Conversations with Sam: *he looks at his sister* Sam: “Mom… someday, sis will grow up and she’ll have babies, right? Me: “If she chooses.” Me: “If she does have children, that would make you three ‘uncles’ amiright?” *Sammy nods* Me: “What would you like to be called? How about Uncle Sam?” *at this point I […]
Scenario: *Dave has TJ in a backward embrace* TJ in his chipmunk voice with trembling and dramatic inflection: “Da-da… I have a hearbeat. I need to go see the doctor!” Dave with a 5 second pause: “TJ, I’m a doctor.” TJ: “NO!!!!” Humility comes in many different forms but especially in a 35-lb ball of […]
Things I just googled: Complete coverage heavy plastic chair covers and indestructible play tent. Infer from that what you will.
We don’t watch any news channels at our house. So our brains and our boys’ brains aren’t bombarded with just… stuff. But we need to talk about current events, especially because school just closed for all of them. So I asked Josh: “J-man, have you heard of what’s going on in the world lately?” Sammy […]
Sam: “Mom… something really bad happened today.” Me: *bracing myself for the worst* Sam: “This girl from my preschool said she’d play with me at recess THEN SHE CHANGED HER MIND and said she wanted to play with just girls instead!!!!!!!!!!!!” Me: *lets silence hang for a few seconds* Me: “She’s allowed to change her […]
Best five words today: “Sara, I have all three.” Wear ’em out, dad.
Guys, I am loving this stage. The two big boys don’t have to be carted around, they can DO stuff now! On today’s grocery adventure, they carried the basket (I only needed a few items). To avoid fighting over who got to carry, they each carried part & had to communicate about the most efficient […]
The sun was not shining,It was too wet to play (baseball).So we sat in the houseAll that cold, cold wet day. *just kidding, no we didn’t* That would be a rookie mistakeWith three little boys.We will take them outTo mitigate the noise.
Josh had a day off today and his other brothers went to preschool. Him: “Mom!!! I can’t wait to tell Sammy about the things we did today! I can’t wait to show him the toy you got me!!” Me: “Wellll, honey, remember how upset he was this morning that you had a day off and […]
We are in a manic state over here fueled by Valentines cards, candy and red dye #5. We are not ok over here. And by “we” I mean “me.” But I’ll take that over a teenager’s broken heart. I know that’s a-comin down the pipeline. Until then, I’ll just watch the chaos unfold…