One Year Older and Wiser, Too

Friday, February 27, 2009

One Year Older and Wiser, Too

Happy Birthday to Jared on the 26th! We had crepes for breakfast (a first in this household, and not the last...)

When Jared finally got home from a long day at school (where no one knew it was his birthday, by the way), we had birthday pie-- it's common on the Laney side to request a pie instead of a cake. Cherry streusel pie.Neither of us can believe how old he is.

Isaac helped sing "Happy Birthday"...

...then promptly buried the candles in the pie while we were getting plates, ice cream and utensils. Here lies a thirty-one.Jared looks like he's practicing some newly-acquired NP skills.

And now for something completely different:

We got this beautiful quilt in Jared's birthday package from Mama Laney in CA. It goes with a Noah's Friends pillow/book she made for Noah around Christmastime. Check out the corner animals-- they have moving tails! It has all different textures and pieces...we love it and I can't stop raving about it.

9 comments:

Summer Owens said...: That quilt is gorgeous! Glad Jared had a nice birthday!; February 28, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Trace Gibson said...: DANGIT!!! and I just talked to you YESTERDAY! Sheesh, there's no coming out on top with this one. Happy Birthday Jared, we really do think the world of you (even though we look completely inconsiderate right now). Aren't you glad the calendar you gave us has kept us on top of everyone's birthdays??? BAH!; February 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM
cheyney webb said...: Happy birthday Jared. I am right behind you with turning 31.

Laurel, I love your Monty Python reference.

And nice quilt. I wish I had that talent.; March 1, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Rachel said...: Jared you old man! Happy Birthday! Sorry you had to be at school all day. Sometimes its better that way though now when we're older - that nobody knows. But what a wonderful wife to make you a pie - it looks good Laurel.

Hope you guys are well. We continue to miss you!; March 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Carina said...: Happy late birthday, Jared! I had no idea you're about the same age as Cody...he turned 31 in September. So I don't think you're old at all. It looks like you made sure he was well-celebrated, Laurel =) Good job!

Beautiful quilt, by the way. That's amazing.; March 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Writing Group Blog said...: Happy birthday, Jared! You are freaking old. I know that makes you feel wayyy better.; March 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Laura said...: I can't believe I have a cousin who is SO OLD. It looks like you had a good birthday-and good work on the pie Laurel, that is almost as impressive as Noah's quilt!; March 2, 2009 at 6:11 PM
tatum said...: sorry this is totally belated, but happy birthday! i need to do a better job keeping up w/ friends on blogging. i subscribe to way too many blogs. currently (and i am not lying) i have 321 unread blogs on my Google reader ... uuuuggghh!!! but i love to read them, so, it's a catch 22. i love you guys and your cute little family! my mom always asks about you and i sent her your Christmas pic and card (hope you don't mind). hope to talk soon!! will you be in socal anytime soon? xo; March 4, 2009 at 1:46 AM
The Hulls said...: What an old man!! J/K, my hubby will be 33 this year -- yikes!! Talk about robbing the cradle! I love the pie tradition. Yuck to the NP digging! Happy belated Jared! Miss you guys. Hey -- Laurel you lived in GA for a while, I think you should be visiting us!!; March 11, 2009 at 9:31 AM

What SHE's said

"I love Daddy. And I love Mommy. And I like shoes."
(Binky dropped) "Mom. Get it." ("You have legs. You can do it. You're a big girl.") "No, Ellie's a PRINCESS."
"Mommies like pumpkin pie."
"My name is George EleaNOR Batman."
"I burped. I burped a princess burp in the pink princess spaghetti."
"You don't have any hair!" ("Aaah! Where is it?!") "I flushed it down the toilet!"
"I don't like tickles!" ("What do you like?") "Cereal."
"Not JA-Pan; Peter Pan!"
"Every day we sleep!! IN THE WORLD!"
"I wish I had wings so I could fly with you." ("Wings like a bird?") "No, wings like Tinkerbell."
"I don't love salad."
"Ack! If you say that again to me, it's a BAD CHOICE."
"He's OLD. We have to get a new daddy now."
"Mom! Look! A Crut-knacker!"
"I hate songs. I hate 'glory to God' songs. I only like 'twinkle star' songs."
"I need to dance like a girl"

