I-Can-One-Up-You

Just when I thought I had heard every version of I-can-one-up-you, Nathan said to Andrew, “I’m just going to find the tallest white girl I can find so that my children will be taller than yours!”

When I'm a Father...

I have a piece of candy visible in my van.  It's mine, and it's been there for quite some time.  I just haven't eaten it yet.  It wasn't my intent to make it an exercise in self control for my boys whenever they see it, but that's the reality.  This morning, Nathan emphatically declared, "When I'm a father, my kids are never going to find my candy.  I'm going to hide it well."

Don't Obey Your Tummy

While cuddling with me this morning, Kyle's stomach was growling loudly.  Out of nowhere, he said, "My tummy wants me to chase down a turkey and kill it.  But, I'm not going to."  Where does this stuff come from?

Dinner Laughs

Nathan: If you do that, I’ll hit you in the sternum.

Andrew: I’ll hit you right back in the sternum.

Nathan: You don’t know where the sternum is.

Andrew: I will after you hit me.

Starting My Morning With a Laugh

Kyle came into our room this morning to wake us up and snuggle for a few minutes.  Wondering if his brothers were awake yet, I asked him, "Are you the only one awake?"  Without skipping a beat, he replied, "Well, Dad is...and you are."  Starting my morning with a laugh was the perfect way to begin this day.

Life is Boring Without a Sister?

Kyle told me this morning: "It’s kind of getting boring because I have no sisters.  I want peaceful time, not just playing with my mean brothers."

What do you appreciate about your Mom?

The question was “What do you appreciate about your Mom?”  The answers follow.

Nathan:  You drive us to and from school so that we don’t have to take the bus all the time.

Evan: You have a pretty smile.  You take time out of the day to clean so that we won’t have a messy house.

Kyle: You are a good Mommy, and you clean the house so that when guests come they can make it more dirty.

Andrew: You do what we want to do, not what you want to do.