Colton on Mothers

Colton on advertising ~
C: And I really want one!  So I don't keep my room messy, because I'm getting really tired of cleaning it myself.  You can even order one now.

C: That show is really annoying me!
Me: You're not even watching it.
*door slam*

C: And apparently, I'm too hot to be a Jedi right now.

Me: Did you really put all your laundry away?  

C: Yes.

Me: You didn't just hide it in your dirty clothes laundry again?

C: OH MOM !!  I'm getting really tired of doing my laundry myself!

Historical Colton

C: They should paint that old, rusty engine.
Me: I don't think they will.
C: Why not?
Me: It's part of the history of this town.
C: I didn't know this town had history!

Investigating potential camping sites... win!

C: Do you know why I want to lift weights? Because I want to be strong like you!  And so I can grow up to be as strong as a giant, a Skylander Giant!

Of course he finds a gun-shaped stick.  Sigh.

Me: There's the old tree!  (historical marker)
C: So that's what smells!

Tiny frog

C: Why do you always take us on these long walks?
Me: Says the boy that ran miles and miles at the jog-a-thon.
C: I can just go 3 miles.
Me: We haven't even made it a half mile yet, so march, mister!

Silvertips Training Camp

Me: Did you have fun watching the Tips today?
C: Uhm...sure.
Me: I see.
C: The best part was getting my teddy bear.
Me: Of course it was.

Colton on Star Wars

C: Do you know what we could do while the cookies bake?
Me: Hum?
C: Practice looking for Easter eggs, so we're the best finders at Easter.

Me: I expect you to have one hundred percent better behavior if you want to continue to have friends over.
C: Or just a billion percent.
Me: Sure, that too.


C: Maybe someday you can buy me the Eliminating Falcon!
Uhhhh...

That's a nice look.

Woot!  Training wheels off today!

Watching Star Wars ~
C: And he is going to grow a new arm since it got cut off, right?
Me: Yep.
C: I just hope that never happens to me! Besides, when I grow up, I'm not going to be a Jedi.  I'm thinking about being a mechanic.  And instead of working on cars, I'm thinking about working on something else.
Me: Like what?
C: I was thinking of working on race cars, and stuff.

Catching up with Colton

Me: Yum, watermelon in the summer is my favorite!
C: My favorite winter food is Dutch Babies!

C: The thing I don't like about sunny days is that it's just too sunny!

C: I have a headache, and I think what makes it worse is talking.

C: Why are you taking that down?
Me: It's not our birthdays any more.
C: But it makes my thinking space happier!

Audrey: My tummy likes strawberries, but my throat likes bacon.

C: When you pick your nose and don't wash your hands, you're wedding germs.

 
C: Jordan? Do you know what I'm watching in my brain? Skylanders.
Jordan: I think that's the same thing as screen time and you can't have that today.

When Life Hands You Lemons...

C: Mom, when can I get a dirt bike?
Me: When you can pay for it.
C: Why do I always have to pay for things?
Me: Because I really don't want you to have a dirt bike right now.  And also, you'd have to get your training wheels off.
C: I tried, but I don't think I'm the kind of guy that wants his training wheels off.

C: I tried to make a tablet, but I just didn't have enough hands.

At Star Wars Lego Camp... C had an ear infection and hasn't been able to hear, resulting in ~ 
C: We worked on the LEMONADE Falcon!

C: Can I watch TV?
Me: Yeah, I suppose.
C: Because it's after 5, I can watch TV, unless it's super hot, and we don't want to waste electricity.
Me: Sure.

Colton Goes Camping....Again

Dad: We need to head back to camp in 10-15 minutes.
C: I'll take 15!

C: Hurry before she gets into the tent!
....
C: Darnit.

The boys made bows & arrows, and then

fishing poles with sticks and rope. 

C: Why do the bees just keep bugging me?
Me: Because they like hot, sweaty boys.
C: Well, they should like cold, sweaty moms!

Colton Goes Camping

Nanan: What do you want to do when you grow up?
C: I want to go in space!
Nanan: And what would you do in space?
C: I want to chase down all the star ships! 

C: Where's Dad?
Me: He went to call Opa.  He has to drive a little bit until he can get reception.
C: Yeah, cuz we're way out in Pittsburgh!

C: I'll get it!
Me: I've got it.
C: Why do you always get things when I say I'm going to?
Me: Because I'm the meanest mom ever.
C: You need to stop being mean!
Me: Or?
C: I'm going to stop paying you!
Good ol' threat to the mom salary... 

Rope swing from swim lessons 6/8 ~

Colton Does Father's Day

Bestest boys ever! 

Me: Wow, check out the mountain! (Rainier)
C: It almost looks like a volcano!
Me: It is a volcano.
C: I can't believe I just saw a volcano!

Me: Are you awake?  Do you want to come with me to get donuts?
C: I'm too tired... Oh wait, I wanna come!
Me: I'm going to go put on some coffee while you get dressed.
C: I need something too.  I'm too tired to get dressed.
Me: Okay, I'll make you some hot chocolate.

Me: That sneaky Dad is already awake and knows we're going to get donuts.
C: It doesn't matter because he doesn't know what kind we're gonna pick out.

Guy at Frost: Are you drinking coffee too?
C: No, it's hot chocolate!  (he just had to take it in with him)

Me: When I was a kid, we went camping on the boat.
C: WHAAaaaT?!

Sailing with Granddad!

Took Colton to see the Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle on Friday ~
Me: What was your favorite cure?
C: The pirate cure!

Me: You have some serious stick-em-up hair today.
C: That's the way I want it!

Colton's Concert

Mom & Mrs. Gerla coordinated outfits

C: I'm feeling like in the morning, I might want to do an art project!
Really?  How unlike you!

Post-concert trip out to ice cream with Nanan, Grandma, Granddad, and Mom.

5th blur from the left in the top row, singing Bye Bye Baby Tooth.

And from earlier in the week, here's Colton's house ~

So you too can have your very own cardboard, tin foil-roofed house to live in when it's pouring down rain outside. And it will only be a head taller than Colton, so if you're taller than that, you can crawl, he says.

Colton Goes Camping

C: I wish we could live at camping.

Me: Well, if we lived here, it would be home and then we'd have to camp back at the house.

C: I am going to create an indoor campsite.

Me: What's the point of that?

C: So we could camp any time, even if it rains.

C: We're having a good camping trip!  We went hiking, saw a caboose..

As all good camping trips should include.

C: I think Beckler River is the best camp spot.

Me: Why's that?

C: Because it's where I learned to snap! 

C: If I had my circle powers, I would just fly up and blast all the rain out of the sky.

Me: Did you bring your circle powers?

C: No, I forgot them.  Sorry.