The O'Melia Ramble

Gavin was pretty excited about his first programming “assignment”. Here’s what he...

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:34:03 -0400

Gavin was pretty excited about his first programming “assignment”. Here’s what he came up with:

Running it shows the following:

Luke: Dad, can I help stir the shrimp scampi? Mom lets me stir the meat when we're cooking it. All by myself.

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:28:59 -0400

Luke: Dad, can I help stir the shrimp scampi? Mom lets me stir the meat when we're cooking it. All by myself.
Duff: Well, this has oil that's really hot and I don't want you to get burned. I'm gonna handle this stirring.
Luke: Too hot in the hot tub. Gonna make you sweat'ha. Owwww!

Makinley Translations

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:25:24 -0400

While in her high chair, Makinley says a few things pretty regularly. Here are their meanings:

All Done: Pick me up now. Get me out of this chair. Now.

All Done. Uh Oh: I don’t need this food anymore. It’ll probably look good on the floor. I think I’ll start throwing it. You didn’t pick me up fast enough - this mess is your fault.

Luke: Mom, can I fill up this gun?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:02:37 -0400

Luke: Mom, can I fill up this gun?
Duff: Why are you calling that Pez dispenser a gun?
Luke: Well, it's kind of like a gun. See, I'm reloading it now.

"Bailey is super adorable. She’s almost the cutest toddler in the whole wide universe."

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:59:54 -0400

“Bailey is super adorable. She’s almost the cutest toddler in the whole wide universe.”

- Luke

We played our most recent family game last night. It happened to be a game of Settler's of Catan. Duff, Kelly, Maddie, Gavin, and Keagan were playing. Luke is a bit young for the game so he was on Kell's team.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:57:45 -0400

We played our most recent family game last night. It happened to be a game of Settler's of Catan. Duff, Kelly, Maddie, Gavin, and Keagan were playing. Luke is a bit young for the game so he was on Kell's team.

Today, Luke was prancing around proudly carrying the trophy since he and Kell won.

Luke: You know Mom, I am the champion.
Kelly: You are?
Luke: Well, you're kind of the champion too because you were on my team. But you were just the sheep trader and I was the roller. The roller's a more important job.

Duff: I've been trying to spend some time in bed in the morning just thinking. Not doing anything, just thinking.

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:48:44 -0500

Duff: I've been trying to spend some time in bed in the morning just thinking. Not doing anything, just thinking.
Kelly: Ever have any thoughts about being a sluggard? Or making your wife some coffee?

"Dad, Dad, You know what I need right now? A hot dog."

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:30:51 -0500

“Dad, Dad, You know what I need right now? A hot dog.”

- Luke

Gavin’s first song (created with Garage Band)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:02 -0500

Gavin’s first song (created with Garage Band)

Madeline: Dad, can I help paint the bathroom?

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:01:00 -0500

Madeline: Dad, can I help paint the bathroom?
Gavin: We'll see.... We'll see...
Duff (smiling): Gavin, are you imitating me?

10 seconds or so later...

Gavin: Dad, I can imitate you even better than that... "No."

"Dad, I challenge you to…"

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:08:17 -0500

“Dad, I challenge you to…”

- Gavin, every day.

Non Sequitur?

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:03:44 -0500

Duff: Luke, I think war is actually useful to you right now, just because it gives you a little practice with numbers.
Luke: And it has kings in it.

When entering the room

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:06 -0500

Duff: Hi Gabby.
Gabrielle: Hi Duffy.

Duff: Are the Wolfe's still here?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:14:20 -0500

Duff: Are the Wolfe's still here?
Luke: No. They just goed a little while ago.

Just getting inside

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:57:46 -0500

Kelly: I'm thankful to have a nice warm house on a chilly day.
Luke: I'm thankful to get that present you're going to buy me for Christmas. You know, the dolphin thing.
Russ: The power of suggestion.

"I just watched Gavin get some clothes out of his drawer and it was so disturbing. My blood pressure..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:09:17 -0400

“I just watched Gavin get some clothes out of his drawer and it was so disturbing. My blood pressure is still recovering.”

- Kelly (watching Gavin rifle through his folded clothes)

Keagan: I want to have 100 kids.

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:25:29 -0400

Keagan: I want to have 100 kids.
Madeline: Wow. By the time you had the 100th kid, you'd be over 100 years old.
Kelly: You'd probably be about 130.
Keagan: Well... I'll just have a baby every Sunday.

Basketball

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:54:09 -0400

While playing basketball on the driveway...

Luke: Wow. This is fun playing soccer.
Duff: Actually Luke, this is basketball.
Luke: Oh.

After the game...

Luke: What a great game of soccer!
Duff: Basketball.
Luke: Oh. Basketball.

5 days later after another game...

Luke: I love playing soccer!
Keagan: Luke! It's not soccer! It's football!
Gavin: HAHAHA!

Kelly: Wow kids - did you see that huge deer on the side of the road?

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:36:08 -0400

Kelly: Wow kids - did you see that huge deer on the side of the road?
Gavin: Where, where?
Kelly: It was back there on the ground on the side of the road.
Gavin: You should have stopped, Mom. I could go for some venison.
Kelly: Gavin, I don't eat road kill.

Luke was proud to show Kell this sign. Kell replied, “Oh...

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:12:00 -0400

Luke was proud to show Kell this sign. Kell replied, “Oh Luke! I love you too! Where did you learn that from?”

Luke looked confused. Huh?

Then Kell realized he was shooting her with a Spiderman web, not using the sign language sign for I love you.