I came across an old notebook while I was cleaning out my nightstand which contained some notes Scott and I had written about some of the funny incidents with the boys. They made me chuckle and I decided to get them recorded in a more permanent location.
1. When Oakley was four years old, he was riding in the car with Grandpa Fotheringham. When they drove past the Mt. Timpanogos temple, Grandpa asked him, "Who is that on top of the temple?" When Oakley responded Angel Moroni, Grandpa then asked, "What is that he holding in his hand?" Oakley exclaimed, "A gun!"
2. Oakley, still age four, after receiving a much-deserved talking to from Mom, puffed up his chest and said, "I'm going to call Grandma Lee Ann and tell her you're not keeping the commandments!"
3. Oakley, age three, could not sleep without his special blanket. The blanket was nowhere to be found and Mom was out of patience. Dad took over the blanket-finding mission. The first thing Dad and Oakley did was to say a prayer. Mom was downstairs and heard Oakley come running down the stairs, holding his blanket, and saying, "The Holy Ghost found my blanket!" Right after finishing their prayer, Dad was inspired to dump out a box of toys, which the blanket was in the bottom of. There is no way the blanket would have been found without the prompting of the Holy Ghost. Oakley was right, the Holy Ghost found his blanket.
4. When Eli was a year and a half old, Scott told him not to eat the can of Pringles. When Scott came in the room later and the Pringles were gone, he asked Eli if he had eaten them. Eli said, "No, I drinked them." (and showed how he tilted the can up and 'drank' the chips.)
5. When two year old Eli climbed into Mom and Dad's bed, Dad asked him why he was up. Eli said, "Because Oakley went (and proceeded to make loud snoring noises)"
6. Eli (age 2) slipped and fell as he was getting out of the Suburban and took a bad fall. When Mom asked if he was okay, he said, "I'm not dead, but I need a doctor."
7. When Oakley was having some Academic and Intelligence testing done when he was five years old, the woman asked Oakley what made him angry. He replied, "When my Mom and Dad play with my toys. She asked him when did his parents play with his toys and said, "In 2001." When she said he hadn't even been born yet, he exclaimed, "But I could see them with my binoculars!"
Later she asked him what made him scared and he stated, "Being up in the air without an airplane around me."
8. When Mom and Oakley (age 5) were on their date night at Pizza Factory, he said, "Why must the sun set on such a beautiful day?"
9. Two year old started chasing Mom down the driveway and when she stopped and rolled down the window, he exclaimed in his 2 year old out of breath voice, "Mom, I love you so much!" and then raced back up the driveway.
I'm so glad I glanced in that notebook before throwing it away!
