Nate Quotes - I am sure I've missed some

Nate, "Dad, I bet you would love a bazooka if you had tons and tons of money."


I was showing the boys a picture of an orphan living in deplorable conditions. She is 14 and weighs 14 pounds. Nate wanted to know why she is so small, so I was telling him that she hasn't been fed much and that she has no one to love her. He kept insisting that someone loves her. I disagreed until he pointed out that God loves her. That's my boy.


Nate was discussing with me his fear of the hopping foot (in the dark) and how the foot might smother him. I assured him of his safety. "I know I'm safe. Unless I go rock climbing without safety gear."


Nate to Mark, "I'm still shivering from the Tower of Terror." Hope we didn't terrorize him.


Nate is still thinking about the Tower of Terror. "I wish it had never been invented." Harsh words. Hope he likes the Indiana Jones ride we are about to go on.


‎"Nate, did you like the Tower of Terror?" Nate replied, "Not even 1%."


Funniest Nate quote so far (well, there was a funnier one, but it is not Facebook appropriate), "Why are we getting in someone else's car?"

Nate is beyond excited because he FINALLY has a loose tooth. He also tried to use it as an excuse to not brush his teeth.


According to Nate, we are going to Calabama over spring break. That would be California:-)


Nate, "I'm not small. I'm fun-sized."


‎"Nate, you really did a great job on your report card. There is only one area where you could improve." His reply, "I wasn't even trying my hardest!"


My sweet Nate LOVES my tuna casserole (sorry Morris Blankenship). He ate multiple helpings and then told me that it is so good that I should put up a stand and sell it. I love my boy.

My sweet Nate does not like Chick-fil-A. Crazy, I know. He explained to me, "I like the chicken, just not the aftertaste."

SOME of us in this family have been praying for a baby girl from China. Before prayers tonight, Nate wanted to know why she had to come from China. I told him that she didn't and asked him where he thinks she should come from. He thought Mexico. I told him that Mexico isn't an easy country to adopt from, so he thought we should adopt from here or from...where is Mrs. Logsdon from - Oklahoma.


Nate goes up to Mark, "Dad, can I sleep with Mom tonight and you can sleep in my bed?"


Should I be honored or appalled that Nate has made a zombie (in my honor) in zombie cafe and named it "Mom"?


Child 1 prayed, "Help unnamed brother not hit or punch me." Child 2 prayed, "Please help unnamed brother not punch or kick me."


Mom fail for the day - told Nate I would bring his lunch to him when I came to volunteer. Ran out of time, but no worries because he can buy. Run into cafeteria to say buy and my boy is boo hooing at the table and has no food. We then made a quick trip to Sonic.


Day 7 - Today I am thankful that we can afford dental care. Mr. Idon'twanttobrushmyteeth just might have 3 cavities.


‎"Nate, go brush your teeth."
"Why can't I just not do it for one night. Please, just one night. Pretty please with a cherry on top. Just one night."


‎"Nate, brush your teeth."
"But I brushed them last night and before."

Straight from Nate

Nate calls it like he sees it.  I picked him up in the carpool line one day, without makeup on.  He hops in the car and does not greet me.  Instead, I get, "Did you not put makeup on today?"  Nice.


‎"Nate, you really did a great job on your report card. There is only one area where you could improve." His


 reply, "I wasn't even trying my hardest!"




My sweet Nate LOVES my tuna casserole  He ate multiple helpings and then told me that it is so good that I 


should put up a stand and sell it. I love my boy.


My sweet Nate does not like Chick-fil-A. Crazy, I know. He explained to me, "I like the chicken, just not the 


aftertaste."






SOME of us in this family have been praying for a baby girl from China. Before prayers tonight, Nate wanted 


to know why she had to come from China. I told him that she didn't and asked him where he thinks she should 


come from. He thought Mexico. I told him that Mexico isn't an easy country to adopt from, so he thought we 


should adopt from here or from...where is Mrs. Logsdon from - Oklahoma.

Straight from Nate

Nate and Cade spent a couple of nights with Grammy and Granddad.  Grammy sent me a Nate quote.


Tonight before dinner Nate raised his shirt, pinched the skin around his belly button and asked, "Grammy, can I have one of those little donuts with the white stuff on top?  I only have one percent flab on my belly."

