Gray Times Eight: Is that Great?
Questions are bold.
Flashbacks or words with emphasis are italics
In this episode:
Cute Moments
So Mitchie, Shane. Tell us about your favourite moments from each kid. The cutest you can think of.
Kendi first.
"Kendi….Kendi….Got one."
Back when it was just Shane, Mitchie and Kendi.
They were on a talk show. They had been talking about work.
"Sometimes," Mitchie said, "I hardly feel like going to work in the morning."
"Mommy? Just tell you boss no tanks!" Almost-two-year-old Kendi said with a grin.
"She said it as if it were simple." Shane commented.
"Like you could call you boss and say 'No thank you, I don't want to come to work today.'"
Trevor.
"We can't agree, but my favourite is…"
Mitchie and Caitlyn were sitting at the kitchen table after breakfast one day.
Trevor came right up to the table and watched them while they slowly finished their bacon and talked.
"Mommy? I need to brush my teeth."
"Why?" Mitchie asked, ceasing chewing.
"So girls will kiss me."
"I know he got that from you." Mitchie said, facing Shane.
"Whatever. Anyway, my favourite is Trevor's wrestling voice. When he's excited about something, his voice sounds all growly and deep like a pro wrestler's and then he gets excited about everything."
"Trevor? Do you want to go outside?"
"YEAH!!"
"Are you ready for a bath?"
"YEAH!!"
"Do you want a banana?"
"YEAH!! A NANA!!"
Emma.
"Mommy," Emma said, frustrated and looking for her shoes, "Dis is just sooooooooo redic-oo-us. They haf to be here somewhere. Dey don't just get legs and walk 'way."
Jordan.
"Jordan's weird." Shane stated.
"She has had a fascination with Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story for the longest time."
Three-year-old Jordan was running around the house screaming, "To infinibee and beyond!"
Vanessa.
"Vanessa likes to observe people. And I had no idea that she observed everything."
Vanessa ran in the Master bedroom one night before bed.
"Mommy? Daddy? I have cramps."
She jumped on the bed, grabbed the heating pad, placed it on her stomach and turned it on.
"Mitchie, look at that. We have a teenager already."
"Shane?"
"Yeah?"
Mitchie held up the cord for the heating pad, "It's not plugged in."
Porter.
"Porter's definitely the baby in the six. Very clingy and a definite Momma's boy. He can be whiny. But he knows if he wants me to carry him, not to whine for it."
"Instead he asks for a hug." Shane piped in.
"It's much more charming that way, and I can hardly resist."
"My moment's cuter." Shane announced.
Mitchie stuck her tongue out at him and he returned the favour.
Shane had been arguing with Porter for a good half hour and by now he was frustrated.
He was down at Porter's level and about to blow.
Porter quickly placed his right hand on his dad's mouth and the other on his cheek.
"Shhhhhh! Daddy! Calm down. I tink you need a time-out daddy!"
Caly.
"We haven't really caught much of her on film yet, but I guess it was when she gave me that dopey smile when I was bathing her the one time." Mitchie said.
And finally Audrey.
Mitchie had sent all the other kids outside and had found Audrey sitting in the living room.
"Audrey…"
"Mommy? Can I watch TV?" Audrey interrupted.
"Isn't that what you're doing?" Mitchie asked, glancing up at the television, "…With the TV. off?"
Mitchie reached over to turn on the television. Audrey panicked and grabbed her mother's arms.
"No, Mommy! It's waaaaaaaaaaay to dangerous to turn the TV. on!"
And that concludes this edition of Cutest Moments. I'm sure there are plenty more to come.
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Next Time: Kendi and Caly's Special Days.
Followed by: Porter and Audrey's Special Days
Followed by: Vanessa and Emma's Special Days
Followed by: Trevor and Jordan's Special Days
Then: Shane and Mitchie's Special Day
Author's Note: The spelling is supposed to be like that. It shows how the kids are pronouncing the words.
