Change of Heart

My six year old was fussing because I wouldn't allow him to have skittles for breakfast. More whining and fussing came, so I told him, "Kyle, you need to change your heart and stop fussing."

Kyle's response, "Mom, you need to change YOUR heart and let me have skittles!"

How do you respond to that??????

My College Years

One day while Lauren was in the shower she asked me how many hours are in a day. I told her my usual response, that there were 24 hours. She paused for a minute and said, "so that makes 36 hours in a full day? "

I went on to further explain that of that 24 hours there were 12 hours of daytime and 12 hours of nighttime making up an entire "24 hour period or day".

She looked at me and said, "all this time I thought there were 24 hours in a day and 12 hours in a night making a total of 36 hours."

She went on to say, "I am so glad you are telling me this now instead of me learning this in my college years. That would have been really embarrassing!"

All I Want For My Birthday

Today is one week away from my daughter's 8th birthday. Naturally, I asked her what she would like for her birthday. The conversation went a little something like this:

Me (Mom): "So, Lauren, what DO you want for your birthday?"

Lauren: "Mom, all I want for my birthday is to adopt a baby from Haiti."

Me (Mom): Trying to avoid getting into yet another wreck, I respond, "Well, that takes into account a lot of different variables. I am just not so sure that is really what I feel called to do right now."

Lauren: "What? You don't want to help out the people in Haiti?"

Me (Mom): "I do, but I really can barely handle the three kids I have right now."

Lauren: "I think they are just giving the babies away for free. Just look it up on Haiti.com!"

Me (Mom): "Your father and I are going to have to talk about it. A lot of things are involved when adopting a child."

Lauren: "I am sure Mr. Barton (a friend of ours who is serving as medical help right now in Haiti) could just bring us back a baby. That is really all I want in the entire world"

Me (Mom): Thinking to myself and outloud to my children...."when the adoption agencies come interview our family they will see amongst the screaming, whining, and complaining that we are probably not yet suited right now to adopt."

2009 Ski Trip to Steamboat, CO

The Moran Clan recently went skiing in Steamboat, Colorado.  We were very blessed to have friends join us this year:  The Brokaws, Keatons, and Keatts.  Here we are waiting for our shuttle ride:

Here we are waiting to be seated at the Mexican food restaurant:

We had a great time, and the kids did an AMAZING job.  Check out their skiing skills.

Kyle skiing:

Lauren skiing:

Luke skiing:

Daddy skiing:

We can't wait to go again next year!

Did You Go To College?

Luke:  "Mom, Did you go to college?"

Mom:  "Yes."

Luke:  "Are you sure you went to college?"

Mom:  "Yes, honey, why?"

Luke:  "I was just wondering, because your handwriting is HORRIBLE."

Mom:  "Ha, Ha, Ha!"

Oh Billy!

We recently got a Wii for Christmas.  I do believe Matt and I enjoy it just as much, if not more, than our kids.  We have 2 games, Wii Sports and Deca Sports.  In Deca Sports, you get to choose a player from various premade teams as opposed to creating a Mii in Wii Sports.  Luke ALWAYS without fail selects Billy Boost Force.  I am not sure why.  Matt was ice skating (our new favorite Wii sport) one night.  He took over for Luke so Matt's skater was who other than Billy Boost Force.  In ice skating there are circles you have to follow and you lift up on the remote when your skater hits the center of the larger circles in order for the skater to perform the skating element.  As Matt was skating Billy around the ice he lifted up the remote a little too early which caused Billy to fall down on the ice.

Matt: "Oh, Bull!"

Luke:  "Dad, his name is Billy, NOT Bull!"

Put up the Book!

We were all sitting at the dinner table one night, quite a rarity, and Luke was reading Harry Potter.  He is very intrigued with reading these books lately.  He started them MLK weekend and is already 3/4 of the way through book #3.  I asked him to put the book up while we were eating so we could have a family meal together.  This was his response: