Initiative

I had all the boys today because Connor and Quentin were still sick. They were watching "Toy Story 3" in the afternoon and I happened to go in the bedroom when the big pink bear, Lotso, was talking. He said something about "initiative" and Connor said "I like initiative".

I said "do you know what initiative means?"

He said he did and I went on to say "it's like when you think of a good idea and you go ahead and do it without waiting for someone to tell you to do it"

He said "I know that. And it has a cuss word in the middle of it"

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It was especially nice because a granddaughter was added to the mix. All three grandsons love her and there doesn't seem to be any jealousy. So everyone was together on Christmas Day.

Connor and Quentin were handing out gifts while everyone else waited patiently for them to get done. Zeke was sitting on the floor and watching the gifts pile up. When they were almost done handing them all out, Zeke exclaimed "WOW...I MUST have been a good boy this year!"

The One Thing About Adriana

Last week, Adriana and I went to Columbia City to spend a few days with family. At one point, Zeke was telling Mom that Adriana came to visit. Then he said, "Gramma Coley, there's just one thing about Adriana. She doesn't have any teeth." Mom asked if she would be better with teeth. Zeke said, "yeah, I would like her better then. She needs to get some teeth."

A New Fridge

I picked Zeke up from day care one day and we went shopping for a little while. We were at Best Buy so I could return something and we were looking at refrigerators. Zeke was opening the doors and pretending to take stuff out to eat and drink.

I showed him the refrigerator that I wanted and he said take a picture of it. So I took a picture and showed him. He said "send it to my dad and he'll buy it." I said I would and starting to send it.

Zeke said "Oh wait. Make sure you tell him it's 45 spensive."

Voting Criteria

On Saturday, Connor went walking with me and two other candidates as we went door to door introducing ourselves to our community. We walked for about 3 1/2 hours.

Connor: Are you running against these two guys?

Me: No, we are working together to try to all get elected. We are all running for different offices.

Connor: Are you running against anyone?

Me: Yes

Connor: Who are you running against?

I told him the candidate's name.

Connor: Oh, you are going to win easily!

Me: Thanks for your support, but why do you think that?

Connor: Because he has a STUPID name!!

Me: Believe it or not, that is how some people vote.

Baseball's Over

We are all Yankees fans, in case anyone didn't know that little tidbit of information. As we all know, the Yankees lost to the Tigers in the playoffs. I said to Connor one day "Well, baseball is over for this year"

His reply: "At least any baseball that matters" Great comment for a 7-year-old!!

A New Cousin

Elizabeth had a baby girl on September 11. The boys, Brandon and I went around our neighborhood a few week after Adriana was born to sell popcorn for Cub Scouts. We stopped at a house where we know the couple pretty well and they invited us in. As we haven't seen them for quite some time, they were spending some time getting to know the boys a little. The wife asked which one of the boys acts the most like Brandon. I said they all act like Brandon in some ways, but Quentin probably the most.

I then told her that Elizabeth had a baby girl and showed her a picture. Connor explained that the baby looked a little like a boy because she just had a green t-shirt (onesie) on. I said she had that on because I was there and the shirt says "I heart Grandma" Quentin got a little quiet and we kept talking.

All of sudden, Quentin got very close to me and looked right in my eyes and said "Who is her grandma?" I said "I am."

He said "oh" and looked very thoughtful.

I asked him the next day if it is ok for him to share his grandma with Adriana. He said "sure"