C: When is it going to snow again?
Me: I don't know. I'm not in charge of the weather.

C: When are we going to Sarah & Jordan's? 
Me: Not today.
C: Why?
Me: Because I'm tired.
C: Quit getting tired!

He got his wish! Started coming down at a pretty decent clip
at 3pm.  A half hour later, we had 2" in spots.

Colton in the Kitchen

He put his full name on the fridge

C: Can I lick my fingers?
Me: Sure, I guess.  It (Crisco) doesn't really taste like anything.
C: It tastes like milk!

We're making Blueberry Zucchini Bread ~ Er, we're making it into muffins and using a cake pan for the other half.

Me: Did you like your muffin?
C: Yeah!  And when I'm done, I'm gonna want to try the cake!
Me: It's the same thing, silly.

C: These blueberries are just making my hands too cold!  Why did you have to freeze them for so long?

Playing car hockey... to which only he knows the rules ~
C: That was a good, nice shot!

C: Mom, you don't have my permission to my trains.
I assume he means to play with.  Sigh.

Colton Wants Chinese

C's school had their "trip to Asia" today, with Asian themed foods... so naturally, he wanted Chinese for dinner.

C: I want a dinner that's specialer than macaroni! 

C: I didn't want Dad to make pizza!  I wanted to make what I decided for dinner! 
Me: Dad already made dinner.  We'll go out for Chinese some other day.
C: Stop saying that!  BAD DAD!

C: We need a special recipe book--not for cookies! No, not for cookies!  For noodles!

C: We're gonna have rice, and California rolls, and peanut butter noodles, and noodle sauce (soy sauce).

Colton got some chopsticks, which he never bothered to separate when he ate, and he drank the soy sauce by itself.  Uh.. yum?

C: What's this thing next to me?
Me: It's a bassinet. It's where babies sleep.
C: We should put our babies in it!
Me: Well, it's only big enough to hold one baby.  So we're going to give it back to Nanan.
C: For when she has babies?

C: Jordan has a baby and it's not alive (doll).  And we both got to be his mommy!  He wasn't hungry until I was holding him and then he was! And I had lots of mama milk! I had more than you!
Giggles! 

Train on the Brain

C: I found a screwdriver so I can flip Buzz's switch!
Me: No, buddy, I don't want you to take Buzz apart.
C: But I need to flip the switch so he can talk like that!
Me: He doesn't have a switch like in the movie that makes him speak Spanish.
C: No, I need to turn him down!
Me: He doesn't come with volume control, unfortunately.

C: When you're finished feeding the baby, my train will be done downloading!

C: The trains that just downloaded need a siding like the other trains!

It was requested that I get a picture of his bubble beard

C: Just 3 more pictures until you're done and you come up and play trains. This is the very last time I will come down here or I will put you in a spanking.
Demanding much?

C: Every day that you don't go to preschool, I will really miss you.
Me: I'm going today.
C: So I'm not gonna miss you! 

Me: Today in preschool, you're going to learn about Martin Luther King.  He was a very famous man who had a dream that all people would be treated the same, no matter what color their skin is...
C: Yeah, and I had a dream that I had a different kind of train track just like Eli & Kai!

Me: What was your favorite part of preschool?
C: Being with you.
Aww...

Colton Is Hungry

Dad: Are you a hungry boy tonight?
C: I'm hungier than the whole earth!

C: I want dinner with some milk and cereal on the side!

Me (to Dad): So Jordan and Colton want to be cousins.  Sarah told them they couldn't be because they weren't attached that way and Colton suggested that they use a rope.
C: No!  I said tape!

Me: Did you try the new cereal for breakfast?
C: Yeah, and that made me SO HAPPY!

C: I really missed you, Mom.
Aww...

C: I wish you could stay home every day.
Me: You do?  How come?
C: Because I really love you.
Me: You can still love me even if I go to work.
C: No, you need to be here for me to love you.

Too cute not to share!  Colton & Jordan

Colton Does Sunday

Taking the scooter for a spin

C: Why do you like to drink so much coffee?
Me: Because coffee makes the world go round.

