Not so Pleasant Conversation

First of all, I have to tell you that I was not there when Jeff and Jathan had this conversation, and I am glad.
It happened this morning when Jeff was sitting on the couch with his laptop, Jathan came in the room and sat by him.
Jeff: wow,Jathan! Did you just fart? You are a stinky boy.
Jathan: I know. My Butt learned it from your butt! (with a smile on his face.)
Jeff: Did mommy teach you that?
Jathan, oh no, if mommy hear that I will be in big trouble.

I was laughing so hard when Jeff told me. My little boy always come up with all these funny thoughts which bring us a lot of laughter. He is one special boy!

Brutally Honesty

Jeff is not going to be happy when he see this post, but I just can't past it up. It's a classic!!
I was sitting on the couch, trying to catch my breath after my workout. Jathan has a very concern look on his face. The following is our conversation.
Jathan asked: "Mommy, why do you need to exercise?"
"Because I'm fat! Look!" I answered as I showed him my 'roll' in my midsection.
"Mommy, why are you fat like Daddy?" he asked with the same concern look. FYI, Jeff was sitting right next to us at that time, and he was not happy! I thought it was very funny.
But "Ouch!" for Daddy!

Word of wisdom from a 4 years old.

Today, Jeff and Jathan were watching a movie while I was making dinner. There were a scene in the movie where a group of people were drinking.
Here is Jeff and Jathan's conversation
"Daddy, What are they drinking?" Jathan asked.
"Yucky Beer!" Jeff answered.
"Why do people drink yucky beer? It's so yucky, Jesus didn't make it! They should drink root beer, it's yummy."
Few days ago, Jathan told me that our neighbor's kids offered him some ice tea, and he told them he doesn't drink tea. I was kind of surprise how much gospel knowledge he has absorbed, I'm very proud of him. Sometimes we might not think kids are learning and understanding, but they are. Just keep trying! =)
BTW, wouldn't the world be better if ppls replace alcohol with root beer? Just think about there will not be no more DUI!

My Two Artists

Jeff has been wanting to paint for quite some time, so he got his starter kit on his birthday. Jeff was excited to get his hand on painting, and Jathan is even more excited, Here are their masterpieces.

Jeff's piece

I thought he did an amazing job as a rookie. I always know that he is artistic, he must have inherited from his daddy, I hope all my children will have the same artistic sense. (Jeff said he is not done with it yet, there are still some details to work on.)

My little van Gogh

This painting might not be the best painting you ever seen, but Jathan took it very seriously, he got frustrated because of the glass on the lighthouse, he tried and tried. I want to point of the glass, the sky, the yellow blossom, and the lighthouse, it has all the elements of the original photograph. I am very proud of him, Jathan definitely has the Carlson artistic sense.

Father and Daughter Conversation Part II

Jeff: "Brianne, you are cute! Can I keep you?"
Brianne: "Yea...."
Jeff: "Forever? Can I keep you forever?"
Carmen: "Brianne, do you want a boyfriend?"
Brianne: "Yea! Boy fiend! Dada, boyfiend!"
Jeff: "How about a husband?"
Brianne: "No! Goo Haban!"
Jeff: "A good husband?"
Brianne: "No! GOO Haban!!"

For those who don't understand the language of toddler, what Brianne meant was "It's going to happen." She doesn't want a good husband, just a boy friend. Isn't it comforting for a father to hear that from his baby girl.

Father and Daughter Conversation

We were driving home from Target the other day, I was showing Jeff the jeans I bought for Brianne and telling him Brianne had been wearing "hand-me-down" jeans from Jathan, how she is so trendy because the "boyfriend jeans" was in last season.
Jeff responsed: "She doesn't have a boyfriend!" , then looked at the rear end mirror to Brianne "Baby, NO BOYFRIEND!!"
Brianne responsed: " I wann boyfiend!"
I looked at Jeff, and he shaked his head and sighed.

Ha ha, I can totally picture them repeating the same coversation in like 13, 14 years. It's NOT going to go over well.