Ya, been a while since I’ve been here… facebook is just so much easier but a lot of you don’t use it (mom!) .
Will started Kindergarten and is doing great. Lily loves her glasses and we are patching her eye 4 hours a day so the prognosis is good. Iris and I did date night last night after she got back from UC Irvine… it was a long day (4am - 11pm) but we laughed for two hours straight at the show; we even did the sing-along with everyone else.
Starting to look forward to cooler weather and are making plans for heading up to the cabin (the kids are excited).
Anyone coming out here for Christmas???
I’ve always wanted to do a family reunion around christmas. So I’ve been poking around trying to find the ideal Norman Rockwellian setting. My equirements are cabin/lodge feel, snow, enough beds and baths for everyone, nobody in hide-a-beds.
I recently stumbled upon this Lake Vermillion Lodge in Minnesota.
Minnesota is good so that at least once family doesn’t have to fly anywhere.
I ran across this lodge in Colorado .
If you know of any cool places, forward them to me so I can add them to my list. Thanks
With Iris in LA this week, Will’s been using ‘I miss Mommy’ as a means of trying to stay up late. The other night we were sitting on his bed and the conversation goes like this:
Will: Dad! Aren’t you forgetting something?
Dad: What?
Will: You need to do some chores. Like do the dishes. And I can help. I’m a great helper.
Dad: Actually I just have to start a load of laundry and then I’m going to be just like you.
Will: (Placing his hands on either side of my face and getting up right into my eyes) Dad! THAT’S SOUNDS LIKE A TWO MAN JOB!
The other day at story time in the library the reader said, “And Susan painted her toes. And Susan painted her nose. And Susan painted her elbows.” “Now kids, what else do you think Susan painted?” Will yells out, “HER PENIS!”
HA!
Iris and I find that not only do our kids say funny things but sometimes we say things that we never thought we’d say. Here’s a sample from both parties:
“Lily, don’t hit your brother in the head with that bat.”
“Daddy, make sure the [bath] water isn’t too hot for my penis.”
(after thanking Will for good behavior) “Dad, it was my pleasure.”
(after finding Will in Lily’s crib following a very brief nap and asking if Lily was sleeping when he crawled in to her crib.) “Lily was sleeping because I had to open her eyes.” (then demonstrates prying open her eyelids while she was sleeping)
(when being asked why we don’t jump on Mommy like we do Daddy) “Because girls have soft guts.”
(when seeing a lady with a head scarf) “Mommy that lady has a blanket on her head.”
(when seeing a convertible, and please note… this was done in a loud and shocked voice. “Mommy! That car lost its roof!”
(when seeing a big fat guy coming out of a store and done with a loud voice) “That man has a big tummy”
