Colton's Special Day

This is what I get when I ask him to pose nicely with his crown.

*Special Days are Birthday equivalents for summer b-days at school.

Me: You have a hard job today.
C: What is it?
Me: You have to lick the beaters!
C: That's because I am pretty lickable!

While I'm dishing out cake ~
C: Mom, can I lick your fingers?

C: I'm gonna practice being the king!

C: Look, I'm the pokey king! 
(wearing his crown around his face, points out)

Me: What was your favorite part of the day?
C: Eating cake!

Colton Gets up Early

Poor kiddo had to get up at 6a ~
C: I'm really very really, really tired.

Me: What would you like for breakfast?
C: It needs to be light out first.

Me: Here, why don't you play Angry Birds for a few minutes.
C: *Gasp* That's what I always wanted!

Dad: Who do you want to read to you tonight?
C: You both!
Dad: Pick one.
C: You both!
Dad: No, pick one of us.
C: Mom!  Because I love her.
Booger!

Me: Are you gonna have a good sleep?
C: Yeah, and make sure you don't wake me up in the morning.  I don't like being woken up.

C: I'm gonna spell "Colton M&M please" so Dad knows I want M&Ms!

Colton Does Sunday

Spud's!

C: Will you take me to the park so I can flip off the slide?
Wait, what?  LOL!

C: Can I have some of your chicken?
Me: Fish, buddy.  Fish.  We're at Spud's! 

C: I want fish sandwiches!  Good idea?
Dad: That's a good idea, buddy, but I don't know how make make them.
C: First you turn the oven on for a hundred and eight million minutes and then you get the fish.  But make sure you don't put any onions in there!  I don't like onions.

C: There's a bird!
Me: Is it an Angry Bird?
C: No. It's just a bird.
Me: How do I know that it's not an Angry Bird?
C: Oh. It just has a beak and a tail.

C biked the river trail while I ran ~
C: Mom, my legs are just wored out! 

C: Can we stop now?
Me: No, we're almost to the car.
C: But I just want to hug you.
Me: You can hug me at the car.  Besides, I'm all sweaty!  Do you really want to hug me now?
C: Yeah!

And after allllllll the complaining and threats to not bring him the next time I went running ~
C: Mom, thanks for bringing me running!

C: I'm a pretty fast runner!  But Kathy says we shouldn't run in the house.
Me: No, you probably shouldn't.

C: When you blow on this [dandelion gone to seed], you get magic dust! And magic dust gives me more energy!

Me: That's a pretty impressive burger, buddy.
C: And it's pretty!

Dad: You leave messes everywhere.  Do I need to print up your chart again?
Me: In fact, I did one of your chores last night. I picked up your clothes.
C: So give me one money!
Dad: I'm gonna give the money to Mom!

Colton & Angry Birds

Got C a new Angry Birds shirt.  We needed
a little variety...and time to wash the other one!

C: Why is that lady up late?
Me: Her sign says she doesn't have a home and that she needs money.
C: But we have a house!  She can come to our house and she can sleep on my bottom bunk!  Next time can we bring her home?
Me: You're a very nice boy, buddy.

C: I see a bird!
Dad: Is it angry?
C: No, it's just a bird.

C: Hurry and finish!
Me: Why?
C: So Dad can eat without cooking. 

C: How come it's peace and calm?

C: What is that big, rock thing?
Me: It's a climbing rock.  People climb up it.
C: My legs are too short for that.

C: My hic-um-ups are gone, but now my brain hurts. 

C: There's only one noodle left for Dad! *gasp*
Me: Dad's having what I'm having, not spaghetti.
C: Oh. Then can I have the last noodle?

C: This [bubble bath] makes the water smell the same as the soap!

Colton on Game Play

C: I'm not gonna play with you if you keep winning the whole time!

Photo credits to Lilja Photography
for today's photos!

C: Why do you want to win?

C: Look at me! I'm really good at this game! Mom, you're not very good at all.
I didn't realize one could be good/bad at Candy Land.

C: But you're not better; I'm gooder!

Me: How about some fruit?
C: No, I just want candy.
Me: How about some fruit?
C: I'm too hungry for fruit. I just need some candy.
Me: How about some fruit?
C: Sometimes when I eat a good lunch, my Nana lets me have a sucker.
Me: Your Nana would make you eat your apples. She even makes me eat my salad.
C: You don't know!
Me: I do know!

