Documenting life...: Oh how adorable you are!

This adventerous, sweet, kind hearted, terror has me wrapped around his tiny finger. All of his faces just make me want to sqeeeeeeeze him, and kiss him, and touch his blonde locks.
On Sat. he and I ran errands together. WE were in the grocery store, he was in one of those car carts, standing up on the windshield facing me (very safe), so I said, "Tan, I love you!" He looked back and said, "I love you too Mom, but when you are mean, I don't love you." It was said so matter-of-fact like. I was laughing hysterically inside. So then, we get home, I'm asking, OK more like commanding him to help me bring in the groceries (the kid does NOT know how to help) so he looks at me and says "Mom, are you being nice or mean?" I said, "nice!" So looks again and said very sweetly,"OK, then I'll love you." Ooooh, he's SO cute!

THIS is why I have such a hard time getting angry with this boy!

These pictures were taken yesterday right before church. He looks so handsome in his little jacket. Chick magnet all the way.
P.S. Rachel and Emily these were taken inside (no flash), in my prime location of my bathroom! It has two windows, one south and one east...it's perrrrfect!

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

11 comments:

Brian and Kim said...: This boy burrowed his way into my heart the day you moved in. He is my sweet friend. Thats what Brooklyn always says. He is so beautiful, inside and out!!!; October 22, 2007 at 5:36 PM
Aaron said...: If you ever need someone to adopt him for a weekend...PICK ME! I love him already and with his blonde hair he would fit right in.;); October 22, 2007 at 7:05 PM
LeMira said...: What a sweetheart!; October 22, 2007 at 7:55 PM
Amber said...: Great pictures! When we saw you at the store today, Jake asked me, "did you tell her you read her blog EVERY DAY?" I make him look at yours all the time, because I'm trying to convince him to let you take pictures when our new baby comes!; October 22, 2007 at 8:10 PM
Meredith said...: Very cute! He's going to be a heartbreaker some day!!!; October 23, 2007 at 9:03 AM
Emily said...: He is the cutest thing ever! I can definitely see why Macy is having such a hard time choosing who to marry - Tanner or Jaren. My mom comments on your kids all the time (I should say "gushes" about your kids all the time). All I can say is that, with those two boys, you are in BIG trouble in about 12 years!

- And I did notice the lighting, especially in the second picture. It's perfect! I guess I'll have to go for a hunt in my house to find that perfect spot.

- Thanks for always commenting on my blog. A lot of my friends and family read it, but they don't comment. I always love hearing your insights!; October 23, 2007 at 11:08 AM
AudyCamp said...: I think he is an exact 50/50 of you & jasper. cutie.; October 23, 2007 at 7:28 PM
Anonymous said...: Very cute kid, I love all of his faces too!; October 23, 2007 at 8:26 PM
A day in the life of the Campbell's said...: What adorable pictures.. He'll be showing them off someday at his reception!; October 26, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Jana said...: You are the best photographer in the world. Wow, you have lots about Tanner's antics on here right now!! He's so precious.; October 27, 2007 at 10:39 AM
chelle said...: Great photos! What lens did you use? 50 mm? Beautiful Boy. Beautiful Mom. M; October 31, 2007 at 7:36 AM