cohen kid convos...

cohen is one funny little man...
(we got all of these in just 2 days.)

Lilly: Mom, don’t talk with food in your mouth.
Cohen: She’s mommy. She can do whatever she wants.

At breakfast.
September 10, 2011

Cohen: mom I can see your boob.
Me: no you can’t.
Cohen: yes I can. Put your bra up.
Me: (looking down to double check) you can’t see anything cohen. Where?
Cohen: (points to an inch above my bra cup) right there!

Me getting dressed in the morning at 6+ months pregnant, and apparently finally getting some cleavage.
September 11, 2011


I told him… ‘hey, I scored a goal. Give me a high five.’

Cohen talking about the goal he scored in his very first soccer game, and how we liked that he high fived his teammates. (and also telling him how much we loved that he high fived the other team when they scored :)
September 11, 2011


Me: I saw Paige at the party.
Cohen: awww, that’s why I wanted to stay!
Me: why do you like Paige so much? ;)
Cohen: cause she gives me kisses so many. She says to me…. ‘Come here’. And then I say ‘no’. But I go.

Chatting about one of Lilly’s friends that Cohen is a tad fond of :)
September 11, 2011


stay tuned...

more kid convos :)

I think I know where we’re going… but I’m not going to spill the coffee.
Lilly thinking she knows everything.
June 9, 20111

On Fridays I’m gonna do all sports.
On Mondays I’m gonna work at Chick-fil-a.
Cohen discussing his future occupation(s).
June 15, 2011

Me: I’m so sad I didn’t learn how to play this game sooner!!
Lilly: im sooooo sorry I didn’t tell you mom.
Me: it’s ok lilly!! I had other chances to learn, its not your fault.
Lilly: well… im still sooo sorry.
Me: don’t be, lilly!!
Lilly: well, I am. I have feelings you know.
Discussing that I was 32 when I learned how to play mancala. While the kids learned at 7. And 4. (Which amazes me…)
June 22, 2011

Me: Don’t forget about your squash.
(minutes later, without having to be reminded...)
Cohen: Mom, I’m all done!
Me: Good job buddy! I’m so proud of you. Thanks for eating your squash!
Cohen: Now I don’t have to whine.
July 2, 2011

Me: (singing) I throw my hands up in the air sometimes! Sayin hey-o… gotta let go!
Lilly: oh mom. (with a tone to match the rolling of the eyes)
Me: what? If you only knew how cool…. (I wasn’t)
Lilly: if you were cool, you’d wear sparkles all the time. Like me.
Getting ready for bath.
July 24, 2011

em and cohen dance ;)

Em: Now we're married! Wanna dance together?!?

Cohen: I gotta go poopie.

Em: ok! Then we dance?

May 24, 2011

kids say the darndest things.

these are heavy on the cohen side...
except for the last charmer i found scribbled on a sheet of paper in a long forgotten pile.
enjoy.

Dave: What are you going to practice? I think you should practice your stopping.
Cohen: But, when I stop… I keep going.
Before heading out on the ice at open skate.
April 2, 2011

Cohen: can I get up?
Me: yeesss.
Cohen: but I don’t want to.
Cohen asking permission to get out of his bed in the morning.
Or not :)
April 3, 2011

Me: I love you more than cookies.
Cohen: I love the cookies.
When Cohen came in to cuddle with me in the early morning.
April 7, 2011

I feel like I’m gonna be in here forever.
Cohen sitting on the potty with diarrhea.
April 16, 2011

Lilly: Cohen, you gotta teach me not to chew my nails.
Cohen: I tried it before. It doesn’t taste good.
Lilly: What?
Cohen: I tried it when I was a little baby. It didn’t taste good.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
After trimming Cohen’s nails.

Lilly: I think I need a bigger ice cube. It didn’t work.
Me: How do you know?
Lilly: It didn’t work! Nothing happened.
Me: What happened?
Lilly: It just went down and them came up.
Me: It came back up?
Lilly: Yes.
Me: Where is it now?
Lilly: I took it out and put it in the trash can.
Me: Lilly! You don’t put your hands in the toilet!
Lilly: Mom! I used toilet paper.
Lilly trying a new aged school ritual of flushing ice cubes down the toilet to try and summons a snow day.
Not dated.

fb rejects and kid convo combo

coulda been on facebook...

-Finding a forgotten pair of jeans in your closet that actually fit = awesome.

-Ask permission.

-Who took away my natural light? Give it back. Please.

-Don’t expect what you aren’t willing to give.


and kid convos in the same post...

Mom. Pretty much you’re not gonna win.
Cohen while playing Candy Land against Mommy.
February 15, 2011


Me: You’re still sleepy, girl.
Lilly: No. My eyes can’t open.
To Lilly when she is up way before she needs to be.
February 16, 2011


Mom. This isn’t gonna be appropriate… what I’m going to say.
This looks like a little pink poopy.
Lilly, picking up and showing me a dried glob of pink frosting off the counter.
February 24, 2011


Mom look. He looks like coach Obama.
Lilly, in response to what Cohen picked out to wear… an OSU shirt.
(clearly sports and politics are big in our house.)
March 25, 2011

oh my kids.

these 2 crack me up.
and i LOVE it.
more kid conversations :)


You’re a busy lady.
You have 2 kids.
You have a husband.
You have to make cookies.
You have to make meals.
Lilly. Thursday Dec 23, 2010


“Two little socks on a mission.”
Sung by Cohen while folding laundry.
December 27, 2010


Daddy: it’s going to be warm out today.
Cohen: we can go to the beach?
December 31, 2010


Cohen: What if the monkeys get in?
Me: Cohen, there are no monkeys in our house. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen them running around in our neighborhood.
Cohen: They know how to get here.
Me: How?
Cohen: They use that little thing that shows the crazy ways to go. (holding his hands up like he’s adjusting a GPS on the windshield)
Me: The GPS?
Cohen: Yeah.
Me: But monkeys can’t drive.
Cohen: The people can.
February 3, 2011 Bedtime.


