Hey, everybody! It’s me,
Ali! Today I’m going to give you a taste of home – literally. I wanted to share
some funny statements made by my brothers and I. Before I begin though, I will
give you a little of my family background: I have three brothers named Alex,
Anthony, & Aaron. Alex and Anthony are older than me and Aaron is a year
younger. So, have fun reading funny little blurbs from our young childhood days!
When Anthony was three,
Mom began working on teaching him different colors. To Mom’s dismay, he called
red, green and yellow fire truck, tractor and sunshine!
One day, while Mom was changing my newborn brother, Aaron’s diaper, three-year-old Anthony excitedly announced, “Look, Aaron’s
electrical cord fell off!”…..referring to his umbilical cord.
A quote from Mom about Anthony when he was 4: “Apparently
I occasionally tell you (Anthony), ‘You’re going to make me lose my patience’ because
one day you said to me, ‘Mommy, I didn’t lose your patience today!’ “
A statement made by Anthony when he turned 4: “I’m
growing big, my head is clear up to my hair!”
One day 5-year-old Anthony told someone, “We have 3
kids in our family: Alex, Aaron and me.”
When asked, “What about Ali?” Anthony
replied, “Oh, she’s a girl!”
When I was little, I liked to climb in bed with the
boys. One evening Anthony said, “I sure
hope Ali doesn’t wake me tonight ‘cause I’m desausted!”
One day Anthony, who was six, sat on the steps with our
song books, Bibles, and dollies. He said to me, “Ali, you sit up here in the
valcony (balcony).” “Okay,” I replied,
“And you be the creature (preacher).”
A highlight of the year I turned five was raising baby chicks and
butchering them. Quite a learning
experience for my whole family! The
morning after butchering, as we were sitting at the breakfast table, I said out
of the blue, “I’m sure glad I’m not a chicken!”
A statement made by my brother, Alex, when he was six:
“Someday I’m going to be an angel, Mom, but I don’t know how I’ll grow
wings!”
One evening as Mom and Dad were driving home from
church, six-year-old Alex looked up at the sky and said, “God is up in
heaven. I can’t see God. When is Jesus going to come? Wait, I think I see Jesus’ feet coming down
now!”
Another statement made by six-year-old Alex “How did
God make Anthony? Did he just put his
head and arms together?”
One day my little brother Aaron, who was about
three, showed Mom his arm and said, “Look, Mom! I’m growing fur (hair) just
like Dad!”
A statement made by 7-year-old Aaron when he wanted a haircut during harvest season: “Mom, when are
you going to combine my hair?
-Ali Gator
