Kid quotes

I lift up a rug to clean under it and Blythe says, "It’s magic dust!”

Jaxon said at the dinner table, “I don’t want a girl riding my butt”. It was spring of 2020 and he wasn't interested in a girlfriend right then but not long after he starts hanging out with Makenzie and discovered that with the right girl having a girlfriend was wonderful!

At the Summer 2021 beach trip I dive through some waves and let my wet hair out of a bun at the beach and Blythe says, “Wow, this is wild and crazy mom!"

Describing his dressing style Scotia says, "Taye is a white boy with an aggressive tan."  

Driving and eating in the car Scotia told Blythe, "I've been eating goldfish longer than you've been alive."

Scotia came into my room early on a Saturday morning needing a ride to school for a track meet. 

Scotia, "It's time for you to wake up."

Me, "I know, I'm getting up."  

Scotia, "I'm going to stand here until I see you get up."

Oh brother. Getting fed a little of my own parenting medicine in my old age....

Playing HORSE with all the kids in the driveway.  When I get to HO I say, I'm a ho. All the kids say,  "That's not a new joke Mom." Then when Taye is HO Blythe says, "You're a ho" and Taye says, "No, I'm a ho maker."  Funny kids. 

Taye, when he's headed to the River Run pool. "I need to play some aggressive pool basketball" (It's a great combination of all things he loves - outdoors, water, competition, exercise)

Blythe told a neighbor mom who was angry with one of her kids, "It's okay, sometimes my mom gets frustrated with me too."

The day before college Jaxon comes upstairs early in the morning with a big smile, almost giddy, “It’s my last full day at home."  I reply, "Yep, you will never be back as a kid after today." He told me his list of last minute errands and then headed back to the basement. I was so lucky to be the mom of Jaxon Brown. 

Taye is telling me about a public health assignment where he must design a learning module that would teach college students about safe sex practices.  He is telling me about the section on consent and says, "Mom, it's so much more than just getting a yes, you have to learn to read the room."  Then he mentioned that he's always known that... Thank you Taye. 

The dentist asked Jaxon if he was drinking lots of Gatorade? Jaxon responded, "Yeah, can you tell what flavor?"

During Covid when Scotia is cooking every day she says, "I'm never cooking again, everyone eats everything I make!"