See that silver thing?
That’s the toilet.
I tried my best to make a toilet.
Everybody needs a toilet.
And a lamp.
February 4, 2011
Lilly, while making house furniture with her Ellos

oh cohen

Cohen and I were looking through the USA hockey magazine this morning.

(Because that’s what we do.)

He points to a pic and asks…
C: What’s his name?
Me: Matt Smaby.  (I only knew because of the caption...)
C: giggles.
Me: Someday it will say ‘Cohen David…’ right?
C: more giggles.
Me: Do you want to play hockey someday?
C: I want to play Junior A.
Me: What? (as in… did you just say what I think you said?)
C: I want to play Junior A hockey.
Me: (that’s what I thought you said.)

Now. For him to say he wants to play hockey?
That doesn’t surprise me a bit.

Junior A?
The fact that he knew that as an option?
That’s what caught me by surprise.


And just to make a point that hockey isn't the only thing in the world...
Some sneak peak Halloween costume pics :)
bad boys.
bad boys.
come on, sing it now.

pretty random

2 little stories and my new favorite clip.

yesterday...
cohen: mommy? after Christmas, I play hockey.
I want Christmas to come today.

me: oh buddy, you have to wait a while. Christmas isn't for a long time.

cohen: like in 5 minutes?

(we may have made the mistake of mentioning real hockey lessons.)
(a little too early.)

and a running story that happened a while back...
all my normal running clothes were in the dirty clothes basket.
so i grabbed a too small pair of nike shorts.
and a spaghetti strap tank top (that i normally wear to bed) for my run.
i told dave and the kids it would make me run faster.
since i wouldnt want anyone seeing me dressed like that.
when i came home, lilly asks...
"mom, did you get any complaints?"

(she was serious.)
ha.

and this.
love it.
i {heart} JT :)

welcome to my ipod.
(or at least a fourth of the mix on my ipod ;)
(totally worth watching, dont mind that pesky commercial)

happy weekend!

happy father's day

dear daddy,

this year you have been the greatest daddy ever.

we love you. you are the best daddy.

i like to ride my bike to dairy queen with you.

love, lilly

me: hey cohen!? what do you want to say about daddy for father's day?

c: i dont want to say it.

me: why not?

c: because.

me: what is special about daddy?

c: play hockey.

thank you sweetie.

for becoming a daddy :)

Happy Father's Day!!

we love you.

my funny girl

Oh my sweet lilly.

She really says the best things.

She makes me laugh every day.

Here are 2 recent lilly conversations…

Friday, June 11, 2010

L: Momma. You don’t look pregnant.
Me: I’m not pregnant Lilly.
L: We don’t actually know momma. When was the last time you were at the baby doctor?

(ha.  we dropped that conversation right there... though plenty of explanitory details were running through my mind as to why am not pregnant at the moment, i decided to drop the topic ;)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

(While getting out of the van at the grocery store and noticing the car parked next to us had it’s window cracked open. You know… cause it’s about 100 degrees with 100% humidity here.)

L: Those people aren’t going to be very happy if a bird gets in there.
L: A bird can really trash a place.

(ha! I am still laughing at that one.)
i think she may be a little comedian in training.
thank you lilly.
for making me smile.
and laugh till the tears fall :)

(Pics from the last day of kindergarten!)

(and don’t forget to enter for the cozy giveaway by wednesday... click here.)

convos and pasta

I was only going to share a recipe today...
but there were things said by the kids that were too fun not to share.

Lilly: Eeeeh. (picking at the top of my head)
Me: What? (thinking there was a bug or something in my hair)
Lilly: You’ve got something white.
Your hair is white.
You are growing white hair.
And it’s attached to your head.

Cohen: Ho no. I got another boobie.
(when falling and skinning his knee. again)

Cohen: I need to play hockey really bad.
(while getting his hockey sticks out of the van after a short trip to the store)

oh my. i do love these kids.
and now… moving on to what I like to call a ‘poor man’s recipe'.

I’m kind of good with making stuff from nothing.
With food that is.
Not so much with anything else.

There are many times when I feel like we have 'no food in the house.'
This recipe resulted from one of those times.
Now it's a common lunch menu item.

We'll call this one...
"Poor Jen's Pasta" ...to please those who want a name with their food.
(all the kids love this. even the pickier ones.)

Poor Jen's Pasta
http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/

cooked pasta... any kind, no particular amount ( just however much you need)
butter/margarine/country crock... whatever you use
grated parmesean cheese
garlic salt

Cook your pasta and drain.  Add a glob of butter, some nice shakes of parmesean cheese and a few good shakes of garlic salt.  Give it a taste and if you want, add more garlic salt to your liking.  (But don't forget you can't take back the garlic salt... so don't add too much, it'll be ruined!  Believe me, I know.)

Happy Thursday all!

whoopie

cohen: mommy, i want those!
(excitedly pointing at some fluorescent pink factory made whoopie pie type things in a plastic container at Kroger this afternoon)

me: cohen. if mommy is going to eat junk food, i want something i make. something yummy and homemade and delicious. not those ones.

cohen: mommy no eat. me and daddy eat.

(foodnetwork photo)