deep thoughts by noah-since 2011

"I have super-vision-seeing eyes!"
"Mom, put batteries in my car. Then you can use GOODERIES...for Cheerios!"
"I'm going to toot on you. And toots are made of fire."
"My arms can stretch really long to Alaska, Mom."
"I'd be laughing my head off! Laughing my HAIR off! Then I'll be like Daddy!"
"That's a funny sound! Thanks for doing that!"
"I'm never gonna whine like that [like Isaac]. I'm gonna whine a different way."
"I use the 'yeah' word because 'yes' is a little bit ugly."
("I'm gonna clean the kitchen for 10 minutes") "Shh. Mom's gonna eat cake!"
"Hey diddle! I'm gonna JUMP on Diddle Diddle...."
"Robin Hood doesn't hug boys--only girls."
"My king says your king likes to lie."
"I feel good when I use a sharp knife."
("Heck, no!" "Heck, yes!") "Hecknology."
("Boys and girls, this is Elder Bednar") "Ha. That's the kind of smile you have when you're about to kill someone."
"When I grow up, I'll call myself DOO DOO HEAD because I hate dads!"
"When I was a boy, I used to be sneaky."
"How did you do that?" ("Daddy Powers.") "Nobody has any powers. Only scripture powers!"
("'Free is the best place to be.'") "The potty is the best place to pee...?"
"I'm sitting on the end so that THAT Ridiculous Head doesn't [accidentally] punch me in the face again."
"Why do you have to treat me like Oliver Twist??"
("How sure are you?") "Ten times a million more than a giant."
"Mommy, do you know why poop is sticky? Because it's made part of tape and part of glue. And part of stickery!"
("Goodnight. You smell like gum...?") "That's because I HAVE gum." ("Where??") "There's still gum in my boot-y footies!"
"All teeny tiny things are squishy...except for metal...and other things...."
"My pinky toe is the longest toe on me. Just take a look at pinkytoe.com"

Isaacisms 2011-present

"I dreamed I was falling off planets in space and getting caught in cloud windows."
"I'm sad because Ellie bumped her head AND the missionaries are gone. I saw the garage door close and I waved to their kind souls."
"When I grow up and blow a big enough boogar, I might have to wear a Kleenex all the time."
"Ridiculous. They made me wear a pink lifejacket!"
"Teachers at school need more respect than mothers."
"How's this joke? Your kneecap is the capital of your knee!"
"I just zipped my courage up like a zipper and decided to eat it."
("How come you're so smart?") "Because there's a school inside my body. That's even a smart way to say it."
"Noah, I'm so glad I get to spend all these days with you." ("Me, too.")
("Are you a hot pepper?") "No, I'm good and cheesy and ice cream-like."
"Sinks are everything to me. If they don't have a sink...too bad, so sad, your dad."
"That was the best I've ever slept. Good! Great! Good!"
"Daddy, what part of that is true?" ("I don't know.") "Then why did it come out of your FACE?!"
"Grandpa, you have yellow crusty toenails."
("I've been alive over 10,000 days! What did I do?") "I hope you haven't done ridiculous things!"
"You're the commander and I'm the king." ("I command you, king.") "You can't command the king!"
"...Please help any temptation that comes my way to be overthrown by my courage--SHOT!..."
"...And please bless Daddy to not look to see if kids are not being reverent, because they're always reverent, and it's not likely that they're ever going to not be reverent..."
"You guys are lucky to be parents of superheroes. We can give you lots of good advice."
"I hate you, stupid underwear that won't stay down!"
("Noah, did you know there are some grown-ups who are smaller than you?") "Yep, they're called hobbits."
"Noah, cheer up. This is a very very sunny place. Monsters live in dark swamps."
(sigh) "Most movies don't make my legs fall asleep, but these ones do."
"I live here, so I pretty much knew that."
("I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.") "I don't think we're gonna get dessert if that happens."