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Say What?!?!

Kids. We love them always. We like them a solid 89% of the time. The other 11% of the time is spent:

  • Wasting our breath trying to parent them because they are not listening
  • Making meals that they are ultimately going to refuse to eat
  • Apologizing to the neighbors that our kids were naked in the yard. Again.
  • Finding gross things all over the house (I once found a tupperware container of urine under one of our boys beds. URINE. He didn’t know why it was there…)
  • Threatening to throw away everything they love unless they can at least pretend to try to follow the rules
  • Trying to figure out their room smells like urine. Again.
  • Telling them to shut the door EVERY SINGLE TIME they go in and out.
  • And the list goes on. And on. And on.

However, they make laugh like no one else can. They are silly, creative, and imaginative. They say the craziest things! My favorite internet threads to read are the ones where kids have said one thing but have clearly meant another thing entirely. Or, the ones where kids rename things. Spoiler alert, their names are WAY better than the actual given names.

Things My Kids Have Said

  • Bathroom exhaust fan = the poop fan. (Braden)
  • Underwear = butt covers. (Logan)
  • Table of contents = table of continents (Logan)
  • Boobies! = Blueberries (Kellen)
  • Stop pasteurizing me! = He meant to say ‘stop patronizing me’. (Kellen)
  • F@$% = Fork. This is reeeeeeeally awesome when your toddler screams this on repeat in the middle of a very busy restaurant.

Check Out These Other Hysterical Lists

https://www.inspiremore.com/kids-hilariously-rename-things/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/funny-tweets-kid-quotes_l_5ca26711e4b0fb341d60cab2

The Journey Begins

I talked myself into it.  I’m jumping into the world of blogging and trying to be more active on social media.  Will anyone read any of this or follow my accounts?  Who knows… But at least I’ll have fun along the way! And it turns out, the social media world is perfect for introverts like me!

So, who am I?  I’m Heather – a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and social worker in the largest level IV NICU in the State. I have been married to Kevin for almost ten years now.  We have three boys who are extremely energetic and fill us with so much love, joy, and an unbelievable amount of frustration all at the same time.  Braden is seven, Logan is six, and Kellen is four. Our household is ALWAYS chaotic, always loud, full of shenanigans (and children who believe that clothing is optional), allllllllll of the bodily functions, and never short on cocktails!  We are by no means the world’s greatest parents – we mess up ALL the time and lucky for you, I’ll post all about it here.  We tell our kids when we mess up and it’s a great way to teach them about God’s love and forgiveness.

I grew up in Arizona and Kevin grew up in Indiana.  We decided to stay in Indiana… and I wonder why about 75% of the year.  Oddly enough, both of my brothers and their families live here too, so it must be in our DNA or something.  We are a big sports family with a wide variety of teams that we support.  Kevin is a diehard fan of the UNC Tarheels and even he cannot tell you why.  He has no idea other than he started liking them from a young age.  Ohio State is my team – my Mom was born and raised in Ohio and I grew up watching the Buckeyes.  My grandparents still have season tickets so we go to a few games a year.  Like every good Indiana family we support the Colts and the Pacers, along with Butler and IU.  If our kids are really mad at us, they will cheer for Duke (UNC rival) or Michigan (Ohio State rival) just to get under our skin… They are lucky they are cute.

I hope you’ll follow along with me on this crazy journey of life and motherhood!