My plan was to get a Christmas tree today and that just doesn’t look like it will happen due to the weather. That bums me out. So, I needed a chuckle. And even if it’s sunny and wonderful where ever you live, maybe a little levity is just what the doctor ordered for you as well. Enjoy : )
Before walking to McDonalds I stopped the boys at the door and jokingly asked (while pointing to the signage on the glass), “does everyone have on a shirt? Shoes? Any pets I don’t know about??” The boys laughed, shook their heads and we walked inside. Just after entering, jack (who had stopped laughing and had starting thinking) said, “So, I could still come in here if I wasn’t wearing pants…right mama??” I kind of choked and said that no, pants were absolutely needed. “But, they don’t have a sign about wearing pants. So, I don’t think I’d have to wear them. I think they’d make a sign, mama.”
Today Jack asked how, exactly, Jesus celebrated his birthdays. Cupcakes? Ice Cream? Cake? Presents?…..ANYTHING?? He was rather unimpressed that I didn’t know the celebratory traditions of the ancient Hebrews. Since he was -you know- GOD, Jack reasoned with me that there at least should have been cake : ) I should add that he was later concerned that Jesus had never gotten a chance to play video games…this thought actually eclipsed the fear of no cake : )
A conversation between the boys tonight. Brenn; “Why do bees buzz??” (complete with buzzing sound effects and general “flying” around the living room) Jack (after a moment of thought): “Well, I think it because it hurts to have that stick stuck in their butt.” Crass perhaps (and I apologize if you don’t live with boys), but there is a certain logic to his thinking on this : )
Brenn just came down to the basement and and said, “I am sooo cold!” I pragmatically answered, “Well, maybe you need some socks on your feet.” He walked up to me and while climbing up into my lap sweetly stated, “No, I just need a Mama to snuggle with.” In this case, the emotional argument wins.
Jack asked if he could come to the hospital to watch me have baby Meg. Paul: “Oh Jack. You don’t want to watch that. Mama hurts alot and yells sometimes and it’s just not fun.” Jack: “So…you don’t like to watch either, Papa?” Paul: “No, not really.” Jack: (sympathetically) “Well, maybe you could just close your eyes and cover your ears while she is yelling and hurting.” Well, at least we know what Jack will be doing someday when his wife is in L&D.
Me: “Brenn, what is that you are drawing?” Brenn: “This is a swimming pool!” Me: “Oh and what is this thing in the pool?” Brenn: “That’s me. …. I’m dead.” Me: “What?!” Brenn: “Yes, I was swimming and then something shot me dead. I think it was a carrot. A giant, scary carrot.” Sheesh. What in the world.
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