He makes up words too.

One of J’s favorite people at church is “Kake”.
Apparently, her parents put a ‘t’ in the middle of her name, but there’s no telling J that.
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The boys all like to look up and read about different animals and creatures. J was looking up big cats. He was showing me pictures of them in the book [...]

What’s wrong with this picture?

If you guessed that it looks like a monkey with some school scissors got busy, you’d be right.
He said he had to cut it twice because he didn’t get enough hair the first time.
I asked him what he did with the hair and he said, “I just dropped it.”
I’m still looking for it.
Apparently he was [...]

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

Then you’re going to have to be content with a thousand words.
‘Cause I got no pictures.
What a week.
I blame the baby. She started off the week sick and decided to cry off and on during the night a few times, sleep in our bed a few times, kick people in the face a few times [...]

You know that saying, “People who live in glass houses, shouldn’t throw stones”?

I take it literally.

Very literally.

Sweet kid, isn’t he?

C and J were arguing over a puzzle.
C: But J, you have two. Let me have one. Pleeeease? You have two. Please?
J: <Pause> Hmmm. I’m going to say N-O, No.

How to get your normally non-indulgent mother to spoil you.

It’s actually easier than it first appears.
First, start eating the popsicle that she offers you.
Then, decide that “Yeah, maybe I don’t like popsicles.”
Then ask for a banana.
When she gets you one, go ahead and take a bite.

But then when she licks your popsicle, decide that maybe you will try it again afterall.

Just keep repeating until [...]

I’m on a roll.

The boys have started drinking hot tea with milk. Or as Mr. French likes to say, “Milk with a little tea.”
He doesn’t really approve, even though he claims to be an anglophile.
The other night, one of the boys had a cup of tea and since we were with some friends, one of whom is a [...]

It may not be obvious, but the blue still outnumbers the pink around here.

I’ve been feeling guilty about all the Miss F posts lately. I do have three other kids, afterall.
Who all happen to be BOYS!
So, what have they been up to lately? Well…
1) They’ve been making and dressing up in the fiercest battle gear of any knights around.

They’d probably look doubly dangerous if they could shake that [...]

Close, but no cigar

The children are memorizing the ten commandments right now.
When it was J’s turn, he recited the seventh commandment,
“Thou shalt not admit adultery.”

Boldly going where no dog will go alone.