Hero

(2013) This evening, Dylan had to interview a hero/special person in his life for a school writing project ... I love that he called his Dad.

Pretty Words

(2013) 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, Lil."

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!  Hahahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

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."

Soap

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!  Hahahaaaa!!

Pirate

(2013) Dylan and I were watching some cartoon that had a pirate in it and he said, "Mom are there really such things as pirates?"  I said, "Yes, there were pirates a long time ago and today there are still some pirates that go around stealing from other people's boats."  Dylan answers in complete seriousness, " Who in the WORLD would want to be a baby then grow up to be a pirate?!  Lily will NOT be a pirate when she grows up!"  Very true, Dyl!

Claires

Conversation when Lily and I got home this afternoon from our excursions ...
Skeet: Hey Lil!  Where did y'all go?
Lily:  To Claire's!
Skeet:  What did you get to eat there?
...Really? Step your game up, Daddy!!  Seriously!!

God

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

Candy Bar

Tonight solidified why Hallmark channel movies are totally for women  ... The GUY in the movie I am watching actually just said,"Wedding bouquets and table settings and gowns are just the shiny wrapper on the delicious candy bar called love."  Hmmm .. not really recalling ANY man in the universe EVER saying anything remotely close to that! Glad Skeet wasn't in the room at that point ... there would have been no end to his ridicule of my beloved, cheesy romance shows! So I say, carry on, Mr. Candy Bar Love Guy ...I like you, even if you make Skeet nauseous.

Presidential Inauguration

(2017) Not kidding. Lily just asked me when we were getting eggnog for tomorrow. I had no idea what she was talking about so I asked her why we needed it. She said, "Because tomorrow is the eggnoguration."  Still laughing!!!

Breakfast

(2012) Skeet has been gone on a business/band trip since Wednesday.  When I asked Dylan and Lily what they wanted for breakfast this morning, they said, "Daddy."

World Record

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!!

Poptart

(2013) 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!

Napkin

(2012) 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.

MLK

(2013) 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!"

All Out

Well, when I do something, I go all out ... I burned some popcorn so badly in the microwave that we have to buy a new one.  The bag AND microwave are charred.  Nice.

Mother of Necessity

(2011) I love creative problem solvers!  The spinner to our Sesame Street Chutes and Ladders game is broken, so Dylan decided we could spin one of his mini- wrestlers instead.  Wherever the guy's head landed was your number!  Too funny ... it did work, though!

Brothers

(2011) This is what happens when you have two big brothers!  A room full of princesses and a wrestling mask!

Remix

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

Beast

(2011) The other night, Skeet was telling Lily goodnight and he said, "Goodnight Rapunzel" (we had just seen the Tangled movie and of course Lily loves princesses).  Lily said, "I'm not Rapunzel, I'm Belle"  So Skeet replies, "Ok, goodnight Belle."  After a short pause, Lily replies to Daddy in all seriousness, "Goodnight, Beast."

Shrimp

(2014) 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!

Homeschool

Brandon goes back to Emmanuel tomorrow. 😢😢
Our conversation last night ...
Me: I’m sad you’re leaving tomorrow.
Bran: Yeah, me too.
Me: I could home school you.
Bran:  ummm ... no, that’s ok.
Well, I tried. 😂😂😂😂😂

Mensa

Every male in my house wears the same size and everything they own is black Nike. You need to be a member of Mensa to  figure out the laundry around here!!! #whoseisthis????

Freedom

Made a HUGE step towards personal freedom this year ... I threw away ALL the mismatched socks in the laundry basket that have been there the entire year!  You will curse me NO longer, darn socks!  Feeling a sense of peace and triumph already .... hahahaaaa!!!  :)

Tooth

(202) 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!!!!!!!!!!!

Holiness Table

(2016) Lily asked if she could go with me tomorrow to church to decorate the "stage of righteousness" for Sunday. Ummm ... it's called the "Holiness Table," Lil.