Chopped Liver

I give up!

This afternoon Zack and I were chatting about nothing, while he ate his after school snack. After a while I asked him who my pride and joy was. He responded with Daddy, David and Me. I let him know he was right.

A few seconds of silence and he came out with "Mom, let me tell you who I love. I love Daddy, David, Grandma and Grandpa..." He went on to name a few more people.

I was not mentioned.

Yes, you read that right, I WAS NOT MENTIONED!

So I asked him why he didn't love me.

"Well Mom I don't love you because you are chopped liver."


Okay I will admit my jaw hit the floor. So there you have it, on February 23, 2011 I officially became chopped liver!

Trading Up.

This morning while Zack was getting his shoes and coat on so we could head out to school, I checked out the front door to see if Kris was nice enough to warm up my truck for us. No such luck, he was already gone. Jokingly I said to Zack "Gee Daddy sure is rude, he did not even warm the truck up for us."
Much to my surprise my little man said " If daddy does not warm up our truck then we are going to trade him in for a new daddy."
I could not help but laugh! I called Kris but only got his voice mail. While I was leaving him a message telling him what his son said, Zack must have thought he needed to revise that because he yelled into the phone, "Daddy if you don't warm our truck up we are going to trade you in for a new daddy BUT if he doesn't warm our truck up then we will take you back."
Gosh I love that kid!

3 Years.

It has been three years since the passing of my father in law John. We may not be able to see him but he is still very much loved and missed by many.

I don't know.

Zack was busy playing his Nintendo DS the other day when out of the blue he says

Z: "Hey Mom. I just don't know."

Me: "Don't know what Zack?

Z: "Well, Mom I just don't know what the name of the girl I am going to marry is going to be."

Me: "You don't know the name of who your wife is going to be?"

Z: "No."

Me: "It is alright, you have a long long time before you will get married so I wouldn't worry about that right now."

Z: "Oh, OK."

I have no idea why he was thinking about this, he was not playing a game that would have made him think about something like that.

Shout Out.

Kris offered to take Zack with him today to go hang out at a paintball field. Of course Zack was not going to turn down that offer. Hanging out at a paintball field means playing in dirt. mud puddles and throwing rocks. Three of his favorite things to do.

As they are getting ready to leave Zack says "Hey Mom, if you decide we can go to Burger King today that would be a good thing and you can just call us on the phone, just give us a shout. We can meet you there."

Give us a shout?, now where the heck did he hear that? I have never said that and I don't think I have heard Kris say it either. I will admit it was kind of funny hearing something like that come from this little man.