The Nelson Family: This kid cracks me up!

Friday, April 16, 2010

This kid cracks me up!

As I was getting ready today, I had Kayden in a vibrating chair thing by the bathroom which happens to be by Deagan's room. I got distracted at one point in this process and all of a sudden I hear a crash and then Kayden starts to cry. I look over at him and our hallway mirror had fallen down next to him and there were a bunch of Deagan's bouncy balls laying there as well. Deagan immediately says "Sorry mommy. Sorry mommy." over and over. My first reaction was to get bad and to punish him because that is my natural tendency but I have been trying really hard to get over that and to not react all the time. So I decided to let him explain to me what had happened as I was comforting Kayden. Deagan starts telling me that he was bouncy his balls and one hit the mirror and it fell. It did not hit Kayden but just scared him. I was happy I didn't react right away because really Deagan didn't do anything wrong, he was just playing. For 20 minutes after this incident Deagan kept telling me the story of what had happened and slowly the story started to lose its validity. At one point a dragon had come into his room and bounced off the wall and then a little bit later the dragon ate Kayden's stomach. Other animals made their way into the story as well and they all did their kind of crazy thing. He told me all of this in complete seriousness so I treated it the same.

I am not really sure what really happened during the incident, and I don't think I ever will because I have a feeling some kind of dragon or other animal will be the one to blame.

He really has a great imagination and it is a lot of fun to hear how his mind works.

4 comments:

Sister Chelsea Marie Akin said...: Holy Cow!!! That is so funny!! I'm glad that Kayden was okay!; April 16, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Miriah Griffith said...: That's so funny! The story, not that a mirror almost hit Kayden. It really is important to not get mad at our kids before we know what happened. They're only little for a very short period of time. You're a good Mamma!; April 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM
The Lovinger's said...: That's awesome... I would probably try to blame it on a dragon too. (:; April 17, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Alisa J said...: How fun! I am reading a book right now called, "A Mother's book of Secrets" by Linda Eyre and Shawni Eyre Pothier. It is about charishing the moments you have has a mom (even the crazy ones!). Anyway, its a good one. Your a great mother Michelle!; April 17, 2010 at 8:42 PM

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Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

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Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)