The Golding Adventure: October 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Random Acts of Kindness

Last night we went out to eat for Travis' birthday at Smoky Mountain Pizza. We really like the food, and we love Kids-Eat-Free Tuesdays! We were sitting next to a family having a little birthday party for their 5-year-old. While we were eating one of the other patrons went over, on her way out, and wished the boy a happy birthday and handed him a 5-dollar-bill. I thought that was so cool. How often do you see people doing nice things for others?
So, the little boy turned to Garrett and offered him some birthday cake. Garrett didn't really know how to accept the kindness. But, the mother handed us a huge plate of G.I. Joe birthday cake and we all laughed as the boy opened his gift and played with it!
What a fun night! Travis got some birthday cake and my boys got a great lesson in Random Acts of Kindness!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Random Cuteness

Our lawnmower gave up this summer....needless to say the grass did not! There was one strip that daddy managed to cut before the untimely death. The kids would run up and down, and they enjoyed finding all of the interesting bugs.

Look at this girl!! Hard to guess why we love her so much!!
Wyatt says the only bad thing about Lis is that she climbs on chairs...and everything else!!

MORE TO COME...

From the Mouth of Babes...

After a nice bubbly bath Mom poured a cup of clean water over Alyssa to rinse off the bubbles to which Alyssa (2) said, "Stop, Mom. You'll get me all wet!"

Mom: (quizzing Wyatt on his spelling words) Cry. Don't cry, baby.
Alyssa (2): Okay, Mama.

Wyatt (9): (while reading over the menu at dinner) Oh, they have sundaes!
Garrett (5): What about Mondays?

Dad: (While trying to tell the kids something) Am I speaking German?
Garrett (5): A little bit.

2-year-old Alyssa, sitting on mom's lap waiting for Dora the Explorar to start, "Wake up! It's Dora!"

4-year-old Garrett's response to what LDS missionaries do, "They go to people's houses and eat. And, they watch their kids play."

8-year-old Wyatt, "Mom, I'm not a big fan of kissing. I am not looking forward to getting married."...We'll see how his mind changes in about 10 years!

4-year-old Garrett, "I don't want to eat free!"...Wyatt wanted to eat at a favorite pizza restaurant, so Travis told him that we should wait until Tuesday because 'kids eat free.'

7-year-old Wyatt- I was rather nervous with Travis driving down a nasty canyon on a dirt road. Travis told me, "Do you think I want to roll the truck down this?" Wyatt, "Yeah, you would get your truck dirty."

4-year-old Garrett, "There's a cow-horse! Look at the cow-horse."...Upon seeing a white horse with black spots...It looked just like a cow. Later that night Garrett was telling Dad about it, "It was a cow-horse. It was so'larious'!"

7-year-old Wyatt, "Look, Mom, I'm a man."...pointing to the hair on the back of his hand. BTW--Wyatt's first complete sentence was, "Dad belly hair." And, he is the kid who colored, with a marker, 'hair' on his feet so that he could be a hobbit!

3-year-old Garrett, "We got him at tooti-frootie.com."...telling Lis where his colorful stuffed puppy came from. This is his solution to everything. You can get OREOs at oreo.com, games to play during joy school at joyschool.com, and see dinosaurs at dinosaur.com.

3-year-old Garrett, "Then they will put the gold medal on me, huh, Mom?"...on the way to his first basketball Smart Start practice.

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