The Name Game

PWB: When I have a boy, I am going to name him Nas. Like after Nascar. Then I am going to make his middle name our last name, to remember our family. ( PWB's middle name is my maiden name)

Mom-Well, your son would probably have the same last name as you.

PWB-Why, did Daddy get to pick my last name?

Mom- No, its just that most of the time, you use the man's last name.

PWB- Well, aren't boys supposed to be nice to girls? Did Daddy say thank you?!

Mom's "Homemade" Recipe

For Mother's Day, Pearce brought home his classroom cookbook. Each child picked their favorite "mom" recipe and wrote down the ingredients and instructions. One of the sweet girls in his class wrote the following:

Mom's Recipe for Cookis: 
Ingredients: Dowe from the stor
1. Get the cookis out of the bag
2. Put the cookis on the pan
3. Put tum in the ofin
4. Then its rety!
5. Then et it!

* I did receive permission before posting this "homemade " recipe:)
Thankfully, Pearce's recipe for "Sim Rls"(Cinnamon rolls) skipped over the "take out of the package," step! 

Mother's Day Continues

After a thoughtful Mother's Day, I picked P up from school the next day.

While walking to the car, we had to go through a field of clovers, that M was unhappy about.

P said, "It's just a patch of flowers for all the moms."

Thanks Sweetheart:) 

Sweet Tooth

Mom-Are you ready to go? ( From the ice cream shop)

Sister- No, I want to finish my ice cream.

Brother- If you really want to finish your ice cream, then let me have some.

Who's the boss?

Not the pick up line I was thinking of...

5 year old who is ALL boy-

" There is a girl over there I would like to meet.
  Do you think she likes ninjas?
  I'll have to ask her. "

heckin'

heckin'-

An Interjection

(used as an expression of curiosity, confusion, surprise,  thrill, dislike, etc. ) 

(euphemism for heck.)

Ex: What the heckin?

Most effective when combined with ," ...in the world." 

Ex:

  

"Why the heckin' in the world is Quinn standing on the picnic table ?!" 

Modern Day Sacagawea

Mom- "How did you get those holes in your tights?"
Daughter- "I was fighting a tiger."

Motivation

P's reason for wanting to start his summer job at the family company:

" Because when Papa Pete and Daddy dies, who is going to the be the boss?"

180 Days of School

In every kindergarten class across America they celebrate the 100th day of school. 100 out of the required 180. My kindergartener had a wonderful week in school. He had the 100th day head banner, 100th day party etc etc etc...

But the days that followed 100th day, he seemed almost depressed.  To the point that he said he didn't want to go to school. Are you sick? No. Is there a bully? No.

Two mornings post 100th day, he finally confessed what was bothering him. Now that they got to the 100th day of school and were able to count from 1-100, they were going to have to start counting backwards from 80-1,...counting backwards!!

Best Behavior

Before visiting pretty much any public place, I remind the children before we get out of the car, that I expect best behavior. Today we were heading into the doctor's office. So I asked them to list some actions that are excepted as best behavior. Pearce, a studious as can be, rambled of the obvious best behavior that would be asked of most families. But to customize this to our barn occupants, he finished with, "And no tackling and no pulling the fire alarm." 

That's a good question.

Pearce is currently into his future life with a wife, a family and a dog. He asked  if anyone ever had 10 kids. I said, "Sure." He replied, " They must have a lot of fun." Then just when I thought he was ready to move onto another topic , he asked, "But what if they were all girls?!"

So Proud of You Great Grandma!

During a lovely visit with the children's Great Grandma (GGB), I was passing them the subliminal messages that, we treat our elders with respect. McCullough really seemed to pick up on this surprisingly quickly and with great enjoyment. She was getting GGB a drink and bringing it to her, getting her some lunch and bringing it to her, setting a blanket over her lap to keep the chill away etc...

So at the end of GGB's visit, she got up to say goodbye. As she walked towards McCullough for a hug, McCullough, with the joy of a proud mother of an infant, screeched , "You're walking!!!!"

Positive Association

After Pearce heard a gun shot in the distance ( during hunting season!) he took a long sigh, looked up to the sky and with a twinkle in his eyes, gently let out the words through his slight grin, " The sound of a gun reminds me of Grandpa."

Mom M.D.

My "Mom M.D." advice to any mother whose child is starting to verbalize their ailments. Here are a few per-translations that may prevent an ER visit:

* My Brain Hurts= A headache, not a brain tumor
* My Neck Hurts= A soar throat, not meningitis
* It Feels Like Someone put Wood in my Throat- A severe soar throat, not a need for an xray
* T-Rex Bit My Ear= An ear infection, not the return of the dinosaurs
* My Knee Hurts= Something probably does hurt.  But at the age of 2 or 3, most likely this is not their knee. They just want to use the word, but don't have the correct body part to go with it. So ask for a finger point in this case.
* I Need a New Stomach= A belly ache, not a need for a transplant
* It Hurts as Much as Getting Struck by a Tornado= A severe belly ache, not concern that your child is out in the middle night hanging with storm chasers. 
* Like an Alligator attacking= Again a severe belly ache, no need to change his name to Steve Irwin.

Birthday Manners

While celebrating Aunt MaryAnne's 23rd birthday, Q did his best to gobble down a candle as fast as he did the cake. Aunt MaryAnne kindly told Q, "No we don't eat the candles." Offering an appropriate alternative, M exclaimed, "We just lick them!" And of course, continued to demonstrate.