writing it down

my kids say funny things every day. i'm sure yours do too. some of their quotes are down right hilarious, while other things are really only funny if you truly know the child. but as a mom, i want to remember them all. they're all funny to me. :) i usually share the downright hilarious ones here on my blog, but i could not keep up posting the one-liners spoken in this house. one day, in my blog-hopping, i came across this great idea from another mom! the mom has a weekly day planner for each of her children each year and keeps track of her kids' quoteables in the planners. with a line for each day, there's plenty of room to record the precious and hilarious things spoken by your children. this mom said that as her kids have grown older, they have enjoyed going back through and reading the silly things they said when they were younger. she also mentioned that when a child is having a bad day, it's a good way to cheer them up...with their own words. :) (i cannot for the life of me remember where i saw this idea. i would love to give this woman credit for her idea, so if that was you and you are happening to read this, please let me know who you are!)

i waited until after the new year and bought a planner for $1 (really, a result of procrastination, but it paid off this time!). i just have one for ethan and caroline to share, and it's working fine so far. some weeks have lots of blanks because i forgot to write things down, and some weeks are chock full of ethan-isms. the planner stays in the same place on my desk, so i know right where to go when i need to jot down a quote in a hurry.

i'll leave you with my favorite ethan quote of the week... we'd come home one afternoon, and my bedroom door was shut. i distinctly remembered leaving it open, so i asked the kids if they shut my door (hoping one of them had vs. the other option of there being an ax murderer behind it). ethan said that he'd shut my door. i asked him why, and this was his answer:

so your stuff won't fall out.
huh? (trying to keep a straight face)

if our house tips over, and your door is shut, your stuff won't fall out.
as if this was worrying me, he went on...

but houses don't usually tip over because they're strong.
and i immediately ran to my planner and wrote that down...