All in ONE Week

I haven't been very good at writing down the funny things that happen. So I started writing some of them down last week. I can't believe how long my list is after just one week! I had no idea we were so cool. Here's our Top 10.

1. Every morning I ask Cody what he wants for breakfast and he says, "I don't know until I get there!" (meaning the kitchen)

2. Cody and I were eating lunch and he put two strawberries on his plate. In order to encourage him to eat more fruit I said, "How about you have 3 strawberries since you are three years old." Later, while we were eating, he said, "Mom, how old are you?" (I had forgotten about our earlier conversation). I answered, "28. Why?" He said, "You should have 28 strawberries." (There were only 5 left.)

3. While Steve was cooking bacon on the griddle, Steve told Cody to be careful because it was hot. Then Steve moved a piece of bacon with his hand.

Cody: "Dad, why are you touching it?"

Steve: "Because I'm crazy."

Cody: "I'm crazy too, so I can touch it."

4. Steve was cutting his hair with the clippers and Cody wanted to help. He said, "Dad, we should do your eyebrows too. They are pretty long."

5. In Primary a few weeks ago they were talking about having a Primary Cereal Party. They were asking the kids what some of their favorite cereals were. Kids were yelling out: "Lucky Charms!" "Cookie Crisp!" "Fruity Pebbles!" Then Cody yelled out, "Rice Chex!" That got the adults attention. (For those of you who don't know, last year we were dealing with Cody's food allergies. He couldn't have gluten, wheat, or dairy. So, Rice Chex cereal with soy milk became a favorite "normal" food. Even though we have eliminated his allergies and he can eat anything now he still likes Rice Chex.)

6. Every night when I kiss Cody good night I tell him "I love you more than…". How I finish that sentence usually has something to do with the happenings of the day. Cody is always eager to reply with his own. They are always funny. The other night I said, "Good night. I love you more than looking for pennies on a walk." Cody smiled and said, "I love you than more chunky milk." (That isn't a typo.) Now doesn't that just melt a mom's heart? Cody usually wants to "save" his milk instead of finishing it so I always say it will get chunky if he leaves it out.

7. Cody was talking to Grandma Tammy (Steve's mom) on the phone and he couldn't hear her very good. He handed the phone to Steve and said, "I can't hear your mom very good."

8. Cody was looking at my wedding ring and wanted to take it off. I told him that it was a very special ring so I didn't want to lose it. He asked, "Why?" (which is the word of the day lately).

Tiffany: "Dad gave me this ring when we got married."

Cody: "I want to get you a ring so we need to go to the store."

Tiffany: "That's nice of you, but you don't need to get me a ring. When you get bigger you will meet a girl that is really special and you will want to marry her. Then you can buy her a ring.

Cody: "But I want to marry you."

9. While walking outside Cody said, "Look, Mom! Sloth!" (It was moss.) He says sloth when he means floss, but I didn't realize sloth meant moss too.

10. Cody: "Mom, when we move to Pittsburgh we should have more kids since we'll have more bedrooms."

11. Here's a bonus story. This one happened a few weeks ago, but it should be on the Top 10. We were at church and Cody started acting up so Steve picked him up to take him out. Cody said, "I DON'T WANNA GO!" and of course the chapel was quiet. The Bishop looked at me and started laughing to himself and as Steve was walking out he saw people trying not to laugh or smiling. Cody and Steve had a little talk in the car before they came back in about how we don't yell-especially in church. Cody innocently asked, "Is it because the people don't like it?" Steve couldn't tell him that he had actually cracked up the whole congregation. Quite a few people have come up to us since then and told us how much they enjoy Cody and how they thought that was so funny.

OK, so, I thought we were cool because we have all these funny stories. But, I just realized that they are all about Cody. I guess we would be pretty lame without him in our family.