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From the mouth of Isaiah...

I keep an ongoing word document so I can write down the funny/clever/silly things that Isaiah says.  I've been doing it for about 4 years now and I'm sooooo glad I have it! I was just reading through some of them and I thought I would post a couple here to give you a bit of a chuckle.  (Isaiah is 6.5, just FYI.)

10/30/07 – Me – “Izy, can I have a hug?” Izy – “Yes, I always have time for hugs.”

3/21/08 - Isaiah talking to Granny Annie (my mom) – “Granny, I’m getting so tall!  I can feel my self growing when I’m sleeping.”  Granny – “Well, I’m as tall as I’m going to get.”  Isaiah – “Well, you better get more sleep then!”

5/10/08 – "Unicorns are real, we just haven't seen them.  They live in Unicorn Land.”

5/27/08 – “I can hear very well.  I have good ear-sight.”

6/1/08 – I kicked the soccer ball really hard and it accidently hit Isaiah in the privates and he grabbed himself, fell over, started sobbing and said, “This is a time when I need an x-ray!”

 

9/12/08 – “Somebody took my obeying!” Said after getting in trouble for disobeying. 

 

Hee, hee!

From the mouth of Isaiah

Stacy (my DH) and Isaiah were playing soccer on the Dreamcast (yes, I realize it's one of the oldest game consoles ever, but I don't want my boys to be too into it so I refuse to let Stacy upgrade.)  Anyway, they were playing with the men's teams and then they switched to women's and Stacy commented on how slow the women were running and Isaiah said - "I know why they're slow!  'Cause of their boobies!!" Hahaha! I totally burst out laughing! And yeah, that's probably true, lol!!! 

Gotta love boys!

From the mouth of Isaiah

"Mama, when you get baptized, does the pastor wash your hair?" 

Haha! He's so smart. 

From the mouth of Isaiah...

"Mama, can I have a gorilla bar?"  (He means granola bar, haha!)

From the mouth of Isaiah

I was laying down, talking to Isaiah (my 5 1/2 year old) and here are a couple of high-lights from the conversation-

Me - "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Isaiah - "I just want to be in your family...but I want to be a policeman, too!" Awwww!!! So cute!

Me - "Is there anything I can do to make me be a better Mama?"
Isaiah - "You can let me play the Wii more, that will make you better!"  Nice. 

From the mouth of Isaiah...

Mama - "Isaiah, can I have a hug, please?" 
Isaiah - "Yes...I always have time for hugs."

Isn't that the best answer?

"Aha!" Moment

So, at Mom2Mom Susan Jones was talking about...well, I can't actually remember but I do remember her saying this, that when your kids are driving you crazy with 50 million "why" questions, just ask them back, "why do you think such and such?"  Hello!! Genius!  Now, this may have been obvious to everyone else out there but it was a new idea to me.  So  I tried it on the way home in the car with Isaiah.  He had asked me about 4 why questions about God and normally I always try to answer them and then he asked, "How does God clean out our hearts? " I paused, thought about it and instead of answering, I asked him what he thought.  I was expecting an "I don't know" but instead got a long, wonderful response.  I couldn't believe it! It worked!  What a great way to engage your kids!

BTW, the short version of his answer was, "He uses a sponge and water to get all the dirt out."