Nate, Kimberlie, Boston, and Lily: Grandma Time

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Grandma Time

Boston loved having Grandma here for a few days. We partied with Tetris, cookie dough, the Winchester Mansion, the beach, and Alcatraz, where I saw the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time. It was red, and thus a bitter disappointment for me, but everything else was a blast. It was so much fun. Grandma even babysat so that Nate and I could go see "Taken" - Jeff and Brianne, we agree with your assessment - it was amazing. I loved having my mom here and cried when I dropped her off at the airport on the way home.

5 comments:

Lisa said...: Hey, how'd you like the Winchester Mansion? I've never been, so I was wondering if it's worth the admission price?

That's so fun that you had your mom there and so sad she had to go. :(; March 15, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Kim said...: Honestly... it's not. It was ok, but Alcatraz was the same price, but it included the boat ride, a self-guided tour, and it was way cool. The Winchester Mansion had come highly recommended, but it was about $7 worth of cool, not $25.; March 15, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Ashley said...: Sounds like you had fun! We really want to see Taken some time soon. When do you guys come home? We want you to come over for dinner. :); March 16, 2009 at 6:01 PM
jeffandbrianne said...: Thanks for giving us a shout out in the blog. Told you, you would love TAKEN. Great pic of Boston, that kid is getting cuter and cuter.; March 23, 2009 at 4:55 AM
Andrew/Drewski said...: Taken was SWEET.

I have to admit I don't like reading your blog anymore. You're always talking about how great the bay area is...it makes me jealous. I want to move there! It's just not fair! You went from living in the worst place in the world (Provo) to, arguable, one of the best. For that - you're on my black list. So sad for you.; March 28, 2009 at 2:49 PM

Manly Quotes

2/12/15:
Me: (Grabbing Boston's face and inspecting it) "What's that by your chin? Is that... it is! You have a zit!"

Boston: "What's a zit?"

Me: "It's something teenagers get."

Boston: "Really!?... Cool! I have a zit!"

3/13/14:

Boston: "Mom, you know that song that says, 'Keep the commandments, unless there is safety, unless there is peace'? I thought we were ALWAYS supposed to keep the commandments..."

3/02/14:

Boston came to visit the new baby (who was wearing little mitts so he didn't scratch himself) at the hospital, and apparently wondered what sort of creature I'd given birth to. When they got home, he started making strange faces.

Grandma Lolli: "What are you doing?"

Boston: "Why does Coop make faces like this? And will he scratch me with his claws?"

10/24/13:
Me: "Guess what Boston! Tomorrow we go to the doctor to find out what kind of baby I'm having."

Boston: "... like, if it's going to have black skin, or white skin...?"

Me: "Boy or girl. It will probably have white skin."

8/31/13:
Boston: "I'm glad I don't have school today... I'm tired-er than 300 babies in a belly!"

8/13/13:
Me: "I TOLD you the apples were right here. I'll give you a noogie for making me come get it for you."
Boston: "Well, I'll fart for that noogie... And NOT say excuse me!"

5/17/13:
Me: "Boston, it's time to turn off the iPad and come eat breakfast."

Boston: (eyes never leaving the screen) "... I'm fasting today."

5/1/13:
Boston: "Mom, will you peel this orange for me?"
Me: "Sure."
Boston: "Thanks, Mom. You're the best... You're the juiciest mom ever. You're really squishy."

I think I just got the compliments that were meant for the orange.

3/12/13: Grandma Laurie was putting Boston to bed, when he started messing with his fingers. Grandma grabbed his fingers, kissed them, and said, "What are you doing? Sign language?"

Boston: "No, I have boogies. I'm rolling them."

11/6/12:
Me: "This is it, buddy. Today is the day we vote."

Boston: "This is Mitt Womney day?! Hooray!"

Me: "I sure hope so..."

10/30/12:
Boston was casually looking out the van window when suddenly he saw a witch and said, "Woah! That was scary witch! She scared my brains out!"

9/20/12:

Nate (after studying for the GMAT all day): "The left side of my brain literally hurts... is the left side the math side?"

8/30/12:
Nate (to Boston, who was eating a donut): "Did you know that donuts are the number one cause of big bums?"

8/27/12: Boston (during his nightly prayer): "...and bless us to have a fun football season. Bless us to win, and the bad guys to lose. Oh, and bless Mitt Womney will win..."

8/15/12:

Boston: "I want to see Grandma Laurie. But she's too busy. Maybe we can just drive by her house."

8/15/12:

Boston: (alone in the bathroom) "... someone's making farts in here..."

8/6/2012:
Nate: "Being a loser is the only way to be a winner again!"

8/6/2012: I've been nudging Nate towards getting me an iPad for my birthday.
Nate: "The problem is that you'll probably want it with a lot of pomp and circumstance too.... a big surprise, confetti falling from the sky, a parade of marching midgets..."

8/3/2012: Nate and Boston are learning letters while I work. I can only guess how this chant came into existence...

Both: "Focus! Focus! Finish! Finish! (repeat... repeatedly)"

8/1/2012: Nate is trying to get us to eat more healthily.
Nate: "Prepare yourselves because everyone is eating a pound of asparagus tonight!"

6/26/2012: I was getting out the hose to water my plants.
Boston: "Ooo! Can I be the hoser?"

6/15/2012: Boston ran to open the door and held it open for me and Lily (in her stroller).

Me: "Thank you for holding the door, Boston!"

Boston: "Yeah, I'm a softman most days..."

Me: (...thinking) "You mean a gentleman?"

Boston: "Yeah, I'm a gentleman."

