June is the perfect month for strawberry picking in MN, and we were excited to get a chance to head out to Apple Jack Orchards, spend a little time in the fields, and come home with a huge box of fresh, ripe, and delicious strawberries!
cheese face alert--he's so darn excited about getting his hands on those strawberries!
Thanks for checking in on all things Smith! Our family began on April 27, 2002, and it has been a wild ride ever since! Hard to believe that Brad and I have been married for TWELVE years already! We couldn't wait to start our family, and we have been so blessed to welcome our three boys! Brad and I are happy you stopped by and hope that you will share your comments with us.
Brodan Thomas
Leyton Hill
Callan George
Emmeline Claire
Our History
Toddler Talk
June 2013
Callan: I like skunks. They stink. How do you wipe a skunk?
April 2013
(Leyton was watching the Angel Soft toilet paper commercial with the most amazed look on his face.)
Leyton: Those fat babies with wings make toilet paper? There must be two kinds of fat babies with wings--one kind brings you toilet paper and the other kind brings you Valentines!
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Leyton: Mom, I don't want to go to swimming lessons today.
Mommy: Why not? You love swimming lessons. Last week you were smiling the whole time.
Leyton: I wasn't smiling because I was having fun in the lesson. I was smiling at you because you are so beautiful!
(aaaand he stole my heart!)
May 2012
(Brody and I were having a "deep" discussion about marriage...)
Mommy: When you marry someone, you promise to stay with that person forever.
Brody: But then you can offmarry that person.
Mommy: What do you mean by that?
Brody: You retire from that person so you can marry someone else.
February 2012
(Leyton was playing "store" with Callan.)
Leyton: Callan, look at this hockey stick! You can buy it online. Mom, what's online?
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Brody: Mom, I don't want to drive Daddy to work. Why do we have to be in a hurry?
Mom: I know you would rather stay home, but we really need you to just go with the flow right now.
Brody: I don't like this flow!
January 2012
Leyton: Mommy, can I taste your drink?
Mommy: Ok, but you might not like it. It's Dr. Pepper.
Leyton: Does this drink have onions in it cause it's spicy!
November 2011
Brody: I can't wait to be in kindergarten, Mom, cause I'll get my own phone!
Mommy: Who told you that?
Brody: You did! You said when I'm a big kid I could get my own phone!
October 2011
Leyton: When I grow up, I want to be a diver and a mommy and a dinosaur and a golf ball and a teacher.
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Brody: Mom, when we're grown-ups, can we change our names?
Mommy: Sure, if you want to.
Brody: Ok, I'm going to change my name to Chris.
Leyton: I'm going to change my name to Shit. (I really don't think that's what he was trying to say, but it sure did sound like it! :)
September 2011
Mommy: You guys keep cleaning up this mess while I go upstairs for a minute. When you're finished, call me and I'll get out the play-doh for you.
Leyton: Call you? How can we call you without a phone?
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Brody: Leyton, when you feel a poot coming on, just poot it!
August 2011
Leyton: Sometimes I burp...in Spanish.
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Mommy: Look! There's a Daddy Longlegs in my bag!
Leyton: Can I keep it? I like Daddy Longhorns!
July 2011
Leyton: When I flex my muscles, I can't breeve!
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Mommy: What is that gross slime on this toy?
Leyton: It's probably dirt, or poop, or dead duck.
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Brody: Camouflage is the most important thing when hunting. Animals are scared of everything except their own kind.
(More factual than funny...I just love the way he said it so matter-of-fact!)
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Brody: I think when Leyton grows up his wife his going to have to let him borrow her skirts since he likes your skirts so much!
June 2011
Leyton: Mommy, look at all those mushrooms in the grass!
Mommy: There ARE a lot of mushrooms!
Leyton: It's a mushroom Easter!
April 2011
Leyton: Do I get to go to my lipstick class today?
Mommy: Your lipstick class? What is that?
Leyton: You know, my lip stick class.
Mommy: (to Brody) I have no idea what he's talking about.
Brody: You know, Mom, it's the class you go to when you miss your gymnastics class.
Mommy: Oh! He means his make up class!
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Brody: Mom said I could have Peeps for Easter if my ancestors give them to me.
Daddy: Your ancestors?
Mommy: Do you mean Oma?
Brody: Yes, you said I could have Peeps if Oma or my other ancestors give them to me.
February 2011
Brody: Mom, I got you some sour patch kids and a box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.
Mommy: Oh, that's so nice! But isn't it supposed to be a surprise?
Brody: Just pretend like you don't know.
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Brody: Leyton, I love you to the stars, the earth, Mercury, and Minnetonka!
January 2011
Brody: Mom, why have you never let me be in an act at church where I can dress up like a sheep or a God or someone?
