The Tale of the Tooth

You'd been patiently waiting for weeks and weeks for this teeny tiny tooth to finally weasel it's way out of your gums.  Finally on August 5th, you came over to me crying that your tooth hurt.  You were so scared to let me wiggle it.   You relented and I gave it s small tug...out it came!  You were stunned and shocked, then immediatley wanted to put it under your pillow.  You said "This is such a wonderful night!"  When you woke up, the Tooth Fairy had left you 2 quarters under your pillow, a note, and a sparkly dollar.  You were so thrilled!  What a fun milestone for my baby girl!

Yankee Doodle Sweethearts

Thankful For Friends, Family Freedom, and Funny Faces.

Taytie Mae turns 4!!

          Taytum Mae Mondragon 

Favorite Book: Fancy Dancy

Favorite Movie: Tangled Ever After

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Food: Watermelon

Favorite Drink: Milk

Favorite Thing To Do: Play with Mommy

Least Favorite Thing To Do: Watch Timmy Turner (Fairly Odd Parents)

Favorite Thing About School: Playing with Sadie

What You Want To Be When You Grow Up: A Doctor and A Dentist

Who Are Your Best Friends: Claire, Sophie and Sadie

Happy Birthday to the fanciest 4 year old I know!  Love everything about you...except when you use my make-up brushes :)

July Funnies

Ellie:

• To yourself, while eating Cocoa Puffs "If I planted this Cocoa Puff, I could grow a Cocoa Puff tree."
• Calling a heartbeat a heartbeep
• Seeing that daddy brought home a carton of kiwis "Aww, little coconuts."
• You were examining a fly rub his hands (paws...legs...tentacles??) together, then asked "Is that fly putting on lotion?"
• To yourself during dinner "I'm working hard on this food."
• Out of the blue "I can't believe dogs eat their own poop."
• "Copper, if you were a talking dog, then I could understand what you want."
• "When are the instruction (instead of construction) people coming back to work on our house?"
• Calling Tom and Jerry Larry and Jerry 
• You and daddy had a date to Cafe Rio.  You and dad were competing to see who could get the better bite of salad.  You got the perfect bite and said "This bite is going to rock the house!"
• We went to the Drive-In, but stopped first for food.  Once we got there I said to daddy "I don't think we're supposed to bring in outside food."  We got to the ticket booth, where a sign had a No Alcoholic Beverage sign, with a picture of a beer bottle with a slash through it, but there wasn't a No Outside Food sign.  You said with relief "Oh good, we can bring in food, just not syrup."  You thought the picture of a beer bottle was a bottle of syrup.  It was so adorbs.
• I told you I was sad you were getting so big, and didn't want you to grow up anymore.  You said "Mom, I have to grow up, and find a husband, and find workers to build me a house, so I can start laying kids."  You've been around chickens too long.
• You lost your first tooth on Sunday, August 5th.  You received $1.50 and a sweet letter from the Tooth Fairy.  Yay!

Reese

• While Grandma Linda was in Florida "Is Grandma Linda still in Canada?"
• "Mom, I know what stars are...dead people."
• After seeing me with no eye make-up on you said "Whoa mom, where are your eyelashes?!"

Taytum

• While picking up daddy's computer bag you asked "What does daddy keep in his purse?"
• "Mom, turn down the vacuum!!"
• After you hurt your mouth, you came up to me crying.  Between sobs you said "Mom...I think I need braces now."
• You had a complete meltdown because you didn't want a birthmark.
• While doing Reese's hair before church I said "Sis, let's do special pigtails...what should we call them?"  Ellie shouted from the next room "How about Twisted Piggie?"  You quickly replied "He has a name Ellie...it's Kelly."  I was rolling.

