From The Mouths Of Babes

Sometimes my son says things that shock and embarrass me. Sometimes he says things that make me laugh until I cry.

Dray: Hi I'm Dray, wanna be my friend.
Random Primary Kid(RPK): (silence)
Dray: Uh, hello?
RPK: (silence)
Dray raises his hand
Sister Belt: Yes Drayton
Dray: (pointing to the RPK) I don't think he speaks english.

Ash: So Eric, who do you like?
Eric: What do you mean?
Ash: Like do you have any girls?
Dray: Eric has Grandma.

Dray walks in, middle finger up
Dray: Hey mom look a this!
Me: Where in the world did you learn that?
Dray: Uh, Porter (His cousin who is a year younger)
Me: Ya ok whatever
That night at dinner
Dray: Hey mom (middle finger raised again)
Me: Dray where in the world did you see that?
Dray: I told you Porter.
Me: No you didn't, who was it.
Dray puts his head down in shame and points across the table.
My Mom: I did not teach you that!

Where does my kid get this stuff?

Hall Of Flame

Last Friday Dustin, Drayton, Peyson and I went to the Hall of Flame in Tempe. It was so awesome. Seriously, talk about about big boys and their toys. I think Dustin was in Heaven.

They had firetrucks from all over the world, dating back to the 1700's. The oldest one was a hand pump that you put over a well or lake and manually pumped the water out. (I'd say fire fighters today are a bit spoiled). Let's hope most people lived pretty close to water, or you were in big trouble.

There was so much hands on fun for the kids. All the fire fighters in our group loved this place. Big and little. Present and Future.

CTR

It's a new year, meaning we're all taking another step forward. I woke up Sunday with a runny nose, headache and a cough. So, understandably, I had no intention of going to church. I got the kids up and fed them, as usual. Then I turned on the tv and laid down on the couch. That's where is all went wrong. "Mommy! We need to take a bath." "No, Dray we're gonna stay home today." "But mom, it's my first day of primary! I don't wanna miss it!" How do you say no to that. My kid is begging me to go to church. Then, realizing that church was starting right then, I high tailed it up stairs to make an attempt at looking presentable. It didn't work, and we got there as sacrament meeting ended. But Drayton was so excited to go to primary. We walked into the primary room, a room he has never been in, and he looked a little intimidated, but by the time we made it to the front of the room he could barely contain his excitement. He saw all of his friends from nursery and ran over to sit with them. I decided that ducking out would be my best bet. Because I was sick I didn't feel like sitting in Sunday School and Relief Society coughing and blowing my nose, so I sat in the foyer and had the following wards sacrament while Peyson chased people down the hall. Not sure why but my daughter feels its necessary to throw her shoes at people Anyway, when I went to pick Dray up he was wearing a CTR ring. "Look mommy, I choose the right! and Saturday I get ice cream!" He told me what he learned, and how much he loves his teacher. It was so sweet. Saturday they have their first Primary Activity and he has reminded about it everyday. While wearing his ring that he never takes off.