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Leyton: I fweekin fotted! (freakin' farted)
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Mommy: Brody, don't crush the baby!
Brody: I'm trying to squeeze all the air out of him.
December 2010
(Looking at a picture of Brody's Christening...)
Leyton: Who's that?
Mommy: Baby Brody.
Leyton: Where's Leyton?
Mommy: Leyton wasn't born yet.
Leyton: I was lost?
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(We were discussing the birth of Baby Jesus...)
Brody: Why were animals there? They would just slobber Jesus!
November 2010
(Leyton was looking at a photo album...)
Leyton: There's Mommy. There's Daddy. There's Brody and Lijee.
Mommy: Is Leyton in the picture?
Leyton: No.
Mommy: Leyton wasn't born yet.
Leyton: He's in Texas.
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(This one is for all of you who know our neighbor Wendy, known by the kids as "Way Way.")
Leyton: My bunny has poop.
Mommy: He does? We'll have to change him. That's ok. Everybody poops. Dogs poop. Kitties poop. Bunnies poop.
Leyton: Way Way poops?
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(Brody found a nest on the ground...)
Brody: This nest fell out of the tree!
Mommy: Cool! It is either a bird's nest or a squirrel's nest. I'm not sure which.
Brody: It has fur in it, so I think it's a squirrel's nest. Unless there is a fur bird.
October 2010
Brody: How can God see us?
Mommy: God can see everything because he created us and he watches over us.
Brody: But how? Does he use a telescope?
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Brody: I think when I grow up I'm just gonna be myself. Can people be their self when they grow up?
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Mommy: Are you happy with your treats?
Brody: Yes, but I'm sad about how many gummies I have.
Mommy: Why?
Brody: Because I'm quitting gummies.
Mommy: You're quitting gummies?
Brody: Yes, I heard they are bad for you. So I'm quitting them.
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Brody: I like to smell him [Callan.]
Mommy: I know. Me, too. But today he kind of stinks because he's been spitting up a lot.
Brody: I like that smell. It smells like mac 'n cheese.
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(As I was putting feta cheese in our pasta for dinner...)
Leyton: That smells like a poopy butt!
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Brody: I wish this helicopter had a remote control. Then I would have to remote it. And if it wasn't turned on, it wouldn't be remoting.
September 2010
Brody: A scallion bird (?) is like a chameleon because it can change colors. It can be brown and white or white and brown. And if it falls in paint, you might think it's a different color.
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Mommy: Brody, do you want to wear your green jacket or your khaki jacket?
Brody: I want to wear the green one. Why did you buy me that khaki jacket anyway? I don't like it. It's so French!
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(I locked the front door so Leyton couldn't escape.)
Leyton: The door's not working!
Mommy: Oh no! Why not?
Leyton: It needs batteries.
August 2010
Brody: When we get to the hotel, can I have some booty?
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Brody: He [Callan] smells so good. He smells like roses and a hot dog.
July 2010
Brody: Can I hold the baby when he's finished eating your boobies?
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Brody: I love you, Leyton. Even when I'm mad from you, I still love you. You're my little brother!
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Brody: I don't like tornadoes. They take people up where the space men live.
June 2010
Brody: Mom, why didn't you name me Nathan?
Mommy: That just wasn't a name we had picked out for you.
Brody: Well, can I call Leyton Nathan instead?
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Brody: Bugs live in all different states. This one lives in Africa, this one lives in Chinaca, and that one lives at my cousin's house. I know a lot about bugs because I've liked them since I was a baby.
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Brody: Mommy, are you going to watch the movie with me so you can get your headache out of you?
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Brody: I love you really really bad!
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Mommy: Brody, why are all your clothes off?
Brody: It was Leyton's idea to make puddles, and I haven't walked through puddles in half a year!
May 2010
Brody: Moms are hard to handle sometimes.
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Mommy: Brody, you're putting your shoes on the wrong feet.
Brody: You always tell me that!
Mommy: Well, you put them on the wrong feet a lot, and I don't want you to look like a ...
Brody: a damn ogre!
Mommy: Umm, ok, yeah, I don't want you to look like an ogre!
April 2010
Brody: Look! My hot dog is naked! There's no more bread.
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Mommy: The baby is kicking in my belly. I think he wants to come out and play with his brothers.
Brody: How does he play in your belly when there are no toys in there?
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Brody: I read this book a couple whiles ago.
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Brody: What kind of face will Leyton have if he grows up?
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Brody: I'll eat the strawberries and kiwi. Here Leyton, you can eat the buffalo [cantaloupe.]
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Brody: Leyton, say nose.
Leyton: Nose!
Brody: Say snot.
Leyton: Snot!
Brody: Say poop.
Leyton: Snot!
Brody: Say poop.
