Wyatt's words

Me: Wyatt, are you ready to get out of the bath?
Wyatt: Not 'et Mommy, not 'et.


(While playing fetch with the dog)
Wyatt: Swop the ball, swop it! (Drop it)


(In the bath tub, splashing me with water, Wyatt holds up his toy life preserver and says...)
Wyatt: Here Mommy, the "necker-ring" will save you."
Me: What, like a nectarine?
Wyatt: Yeah, the "necker-ring."
(In his defense, it is a ring that goes around your neck!)




This morning I walk into Wyatt's room while he was doing a puzzle...

Wyatt: I doing great! (Clearly, he takes pride in his puzzle skills)


(While admiring himself in his camo hat and Bass Pro Shops t-shirt)
Wyatt: I'm a hunter daddy!

REEEEBBBEEELLLLSSS!

Our neighbors have family season passes to all UNLV Rebel basketball games and what's that? They can't go? Can we go? Um, yeah!!!!!! We tried to get a hold of my parents to babysit Wyatt, but had no luck. So Wyatt attended his first UNLV game and had a great time. I think I saw almost every family member of Kristin and Amy there. Is there anyone in your family that doesn't have season tickets?

Side note: On the way home, while waiting in traffic, we overheard some guy just screaming at his girlfriend about talking to another guy on her cell phone. As Byron and I were making comments about this guy's temper, Wyatt chimed in, "That's guy's got 'sishoues' (issues)."

Not so Thankful for Thanksgiving

I'm going to be ruthlessly honest. And my honesty is not meant to offend anyone. Just some thoughts I've been pondering. I do not enjoy Thanksgiving. I do not look forward to the debate of which family's turn is it. I do not look forward to the overeating of turkey and stuffing that sits in my stomach like lead. And what's the deal with having dinner at 3:oo in the afternoon?

What were the moments on Thanksgiving Day that I treasured? The rain. The crisp walk to the store to buy apple juice. My family's reaction to Wyatt's Indian costume. My grandmother's excited reaction when I brought out the Uno card game. Winning the first round of Uno! Those things are what I was thankful for this Thanksgiving.