Sam: You want to give me a chocolate chip cookie.
Me: I didn’t make any today.
Sam: I can have one.
Me: Wait… are you asking me or telling me?
Sam: I’m telling you.
Me: Your Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me.
Sam: You want to give me a cookie.
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Maggie: Poopie.
Me: Do you really need to be changed or are [...]
The kids have a few pieces of “Playmobil 1-2-3.” They’re the same scale and quality as regular Playmobil, but without the removable (chokable) pieces, so they’re appropriate for kids as young as 18 months. The kids have decided that these particular characters make up our family:
Sam has black hair and Austin is a beardless zoo [...]
Another collection of interesting conversations with my little people:
Sam: “Does the Taurus go FAST?”
Austin: “Maybe if it’s going down a hill.”
Maggie: “NO!! MY do it! Do it mysewf!!” [...long pause...] “Hewp me momma! Hewp me!”
Sam: “Supper is not for Shepherd’s pie. Brrrrrrrreakfast is! Ha! And lunch is for cheerios! Haha!”
Maggie: “Dat’s a Wah-wee?”
Sam: “No. That’s [...]
Sometimes, when I take pictures, I notice things in the images that I hadn’t really picked up on in person. For example, on Saturday I took this photo of icicles on the front of the car:
Of course, I had noticed the variations in the ice, but it wasn’t until I’d uploaded the pictures and looked [...]
Maggie likes to be a little mommy. She’s very serious about her baby doll. She takes it for walks, gives it baths, feeds it milk (She has informed me that her baby is too big for a bottle, and prefers to drink out of a “kippy cup.”)
But she also loves getting opportunities to help with [...]
After naps, the kids often drag their bears and blankets out into the living room for a little quiet reading time.
Austin’s Dad came for a visit after Christmas. While he was here, we visited Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro. The weather was cool, but not uncomfortably cold. After walking through the museum in the visitor’s center, we bundled up to explore the battlefields and cemetery. It was especially interesting to be there near the [...]