Leyton: Snot!
Brody: I said say poop.
Leyton: Snot!
(Even Leyton knows he's not supposed to say the "p" word!)
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Brody: What's Mommy making for dinner? A grilled cheese? Awww man, that's for lunch!
March 2010
Mommy: We have to take Elijah to the vet today.
Brody: Why? So they can figure out why he poops in the same spot?
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Brody: I had fun at Oma's house because I like Aunt Jeff!
February 2010
Brody: If I had a pet owl, I would keep it in Elijah's crate and feed it dead animals. How do you catch a dead animal?
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Brody: Why are all the cyber tooth tigers extinct?
(Clearly we live in a different world as I don't think that word even existed when I was 3!)
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Mommy: Tell me about your picture, Brody.
Brody: It's a monster.
Mommy: But it says here that it's a snowman.
Brody: It's an Abominable Snowman, Mom!
January 2010
Brody: (pointing to a show on Nick Jr.)This show is not appropriate for kids. It's only for parents.
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Brody: Why is that man who has the muskrat [mustache] crying?
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Brody: Look, I'm wearing Daddy's game mitten! [golf glove]
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Brody: I think Daddy took your makeup so he could look nice for work.
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Brody: I poop alone!
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Brody: What killed all the meteors?
Daddy: Nothing killed the meteors. Meteors are rocks that fall from the sky.
Brody: No they're not!
Daddy: Yes, they are. Meteors are rocks that fall from outer space.
Brody: There are no such things as meat eaters in outer space!
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Daddy: Brody, can you tell me some names of dinosaurs?
Brody: TRex...Pterodactyl...Plate...
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Brody: I hear Leyton's not a bad egg.
December 2009
Mommy: I don't think I can cross here. They're not going to let me through.
Brody: Why not?
Mommy: There is a lot of traffic and I can't get across.
Brody: You can just go and crash into the cars.
Mommy: Well, I don't want to have a car accident.
Brody: Why not? There is no police around!
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Brody: What's navidad?
Mommy: It means Christmas in Spanish.
Brody: What's troll the angent what a carol?
Mommy: What?!
Brody: That's what Miss Kristin (his music teacher) says.
Mommy: Can you sing the song for me?
Brody: (singing) Troll the angent what a carol...
Mommy: Oh! Troll the ancient yuletide carol!
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Brody: That horse just laid a baby!
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Mommy: Brody, if you aren't going to listen, then we won't be able to decorate the Christmas tree today.
Brody: We are going to decorate the Christmas tree, you naughty beast!
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Mommy: Look at that police officer. He has a leash. Maybe he's looking for a rabid dog.
Brody: I don't know such things as rabbit dogs. Are there any rabbit birds around here?
November 2009
Brody: What's that? (pointing at an airplane in the sky leaving a line behind it.)
Mommy: That's an airplane. Sometimes they leave a trail behind them, but I'm not sure why.
Brody: I think it's measuring the sky.
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Brody: I'm really impressed that Leyton can say "hot."
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Daddy: I thought you said you were going to share your pancakes with Leyton.
Brody: That was a mistake!
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Brody: Are we going to move into another house and not this old house?
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Brody: She [Laura] is my favorite babysitter, and I don't often like babysitters.
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Brody: That's a pink car! That's not for a man to drive it! That's for a girl to drive it!
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Brody: Do I let doctors do my surgery?
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Brody: Can I hold one of those spiders?
Mommy: No, those spiders are decorations and they stay on the bush.
Brody: But I want one of those spiders. I've been crying about it for half an hour!
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Brody: Mommy, can I have a snack?
Mommy: What are you hungry for?
Brody: For something that you give me, of course!
October 2009
Brody: Where are the snails right now, Mom?
Mommy: The snails are hibernating for the winter because it's too cold for them.
Brody: Are the snails making babies and that's why they're not out?
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Brody: I think the dinosaurs lost their moms and that's why they're 'stinct!
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Brody: Can we go to the restronaut where there's hamburgers?
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Mommy: You have such bedhead! What are we going to do with you?
Brody: Throw me in a dumpster! Then Daddy will cry and never let me choose my own clothes.
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Brody: How is Leyton gonna knock on doors for candy?
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Brody: Mommy, are your teeth baby teeth?
Mommy: No, mine are adult teeth. I lost all my baby teeth when I was a kid.
Brody: When the tooth fairy comes, does he bring a new tooth?
Mommy: No, the tooth fairy takes your old tooth and leaves money under your pillow.
Brody: So you can buy a new tooth!
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I was having a conversation with my neighbor, Wendy. I don't even remember what we were talking about. Brody was standing nearby and suddenly shouted out, "Excellent point!"
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Brody: I really want a cat. I don't want a dog. I'm bored from dogs.