Beck

• Reese said "Ew, Beck is stinky!"  You shouted back "No he's not!"
• You are still in love with your orange basketball shorts.  You wear them every day and still cry when I take them off to wash them.  I tried putting on a pair of nice khaki shorts when we were heading to the zoo, and you took them right off and threw them in the garbage. 
• You love fighting daddy, Asher, papa and Eli.  
• You are always getting hurt, and usually all you need is a kiss from mommy, and the tears dry right up and off you go again.  
• The construction workers came to dig the hole in the backyard and you shouted out "Mom, where's my hammer?!"  You are obsessed with "works" and can almost always be found with a tool in hand.  You were outside, kinda walking funny, so I walked over to you and you had a 8 inch long screwdriver stuck down your shorts.

CowPokes

Cowboy Day at Preschool.  They were able to ride a real horse that day and everything.  Yee-haw!

Hold me closer Tiny Dancers

Spring Dance Recital.  Nothing better. 

Back by Popular Demand

So, took a little hiatus from blogging.  School, dance, soccer and the Old Folks Sociable about did me in, but now, I'm back to share all my kiddos funnies and pics with you all, my biggest fans (ahem, and by biggest fans I mean mom, Heathe and Britt :) So, without further ado, here are my bonkers kiddos latest and greatest funnies

Ellie

• While at a Wendy's drive-thru "Hey!  What kind of a McDonald's is this?!"
• While driving down the road in silence "Awkward!"  Then, "Mom, what does awkward mean?"
• Instead of Interrupt you say Erupt (which is ironic, because I usually erupt when you interrupt.)
• Beck was poopy and had a messy face.  He was also trying to carry a bunch of toys around and kept dropping a different toy every other second.  You looked at me and said "Beck is a disaster."
• I bought TruMoo chocolate milk for you guys.  You came into the kitchen later that day and were getting in the fridge for a drink.  You grabbed the chocolate milk and very excitedly said "TruMoo!  This doesn't even have corn syrup in it!"
• Beck was sitting on Grammys lap at church, but when he spotted Papa he said "Bye Bye Bunny (his name for Grammy) and ran to sit on Papas lap.  You were looking down at your lap coloring,and without even looking up said "Aww, Beck just said Bye Bye Bunny.  He must know it's Easter time.
• While playing the Black Spiders in soccer "Whew, those blacks sure are hard!" 
• I said to you "How would you like to go to soccer, then a birthday party today?" You looked up at me, gave me 2 thumbs up and said "I'm in."

Reese

• While eating a PB & J "I'm eating the crust cause I want curly hair."
•  I was telling you that you were learning all about U today at pre-school.  You replied "Why does everyone want to learn about me?"
• Ellie was having a fit about something or another, and when you walked past her on the stairs you said "It's not easy being the big sister, now is it?"
• You were in mid-sentence, when you looked up at Beck and said "Ew, what's on your mug?!" meaning his messy face.
• You are always talking to me about Maddox, your "boyfriend" at school.  Apparently he is Ellie's boyfriend as well, so...
• You were worried about playing Maddox's team in soccer "But mom, do we have to defeat Maddox's team?"
• Always asking me if I want some kind or another As Seen On TV merchandise.  You'll say things like "With 3 easy payments you could have one mom."  Consumers dream come true.

Taytum

•  You call pistachio shells "sea shells"
• You were outside when it started raining.  You looked up to the sky and said "What the? Tears??"
• I gave you a bowl of jello and you told me "These are very, very good ingredients mommy."
• I painted our mud room green.  You came in and saw it for the first time and exclaimed "Ooooh!  I love this room!  It's so green!  No leprechauns are going to pinch us in this room!
• "Mommy, will you make me some more watermelon?"
• I sneezed twice in a row.  You got a big smile on your face and said "Whoa mom, your a sneezer!"
• You were helping me clean the floor with vinegar.  When Ellie walked by she said "Ewww, what's that smell!" and without skipping a beat you said "That's your dinner."
• You got a bag of candy from a birthday party, grabbed out a watermelon flavored airhead and said "Oh yeah!  Watermelon pop-tarts!"

