"Dad! You said the B-word!"
That was Sam when he overheard Seth say the word "obituary."
On the same line, Charlie has asked me more than once, "How come there's such things as swear words?" I have found that's a difficult one to answer. I've been getting lots of those lately:
"How come you couldn't have had me first so I would be the oldest?"
"Why does there have to be coldness?"
"Why are there such things as germs?"
"How come men can't have babies, too?"
"Why are there bad people?"
"Why do good people do bad things sometimes?"
"Why do girls have to pee sitting down?" (that one I could answer).
He's a deep thinker, this one.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Quote of the Day
"I'm Anus!!"
This was enthusiastically shouted by my nephew, Reed, today. The kids were watching the movie Ferdinand, and each kid right away picked the character they wanted to be. Sam wanted to be Ferdinand, Elena picked Lupe (the calming goat), and Reed was a bull named Angus.
He just got the name a little wrong. Fortunately, none of the other kids were familiar enough with the term to notice.
This was enthusiastically shouted by my nephew, Reed, today. The kids were watching the movie Ferdinand, and each kid right away picked the character they wanted to be. Sam wanted to be Ferdinand, Elena picked Lupe (the calming goat), and Reed was a bull named Angus.
He just got the name a little wrong. Fortunately, none of the other kids were familiar enough with the term to notice.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Happy Easter Fools Birthday!
April 1st marked 3 celebrations for us. In addition to Easter and April Fool's Day, it was Elena's 11th birthday.
The kids started the day with the Easter Bunny giving them prank gifts with clues to find their real gift. The few toys they got are all old toys they already had.
Sam followed his clue, but found a pack of hot glue gun sticks that I had left on the counter the night before instead of his actual gift. So when I came down in the morning, he said, "Mom! Is my only gift really this pack of glue sticks??"
Then we celebrated Easter with Seth's family. We brought chocolate with surprise fillings (olives, grapes and mushrooms), and set them out on the counter. Food does not go untouched at the Myhre gatherings so it wasn't long before people were getting pranked. By the time we had been found out, there were 4 left that no one would touch (all olives and mushrooms). Frankie spotted them and wanted one. After arguing with him a bit, I finally gave him one. He liked it so much he finished the rest of the bowl! I guess he's young enough not to have any preconceived ideas on how a truffle should taste.
As one last prank, we stuck a "dented your car" sign on Seth's sister's car, and left our nephew's phone number. We finished the night with a mini-birthday party at our house - because after all the goodies on Easter Sunday, what we really needed was cake and ice cream. Elena did a great job decorating her Easter-themed cake.
At the end of the night, Seth and I went to bed and couldn't figure out where our top sheet went. We finally figured out that it had been pulled all the way up and tucked in at the top of the mattress so it looked like the bottom sheet. Underneath, we found a note from Elena saying "April Fool's!" Given her birthday, I guess we shouldn't be surprised that our daughter has started to effectively prank us. I'm already looking forward to next year!
The kids started the day with the Easter Bunny giving them prank gifts with clues to find their real gift. The few toys they got are all old toys they already had.
Sam followed his clue, but found a pack of hot glue gun sticks that I had left on the counter the night before instead of his actual gift. So when I came down in the morning, he said, "Mom! Is my only gift really this pack of glue sticks??"
Then we celebrated Easter with Seth's family. We brought chocolate with surprise fillings (olives, grapes and mushrooms), and set them out on the counter. Food does not go untouched at the Myhre gatherings so it wasn't long before people were getting pranked. By the time we had been found out, there were 4 left that no one would touch (all olives and mushrooms). Frankie spotted them and wanted one. After arguing with him a bit, I finally gave him one. He liked it so much he finished the rest of the bowl! I guess he's young enough not to have any preconceived ideas on how a truffle should taste.
As one last prank, we stuck a "dented your car" sign on Seth's sister's car, and left our nephew's phone number. We finished the night with a mini-birthday party at our house - because after all the goodies on Easter Sunday, what we really needed was cake and ice cream. Elena did a great job decorating her Easter-themed cake.
At the end of the night, Seth and I went to bed and couldn't figure out where our top sheet went. We finally figured out that it had been pulled all the way up and tucked in at the top of the mattress so it looked like the bottom sheet. Underneath, we found a note from Elena saying "April Fool's!" Given her birthday, I guess we shouldn't be surprised that our daughter has started to effectively prank us. I'm already looking forward to next year!
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