Kid Quotes

My job working at the elementary after school program has ended for the summer.

It was a blast, but I'm really enjoying my break so far. I was doing something the other day and I was reminded of something that one of the kids said and it made me laugh out loud.

Yes, I was home by myself.

Anyway, I had to write down a few of the funny things that they have said that I can remember. I know there are more, and probably a ton that are more comical, but this is what I can remember for now. (I'm sorry if they are not funny to you, some of them you had to be there)

Kindergartner walking around holding her pink belt doubled over in her hand. "Hhmmm.... I feel like whoopin' somebody!" (I'm bending over my cooler, giving popsicles out to kids) I suddenly felt a sting on my backside and I turned around to see my used-to-be-innocent kindergartner standing there, holding her belt, smiling up at me.

"Mrs. Chelsie, can I hold your cardboard?" (clipboard)

teacher: "Hey, did I hear it's your birthday?"

2nd child: "It's your birthday? ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

Birthday child (very somberly): "Yes. It is serious."

"I want to play tiger-go-seek!!!" (hide-and-go-seek)

As I passed one of the kindergartners in the hallway he casually says, "Hey Ms. Chels-Chels."

"Look! I used some handzamatizer."

Some what?

"Ya know, hand-matizer stuff, cuz my hands were dirty."

During quiet time I turn on instrumental music. "Mrs.Chelsie! This music makes my finger hurt!"

"But Mrs. Chelsie, I didn't do it! My feet did!"

"Mrs. Chelsie, so-and-so hit me. Right on the face like this" (hits himself again to show me)

(I call over 2nd child) "Did you hit him?"

1st child: "Ya, he hit me hecka-hard!"

Me: "Did you hit him hecka-hard?"

(I really shouldn't encourage slang, but it was just too funny at the time)

2nd child: "Ya.... well.... I didn't hit him hecka-hecka-hard!!"

Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Boy: Uuhhh...... a Man.

Me: (to girl standing next to him) And what do you want to be when you grow up?

Girl: I'm going to go to college.

Boy: Oh ya? Well I'm going to go to High School!!

(Different boy and girl)

Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Boy: (with his finger on his lip in deep thought) Uuummmmm....... A transformer.

Girl: You can't be a transformer when you grow up!

Boy: Never mind...... I want to be a Ninja!

Girl: What's an inja? OH! Like a fire-inja?

As we were kneading dough the girls in my cooking group were talking about how to make pizza dough.

Girl 1: "Did you know that chefs use their whole arms to roll out the pizza dough? They even use their elbows!"

Girl 2: "EEWWWW!! What about elbow grease?"

They really keep me laughing and help me enjoy my job that much more!

"Jessley" Wedding

In May my baby brother got married.

(Jessie + Wesley = Jessley)

Everything about the day was beautiful!

It was cold and raining the few days before but the day of the wedding was gorgeous.

As was the Bride.

And every single other thing.

Welcome to the family Jessie, we are VERY excited to have another sister!

Giants vs. Braves

My spring break lined up with the first week of Keith's semester break this year and we were able to go and do a few fun things. One night we went to a Giants/Braves baseball game. Although the Giants lost, it was still a lot of fun!

AT&T Stadium with the bay in the background

You can climb up in the Coke bottle and there are slides inside

We found Keith's ISU hat (that I'm wearing) looks very similar to the Giants SF hat, so that worked out nicely.

Nothing like a baseball game under the lights! Our tickets included a $5 food voucher so we were able to get a hot dog, which was perfect.

I am not much of a professional sports watcher, but after the second pitch of the game, I had to agree with the guy sitting next to me when he said, "HOLY COW!! Live baseball is SO much cooler than watching it on TV! This is awesome!"

I'm also not a huge fan of taking the motorcycle places at night on the freeway, (*hello freeze-out!) but things really aligned this night. We saved $30 on parking because we found a motorcycle spot on the street 2 blocks away from the stadium. Since it was after 6:00, we also didn't have to pay the meter!

Yay for summer activities!

Wisteria and Sunshine

It's been sunny and warm here the past few days.

After 21 days of rain in March, we have welcomed it!

Along with the sunshine, the wisteria lining the fence that goes along our carport and back yardish has bloomed.

It is delightful. We sit in our house with the doors open and the smell of fresh wisteria fills our apartment.

I don't know how long it will last, but it is a pleasantry that I am thankful for.

Surprise Visitors!

Guess who came to visit?

(rraawwrrrr)

That's right, Baby Maylee and her wonderful parents!

Monday evening as we were eating dinner, Keith told me that he invited one of his classmates to come over and work on a project. So, after dinner we cleaned the house and around 9:00 (when he was supposed to come) Keith got a text. He said Kyle wasn't going to make it because his kid was sick.

