So this afternoon, I hear the boys playing with the neighbor kids in the alley behind our house. (These kids are really nice, their names are Kirstie (13) and Daniel (10) and the boys love them.) They...the TV) It's Garbage! (I still don't get it. Aaron gets frustrated.) Aaron. The cat! That Dwight gives Angela! **** Is it a little troublesome that my 6 year old knows more about the show than I do
We went to church tonight. On the way home, Nolan asked the boys a question. *** Nolan. What did you learn at church tonight? Ethan. The ten commandments. Nolan. Oh, yeah? Which one was your favorite...then back at Ethan. ) Ethan. OH! I meant 'Honor your father and mother!' Carrie. And that's what we call irony. Nolan. ( under his breath ) We asked his favorite, not which one he breaks the most
I was cleaning house, but I got distracted. For going on about two years now, it has been a fun game for my boys to try to scare me. (I should say that I'm very easily startled. My husband enjoys...days later, without a word, I find him in the pantry next to the cereal. Boys. *rolls eyes* If they ever try to do that with a real snake, though, startled will not even BEGIN to cover it.
Aaron James is not a morning person. Of course, he can bounce out of bed at 7 am on a weekend, but for school? Huh uh. This morning's exchange went something like this: **** Me. ( flips on light...I think. A.J. You don't look good in orange. **** And that, my friends, was the conversation we had that made him decide to quit whining and get ready to go to school. True story. My hand to God.
IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! *shouts for joy* A hearty breakfast of pancakes and milk... Katie's not going to school. She's WAAAY too smart for that. Ethan looks a little maniacal...... *snerk* Also? Forgot to be the tooth fairy AGAIN last night. I told AJ that she left the money downstairs, and I think I heard him grumble about the tooth fairy being LAZY. She totally is.
So breakfast is a big deal to my Aaron. He likes to determine (more like 'place an order,' actually) what he's going to eat for breakfast when I'm tucking him in the night before. *** ( Last night as...his mommy, all warm and cuddly, and pats her as she is waking up) Aaron. (whispers) So when are the eggs going to be ready? *** Yeah. What am I doing sleeping when there are eggs to be cooked?! :
Freakin' Kids. ( Carrie is rushing around, trying to get everyone ready for the day so that she can get home and sit her butt down and WRITE for the rest of the afternoon ) Carrie. Aaron! Where's... Carrie. The thing? Aaron. The snack bar. Carrie. ( thinks ) The Pantry?! Aaron. Yup. ***** He WOULD think that MY beautiful walk in pantry was his personal snack bar. Pthththth
This is the beepingest house I've ever been in. Everything beeps. EVERYTHING! For the first couple of weeks, it really unnerved me, and I would go from room to room, checking things out. For example...In my defense, this is the Texas panhandle. I could dust one day and it would look like I hadn't done a thing three days later. However, that is what you get when you criticize my cleaning prowess. :
It says: WORST. PARENT. EVER. So I was so embroiled in my own self-pity party yesterday evening that I completely forgot that the tooth fairy was supposed to come last night. Ethan lost ANOTHER tooth...was appeased by the dollar. Quite frankly, I'm shocked that an eight year-old still believes in the things he does. And EW. Now I have to go find the rogue tooth up there. Oh, my life is SO glamorous
This one's for 60sfreak and rainpuddle13 . So I watched Across the Universe last weekend, and I liked it. I LOVED the music, and one of my very sweet friends burned a few songs for... (interrupts) Batman. Ethan. (looks at him, considers for a moment) Some people do, yeah. ********* Indeed. Some people DO need Batman. Everyone in Gotham City, I expect. :