Beck

• You call your flip-flops "Slip-slops"
• I asked you "Beck, did you poop again?!"  You quickly replied "NO!" so I said "Who did?" and you replied "Papa did it!"
• Frankie was playing at our house, and you kept calling her Woody (Britt's doggies name.) We kept telling you it's not Woody, it's Frankie.  After a while, whenever she would get near you, you would say "No no, not Woody!"
• I gave you a bowl of cereal and you said "Good boy Mommy!"
• You were "helping" daddy get ready for work one morning by giving him his socks and watch and things.  You picked up his belt and said "Here ya go daddy, here's your seatbelt!"
• You have an obsession with your orange basketball shorts.  I have to take them off of you at night once you've fallen asleep, just so I can wash them.  Sometimes you'll sit by the washing machine "window" with your face pressed against it screaming "My basetball shorts, my basetball shorts!"  One night after you'd fallen asleep, dad changed you into Batman jammies.  Around 7:00 am you came into our room, slammed the door open as hard as you could, screaming and crying.  You caught your breathe, pointed to the Batman logo on your shirt and screamed "Basetball shorts, Not Batman!"

February Funnies

Ellie

• "Mom, all that dinner we just ate made me hungry."
• Tay kept asking you over and over again to look at what she was drawing. You told her several times that you couldn't see. After her asking you again you finally said (very exasperated) "Tay. 2 words. Can't. See."
• "When dragons sneeze, how come snot doesn't come out of their noses, but fire does?"
• You are the first Mondragon to break a bone. You were rolling off of the couch onto the floor and came upstairs crying and saying that you just wanted to go to bed. The next morning you couldn't sit yourself up in bed and right then I knew your collarbone was broken. We got you to the Dr and sure enough it was a broken clavicle. You felt very important when you had to get your x-rays taken, and also when the waitress asked you what had happened when we took you to breakfast afterwards. You pushed your chair back very slowly, stood up and said "Be careful, because I have a broken calla-bone." 01/18
• "I bet it's hard to laugh with a broken funny bone."
• When Reese was trying a pepperoni for the first time you told her "Don't eat it Reese! Trust me, it tastes like mint!"
• You went outside with Aunt Britt to check for eggs and when you got back inside you told Britt "Brrr, it's 5 inches cold outside!"
• You and Reese were arguing about how old Asher was. Reese kept saying he was 5 and you kept saying said no, he was 4. A little while later you said that Asher was 5. Britt said "I thought you said he was 4?" You replied "No I didn't, I said Nasher was 4." B-"Whose Nasher?" E-"He's just a guy I knew when I was a baby."
• Reese said "Ellie, your so smart." You replied "I'm not smart, I'm inventive."

Reese

• You were the best nurse for Ellie when she broke her collarbone. Wouldn't leave her side and made sure she had plenty of cereal to snack on while healing. Your such a tender heart.
• "Did you know that robots poop nails?" Ellie piped up and yelled "Yeah, and they pee oil!" Gross.
• You were playing with your sister and said "Come on honey!" You saw me watching you guys and reassured me "Don't worry mom, I said honeys because they are my kids, NOT my boyfriend!"
• "Do mushrooms taste like Jello?"
• You know what shows you are and are not allowed to watch. You came running upstairs and yelled in a panic "Mom, house of a mucus is on! (House of Annubis)
• "You know that we all have our very own spirit, right mom?"
• "Mom, I've been thinking about something. Is Hopie buried next to Martin Luther King?"

Taytum

• You and Brielle had gotten out all of your toys and had made a huge mess. I came upstairs and said "What the heck!" after seeing the mess. You said "Don't worry mom, we'll clean it up." I said "Darn tootin'your going to clean it up." You put your Barbie down and got a bit of a crestfallen look on your face, turned to Bri and said "Sorry my mom said toot Brielle."
• You were eating Fruit Loops and would pick out a yellow one and say "this one tastes like lemon" and pick up a green one and say "this one tastes like a lime." Next you picked up a purple fruit loop and said "this one tastes like purple."
• You were playing with Beck and I was watching you from the door. You said "Brother, I think you pooped, let me check" and leaned over and gave his caboose a big old sniff. You recoiled in disgust and said "Ew!!! Yep. That's broccoli diarrhea."
• You are very much in a stage right now where you threaten me or others. You'll say "Mom, you want me to play with your hair right? Then let me watch Mulan or I'll never play with your hair again." Things like that. I sure hope this stage is over very soon.

