More epiphanies from the mouth of little Macks

(put this post together  a few months ago, but just didn't get around to finishing it and just added the last few comments. the pics are a few months old on this one)

Evan(4): “I am just going to lay in your bed and think about my life”

Dallin(8): “Dad, does everybody have to be normal when they grow up?”

Dallin just got deodorant and was arguing with Kenna about not using it. “girls armpits don’t stink, Kenna!”

Dallin is in a school play and he keeps referring to it as a “dress reversal” ha.

Evan and Kenna got in the bath while Jourdan (their Nanny) was still here. Apparently she had told them they could have ice cream after dinner.  She left while they were in there. When they got out the conversation went like this:

Evan and Kenna: “Jourdan! Where are you”

Me: she left already

Evan: “what? What about the ice cream?”

Kenna: “but what about hugs and kisses?”

With a small pause and a look that said clearly Kenna has no clue Evan says: ” but what about the ice cream?”

Haha, priorities! Love that boy.

Evan (3) during sacrament at church… and not quiet might I add: “I wish Jesus would put orange juice in those little cups!”

Then he paused in thought as if thinking that if he were going to ask for something the thought occurred to him that orange juice wasn’t going to cut it. He said “I wish Jesus would just get Ice cream for all us people here”

Clearly I have my work cut out in the teaching department.

Kenna (6): “daddy, can I watch the videos on youtube, I won’t watch make up” (she likes to watch the vids of some Asian girl do her make up like a Disney princess and I have told her not to do that too much because it drives her brothers nuts… and me a little)

Dallin came in later: “Kenna, I thought you said you weren’t going to watch make up?”

Kenna: “ its not make up, she is doing her HAIR… I just wanted to see how she does it”

… I have no response for that.

Evan (3): while we are driving down the road he is looking into the rear view mirror moving up and down a little seeing the double image. He says “Dad, I can see me and my spirit in that mirror.”

Kenna (6) : on our way out the door I go to remind Kenna to get in the van. She is crying one of her sad cries. I ask her what happened and she says “I just didn’t get enough time with mommy.” I stammer through something to help her, but I don’t really know what to say to her.

Me: “ Evan, your shoes are on the wrong feet!”

Evan (3):” Yeah, that’s so everybody will say, “hey, your shoes are on the wrong feet!””

Dallin (8): “Dad, can you become president?”

Me:”president of what?”

Dallin: “you know, like Obama… of the states?”

Me: “ I guess I could, but I kind of chose a different path, most Presidents do something like law school now days”

Dallin” well, can you go to law school when you’re done being a doctor? Cause it would be nice, you know, if we run out of money, then we could still have the White House and stuff… Evan wants you to be president so he can have a private Jet”

Kenna (6) “Daddy, I am not crying, I am just sweating from my eyes… sweat is coming from my eyes… its weird”

The other night at dinner the kids were saying that it was funny that mommy worked at Wendy's when she was a teenager and then Evan with a clever grin on his face says "Daddy, wouldn't it be funny if there was a restaurant named "Denny's" and you worked there?" the best part was the blank stare his two older siblings gave him and his sheepish "oh, yeah... I forgot"
... although I never worked there.

Evan(4) word combos: Frankemstyle (frankenstein) I think Gangnam style had some influence on it. Also calls the hunchback quasimoto “fuzzy photo”

I saw that Dallin got a test back for math “good job on getting 50/50”

Dallin: “thanks… but I knew I was going to get that…"
me: "how did you know that?" 
Dallin: "I always get 50/50” he says with no fake modesty, but with a sincere grin.

Two weeks after Dallin was baptized Dallin was pretty distressed about something and so i asked him what was wrong. He said that he thinks he might have already broken his promises from his baptism... I asked him which ones and he said he wasn't sure because he forgot, but he was pretty sure he was supposed to finish reading the book of mormon by now, haha. I told him that he was doing pretty good and that Heavenly Father knows how much he tries to do what is right. It was a good review for me, as I explained that our main promise is to do all we can to do what's right, and we have to have faith that Christ can help us with the rest. Dallin is certainly one that takes his promises very seriously, I learn a lot from that boy!