Gavin reading!

Our little bug brought home a booklet today that he put together in class. His teacher said he had to read it twice and I'm guessing he read it closer to twenty times. Between me, David, Owen, Alfie (the real dog), Squirt (the cat that now thinks she is a dog), the stuffed animal Alfie, and all of his other stuffed animals we all got to hear it. He even took it to Grandma Juillerat's to read to her.  He is so proud of himself and has two equally proud parents.   

This video is him reading it with a special guest appearance by Alfie.

Krispy Kreme

We had to drop our cat off today to be declawed at the vet in Granger.  We use Morris Animal Hopsital - they rock!  When we went in for our presurgery appointment last week, the boys were quite traumatized, because they learned how they take animals' temps.  That sent the whole appointment spiraling out of control with lots of questions and such about why exactly the vet had to do THAT to their cat.  It was fun. NOT.  (For the record the vet was not helpful at all when I was trying to change the topic.  I think she enjoyed watching me squirm.  Oh, well.  I still like her because she is nice to my four legged babies and they love her even though she does THAT to them.) 

Anyhow, I decided yesterday to subconciously bribe the boys with Krispy Kreme.  The deal was if they were good after dropping Squirt off, we'd get doughnuts.  My idea was that the distraction of the doughnuts to come would distract them from discussing last week's appointment.  Why?  Because every time I mentioned the appointment, the vet, the cat's nails, you name it, they asked about taking the cat's temp and you can guess where that conversation went.  Thankfully, the distraction of yummy doughnut goodness did work!  They were little angels and enjoyed their doughnuts a lot. 

Now, I don't know if it was the excess sugar or what, but something got into Gav and he started talking to his doughnut like it was alive.  At one point, he asked it why it was starring at him.  Then, he told it he was sorry, because he had to bite it and it would hurt, but then it would be a doughnut amputee and that would be cool. I probably should worry about that kid a bit more than I do, but it is hard to worry when he'd making me laugh so hard I cry. 

He said what?

Gavin is one of those kids that is blessed not only to be very cute, but to have a very quick wit. He says things ALL the time that just crack me up. A few people have suggested I start recording them, so I did and I plan to add them to the blog from time to time. Here are some of his recent Gavinisms.


The maid

Me: Gavin, you spilled some milk. We don’t have a maid, so clean it up.

Gavin: We should get a maid the next time we go to Target.

Getting married

Gavin: Don’t tell Dad, but I’m getting married.

Me: Oh, ya? To who?

Gavin: Addie at school, because she’ll be a good mom. She likes dogs and dogs are like kids. You have to feed them and everything. We just have to live with you guys for awhile.

On prom

His teacher mentioned her daughter was dateless for prom. Gav overheard and said, “Alright, I’ll go with her.” Later, he told me he’d only dance with her and wouldn’t do any of the “kissing stuff,” because Addie (see above) would probably break up with him.

Random Gavinisms

I asked what the boys wanted to do the other day after breakfast and he replied, “I wonder what it would be like to be shot out of a cannon. Maybe I will scrunch myself up like a ball today and give it is try.”

“I always wondered what clouds tasted like and now I know. Cotton candy!” (This was after hiking to the highest point in the Smoky Mountains.)

“I’m going to skip kindergarten and just go to first grade. They have a better playground.”

When asked how old he is, he replied, “I’m sixteen, just really short.” He was four.