We were driving home from school and Jacey saw a truck being towed that he thought was cool.  He kept staring at it till it was out of sight.  He asked me if I could see it still, to which I answered no.  He said, "I can.  I can zoom in with my eyes."

We were running late on Sunday morning and I had been rushing everyone to hurry because I didn't want to get there late.  Jacey said the family prayer and in it he said, "Please bless that we can get to church in 10 seconds."  Jeffrey was staying home sick and in the same prayer, he also asked, "Please bless Jaclyn to not get sick, cause she accidentally got in Daddy's face."  He's so aware of everyone's needs.

This next one is not funny, but very sweet and actually kind of sad.  Jacey was saying morning prayer another day before Jeffrey left for work.  This is what he said. "Please bless that Daddy won't get in a car accident.  And if he does get in a car accident, please bless that he won't die." I couldn't have said it better myself!!


Jaclyn was sitting on the couch with her arms hovering about a foot off the seat.  I asked her what she was doing.  She said, "I'm trying to fly.  But it's not working.  I think I need special powers."

Jaclyn was saying family prayer and at the end of it, she threw in, "please bless that we can be in Hawaii and be mermaids."

We were reading from the Book of Mormon about when Jesus came to the Nephites and was healing the sick.  I told the kids about different types of illnesses that Jesus healed.  Jacey asked what it was called when people's skin would fall off.  I said it was leprecy.  He said, "That happens to me sometimes." 

Jaclyn told me that she had to go the bathroom.  I said "Oh good girl, let's go!"  She then knelt down on her heel and said, "Actually, no.  If I put my shoe on my bum, then I don't have to go anymore."

Jacey and I were sitting on the couch together playing a game.  Behind us on the sofa table is our hamster, Juno.  Whenever it's time to change her cage, you can get wafts of dirty hamster cage smell from time to time.  While we were there, a very strong smell drifted by us.  The smell absolutely revolts me.  Jacey's response to it, was, "Mmmm, something smells yummy...like meat."

I was helping Jaclyn get dressed up for her first dance class and she tooted.  Like always, she announced, "I tooted!!" with a big grin on her face.  I told her that she needed to just say "excuse me" instead of announcing it.  She asked me what she should do if she tooted in dance class.  I said, "say excuse me." And she said, in her most low, growly, angry, mean, sassy voice, "And then I will say, DON'T LAUGH BALLET KIDS!!!!"  Don't get on Jaclyn's bad side ballet kids!

Jacey and Jaclyn were sitting at the table eating breakfast together and Jeffrey and I overheard this conversation.  Jaclyn said, "Ewww, what's that smell?!?!" Jacey replied, "I tooted." Jaclyn said excitedly, "I tooted!"  Jacey explained, "It's 'cause we tooted at the same time."

Jacey was talking about his favorite color being blue, and he said, "Thomas' favorite color is blue too. You want to know how I know?  One time I made him look at my blue shirt, and he smiled."  It must be true!

Jacey called Jeffrey's cell phone while he was at work.  He got his voice mail, which says,
Hi you've reached Jeff Palmer.  Sorry I missed your call.  Please leave me a message and I'll call you back. Thanks."  So Jacey did leave a message, then hung up. He was sitting there staring at the phone grouchily so I asked him what was the matter.  He said, "His message said he'd call me back, but it was wrong.  He's not!"


Jaclyn has been declaring her hatred for any and every body at the littlest of things lately.  It's so annoying and we constantly have to put her in time out because of how often she tells people she hates them.  Anyway, the other night after the umpteenth time of me telling Jaclyn to turn her game off to go brush her teeth, I went and turned it off myself. As I was walking away, in her little defiant voice she said, "I'm NOT loving you.  I HATE..." and as I turned around and gave her 'the look', she finished with, "somebody's name." Hey, it's an improvement.  :)




Elizabeth was over for lunch today and she was talking to Jaclyn and Laila about being Sunbeams at church now.  She asked Jaclyn, "What's your teacher's name?"  Jaclyn replied, "Jesus." 


Jaclyn later asked Elizabeth, "Why do you have hair?"  Lizzie replied, "I don't know."  Jaclyn said, "I think it's 'cause you need hair."  Hm..makes sense.

In Jacey's morning prayer.  "Please bless that Daddy won't get in a car accident, so we don't have to get our 3rd car.  Cause it will take so long.  Cause Daddy would have to see which car he likes the best."

Jacey was asking Jeffrey about Satan at bedtime a few nights ago.  He asked if he was a person like us.  Jeffrey explained that he is our brother, just like Jesus is, but that he made some very bad choices in Heaven and didn't get to have a body and come to earth.  So he started out like us, but isn't the same anymore.  Jacey thought about it for a while and then said,  "So it's like our body is our treat, and because he didn't obey, Satan didn't get his treat." 

I was about to run to the grocery store one evening while Jeffrey tucked the kids in bed.  Jacey started complaining that I always went to the store and he wanted Jeffrey and I to trade jobs.  I explained that I was better at shopping because Daddy didn't always get the right things.  He told me to make a list to give Dad and he could use that.  Jeffrey told him that even with lists, he would mess things up sometimes.  Jacey replied with a smirk, "Then you can check your list.....twice."