C: Today I have a headdeck.  (headache)

C: What if I had mama milk? Then I could just feed one brother and you could feed one brother.
Roffle!

C: This puzzle has one in a hundred pieces!
Dad: It just has 100.
C: Is I right, Mom?
Me: Dad's right.  It has 100 pieces. 

C: When can we go to Eli & Kai's house?
Me: I don't know. Maybe sometime soon.  What made you think of that?
C: I thinked it myself!
...
C: I've never been there for a very long time! I've only been there once and I need to been there 4 times!

C: My back is hot so I think I should cuddle with you.

C: This plane can go wherever you want! It just runs on batteries.  I need a toy that runs on Legos.  Maybe double Cs. 

Park goer: Wow, you're really going fast!
C: Why are they teasing me?
Dad: She's not teasing you, she's giving you a compliment.

Tron scooter was a Christmas present from
Grandma & Granddad :)

And Colton Enters the Terrible Twos...

C helps with this week's update

C: Why do you want to go for a run?
Me: I won't have time if I go later.  I'll see you in a little bit.
C: No, I get to make the decisions for your runs!

C: I took a picture of all 3 of you!

Me: Time for bed.
C: No thanks.
Me: It's not a choice, bud.  Time for bed.
C: I don't want to go!

C: I took a picture of that baby!

C: Why do you keep making the wrong decisions for me?
Me: Because I'm the mom and it's my job.

C: I took a picture of this baby's leg for you!

Colton Goes to School

Me: How was preschool?
C: Good.
Me: What was your favorite part?
C: I just played with Jasmine.  And Mom!  There were trains there!
It's clear where the focus is ;)

C: I have to take a picture, so you have to hold steady.

C: You can get your camera and I'll use mine to take pictures of the babies!

C: When I'm 11, I can take care of the babies!
Me: Sure.
C: But I don't have any mama milk.
Me: They won't need any by then.

Me: What'd you learn in school today?
C: We learned about pink again.
Me: And what was your favorite part?
C: Playing Play-Doh!
Me: Fun!

C: I only have a few more inches of popcorn!

Nanan: Do you like the babies?
C: Yeah, because they're not mean!

C: Nanan, whatever baby you're holding, you can just take care of.

C: Why can't I use too much paints in the bath?
Me: Then you'd run out.
C: But what if it was my last day of baths and first day of showers?

Colton Gets a Camera

We did Christmas at my mom's last night and she gave C a really cool gift, a Kid-Tough Digital Camera! 

Cousin Audrey ~ a blur as usual

On opening his Gears set ~
C: You got me something I need!

Nanan & Denton

Opening the camera ~
C: Here is my camera that I needed!

Love it how he needs his gifts.

Jensen & me after a run (me, not him obv)

C: We just have to use our OWN cameras. Only kids can use this one.

I stole the camera for a minute.  C & J

Nanan: Where did you get that cough?
C: My Nana gave it to me and we were trying to give it to her!

Dad & Denton

C: Is it my birthday?
Me: No.
C: Is it another Christmas?
Me: Yep!
C: Can we open gifts now? (repeat x 5,000,000)

Sleepy Jensen

C: It's not raining out because it's spring!
Me: Sorry buddy.  It's a new year, not a new season.

Colton Does New Year's

C: I like being the king!

C: Mom, it looks kinda early!
Me: What do you want for breakfast?
C: A chocolate mole.
Me: What's that?
C: It's what makes fruits and vegetables go bad.

C: Do we have milk and cereal?
Dad: No, I still haven't gone shopping.
C: Why did you want to forget?

Guest appearance by my 2 year old niece ~
C: Can I get out of time-out?
Dad: No.  You have four minutes left.
Audrey: Don't say that! 

Audrey: This is my Buzz Lightyear!  This is my Buzz Lightyear!
C: Why do you keep saying that?

C: I'm painting the scenery. You're going to be amazed!
I've got to say, he made a decent sun with bath paints!

C: Wanna come look at my scenery? It's more better than the last time you looked!  It's more than the city.  The little things that I painted are the houses. But they still need steps.

C: I wish I could go running with you. So Jordan would go running too.  We would all just go running!