Straight from Nate

There have been lots of comments from Nate, but I have been so bad about writing them down and have forgotten lots of them.  Here are the ones that I remember.

Nate is very into math right now and is constantly going over basic addition.  He has grasped the concept of multiplication and is loving doing multiplication problems right now.  (Future nerd maybe?)  He was spouting off some multiplication when he came up with a new problem.  "Mommy, Nate times Mommy equals love."  Melt. My. Heart.

Nate and I were eating lunch with my sister, and he was showing off his mad math skills.  She asked him what 5 times 0 is.  I told her that we hadn't gone over that yet, and Nate looks at us and says, "Zero".  Yikes!  My sister then asked him what 32 plus 64 was.  "Niecey, I don't know that, but I know what 32 plus 32 is.  It is 64."  I asked him how he knew that, and he told me that he learned it from Minecraft (a computer game that he loves).

I was asking Nate what a certain kid in his class looked like.  The kid has an unusual name, and I was trying to get an idea of what he could look like.  "Well, he has a head like an alien."  He used hand motions to illustrate what he meant.

I received a text from Mark - "Nate - It's a bad idea to have dynamite in your pocket with a lighter that's on fire.  It will catch the dynamite on fire and blow you up."

Nate is enjoying kindergarten for the most part.  He does not like that he has to wake up while it is still "night".  I don't like that either.  He also asked me this morning why kindergarten has to be so long.  He is doing well and loves his little friends.  He really wants to invite a friend over, but I don't know the mom yet.  Most afternoons he comes home with rocks - it seems that digging rocks during recess is a favorite activity.  

Nate and the Ironing Board

Running through the house chasing Maggie, laughing, and then tragedy.  BAM! Crashed right into the ironing board.  The true tragedy of the situation, Nate did not know that it was called an ironing board since he had not been exposed to it very much in his lifetime.  He described it as "that thing you put clothes on and steam comes up".

Nate's Work

My sweet Nate cracks me up.  Here are some of his work projects from preschool this year.

I have worked really hard to let him know that girls can do the same things that boys can do.  Is this a sign of success?

I am fixing the roof again.  I don't know why he is stuck on this.  We haven't had our roof repaired and I haven't been hanging out on the roof.

That's right baby, Target is the place to shop.

Good thing he likes Six Flags.  We "vacation" there often.

Ummmmmm

I don't even think he knows what hockey is, seriously!

Need I say more?

Straight From Nate

My car was having some battery issues and wouldn't start, so Nate and I loaded up into Mark's pick-up truck.

"Mom, are you sure you know how to control Dad's truck?"

Nothing like a vote of confidence from my sweet chauvinist.


- Jenna

Straight From Nate

Riding past a beautiful old cemetery, Nate notices that it looks different than the other buildings all around.

"What is that?"

"That is a cemetery.  When someone dies, then sometimes their family will bury their body there.  The family will then have a place to go and remember that person and think about that person."

"But what about zombies?"

Straight From Nate

To Papa: You don't look old but all of your hair is white.

What do you think, is that a compliment?


- Jenna

Straight from Nate - Creation

"God made everything. He made the sun and the moon and the clouds. He made aliens. Well, I think he made aliens. I don't know if he made aliens. I know why he made fire ants. Because, because. Well, I actually don't know why he made fire ants."




- Jenna

Straight from Nate

Nate and I went to his meet the teacher tonight. He made it clear to everyone that he was NOT starting school today. After meeting his teacher, he informed her that he would be attending kindergarten instead. My baby is not the biggest fan of school. He better learn to like it since he has many years of school to go. After we met his teacher, Nate and I had dinner together. After a riveting Star Wars discussion, Nate busted out with this gem, "After I am grown-up, can you teach me how to behave? Then I can tell my bubbas what to do." Does he think I am bossy, or does he think he is bossed around too much by his brothers. I am going to go with the latter.


- Jenna

Straight From Nate

We piled out of the car at VBS tonight. Nate said, "Woo, it's hot. It must be 1 degree out here."

"That's really cold. Do you mean 100 degrees? One degree is really cold, and 100 degrees is really hot."