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Brody: I'm going to be Batman for Halloween. And Leyton's going to be Robin, and Mommy's going to be Catwoman, and Daddy's going to be BatDaddy!
September 2009
Mommy: Look at that hummingbird. It sticks it's long beak in the flower and drinks the nectar.
Brody: I wish I could be a hummingbird so I could drink Hector, too.
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Brody: Mommy, that bagel has nuts. I don't want Leyton to have it.
Mommy: Those aren't nuts. They're seeds. Leyton can have seeds.
Brody: No he can't! He'll grow a seed tree!
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Brody: Oh my heavens! What are those?
August 2009
Daddy: Why are you wearing those goggles?
Brody: So I can save frogs that are lost in the deepness.
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(I showed Brody a picture of Daddy's old bulldog, Spike.)
Brody: Is that Elijah?
Mommy: No, that's Spike. He was Daddy's dog when he was a little boy.
Brody: Spike's a good name!
Mommy: Spike lives with Jesus now.
Brody: Can we tell Jesus we want him back so he can come to our house and live with 'Lijah?
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Brody: (after covering his finger with a candy wrapper) Look Daddy! It's a finger jet!
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Brody: I'm doing serious work. I'm going to put the worms in this bucket and then bring them over here and then take them over there, and then they'll head south.
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Brody: (singing in the car) Leyton is a rotten banana! Leyton is a lazy bumblebeeeeee!
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Brody: I want to be a pwessional golfer and go up in a spaceship and be a spacer.
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Mommy: Hold your horses!
Brody: I'm not holding any horses because I don't have any horses.
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Brody: Leyton has a Target Brand spider.
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Brody: This is my beetle. His name is Dairy Queen.
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Brody: Wook 'em Longhorns!
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Brody: Leyton can't climb trees because we don't have a ladder.
July 2009
(Brody gets a gummy every time he goes potty.)
Brody: I want a sore [sour] one! I want a sore [sour] one!
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Brody: I need to make a tent so I can live happily ever after.
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Brody: (pointing at a page in the book Goodnight Hawaiian Moon) Look Mommy! High biscuits! [hibiscus]
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Brody: (trying so hard to think of the right word)Yesterday, yesternight, yestersmorning Daddy didn't want me to dig in the gummies.
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Brody: (handing me the book Little Red Riding Hood) Read this book, Mommy. It's Little White Wagon Hill.
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Brody: (looking at Leyton) This is not the right baby for us. I want a sister baby.
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(A lake creature statue just moved to Lake Harriet. We drove by one night to take a look.)
Brody: I hope that darn thing likes to swim!
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Brody: Chipolly (Chipotle) is that way, Mommy, where they have rice and beans and cheese on the moon.
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Brody: I wear a shirt to protect my belly button so Leyton can't bite it.
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(These are the words to a song Brody made up one morning and sang to me.)
"One mom-meee, one dad-deee, one Bro-deee, one bay-beee, then that's it!"
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Brody: (to Daddy) I'm going to wear a pink shirt when I'm a gril.
June 2009
(Brody has developed a little fear of the dark. He wants his lamp on at night when he goes to bed.)
Brody: I don't want my room to be dark. I just like it to be shadowy.
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Brody: Why do we have Baby Leyton?
Mommy: Because that's what God gave us.
Brody: How does God give us babies?
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Brody: Today looks like a sweaty day.
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May 2009
Brody: Why is his name Leyton?
Mommy: Because Mommy and Daddy liked that name.
Brody: I want his name to be Suzie.
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Brody: (with a towel draped over his head and shoulders after his bath) "I look like Mary Jesus!"
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Brody: (while watching the Takins at the MN Zoo) "I see a taco over there!"
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Brody: (while "combing" Leyton's hair) "Your hair's gonna get hideous!"
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Brody: (after seeing two shirtless joggers while we were out walking) "Mommy, why are some people naked outside?"
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Brody: "Mommy, I want you to have my sister in your belly."
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Brody: "A bee-hatch! A bee-hatch! I don't like that bee-hatch!"
Mommy: "Brody, what are you talking about?" (as I literally have tears running down my cheeks from laughing so hard)
Brody: hands me an empty wasp's nest he found on the ground.
Mommy: "Oh! A bee hive!"
April 2009
Brody: (while combing his hair) "Mommy, do you like my hair? It's gonna be gril [girl] hair. I'm a gril on that awful day. But I'm still a boy!"
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Brody: "Diggers!"
Mommy: "Wow, look at all those diggers."
Brody: "They're just diggering!"
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Brody: "I'm looking for worms. The worms are all cold. They're probably wearing sweaters..."
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March 2009
Brody: "Mommy can come to my birthday party and Daddy can come to my birthday party and Yayton can stay in his carseat..."
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