Honeymoon Destinations

When the kids had a babysitter over last week, they somehow got onto the topic of marriage.  So their babysitter asked the kids where they would want to go on their honeymoon.

Elena picked Germany.

Sam said, "I think I'll go to Brad's Market." (That's the local grocery store for those of you not familiar with Minneota).  Spoken like a true Myhre man: Let's make sure we have the kitchen stocked with food now that I've got a wife :)

In reality, though, it's not a bad idea.  If he can find a wife who would love him enough that she would be happy to go to a grocery store for their honeymoon, then I'd say they'd be pretty likely to have a happy marriage.

In Sam's defense, I figured out why he chose that location. I'm pretty sure Sam doesn't actually know what a honeymoon is. And Brad's Market is where we buy our honey. It makes perfect sense to a 4 year old.

Babies create a lot of laundry.  Much more than one might expect.  You wouldn't think someone so small could pretty much double (on some days triple) the amount of laundry that needs to be done in a household, but trust me, they can. Especially if you've got a puker as all three of mine have been.

Yesterday for example, Charlie managed to spit up all over 3 of his own outfits, my shirt, my pants, my second pair of pants, several burp rags and receiving blankets.  And for the grand finale: as I walked through our closet while carrying him, he spit up all over a laundry basket full of clean (and folded) clothes that I hadn't put away yet.

He also hit the living room carpet, the couch, the kitchen floor and the kids' bedroom floor, but those don't really add to the laundry. Just the overall cleanup.

Other than that, he's a healthy, happy and plump little baby!

Need a good laugh?

Charlotte was in the kitchen with Sam, and out of the blue he busted out this move.  He's trying to impersonate a guy from the movie Despicable Me:

Excuse me?

We got together with Seth's side of the family for brunch on Sunday. The kids were all over the house, the men were talking in one room and the women were in the next room talking, coincidentally, about the funny things our kids say.

We women suddenly overheard Seth say, "Sam, what happened??"

And then we heard Sam reply, "Ummmm......I accidentally peed on Ian." 

There was a split second pause and then everyone in the house burst out laughing.  We weren't quite able to figure out from the boys what exactly happened. Initially I figured they were wrestling or something and Sam had an accident, but then none of Sam's clothes were wet. Ian, however, came downstairs with his shirt soaked.

As far as we can tell, Sam was going to the bathroom with Ian close by, and he somehow missed the toilet and hit Ian right in the chest. According to Ian, "it was flying all over the place" so Seth went upstairs to clean up the mess.  Fortunately for Seth (and unfortunately for Ian), the bathroom was dry so I guess he managed to contain the stream solely on Ian. Luckily, he missed Ian's pants so he was able to go home with pants and a coat.

Now we've got another great pee story in the family to add to the one about Seth's brother who peed in the fridge when he was sleepwalking.  I won't mention any names....

Habla español?

Seth's parents went on vacation to Mexico a week ago.  After they left, we included them in our evening prayers with the kids, praying that they would have a safe and successful trip.

Elena followed that up with the following prayer: "And we pray for Grandma and Grandpa, that they won't speak Spanish when they come back from Mexico."

That would have been pretty cool, but Elena's prayer was answered, and they still spoke English when they came home.