6/9/2012 - At bedtime:

Boston: "Is it time for you to go downstairs now?"
Me: "Yes, it is."

Boston: "But I need you to stay!"

Me: "Why do you need me to stay?"
Boston: "Because I love you and you're so cute and precious."

6/7/2012

Me: "Boston, put your shoes on."
Boston:"(audible sigh) It's hard to be a boy."

6/3/2012 - Boston was squirming and wriggling (innocently, but still annoyingly) while I tried to put his clothes on, when he suddenly noticed I wasn't having fun.

Boston: "Mom, are you sad?"
Me: "No, I'm just tired of trying to wrestle you into these clothes. You sometimes make me tired."

Boston: "I'm sorry, Mom. I'll give you a kiss for that."

Then he did :)

6/1/2012 - Boston was playing at my mom's house and eyeing the ditch behind her house.

Grandma: "Boston, the water in the ditch is really low today. It would be ok if you want to just put your feet in it while I watch. (insert the regular "but as a general rule, just stay away from the ditch" rhetoric here)."
Boston: "But it will died me!"

Grandma: "No, it won't. I'll watch you very carefully."

Boston: (pause) "Make Sarah go in first and see if it dieds her."

5/28/2012 - Pertinent background information: Nate is in charge of the dishes at our house.

Me: "Ok, Boston. Here I go to do the dishes. Wish me luck."
Boston: "Wait... I thought girls don't do dishes. Dads do dishes."
Me: "Well, I have today off work, so I'm doing the dishes."
Boston: "That weird..."

5/10/2012 - I think Boston is learning how to drop hints. Today he was singing this (to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"):

"Disney, Disney, Disney Land. Who doesn't love Disney Land?"

4/12/2012 - Nate was watching me crawl behind the dryer (I am smaller, and thus fit better) to re-attach the vent hose thingy that he'd noticed had fallen off earlier in the day.

Nate: "We are so messed up. I just caught myself thinking, "I hope she gets this fixed - I have a batch of laundry I want to dry tonight"."

4/12/2012 - Boston was saying the breakfast prayer, and in it he included, "...and please bless Jesus..."

4/10/2012

Nate: (Teasing Boston)

Boston: "Dad, you a goofball. Go back to work."

4/6/2012 - I caught Boston full-out running and slamming himself into the walls and asked: "What are you doing?"

Boston: "I'm trying to wall jump like Mario."

3/20/2012

Boston: "Dad, I'm playing with Mama today."

Nate: "Who am I playing with today?"

Boston: "You're playing with yourself."

3/17/2012 - Nate will occasionally sing ballads of his own random brainwave creation. Today he was working and I heard him start singing (in what sounded like the tune from My Fair Lady's "Just You Wait" song):
"I-I have a big heart, but a small brain, it's true..."

3/16/2012

Nate: "You are my Lily, my only Lily. You make me happy..."
Boston: "No, she MY Lily! I picked her out. You picked mama out, and I picked Babes out."

3/16/2012

Nate: "I think I'm going to move back into my office. It's just silly to have a room in our house that we don't use."

Me: "No! I'm not ready yet!"

Nate: "She's not coming back. It looks like she's made her decision. I want her to come back as much as you do, but it's time for us to move on."

3/15/2012

Boston: "I really like games."

Me: "Yeah, games are fun."

Boston: "I talkin' to her. (To Erin) I really like games... on phones. Do you have any games on your phone?"

3/12/2012

Boston: "Whew! It's hot out here. We need some of that white stuff."

Nate: (momentarily puzzled) "...Oh! Sunscreen?"
Boston: "Yeah."

3/9/2012

Sarah: "Boston... did you just eat my chapstick?"

Boston: (Pause) "No..."

Sarah: "How did it taste?"
Boston: "Good! Like blueberries!"

3/5/2012 - We were reading scriptures and Nate was trying to make sure Boston understood what we were reading.

Nate: "Do you know what 'righteous' means?"
Boston: "Yes."

Nate: "You do? What does it mean?"

Boston: (doing an almost perfect impression of Crush from Finding Nemo) "Righteous! Righteous!"

3/3/2012

Boston: "Mom, I'm sorry for screaming at you today. You was just bugging me while I was trying to talk to Davey Boy. I not do that again."

3/1/2012 - Our house was in serious need of some love, so we all decided to clean it together.

Nate: "I'll start on the dishes."
Me: "I'll pick up."

Boston: "I'll sing the clean up song."

He's been marching back and forth singing, "Everybody clean up!" as his contribution to the cause.

3/1/2012
Me: "Boston, did you know this is Jessica's last night at our house?"
Boston: "Where she going?"

Me: "She's going to go back and live with Kyle."

Boston: (pause) "Who will live with us then? Grandma or Grandpa or Whitney?"

2/27/2012 - We were reading scriptures and Lehi was in the wilderness.

Nate: "A wilderness is like a desert. Do you know what a desert is?"
Boston: "Yeah! Like World 2 on Seany-poo's game!" (Super Mario Bros for the Wii)
Nate: "Uh... Yeah, actually, that's exactly right."

2/23/2012 - Boston stood up as tall as he could on the arm of the couch while we were talking, and said, "Hey everyone? Hey everyone! Everyone!" until we were all quiet and listening. Then he spread his arms wide and carefully made his speech: "Let's... All... Eat Fwedish Fish Together!" After the proclamation, much applause ensued.

2/23/2012 - I was playing pretend plant-the-garden with Boston when suddenly he stopped, looked at his wrist (he has an imaginary watch), and said, "I'm late! I need to go to the football game. This (he gestures to his imaginary friend) is my friend Jeff Johnson (who is actually Nate's real football friend). Let's go."