Archive for June, 2011
Already???
Posted by: | CommentsI took the boys to the mall tonight and Sam saw a girl he knew from vacation bible school. After we were done eating she came over to say hi to Sam. Sam said hi and then said this is his brother Evan. Her reply?
‘Oh, he’s as cute as you Sam.’
Sam didn’t even bat an eye when she said that. Naivety has its rewards.
Geography is irrelevant…
Posted by: | CommentsSam was full of questions this morning. The most discussed topic was: Why do we have to go to swimming lessons?
The consensus after an 8 min debate? So we can learn how to out swim sharks and alligators.
The fact we live in Minnesota was dismissed in the first minute.
His Mother’s Son…
Posted by: | CommentsHow do I know for absolute certainty that Evan is his mother’s son?
He not only put away his shoes after we came inside tonight, but scolded Sam for not doing the same, and then put Sam’s shoes away too.
Let’s see if this sticks when he’s fifteen.
Really excited to be here…
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This is Evan being really happy to go hiking with his Dad.
Birthday wish…
Posted by: | CommentsEvan, with all the sincerity he could muster, came up to his Mom this evening and asked, ‘Can I please have an iPhone with games for my birthday’.
And so it begins.
Parenting dilemma…
Posted by: | CommentsKids pick up the darnedest things at daycare. For Evan, it’s currently the phrase ‘I don’t like [insert topic]‘. So when he gets grouchy he’ll say ‘I don’t like you’ – and he’ll say it with conviction.
Well tonight he kept saying it to me and I didn’t appreciate it. So I tried to correct him and he’d say it again. I finally broke down and said, ‘Evan, I don’t like it when you say I don’t like it!’.
Evan gives me a puzzled look and ran to his mother. See my dilemma?
Irony…
Posted by: | CommentsThe definition of Irony: My parents came back to Minnesota to get away from the hot Nevada summers. It was 20°F warmer in Minnesota today.
Hit to the gut…
Posted by: admin | Comments (0)Sam and I were getting ready to read books before he went to sleep and he pulled out the same book Sam and I had read the night before, and the time before that, and the time before that. (And yes… it was a Star Wars book). I asked if he could pick out something different. He said ok, went to his book shelf, and grabbed two other books – ‘Harry the Dirty Dog’ and ‘My First Day of School’. We had a small talk about his book selection.
Sam: I picked this book because I’ll be going to first grade soon and it will be my first day of school again.
Me: Ok, I don’t think I’ve read that book before.
Sam: How many more first days of school will I have.
Me: Well you’ll have 12 more – 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade… on to 12th grade.
Sam: Then I’ll go to college?
Me: Yep.
Sam: Then I’ll be all grown up.
Me: [......]
It’s the innocent comments that can sometimes kill you.