*photo from father’s day morning. the other day we were driving along in the car and the hubby saw some smoke in the distance. he asked the little dude if he knew how the following phrase ended: “where there’s smoke, there’s….” the little dude piped up pretty quickly and asked: “fire?” (2 second pause) “or [...]

we’ve had to break up quite a few fights already this summer in which the boys antagonize each other. the other night, after they were sent to bed, little red started crying and yelling. i went up to see what the problem was. i’m not sure that little red truly understands the meaning of antagonizing. [...]

*crazy kid! while sitting on the couch just lounging, little red comes up with this out of the blue: “i wish i could be a chick and go in an egg”

as little red was getting dressed for bed the other night he threw this one out there for our enjoyment: “i wish i was a lego so my head could pop off. then it would be easier to get my shirt off!”

the children in my house spill their snack every.single.day. no, this is not an exaggeration. somehow, no matter how hard we “try” not to spill it, it ends up all over the floor, couch, carpet, etc. after yet another tip of the snack bowl, as i was on my knees picking up the bits and [...]

*snack-time at the park the boys have some really great conversations these days. here was the beginning of one at the dinner table the other night: little red: “if i wasn’t a boy i’d be a snake.” little dude: “then you’d be in texas.” the hubby and i just turn and look at each other [...]

a sweet and simple “that’s what he said wednesday” for you today. from little red: “mommy, how do dogs laugh?”

little red’s latest words of wisdom: “social studies wins the race!”

this morning as i was tying my shoes to go spend some one on one time with my treadmill the baby asked me if i was going downstairs on the treadmill. i said “yes”. he turned and told daddy “mommy’s going downstairs on that boring thing.” i couldn’t have said it better myself!

we went to the grocery store over the weekend. by the time we made it out to the car the baby had somehow lost his gloves. with all the groceries loaded in the car with the 2 boys, i wasn’t about to go back in and look for them. i suggested that we go back [...]