How Pirates Wake Their Babies

This morning Gavin wanted to come with me to get London out of bed. I reminded him that we need to be quiet and calm with her when she first wakes up. He nodded, then did an exaggerated tiptoe to her bed, peeked through the bars, and whispered, "Argh! Good morning, ye scurvy baby!" He then turned to me and said, "That's how pirates wake up their babies." Oh. Ok.

Big Brother

I've always thought that every girl needs a big brother. I didn't have one, and I wouldn't trade my older sister for anything. She's always been a close friend, and she's more of an inspiration to me every passing year. But growing up I imagined that an older brother would make me cooler, protect me, teach me about boys and sports, and maybe even provide a few friends to date. Of course, I didn't realize that an older brother also spends a lot of time sitting on you. Luckily, this seems to be pretty fun, too.

How do you like your cereal?

I think you can guess what happened next.

Gavinisms

On Jello:

"Hey, mom! I want some more of that shivering stuff!"

On Jet Planes:

"Hey, mom! What's that foamy track in the sky?"

On Missions:

"Mom, what's a mission?"
"That's when you go somewhere far away and tell people about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ."
"Oh. Because they don't know about Heavenly Father?"
"Yep."
"And they're trying to take away his rights, huh?"
"Uh....."

On Death (and Transformers):

"Mom, I'm trying to tell you something bad. Paul died. Optimus Prime killed him. He killed him with his gun and with his foot. First he shooted him, then he kicked him in the face, and now he's dead. And when all the Transformers are died, Paul will come back alive again. Because Transformers are bad. Except Bumblebee. He's in the middle."

On Trick-Or-Treating:

(This is after I explained that "Trick or Treat" means if you don't give us a treat, we'll play a trick on you.)

Mom: Gavin, we can't eat this candy until Halloween.
Gavin: But mom, if we don't have a treat, Daddy might play a trick on us.

Thanks

My family spent the week with us. They're gone now. I'm still eating turkey leftovers, but I miss them already. I have so much to be thankful for!