Funny Boy

Situation #1:

As most of you know, my mom is Korean. She often has Korean people over at her house, and many of them bring their kids to visit as well. What you may not know is that Korean kids are wild. Consequently, Tyler hates it when "Korean people" are at my parents' since the kids tend to destroy his toys. Well, it came as quite of a shock when we told him that HE is Korean too! Ok, so he's only a quarter Korean, but still, he has it in his blood. The funny thing is, that now he loves anything Korean! And he loves to tell people that he is a "quarter Korean".

One day, Ty's little neighbor friend was at our house playing. Tyler ran up to me to ask (in a very serious tone) "Can I tell Elissa what I am?"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Ty: "You know...that I'm a quarter Korean" (whispered)
Me: "That's fine."
Ty: "Elissa, did you know that I'm a quarter Korean?"
Elissa: "What?!? You're not a quarter Queen! You're not even a girl!"

Situation #2

My kids have big heads. I mean, REALLY big heads. They are always 100 percentile in the head department. We tell them that it's to hold all their brains, but honestly, it's kind of a pain when it comes to clothing. It's hard to find shirts & sweaters that fit over their big noggins. And hoodies...forget about it! One day, as I'm getting Ethan dressed, I overhear Tyler in his room grunting & mumbling "Come on big head!" I peeked in to find him struggling pulling a shirt over his head.

Situation #3

Growing up, I hated going out to eat at buffets. I still don't love them, but I do love the variety of foods to feed to my children. And my kids love buffets. A couple months ago when my parents had their wedding anniversary, they invited us to go out to eat with them and they let Tyler choose. So where did he pick? Why "Chuck -a- Grandma" of course!



Situation #4

There are a couple of strange things about me. I won't reveal them all right now, but one thing is that I love the smell of rubber. Strange, I know. Ever since I can remember, I've loved the smell of tires, inner tubes, etc.

One day I was out shopping at Target with my boys for some church shoes for them. When we got to the shoe aisle, there were on display, a lot of rain boots. As soon as we were within sniffing distance, Ty sticks up his nose and says "Mmmmm...what is that WONDERFUL smell?!? It smells beautiful!" I was dying! Apparently, weird traits (like loving the smell of rubber) can be passed onto your children. Who knew?