At bedtime tonight, I was explaining to Jaclyn and Jacey that tomorrow at church, Jaclyn would get to go to Primary for the first time!  She asked if she was going to nursery still too.  I said, "No, Jaclyn, you're a big girl now, you get to go to primary!!"  She said, "Ohhh, I'm a big girl now. So I can't eat my boogies."  That's right Jaclyn, that too. :)

Jaclyn and Claire were playing in Jaclyn's room with both doors closed.  I heard faint yelling and then all of a sudden, Jaclyn comes charging through the doors with Claire trailing close behind!  Claire was yelling, "Jaclyn, I won't toot anymore!!"  Jaclyn, still trying to escape Claire, hid her face in the couch and said "But I'm still smelling it!!"  

I was cooking dinner and Jaclyn was in the kitchen with me, hanging off my legs.  She started to hit me and was laughing about it.  After about the 20th hit, I finally said, "Jaclyn please stop, it's not funny!!"  She said, "Okay, I won't laugh anymore."  Then continued to hit me with a straight face.  

We were eating dinner and I had prepared the broccoli differently than I ever had before.  I thought it was pretty darn good!!  (recipe found here ).  I asked Jacey if he liked it.  He said, "It's not that good, but I still like it."  I said, "But Jacey, it's the best broccoli I've ever had, I love it!!!"  He peered at me skeptically and said, "Have you tasted it?"  Ouch!  :)

This isn't really funny, it's just something cute that Jaclyn observed today.  She was helping me prepare dinner and we were crushing garlic.  She thinks garlic is disgusting, absolutely can't stand the smell!  As I was chopping and crushing, she kept saying how stinky it was.  I kept telling her that it was sticky too.  After we traded our adjectives back and forth for a while, she said, "Stinky and sticky are related, right?"  I asked her, "Because they both sound the same?"  "Yeah." Smart girl!

I found some funny things I had put into my phone a while ago that I was meaning to put on here.  I'm so glad I wrote them down while I did, because I had completely forgotten about them!  They're both things Jacey said.  I don't remember the context of the first one, only the phrase.  "Heaven's the name of the town Jesus lives in."  Haha, that boy kills me.  The second is after he found an eyelash on his face and was holding it on his finger, about to blow it off and make a wish.  Instead of doing it himself, he held his finger out to Jeffrey and said, "Here Dad, you can wish that mom won't be insane at you." Nice. 

Jacey wanted me to put his vanilla pudding on the bathroom counter while he finished up his business.  I told him no that it would be waiting for him on the table. He kept badgering me to bring it to him.  Finally, after he realized my answer wouldn't change he yelled, "FINE!!  Then I'm gonna get off the toilet without wiping!" 

Jacey and Jaclyn were sitting on complete opposite sides of the couch, not touching at all.  They were arguing about something. Jacey is in the phase where he thinks he gets to control Jaclyn's choices.  He was trying to convince her she wanted to watch something and she kept rejecting his suggestions.  Finally after him yelling that she DID want to watch a certain show, she yelled back, "Jacey, you just made me have a wedgie!!" 

Jeffrey couldn't really see Jaclyn, but just sensed she was on "a mission".  He was trying to warn me and said "Jaclyn's getting into things Mom!"  Jaclyn defensively replied, "I'm getting into my CLOTHES!"  She was just getting dressed.  


Jacey was going to the bathroom and humming to himself.  I was humming a Christmas song outside of the bathroom.  All of a sudden, Jacey yells out to me, "Mom, you're making me want to hum that song, but I'm trying to hum I Am a Child of God!"  

I am mad at myself because I have missed months of funny things!!!  I stopped making notes when my kids said things and of course, most things get forgotten almost instantly if I haven't recorded them.  I found a few things that I had written down a while ago and some recent things have happened that I wrote down, so I figured I'd use what I have and try to be more diligent again in the future!

Jacey was having a hard time focusing on finishing his food and I was getting after him for it.  The following conversation ocurred:

Jacey: "I will never eat again."

Mom: "I don't care, that's your choice."

Jacey: "Well, I care THIRTY." 

Mom: "I'm glad Jacey."

Jacey: "I'm not glad you're glad."

Mom: "I'm glad you're not glad I'm glad." 

Jacey: "I'll never be glad you said that!"

Tommy was grunting. I said, "Oh, Tommy's pooping!"  Jaclyn gasped and said, with a look of horror on her face, "But I hate eating poop!!!"   ?????

Jaclyn had left the table without finishing her food.  To help her get back, Jacey said, "Jaclyn, I'm going to eat your food!.  Jaclyn said, "I don't care, I hate it!"  Daddy asked, "Jaclyn, you hate mommy's food?"  Jaclyn said, very matter of factly, "No!  I hate mine!" 

 

There was a guy behind us in line at Costco that had 3 jugs of milk in his cart.  Jacey looked from his cart to me and said, "Mom, I think he's addicted."