Beck

• You call candy nandy and are constantly asking for it.
• You were taking a nap by me in my bed and were sound asleep. All of the sudden you yelled out "No piepad!" then fell right back to sleep. Even in your dreams you are all consumed with the "Piepad."
• You loving grabbing daddy's hand and saying, "Come on dad! Shoot!" and lead him upstairs to play basketball in your room. Dad has never been so proud.
• You peed in the big boy potty for the first time! No success since, but you do love sitting there and emptying an entire roll of TP into the toilet.
• You act so grown up. You follow your sisters and cousins around and are always trying to do whatever they are doing. You love coloring with Tay. You love "playing" the Wii with E & R. Your so big. Please stop.
• You survived croup and a double ear infection. As I was getting you redressed to leave the Dr's office you refused to put your shirt back on and I literally had to wrestle you for a good 5 minutes to get it back on you. You kept screaming "No shirt! COAT!! NO SHIRT!!! JUST COAT!" I'm sure the racket you were making, combined with the crumpling of the tissue paper table cover sent the kids in the next room into hysterics as well.

Christmas Cookies and Holiday Hearts

I always have visions of "The Perfect Christmas Cookie Bake-athon" with my kiddies. Matching Christmas aprons, chef's hat, a relatively clean kitchen, homemade dough and frosting, tiny adorable ramekins(preferably red to match the aprons) that hold all assortments of sugars and jimmies. Then I realized that the only things the kids care about are the sprinkles, so the pressure was off. They loved decorating store-bought cookie dough (Gasp!) with store-bought frosting (the horror!!) and dog-piling sprinkles on top of sprinkles. And guess what? They had the time of their lives...even without Christmas themed aprons.

Christmas Cuties

Good news! We found Tay's other shoe before church started! Small victories can sometimes be the most rewarding. Love these little Christmas angels!

December Funnies

Ellie:

• You woke up one morning and couldn't talk very well. You came over to me and said "Mom, I fink I have a fwog in my fwoat" then told me a detailed story about how you know that there is a frog in your throat right this very minute, and that he must have snuck in your room in the middle of the night. Later Reese was telling me that she saw something come in your room in the middle of the night, and from upstairs you yell.ed "Yep, that was my fwog."




• We went to a family party and there was a 3 month old baby there. You asked dad if you could hold him, and daddy said "Not right now." You came up to me whining and said "Mom, dad said I couldn't hold that baby and I asked the owners and they said I could.




• On Christmas morning, while holding up a pair of socks "Mom. Socks. Really?"




• You've hit a sassing, whining, blaming stage that I hope we outgrow REALLY fast.



• I put you girls to bed, and a few minutes later Tay came downstairs asking for a string cheese. A few minutes later you came down and said "So, I hear Taytum got a string cheese."

Reese:

• We were looking at the snake section of your animal book, and we were reading about rattlesnakes. You asked me "What kind of snakes do we have in our land?"



• You were so adorable during your dance recital...picked your fingernails most of the time.

Tay

• We were making chocolate shakes, and while they were blending you said in a hushed whisper "This is magic, huh?"



• Tay: "I didn't get nothing." Daddy (correcting you) "I didn't get ANYTHING." Tay: "Me neither."



• You held up the earrings you got on Christmas morning and shouted "Look what Santa sells!"



• You told me that your boyfriend is Lucas and that he would love your Strawberry Shortcake pj's.

Beck

• I came home from a movie and you came running into my arms, then went around the room telling each person "That's my mommy" and pointing to me.



• Obsessed. With. Balls.



• We converted your crib to a toddler bed. I cried.



• You call SpongeBob "Bob Bob" and scream and cheer when it comes on



• You call Frankie "Doot"