Cael's On A Roll

I love all of my kids equally, I really do. However, none of them provide me with such great comedic material as Cael has lately. He has emerged from his shell, he's out from under the smother of his two big sisters and he's on a roll...

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Me (after church on Sunday): "K, kids. We need to gather everyone up and head home...Cael, where is everyone else?"

Cael: "Landry's around here somewhere."

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During the family Easter egg hunt on Sunday, Cael was hunting for eggs in the back corner of the yard and found two eggs on the fence, one within his reach and the other well over his head. To the active audience of adults following the 5 kids around the yard he asked, "Can I get a little help here, I can't reach it..."

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Running around with his basket full of Easter eggs, his arms full of Easter basket and his normal skinny body hot with the warm spring air, his pants started to slip down. "Hey, my pants are falling down, can someone please help them up?"

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I know this kid is going to grow up to be the class clown. He looks for opportunities all the time to be the one to make people laugh, occasionally at the most inopportune times. He despises going to Primary and would prefer to stay in nursery forever. I didn't think it was going to be such an issue, particularly after I coaxed him into Primary last week and he stayed, reluctantly sitting down with his class. However, when I was pulled from Young Womens for Lincoln's ordination it was evident I had missed part of the story. The member of the Bishopric who came to get me let me know he had just returned Cael to primary. He had found Cael at the base of the stairs, holding on to the wall, refusing to go back to class for anything. This man just squatted down and told Cael they likely had Easter eggs in primary and it would probably be in his best interest to head back in there to see. For Cael, that meant there was likely candy, and he'll do pretty much anything for candy. I may have to institute a bribery system for Primary attendance. 

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And one Landry-ism for today.,,

A couple of weeks ago, while my mom was here, I escaped to take a shower while my mom was outside with the kids. My mother-in-law stopped by to tell me some news, but calling for me inside she got no answer. However, Landry, who was in the toy room came out distraught. "I don't know where mommy is...she's gone missing!" My mother-in-law explained that I was probably upstairs and everyone else was outside. "No, she's gone missing!" Landry was sure I had disappeared...so, if you come by my house, and I am unshowered, please know it's because sometimes it is just too traumatic for my kids to let me shower... :)