Something To Talk About

There have been so many times where Carter and I will have a conversation and I think to myself "I should really blog about this!" and then for whatever reason, I completely forget! Well, from now on, I plan to update on the crazy things that come out of this kids mouth. He is growing up too fast for me not to!

A little background story to better understand this convo:

Carter is very particular about his outfits. Every morning he has to pick out his jeans (they MUST be jeans!) shirt and shoes for the day. Very seldom do I get lucky enough that he lets me pick, usually whatever I pick he does not want to wear! And he has to have his jeans, no sweat pants for this child. Well, this morning he had to wear sweat pants (mind you, these are cute Children's Place sweats & he still does not like them!) because all of his jeans were in the dirty laundry. Lets just say, he was not happy about it at all and left with Grammy pretty grumpy!

About 15 minutes ago I get an email from Denise about the conversation they had this morning on the way to daycare... it reads...

On the ride in this morning we get to LaPlata and are at the traffic light.

Carter: "Grammy, can you wash my jeans?"
Grammy: "I will after work today."
Carter: "Can you call my mom and tell her you will wash my jeans?"
Grammy: "Can I call her when I get to work?"
Carter: "Can you call on now on the cell phone?"
Grammy: "Carter, I will wash the jeans after work because I have lots of clothes to wash today. Anyway, I like your jogging pants they are comfortable and Daddy wears jogging pants."
Carter: (Very firm) "I Don't Like Jogging Pants for School!"
Grammy: "I got an idea. Do you want to change into jeans when we get to school because there is a pair in your cubbie."
Carter: (Happy) "There is? Jeans in my cubby?"
Grammy: "Yes we can change into them as soon as we get to school if that will make you happy."
Carter: "Yes grammy I want to put on my jeans and then it will be all better."

This kid is too much :)

"Holy Crap!"

(This is a funny story from our evening running errands last night!)



Yesterday after work CJ, Carter, & I headed out to get a few things we needed. With Carter starting Soccer tonight I wanted to get him some long johns, some shorts, and cleats…..plus, we also needed a couple household items. Well, the whole ride up the road Carter was very quiet. He had this “attitude” and just kept saying “I wanna go home”! I think he was just tired, but nonetheless we told him to be a good boy and we wouldn’t be long. He was great at Sports Authority, although he did want everything in sight LOL! “Mommy I wanna helmet!”, “Mommy, I ride dis bike?”, “I wanna baseball bat!” etc. Although we didn’t find shorts that fit, we did get him a pair of cleats for $5 and a baseball bat & ball set he liked that was $6. I try to teach him that he can’t always get a toy when we’re out and we don’t, but this time was an exception :)


After leaving Sports Authority, we headed to Target. Well, when we pulled into the parking lot and found a space do you know what came out of this child’s mouth? He said “hey mommy, guess what? Holy Crap!” and then laughed hysterically! At first, CJ and I laughed too because it came out of nowhere, but after about the 3rd or 4th time saying it, I told him those words aren’t nice and we don’t talk like that! He did stop saying it and then we went inside, but I just thought it was too funny not to share! I have no clue where he heard that from either because no one in our house ever says that. My only guess is other children in daycare, but who knows.


Once inside Target, it was an experience for sure. This is the first time Carter has acted up so bad in a store that I had to take him out. Usually he is a very good boy, but not this time. He was throwing things out of the cart, yelling, kicking his shoes off and throwing them, talking back to CJ, etc. So, after many warnings to “Be good, sit down or we have to leave, etc” I carried him out of there and CJ finished shopping! He cried the whole way out of the store until I got him strapped in his seat. What’s funny is that last week when I was in Target (again lol!) I saw a mom there with her children and the littlest one was acting up BAD. She screamed the whole time they waited in line to pay and the whole way out of the store. Once they walked out I thought to myself, “Glad that’s not my kid!” and now look, a week later I am eating my words because I had to go through almost the same thing, HA! Parenthood, you gotta love it.
Once he calmed down I explained to him that he doesn’t act like that, it’s not allowed. I told him to apologize to Daddy when he got in the car and once CJ did, Carter said “Daddy, I sorry, Daddy!” That little rascal, can’t stay mad at him very long ;)

The End.