QOTD

Scene: Living room.  Mother and son are building a spindly lego tower.  Tower breaks and falls down.

M: Oh no!

S: What happened?  Did you go big yuckies in your pants?

2 boys

I'm happy to say Luke has graduated from the baby tub so there is now more room for splashing so less water gets on mom.



Although fully able, Luke does not want to sit.

This photo depicts circumstances that led to the inaugural "Naked Time Out." Samuel didn't really deserve the time out he got, but I didn't know what else to do. I said "Yes, you can play in the rain," not realizing it meant a gallon of mud would be smeared all over the house. So we disrobed in the backyard and went straight to timeout. Here's a link to CPS. Nevermind.

QOTD Samuel on procrastination

S: Are we going to the dentist today?

Me: No, tomorrow.

S: Tomorrow never comes.

M: What?

S: Nosh night (last night) I told uncle Paul I would clean the mud off the house tomorrow and he said 'Tomorrow never comes.'

So true. Tomorrow never comes, but oddly enough, we did go to the dentist.

Inspired Sunday

We had some leftover almond pastry filling (impulse buy - it was on clearance). We heated it up and poured it on popcorn. Easiest candied popcorn ever and so yummy.

QOTD Saturday

Daddy: What do you want for breakfast Samuel?
Samuel: M&Ms
Daddy: Sorry you can't have M&Ms. How about a pancake?
Samuel: Yes!
Daddy: What would you like on your pancake?
Samuel: Chocolate!
Daddy: Sorry you can't have chocolate. How about butter?
Samuel: mmmmmm....ok. But I want butter on my pancake and syrup on my butter!

QOTD from "Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary"

from page 179: Seth to Kendra: "What you call idiot points, I call awesome dollars."

Too, too funny! If only someone would set me up by awarding me 50 idiot points!

On the other, more responsible hand, "idiot" is a word Samuel has picked up, so maybe we'll have to keep this quote on the low down.

If you haven't read any Brandon Mull books, I suggest you start. In the Fablehaven series I couldn't stand Seth initially, but obviously he's growing on me. He also says (page 440): "I hear a brisk jog is just the thing before fighting dragons. Should we do some stretching?" This will motivate me Saturday on my next brisk jog. And I have been laughing at "awesome dollars" for more than 250 pages.

Unfortunately it is 10:45 pm and I still have 90 pages to go. And then who knows how long until the 5th and final book comes out! Drat.

QOTD

After he threw up at a restaurant at lunch today, I rushed Samuel outside to clean him off. The first thing he said was, "Those flowers are pretty."

Then when we got home he asked, "Can I sit in your lap and throw up and watch a movie at the same time?"

It's good to be home from YW camp, even if Samuel is sick.