El Capitan & Other Short Stories

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

El Capitan & Other Short Stories

This is my special way of catching up.
El CapitanJared is no longer 1st Lieutenant Laney; he's been promoted to Captain (hooray!). And if he's seeing a Spanish-speaking patient, he hears, "Si, mi capitan." I was unable to make it to the ceremony (frowned upon), but hopefully by the time he's up for Major they'll give me more than a day's notice! Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS, HONEY!

Rrrrreally?

Ever since he turned 3, Noah has been rrrreally worrrking on his Rs. He is rrrreally making grrrreat prrrogress. Each time he says a worrrd with an R in it, it's verrry much emphasized and quite corrrrect. No morrrre baby talk for Noah (or as he likes to be called, "Isaac No. 3")!

Wow, I bet that was annoying to read.

'Two Teeth' No Longer
Ellie is finally getting more teeth (sad! but okay)--three more! This might make weaning a much higher priority. Yikes.

Sweet!

Isaac picked out the most beautiful, giant roses (looking a little droopy here, but they have since been watered and they perked right up).

I was spoiled on my birthday again. Then the next day was Saturday, so Jared made it even better...what a great day! We ended with delicious salmon barbecue and a Snickers cake.

My big surprise was a new camera, so as soon as I got the battery charged and a memory card in it, the boys tolerated my playing with it. They were still in their pajamas.

Stinkin' HotI've said it before: I don't know how we'll survive the heat and humidity that's coming this summer. But I'm pretty excited that we just got season passes to Sea World--that should help. We even blew up the pool today because it was so hot.

Ellie watched in amusement.

10 comments:

Unknown said...: hey laurel,
i don't know if you remember me, but I have a question for you. Kyle is thinking of getting into the air force as a chef can you tell me if you like it and more info about it..thanks...if you could email me at abby.mccune@gmail.com that would be great! Hope all is well!
Abby McCune; March 23, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Writing Group Blog said...: I LOVE your kids. And you. By the way, you look AMAZING!; March 24, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Dalynn said...: My Goodness! That girl is adorable!; March 24, 2011 at 3:03 PM
mama.dlaney said...: I LOVE Ellie's pigtails! Her hair is really getting long (cute curls, too!) Glad you had a good BD -- wow, a Snickers cake -- yummy! And a big CONGRATS TO THE CAP'N! The boys definitely look cool in their pool! =); March 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM
mama laney said...: oops, that last comment was from me, not Dad -- I didn't realize he was signed in...he has a new gmail account now.; March 28, 2011 at 3:15 AM
Laurel said...: Wow! Congrats to Jared! And Happy Birthday to you. You look fabulous! I love all the cute pictures of your kids-- and I can't believe that beautiful head of hair on Ellie! Gorgeous.; March 31, 2011 at 12:31 AM
Sunnysupra said...: Congratulations Capitan and family :) Wow! So much happening for you guys! So glad to hear you had such an amazing birthday week La, and am looking forward to all the awesome pics with your new camera :)Am so excited for y'all getting a pass to SEA WORLD!! My favorite place in the whole world!We're going to have to plan a trip this summer, to see y'all, and the fishies lol. Ellie is so beautiful La, she looks just like you as a baby, you're such an amazing Mom,but yes, with 5 teeth, it might be time lol. Lots of love, A Bobbie; March 31, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Laura said...: That is awesome that Jared is a captain-he is just getting to be so grown up! Your kids are too, I can't believe Ellie's hair. You are much better at doing hair than I am, maybe because Layla won't leave her hair alone when it is done so I have pretty much just given up. Everytime I look at your blog it makes me miss you guys-you need to move!; April 10, 2011 at 6:26 PM
Anonymous said...: All I have to say about Jared's advancement (promotion?) is "Aye aye, Captain Crunch!" (So BOOM, crunchy crunchy...) Ah, good times.

And just as everyone has said, MY GOSH is Ellie GORGEOUS- she does remind me of the pictures I've seen of little La. Like mother, like daughter!; April 12, 2011 at 1:51 AM
BAM Holt said...: I just came across your blog while doing a web search on "Laney". My maternal grandmother is Esther (Laney) Weight, another descendant of Isaac Laney of Haun's Mill fame. My name is Bruce Holt. My wife and I are originally from Utah but now live in North Texas (Cedar Hill, south of Dallas). We've visited San Antonio a couple times and found it to be fascinating, humid but fascinating!

Congratulations to Jared on his promotion and enjoy your stay in Texas!; April 28, 2011 at 1:34 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."