"Yeah, it's like 2 degrees, or 3, or 4 degrees."

I don't think the temperature lesson sunk in this time.


- Jenna

Straight From Nate

Nate has not been giving Mark the proper amount of love lately. I told Nate that Mark needed a hug. Mark happened to be shirtless. Nate replied, "But Daddy has too much fur on him." Feeling the love.

My sister was visiting. On Tuesday morning, she took Nate (still in pajamas) with her to get some donuts. The lady behind the counter made the mistake of being friendly and trying to interact with him. She complimented his pajamas and expressed a desire for some and was informed that they were too small for her. She continued to talk to him until he had had enough and informed her, "You are not my mother". She explained to him that she wasn't trying to be his mother, more like a friend. "You aren't my friend. (Child's name) is my friend." I think she finally gave up. That Nate, he is a polite one.

My sis later took Chase and Nate to a store to get a few shirts for Chase. While shopping, Nate started crying. They found him with his hand down his pants crying out loudly (with people around), "My (insert boy part) is big and it won't go down!" Repeat several times, loudly.

He is a fun one, that Nate.

Straight From Nate

As Nate was getting ready for bed, he pulled off his shorts, peeled off his underwear, and then announced, "And now for the grand finale!" Cracks me up.

I have many things to blog, and no time to blog them. Hopefully I will catch up on my work soon.

Straight From Nate

Here are a few things before I forget them.

Nate was eating a piece of candy the other day. I thought the candy was a bit large, so I told him to be careful so that he wouldn't choke. "Don't worry. If I choke, then I just do this (placing one hand on his belly) and then this (placing his other hand on top of his hand on his belly) and then push up like this (demonstrating a Heimlich maneuver) and then the candy would come out like this (running his finger up his throat opening his mouth and pretending that the offensive candy comes flying out)". Good to know.

At swimming lessons, he was spooked by a dragonfly. His awesome swim teacher told him not to worry because dragonflies don't hurt you. His reply, "But they breathe fire!"

There was another one, but I didn't write it down and now it has left my mind. Must be a better blogger!

Straight From Nate

Nate has been around people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. The older boys have friends of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. For some reason, tonight was the night that Nate "discovered" that one of Chase's friends is black.

Said with surprise, "Hey, you are brown!" The fun continued with Nate worrying that the brown would rub off onto him. Chase's friend put his arm out for Nate to rub and see that the "brown" does not rub off. Oh my!

Many mornings we hear this from Nate, "I had a dream." We then hear a detailed report of said dream. Sometimes it is a good dream, sometimes it is a scary dream. He loves to talk about them. The boy cracks us up.

Nate the Great

Nate continues to not eat strawberries because he remains convinced that strawberries will make him throw up. At dinner the other night, he requested a banana instead of the strawberries. Mark gave him the banana, and Nate proceeded to turn the banana into a gun. He "shot" everyone at the table before devouring the banana. He is his Daddy's boy.

He made this owl at museum school. He was super proud of it.

Nate Quote of the Day

"Hey Nate, what did you learn about in church today?"

I get the stock answer, "God".

"What about God?"

"You know, how he died and was raised to the dentist."

Maybe we need to focus a bit more on that story.

Nate Quote of the Day from Yesterday

Riding in the car on the 2 minute trip to church last night, Nate decided to share a joke with us.

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

In a matter of fact voice, Cade replied, "To get to the other side."

"No, that's not right." Silence and more silence.

"Well why did the chicken cross the road?" I asked because I had to know :)

"To get through the cars and lights!" Demonstrated by flashing imaginary lights with his hands and criss-crossing imaginary cars on an street seen only by him.

We did laugh, because it was really bad. I guess we have entered the era of bad jokes.

Nate Quote of the Day

We both saw the cute little baby girl with the big, bright blue, flower headband. I pointed out to Nate the cuteness of the baby girl.

"Nate, wouldn't you like a baby sister?" I fully admit to trying to plant a seed.

"No, I would not."

"What about a baby brother?" No intention of that ever happening - I have my fill of boys ;)

"No, no babies."

"Why not?"

With his already perfected eye roll, "Because babies are adorable."

I am thinking that he is protecting his turf!