Colton Goes to the Hockey Game

C: This is such an instructive time!

C: Aren't you glad I'm doing something constructive instead of just keeping asking when it is time to go to the game?

C: I'm doing all this homework!
(He's coloring and has decided it is homework)

Me: Do you see the moon?
C: Yeah!  I can even see what it's made out of!
Me: And what is it made out of?
C: Rocks.

C: I wish I had a really long net so I could catch the moon.
Me: What would you do with the moon if you caught it?
C: We'd put it outside, and we'd bring it inside on windy days.

C: If we had a million fireflies inside my room, they'd look like stars, and be just like aerospace!

Wearing his "fall" shirt

Me: Did you have fun tonight?
C: Not really.
Me: How come?
C: Because the other team didn't win.
Me: The other team did win.
C: I mean our team didn't win and got shutted out.

C: We need to bring in a goalie fighter! Guess what he does!
Dad: He fights other goalies.
C: And he has lots of pads.
Dad: Like the sumo fighters?
C: Only he'd have so many pads that he wouldn't be seen!
Dad: Oh, so a ninja-goalie-fighter?
C: Yeah! 

C: You can sleep on my bottom bunk.
Me: No thanks, I think I'll sleep in my own bed tonight.  That sounds really nice.
C: But I will be SO BORED without you here!

Thank you, Auntie Melissa!

Colton Is Done

New *visible* jersey in a sea of blue :)

9/19 hockey update: Colton was pretty tired tonight.  He came off the ice in tears a couple of times to rest a few minutes.  He did make it the full hour, but was *done* at the end.  Lots of skating this time in that slow skate/slide/shuffle that he's got going.  He also got a helmet and pads for his roller blades this week, so hopefully this will help build up the leg muscles and help him learn the skating motion. 

C: I am all done.  I am too tired.
Me: You can rest for a few minutes, but there's still 15 minutes left of practice so we can't leave yet.
C: Okay.  Coach says we just have to have some fun.  And off he goes back on the ice!
Coach (to me): He was complaining that he couldn't make it across the ice and I said "Look, we're just here to have fun!"  Guess he was listening!

C: Mom, I love you because you wear fancy shirts.
If that's what we're calling maternity shirts these days... 

C: And I will never stop helping everyone in the Earth!

C: What if I drink all the water on the Earth?
Me: What if?
C: Then I will be really strong!

C: Is it warm enough for shorts tonight?
Me: Sure, buddy.
C: But these are good morning shorts. I need some jammy shorts!

Colton Goes to the Dog Park

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Took the pupperdoodles to the park today and then lunched at Anthony's Beach Cafe.  They have a great sand pit out back. 

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C: Cartman is my favorite! 

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C: I want to go see the boats!
Me: We need to get you a life jacket before we go out on the dock.
C: Nanan, I need my jacket so I can go out on the dock!
Not quite the jacket I was thinking of, Colton!

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To one of the kids playing in the sand pit:
C: Don't throw sand at me, because I'm too busy!

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On the way home ~

C: Mom, I need a cookie because I didn't get to taste one today.