Figures of speech

There was an almost empty bag of pepperoni that Bob and I were eating and I said to Bob, "You want me to kill it?".

Nathan gives me the weirdest look and says, "How do you kill pepperoni?"

Then later when Bob was serving the little pizzas he made, we told Nathan that the cheese pizza had his name written all over it. He's a smart kid because he said that his name was written in invisible ink.

When I grow up ...

Nathan wants to be a fireman, and Colin wants to be an inventor.

Tomorrow

Time is a difficult concept for children. Nathan just hasn't made the connection yet. He is always asking us, "Is it tomorrow?"

No, Nathan. It's never going to be tomorrow. Of course, we don't tell him that. We just tell him that it will be tomorrow when he wakes up.

The best compliment ever

You know when you get a babysitter and come home and ask how everything went. The sitter always says "fine" or "the kids were great". But I always wonder if they always say that regardless with how the kids acted.

So back when my cousins were in town, we had tickets to see a UGA game in Athens. This required an all day babysitter for the boys from noon to late at night. I lined up one of our sitters that usually does just the night time routine.

We came home that night and were talking to her about how the day went. She was very honest with us and told us that she thought the day would be difficult. Her husband also made the comment that the day would be "birth control" for them. (They don't have children yet.) So she said, "I had so much fun with the boys; they are not birth control!"

I was so happy to hear that my children aren't birth control! I mean what a great compliment. So maybe my sitters aren't lying to me after all.

Colin's Writing

Colin is learning to read and write and is very excited about it. After he writes something, he will cut it out and tape it to his bedroom door.


This first sign lists the names of everyone in the house, including the cats! It says:
Ambrose Flowers S.
Simon Purr S.
Phoebe Fast S.
Nathan Martin S.
Colin Robert S.
Kristine Marie S.
Robert Wayne S.

Of course, Colin gave the cats middle names too.


The next sign says, "This is a invention. Date 2009. I like invention making invention and they ! are ! awesome!" I think he accidentally put an extra "invention" in the one sentence. And I explained the exclamation point to him for after "awesome". He decided to put some more in for extra emphasis.


I couldn't figure out the top of this note, but the bottom says, "I like this family". I like this note!

Scraps

This is what Colin makes when I give him my scrapbooking scraps! Impressive!

A "Say Anything ... " moment

Remember the movie "Say Anthing ..." with Ione Skye and John Cusack. At the beginning of the movie John's character is walking Ione's character home from a late night. He sees some broken glass and kicks it aside making sure that she doesn't step on it or anything. Remember that scene? Probably not. But I do.

Well, last Monday we had a playdate with Grace from Colin's class (another playdate with a girl -- I love those kind of playdates!). Anyway, we were walking home and Colin pointed out some glass on the ground and warned Grace of it, making sure she didn't hurt herself.

He is such a sweet kid.