As is tradition, here is a list of some hilarious quotes offered up by the Rodriguez brothers this year. From our family to yours, we wish you the best of holidays and many Silent Nights!
January 2013 – Noah and Sam got walkie talkies for Christmas and were using them to communicate from the living room to other locations in the house. I overheard this exchange: Noah “do you copy?” Sam “no thank you, i no like coffee.”
January 2013 - Noah was having a conversation with Bampa about age. He asked Bampa how old he was and Bampa replied “60.” Noah looked shocked and said “Wow, that’s almost dead!”
February 2013 - Our friends Michelle and Bob moved from being 10 minutes away to more like 30 minutes away. Since all the holiday hubbub and busy schedules and such, we hadn’t seen them in awhile. Our sensitive man Noah said “I really miss Aunt Michelle and Uncle Bob and Evie and Leo.” Sam’s response, “I like crocodiles better.”
April 2013 - Mike was playing with Sam and chasing him around saying, “I’m gonna eat you!” Sam responded with, “Don’t eat me Daddy! I not a cheeseburger!”
April 2013 - In discussing what sports the boys would do over the summer, we talked about what equipment we had and what we might need, etc. Noah was very helpful and said, “well I already have those shenanigan guards for soccer.” Yes, you always have to protect yourself from those pesky shenanigans!
June 2013 - We ordered some Chinese food today and told the boys they could have their fortune cookies after eating their food. At the end of the meal, Sam said, “Can I have my Wheel of Fortune cookie please?”
July 2013 - Sam loves to role play different animals. Today, he was pretending to be a frog. I asked him if he wanted a treat and he nodded. So I asked him “What does a frog like to eat for a treat?” Without thinking, he said, “Bacon!” He is SO my kid.
July 2013 - After Noah being gone for 3 days at the Dells, we excitedly awaited his return home. When he pulled up the driveway with Pops, Jojo and CJ, I opened the door and excitedly yelled, “Noah!” Sam ran out to greet them. He ran past Noah and directly to CJ, yelling “Hi CJ!” with arms flung open. Guess 3 days wasn’t long enough to miss his brother.
July 2013 - The night before Sam’s birthday we were jokingly saying goodbye to the 2 year old Sam. I took the boys to bed and we did prayers as usual. Noah prayed in a tearful voice, “Dear God, bless this two year old Sam as we send him to heaven and bless the three year old Sam that comes to us.” Noah was overcome with grief and then began to cry.
July 2013 - As we started our discussions and research about mini vans, Noah and Sam had been participating. One day, unprompted, Noah from the back of our Pilot said, “You know what Pops and Jojo have in their van, Mom? They have a lady that talks and gives them directions, maybe we should get that in our van.” I said, “oh yea, for their GPS, huh?” He adds, “Yea, but Pops doesn’t really like to listen to her.” Then he continues quietly to himself, “I don’t like listening to girls either!”
July 2013 - Noah asked why I called Isaac a “Buddha baby.” I explained that Buddha is a fat figure and that fat, chubby babies are healthy. He replied, “well then Isaac must be REALLY healthy.”
August 2013 - I realized I need to monitor the lyrics of the songs played on my radio station more closely when Noah started asking questions about a song called, “Turn me on.” He rationalized out loud, “Mom, she’s saying ‘Turn me on’ so she must be a robot.” I nodded, eager to avoid an awkward conversation. He continued, “But that doesn’t make sense, because if she was off, how could she ask people to turn her on?” Good question Noah, good question!
August 2013 - We had a fantastic weekend up at the lakehouse with the Schwantz family and the Worst family. The kids were all wrestling and jumping around the bonus room when Fred came down with a bloody nose. We discovered that Sam had launched himself and knocked Fred in the face. Sam also happened to have a poopy diaper at the time. So Fred told us, “Sam’s stinky booty gave me a bloody nose.” They do smell pretty bad!
August 2013 - I took both big boys to the dentist. They both did a great job and were rewarded with several special treats and even doctor masks! Later that afternoon, Sam was holding Isaac’s head and moving it around a bit too aggressively. When I told him to take it easy, he pulled the mask down (which he was wearing) and said to me completely seriously, “but mom, I’m a doctor!”
September 2013 - Noah was stung by the bee one morning when I was at work and Mike was home. When he was retelling the story later he told me, “I screamed bloody murmur!”
September 2013 - We were praying one night and Sam said, “Dear God up in Kevin.”
October 2013 - We had been talking about giving Isaac some baby food or solid food. Sam asked me the next day, “Are you going to feed Isaac that salad food?”
October 2013 - Sam is our singer, he’s been regaling us all with the sweetest, cutest version of “You are my sunshine.” When I asked him how he learned to sing so well, he replied (very matter of factly) “God give me my songs.”
November 2013 - Sam emerged from bath time to get his Superman pajamas and declared, “I’m superman, I’m fearless and naked!”
December 2013 - Noah experiences some crabby moments, during which he has been known to make snarky or sassy comments. Today he told Bamma, “you have NO idea how hard it is to be a kid!”
December 2013 - I enjoy watching a lot of NFL football and the boys often watch games with me and pick teams to root for. Today Sam asked, “are we rooting for these raisin guys?” It was the Baltimore Ravens.
December 2013 - Noah sits down on the couch with a serious face and says to me, “I’m going to tell you a story that will be quite dramatic and you might be mad at me...” Hard to be mad when you lead in with a line like that!
