Elena: You are a jellyfish, Sam!
Sam: And you are a peanut butter fish, Elena!
It took me a couple of seconds to catch the connection.
This is completely unrelated, but here's a picture of the kids in front of Grandma Mary's irises.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Learning to "Read"
It seems one of the kids says something every day now that just cracks me up. Elena had another one the other night. We met for our marriage enrichment group, which happened to land on our 7th anniversary. One of the other couples was nice enough to bring a cake for us that said, "Happy 7th Anniversary."
Elena saw the cake, and when I told her it was for our anniversary she asked, "Does it say 'Happy Anniversary' on it?"
"Yes, it does." I replied.
Then she said, in a somewhat shocked voice, "I'm learning how to read from a cake???"
Elena saw the cake, and when I told her it was for our anniversary she asked, "Does it say 'Happy Anniversary' on it?"
"Yes, it does." I replied.
Then she said, in a somewhat shocked voice, "I'm learning how to read from a cake???"
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Ice Age
I love how kids say things that are close to what they mean, but not quite right. Elena is getting to an age where that doesn't happen as often, but they still pop up once in awhile. Here are some recent examples:
- Yesterday, she asked me to get her a "place mattress" to go under her plate.
- She calls our back yard the "back yarden."
- Skunks are "stunks" (I'm not sure whether the pun is intended or not)
- And my favorite was when she recently said she wanted to play with Ice Age. I didn't know what she meant and asked her who or what was Ice Age. She said it was the neighbor's dog.
The dog's name is Sage.
- Yesterday, she asked me to get her a "place mattress" to go under her plate.
- She calls our back yard the "back yarden."
- Skunks are "stunks" (I'm not sure whether the pun is intended or not)
- And my favorite was when she recently said she wanted to play with Ice Age. I didn't know what she meant and asked her who or what was Ice Age. She said it was the neighbor's dog.
The dog's name is Sage.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
7 Years!
As of today, we've officially made it through the "7 year itch" with hardly a scratch. Happy Anniversary, Seth!
Friday, June 10, 2011
The Power of Advertising
“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
We make an effort to limit the amount of TV our kids watch. We are especially careful to keep them from watching commercials since watching them is a complete waste of brain power.
This morning, however, I turned the TV on to see something and Elena saw one commercial. It was for a dog hair brush that was basically a mini-vacuum which sucks the loose hair off a dog. After watching the commercial, Elena said:
"Mom, we should get one of those for our dog." After thinking this statement over for a few seconds, it apparently dawned on Elena that we don't have a dog. Then she said, "We should get a dog so we can get one of those brushes."
And that's why we don't watch commercials.
We make an effort to limit the amount of TV our kids watch. We are especially careful to keep them from watching commercials since watching them is a complete waste of brain power.
This morning, however, I turned the TV on to see something and Elena saw one commercial. It was for a dog hair brush that was basically a mini-vacuum which sucks the loose hair off a dog. After watching the commercial, Elena said:
"Mom, we should get one of those for our dog." After thinking this statement over for a few seconds, it apparently dawned on Elena that we don't have a dog. Then she said, "We should get a dog so we can get one of those brushes."
And that's why we don't watch commercials.
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