Teenager 1, after walking through the mud, cracks joke: "We’re lucky. In Tibet they’d pay thousands of dollars for this treatment."
Me: "You really don’t know what Tibet is, do you?"
Teenager 1: "No. Well, it has something to do with religion."
Teenager 2: "Yes, it’s in Jerusalem."
Me: "Uh, no."
Teenager 1: "I think it borders China."
Teenager 2: "Well it has something to do with the Jews."
Teenager 1: "It’s mostly a tourist attraction right now."
Teenager 2: "Yup. A tourist trap."
Category: Family
Happenings in a 5 child, 2 adult household.
From the mouths of babes
Sarah: "It’s homecoming."
Me: "Have fun tonight."
Me: "Not too much fun!"
Of Being Dad
When the 4 year old is up before 7am, it’s a sign that a rough day is ahead.
From the mouths of babes
Evan, 4 years old: "Dad doesn’t like me when I talk with an outside voice."
Me: "That’s not true. I always like you."
Evan: "But you don’t like me when I has an outside voice."
Me: "I always like you. It’s the loud noise I don’t like."
Evan: "No. You don’t like me."
Me: "I love you! I like you. I don’t like your outside voice inside the house."
Evan: "You don’t like me when I use my outside voice."
Me: "I like you! I like you no matter what you do! I will always like you. I don’t like the noise."
Evan: "Oh, you don’t like my outside voice."
This conversation felt endless. I remember holding Evan and trying to rock him to sleep. I looked into his eyes and told him, "I cannot wait to have conversations with you!" I love talking with Evan. Still, some of our conversations leave me shaking my head and left in disbelief at the words spilling from my mouth.
The Danger of a Laptop in the Kitchen
This morning I am simultaneously fixing the code for a client’s website and my children’s lunches. I fully expect them to come home to say that someone took a byte out of their food.
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
My husband sense is tingling
I know..it could be that Cathy is bitter over yesterday’s overwhelming lack of specialness. But that’s not it. Something is amiss. Usually this means I am forgetting a commitment. Or there is something important to the Venusian
Happy Anniversary Cathy!
Cathy and I were married at Gatlinburg’s Ye Ol’ Tyme Photo Boothe and its been one grand adventure since then!
Saturday I was making grandiose plans to make grandiose plans for today. I remembered our wedding anniversary! This morning I received an email from a great friend wishing me a happy anniversary. She’d remembered; I’d forgotten! Today is Tuesday which means we stick to the family tradition of Domino’s Two-fer Tuesday so for our bronze anniversary we are having BBQ chicken pizza.
I cannot put into words how much I love Cathy! She moves me in so many ways. She has brought so much happiness into my life!
Cathy I love you! Happy Anniversary! I look forward to many more!
From the mouths of babes
Why fathers should skip their daughter’s teen years.
Me: "How are you doing on lunch money?"
Sarah, 16 years old, looks at me like I just asked the craziest question ever: "I dunno."
Me: "You don’t know how much money is in your account?"
Sarah: "Well no. There should be a few days."
Me: "Today, when you buy lunch, could you check on your balance please?"
Sarah, looking very put out: "I guess."
What’s that smell?
Dear Deodorant Companies, please quit watering down your formulas to try to sell us on your higher price clinical brands. Your watering down habit has found itself into the clinical brands or your formulas just don’t work. I have a household full of teenagers right now. I can attest that all of you, Gillette, Axe, Secret, Right Guard, etc. stink! (actually I think its the teens that smell)
That’s enough of a rant. I just had to clear the air. Thx.
Into the depths
Somewhere, buried deep in a box long forgotten in some dark corner of a long lost closet is a container of Novus plastic polish
Child Reading Prodigy!
My preschooler just brought me all the vowels from the refrigeration! And ONLY the vowels. I was stunned and amazed until I realized all the vowels are red. That boy sure loves to group things. I see a future scientist.
Can you breed a dog with a cat?
I only ask whether or not you can breed a dog with a cat because my dog swears she is on the wrong side of the door.
My Cat Hunts in the Fire Swamp!
There was a R.O.U.S. on the stoop this morning. She’s either been to the Fire Swamp or Oak Ridge. Apparently the massive amount of rain we are experiencing has made hunting mice easier for the cat.
Amy loves the nurse’s office
School began yesterday with a half day. Today was the first full day. Amy came home to cheerfully report falling off the monkey bars and getting to spend time in the nurses office with an ice pack made out of a rubber glove. I should start a poll to see who can guess how many visits Amy will have to the nurses office this year.
