Joke of the Day

Noah: Knock, knock.
Luke: Who's here?
Noah: Shoe
Luke: Shoe who?
Noah: Shoe don't put me to bed!

Followed by peals of laughter and 20 minutes of repetition. I overheard this while on the phone with Sam, we both thought it was hilarious.

September 25, 2009

Gramps made a marble game like this for us when we were kids. I remember playing with it over and over. I had the preschool boys today and it was the perfect activity. These boys were all enthralled! My cousin made this one for me, just like the one Gramps had made.

Quote of the Day

This morning while out for a run (boys sitting very heavily in the stroller) Noah turned to me and said, "You know when I was a baby and I couldn't walk and you get me from the baby store?" What???!!!! Then later in the run Noah saw a sign that had graffiti painted on it and said, "I think the boy scouts did that!"

Run Like Crazy

Grace and Sophie ran their first race on Saturday! They have been asking me for a while now if they could. This summer I had them come with me several times for short runs and I figured they were ready. The race was a small, local fun run. The kids race was about a half mile and the girls mostly ran it. They had to stop a walk a few times. I was so proud of them! I got all choked up and teary eyed. About half way through Grace asked me why races were so long. I had to laugh because I don't think I have ever run a single one where I didn't think the same thing! I told her that races are long because they are supposed to be hard. That way when you are finished you feel really proud of yourself.




Luke and Noah ran with us the last 20 yards or so and through the finish line. You can't see Luke in the picture because he was way ahead of us!

Ethical Question

When grocery shopping are you required to buy a cucumber that your 2 year old son has licked?

Grins and Gripes-Second Edition

Grins
It has been quite an experience watching the teenagers at our neighborhood pool this summer. I have had more then enough of loud, rude boys and adolescent girls flirting with them and strutting around in tiny bikinis. It just all seems so sexual and crass at such young ages. This weekend we were at the pool as a family when a group of girls asked me to open the gate for them. I let them in, I didn't recognize any of them and hoped they really did live in our neighborhood and that they would not start acting horribly.
These 3 girls looked to be probably 14 or 15. They were darling, looked like they could be cheerleaders at their school. They put their stuff down, jumped right in the pool and, get this, started playing together! They made up this game where one of them would say a category and one of the others would have to answer with a list that fit or they would get dunked. The categories I heard where things like "Cash crops of the the South" and "Complex Carbohydrates". REALLY. My faith in teenagers and humanity has been somewhat restored.

Gripes
I hate the bugs here! I have a small trash can in my garage for dirty diapers. It is small on purpose so it has to be emptied every other day or so. Last week I picked it up to dump it and put my hand right into a super sticky spider web complete with spider and egg sack! Spider incidents happen often here and I try to repeatedly tell myself that spiders really don't bother me. Then when I dumped the can, the inside was covered with maggots. How sick is that! It was hours before Jason would be home, so I pretended to be tough and made myself take care of the situation. As I was cleaning it out I also discovered a small wasp nest at the bottom, luckily minus any wasps.

Picture is just because. I love it.