Garcia Happenings...

I cannot believe I haven't posted in 3 months.  I don't have a good excuse, so I'm not even going to try...   I have nothing overly exciting to report, but a few fun memories I just want to remember - Leyton is such the talker now and always has us laughing.  Britton continues to amaze us with that incredible memory of his, and reminds us daily that his memory is better than ours. 

Some of my recent favorites:

We recently gave Britton his first big "chore" around the house.  He's responsible for collecting all the little trashcans in the house, bringing them to the kitchen and emptying them, then putting new trash bags in each can and returning it to it's home.  PJ helps him tie up the big bag and take it out the big trash in the garage.  We've always enforced the picking up your toys, keeping your room picked up, dishes to the sink, normal stuff, but this was a CHORE.  For which he now earns an allowance.  :)  2 quarters a week for his piggy bank - which is a huge deal to me since I have an obsession with quarters.  Not sure why, but I LOVE quarters.  I don't know - don't ask.  So as he was taking care of his job last week, he made the following remark:

"WHY do I have to have the grossest job in the house? Mom, this is SO disgusting!"  What's sad is that this was my first chore when I was little, and I remember feeling the same way.  Grossed out...  Like Mommy, like BK.  :)

Britton to PJ:

BK - "Dad, I want to play t-ball this year."
PJ - Ok, it might be a bit late to get on a team this Spring, but if you really want to, we can try."
BK - "Yeah, I really want to.  All my friends are playing.  But...  I only want to hit the ball, I don't want to catch it."
PJ - ...  Well, that might be a problem.  :)

Leyton to my Mom at her house last Friday:

L - "Gigi, where do you get juice?"
G - "At the grocery store..." 
L - "Which store?"
G - "Target or Walmart."
L - "Can you go to Target and buy some juice for my house?"  (I don't buy juice - we drink water or milk at home for the most part - juice is for special occasions.  He knows this, and I thought it was hysterical he was trying to get someone else to buy it for me)

Leyton to me on Monday:

L - "Mommy, can I have another cookie?"
M- "No, Leyton, one is enough."
L - "No is a timeout word.  Do you want to go to timeout Mommy?"

Some of Leyton's other favorite phrases as of late -

"No way Jose" (He says this one a ton - and he's serious about it when he says it.  It's hard not to laugh)
"WHAT?!?"  This one is said with some serious force when he doesn't get the answer he wants - it's like "did-you-really-just-say-that-to-me?"
"It's not tasty" (we hear this one anytime he doesn't want to eat whatever he's been served)
"I'm a big boy.  But I'm a big boy that wears diapers."  (He's really fighting potty-training suddenly)

This picture is just typical Leyton...  This was in the car one afternoon waiting for Britton to get out of school.  He didn't like the sun shining in his eyes, so he covered himself entirely in blankets and stayed that way for a solid 15 minutes.

Leyton was one sick little boy 2 weeks ago, and this was the morning he got sick.  He literally started running a fever in route to school, so PJ took him to his office until I could pick him up.  All the employees have Mickey Mouse ears at PJ's work, and Leyton demands to wear PJ's every time he's there - apparently no matter how poorly he feels.  Poor little guy - the face says it all, but I can't help but laugh at the ears.

 This last one is one of my favorite pictures ever, even though it's blurry (taken from my cell phone).  I turned around in the car one day to find them sitting, holding hands, in their car seats, for no reason at all.  How I love these little (big?) boys.  :)