C: Why isn't the music working? I think it needs more power!
Me: No, it needs less fingerprints on the CD.

Colton on School

Photo credits to Lilja Photography
for all of today's photos.

Me: Night, buddy!
C: I'm only gonna be activated in the morning.  All the other times, I'm in my bed.

Me: What did you learn about at school today?
C: We learned about an animal with a duck beak and otter feet!
Me: Oh, cool!  Do you remember what that animal is called?
C: No.
Me: A platypus.
C: Why is it a catapus?

C: I have a new game to download on your iPod!  It's the snowball game at the gym!  And the adults don't play it, just the kids.  Do you want to play it?
Me: Am I a kid?
C: No.
Me: Am I an adult?
C: Yeah.
Me: Then how can I play it?
C: You just can.

Me: What was your favorite thing at the kangaroo farm?
C: Seeing the kangaroos!
Duh.

Me: Can you put this money in your wallet?
C: I can't put this one in, so I can't.
Me: Do you want me to show you how?
C: Yeah, and then you do it.

Colton Does Easter

5 dz eggs...we were busy!

Me: Here, you can play on my iPod.
C: No Mom, that's okay, you can keep it.  Grandma says I can play on her iPad!

C: MOM!  I found Easter eggs!!
Me: You did? Are you down here all by yourself? Is your dad awake?
C: No.  I just came down and was finding eggs all by myself. 


C: Will you watch my eggs while I take a bath?
Me: Do I need to sit on them?
C: No, just keep them warm and fed.
Me: Eggs don't need to eat.
C: They can eat the candy inside!

C: I'm just sneaking along the floor looking for eggs!

Someone got his pants wet.. but that didn't stop him from playing on the iPad!

Baking b-day cakes with Grandma!

And, of course... licking the spoon!

Colton & the Easter Bunny

C: Mom, can you talk through your nose?
Me: I'm pretty sure I can.  How's this?
C: You talked through your mouth. 
Me: Okay then, show me how you talk through your nose.
C: Okay.  ....silence....  I just need to think of what my nose should say.

C: Is it Easter time? 
Me: Yep! Do you think the Easter Bunny will come tonight?
C: Yeah!  And I am going to stay up all night to see the Easter Bunny and you can stay up with me!
Me: That would be too late for me.
C: I will just take little sleeps. 

C: I am going to stay up all night and hide the eggs from the Easter Bunny.  I will hide them in your room so you have some to find too!

C:  Can we write the Easter Bunny a note?
Me: Sure.  What are you going to say in it?
C: We can say "Dear Easter Bunny."
Me: Anything else?
C: I don't know.

C: This is a map of the zoo [blank notecard], but I forgot to take it.  It kind of looks like a spider except it has these little lines on it.

C: This is the perfect nest for babies and kids.  Not for grown-ups. And the babies can't come on here if they drool. 

C: I know what we can have for dinner!
Me: What?
C: The box in the corner of the kitchen!
Me: The manicotti shells?  You'll have to ask Grandma about that, or your dad.

C: *whispers in my ear*  Mom, we have a secret for Dad. 
Me: What's our secret?
C: *whispers*  Uhm.  Uhm, tell him to drink coffee!
Me: Why?
C: So can he try it.
Me: He has tried it and he doesn't like it.

Colton on Presents

Cute shoes!

Me: What did you do today?
C: I was going to play outside but I decided to help make dinner. Was that nice of me?
Me: Yeah, buddy.  Did you help Dad cook?
C: Yeah, and when I was wearing mittens for the stove and I got to push the pan back in place.

On making Easter eggs ~
C: Will you tell Granddad how to do it? You need to whisper it in his ear.

Dad: Ever heard the phrase, "A watched pot never boils?"
C: No, I'm just going to keep watching until it boils.

C: You need to buy me a present. 
Me: You don't need a present, you're going to the zoo tomorrow.
C: How about on Monday?
Me: I'm working on Monday.
C: Okay, in 9 days.
Me: We'll see. 

LOL... I wish I had a picture of it, but C was making the babies' hair stand up by rubbing his balloon on their heads. 

Bearded Colton

"Colorful feathers"

C: You can just do anything in my room that you want that I tell you to do.

C: How come I didn't get any [bath] paint?
Me: Because I'm doing too many things right now.
C: What are you doing?
Me: Cooking and feeding the baby.
C: How can you cook and feed the baby?
Me: I'm talented.
C: Oh.

C: We're on the moon, only not close enough!