Tobacco

Today my students were learning about the early American Southern colonies and how they planted tobacco crops in order to make a profit. The discussion about tobacco led to a further discussion about how we now know that tobacco is harmful for you and it’s something that you should stay away from. In all seriousness, one of my little boys raised his hand and said, “Yes because it is very spicy and the peppers can burn your throat!” It was at that point I realized that during the entire discussion he thought we were talking about Tobasco instead of tobacco! 😂😂😂

Pretty Words

(2012) Oh dear.  Lily Claire came skipping up to me in her PJs all ready for bed and proudly told me that she had already said her goodnight prayers by herself.  She said, "And, Mama, I only used pretty words when I talked to God like flowers and butterflies, not ugly words like shut- up or booty."  All I could manage to say was, "Well, I'm sure God appreciated that.”

Breakfast

(2013) When I woke up this morning, I saw on my nighstand that Dylan and Lily Claire had served me a fantastic breakfast in bed!  Just because all the food was either wood or plastic from Lily's pink kitchen in her room was quite alright!

Wealth Management

Dear Wells Fargo,
Thank you for your diligence in having my back with your daily "wealth management" email alerts. Considering that ..
1.  I'm a teacher
2.  I have a son in college
3.  It's basketball AND baseball season
4.  Christmas was last month,
5.  and we got paid six weeks ago ...
my current "wealth management" today was a staggering $3.15.  Is it time to roll over or diversify?  Kudos for keeping my amassed wealth protected and managed! Trying really hard not to spend all my wealth in one place before pay day!

Survival

Skeet and I are watching a survival show called "Dude You're Screwed" where these Navy Seal guys kidnap you and drop you in some impossibly hard survival situation.  The guy in this episode is British and was dropped at the top of a glacier in Alaska, 200 miles from anything.  Skeet said, "That would be fun to try."  I said, "I'd just roll up in a ball and die in the ice."

Automatic

I got Mom and Dad an automatic soap dispenser for their kitchen sink that squirts out soap when you pass your hand underneath it. I have been laughing so hard at their tales of trying to get used to it and remember it's there! Mom forgot it was there and reached her hand over to get her coffee cup from the Keurig and ended up with a big blob of soap on the top of her hand!  Then Dad had two sausage biscuits on plates that he took out of the microwave and when they sat down to eat, his plate had a huge blob of soap on the plate right beside his biscuit!  He didn't realize he had gotten the plates too close to the dispenser!!  I could not stop laughing!!  Well, at least they are guaranteed to be sparkling clean at all times!

Sunny

(2016) Lily just informed me that she knows what God looks like. Apparently, He's "big and sunny."

Engineer

I think I just broke a world record by eating about eight pounds of peanut butter on one teeny celery stick.  Pretty sure I could have had a career as a structural engineer after getting all that peanut butter to stack up that high without falling off!!

Everything Old

(2014) Oh how I love when "everything old is new again."  Lily found up her closet the whole basket of children's books on tapes and the old tape player Brandon and I used when he was little.  Remember using these at school with the giant headphones like pilots wear and the cords with the jacks on them that went into the huge tape player?  It was magical!  Lily was completely in awe of the tapes and the tape player and the little sound that signaled to turn the pages.  We listened to "The Little Red Hen" and "Mouse Tales."  She can read, but she LOVED waiting to here the "beep" or "chime" to turn the pages!  She begged to hear more of them tomorrow night at bedtime.  Yep .. we have Kindles, Ipads, Iphones, you name it ... but the old books-on-tape stories trumped them all.  Love it.

Girl Cake

(204) Lily Claire came home all excited today because she had just learned that Monday is MLK Jr.'s birthday!  She asked me if we were going to his party and then said, "But, Mamma, I hope he is going to have a GIRL cake, because I do NOT like boy cakes!"

Napkin

(2013)
Lily was painting with her little watercolors and got some paint on her hands.  She came out to the family room and proceeded to wipe her hands on one of our nice throw pillows on the couch.  I said, "Lily, don't wipe your hands on our pillow!"  She answered, "It's ok, Mom, I'm pretending it's a napkin."  Sigh.

Pop Tart

(2012) Life With Boys ... again:  I walked in my bedroom and found Dylan eating a bunch of PopTarts on my bed.  There were crumbs all over Skeet's side of the bed!  I said, "Dylan don't eat in our bed! No one wants to sleep all over crumbs at night!"  Of course I hoped Dylan would quickly jump up and brush off the crumbs and say, "OK, Mom."  Instead, he took another crumbly bite and said, "It's ok, Mom, Dad can just wear a shirt to bed."  There's 8 year old logic for you!

Wrong Era

Wow, I was born in the wrong era!  I'm watching an old movie from the 30s and the wife is hiring a maid to cook, take care of the children, and clean her house for her while her husband is at work each day.  The wife doesn't have a job AND has a live-in maid!  I like that kind of thinking!!!  :)

Brothers

(2014) This is what happens when you have two big brothers!  A room full of princesses and a wrestling mask!

Little Visits

(2013) Lily, Dylan, and I have been reading "Little Visits with God" each evening, and tonight when it was time to read, Lily screamed downstairs to Dyl, "COME ON DYL ... it's time to read our REBOTIONS!" (aka ... devotions)

Snuffacate

(2015) All day I've been saying that my nose is so snuffy that I can't breathe.  Tonight, Lily came to me very worried and said, "Mamma, I'm scared for you to go to sleep because you might "snuff"acate."  Cracked me up, but I love her concern for me!

Remix

(2010)
Just made the boys some chocolate chip muffins, which inspired Lily to entertain us with "remixesof some old favorites.  Currently she is singing, "Do you know the muffin man ... his fleece was white as snow."  Hee!  Hee!

Sold Out

I stopped at Walgreens tonight to get Bran and Dyl's ADHD meds, and the pharmacist said, "You'll have to come back later this week because we are totally out due to the holidays." ?? I wasn't aware that Concerta was such a hot holiday gift item this year!  Hahaaaa!

Flamingo

I bought shrimp at the grocery store to make for dinner one night this week.  When we got the bags in the car beside Lily, she sniffed and said, "Yuck!  It smells like flamingos in here!"  Pretty accurate, actually!  hahahaha!

Tooth

(2010) Today's episode of LIFE WITH BOYS:  As I am cleaning up the boys' messy bathroom this evening for the hundredth time, I find a TOOTH just lying on the counter.  In the midst of being creeped out by that, Dylan barges in and says, "MOM!  Look at my spit beard!!!"  BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!