Cool, I hadn't dusted and was fine having a "mostly" clean house. I started doing other things. Around 10:30 Keith came in and sat by me on the couch. He said, "I have to tell you something. Kyle was never coming over tonight." To which I replied, "You really felt like you had to make that up to get me to clean the house? I promise, I would have just done it!"

Laughing, he told me no, someone else was coming over. I couldn't guess who so he finally had to tell me. (It was getting too late, he had to go to bed)

BEST SURPRISE EVER!!!!! (even better than me jumping out of a box!)

My sister, brother-in-law and baby niece were on their way!

They had left early enough that morning that had the roads and traffic been better, they would have made it here before I got off of work. They didn't make it until about 12:30 that night though.

They had been texting Keith and were hoping to make it by 9:00 (hence the Kyle story) but the pass was slow-moving. They told me their 2 different surprise plans though (had they made it earlier)

One was to just be sitting in my house when I got home from work. (I would have flipped)

The other one was to leave Maylee in her carseat on our front door step and then doorbell ditch us. (I honestly don't know what I would have done)

Anyway, it was still a great surprise (and I still had time to dust and finish cleaning the house) and it was SUCH a fun week with them here!

Here are some of the pictures. They were able to go and do a few more things than I have documentation of, unfortunately Keith and I had to deal with "real life" (work and school) part of the time.

Baby Maylee loved Uncle Keith. They were so cute this day, she was just cuddled right on his shoulder, perfectly content.

While they were here we toured the Jelly Belly Factory

Even Baby-May got to wear a hat!

We visited Fisherman's Warf, Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street and Golden Gate Park (it poured the entire day, of course)

I stayed in the car with the baby while Keith went out to take pictures of Whit and Tobin.

Love, Love, Love this baby girl!

Golden Gate Park

Keith and Tobin at the Ocean

Mama and Baby, taking a snooze

Uncle Keith and Maylee watching a basketball game

Her onesie says "My Aunt is My BFF!" (compliments of yours truly)

2 of my all time favorite girls

Taking a little nap the night before they left

Here's a little video of Maylee and Uncle Keith talking.

Thank you SO much for coming Giruad Family, it meant a lot to us!

Basketball

Touro California vs. Touro Nevada

Keith recently played in this monumental basketball game. He came home one day last fall and told me about it and said he was going to try out for the team. I thought, "Oh, how fun. A friendly little basketball game between the 2 campuses."

Nope. Not little at all.

I don't know how Touro Nevada did it, but here they had multiple open gyms and then 2 full days of tryouts. The team got cut down to about 20 after the try outs and throughout their weekly practices (since November) the numbers slowly decreased.

Finally, a few weeks ago, they cut the team down to 11 "sponsored" players. Sponsored meaning the school payed for their plane ticket to Las Vegas, provided each player their own hotel room for 2 nights, $80 to do whatever they pleased with, and a team hat.

It was a little intense. Sadly, Touro, CA lost by 3 points in overtime! : ( But, just as cool as in little league, they got these participant medals. Nevada got another trophy for their case.

(so blurry it hurts your eyes to look at, sorry!)

Keith humoring me with an enthusiastic, super cheesy picture with his medal, hat, and basketball.

Where to start?

After a 3 month hiatus, where do I start?

I didn't blog a dang thing about the holidays.

Pretty sure I can't catch up at this point.

Not with details any way, I'm just not that dedicated of a blogger. (obviously)

We went home for Thanksgiving and for Christmas. It was wonderful!

One holiday story: We weren't going to go home for Thanksgiving but my younger sister was having her baby shower and at the last minute we decided to make the trip. It was good to be home and see everyone and it was especially fun to be home for Whitneys baby shower. (Seriously? How is my baby sister old enough to have a baby of her own?)

Since we decided last minute to go home, we thought it would be fun to surprise Whitney. I can't believe we didn't get a picture, it would make this story so much better. When we moved down we had a really big box and I couldn't just throw it away, because great things can come from really big boxes. I made a giant bow out of strips of construction paper and when we got to Pocatello, we went straight to Whitney and Tobins house. I climbed in the box (on Whitney's front door step) and Keith put the bow on top while my Dad called Whitney to tell her he left something for her on her front porch. To shorten the story, she didn't believe him and Keith finally had to go and knock on the door. She came out and I jumped out of the box and it was fantastic!

(Whitney, baby belly Maylee, excited Aunt Chels)

Well, now I have the slightest urge to finish blogging about the holidays,

But I won't.

I know exactly how it will go.

I will get about 1/2 way done, either fall asleep or get distracted, and then never come back and finish.

I know. It has already happened once.

So, that's all the holiday blogging that will probably happen. From here on out, I'll try harder to keep up-to-date.

Or, at least I'll think about it. :)

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On a different note, I made these tonight for second dinner/dessert. They were fantastic. There are 2 of them set aside for me for the morning.

I am very, very excited.