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Thursday, 04 June 2009

  • Numbers

    Recently the boys have been hooked on various numbers. At first it was Cody w/ 61. Then he moved on to 1 million. TJ has recently settled on 16 as his favorite number. In terms of time, both believe that the greatest length of time is Uncle Mark's birthday. For example, if s/thing isn't going to happen for a while they will say, "We have to wait until Uncle Mark's birthday." or "I'm gonna keep this until it's Uncle Mark's birthday." That's probably because their Uncle Mark has the latest birthday in the year...at least until the twins arrive!

    Today we were working w/ Jack on how old he is. At first he said 2, then he said 4. Finally we got him squared away & Val said, "Tristan, what do you say when someone asks you how old you are?" He replied, "Sorry." We all cracked up.

Friday, 29 May 2009

  • TJ & JC

    The other night we were reading the Bible story where Jesus is asleep in the bottom of the boat & the storm freaks the disciples out. The picture on the page where Jesus rebukes the storm is very serene. The water is calm & the sun is setting in the background. Anyway, as soon as I finished that page Tristan piped up, "Jesus is cool!"

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

  • 4 Year Old Conversation

    So we were in the car today & it's been a bit stormy here in Indiana. We were headed to the library & discussing how we were safe from storms because we were in our car. Cody asked, "Why are we safe?" I told him because our tires are made of rubber. He asked how that protects us. I told him the rubber keeps us from getting electrocuted by the lightning. He asked what electrocuted means. I told him lightning is made up of electricity. He asked what electricity is. I told him it's energy. He asked what energy is. I gave up...

Tuesday, 07 April 2009

  • 2 More Funnies

    TJ: Whenever we come home from the DC (dining commons) I generally wrestle w/ the boys. Well, I was gone over the weekend, so this duty fell to Val. Jack wanted to consider her delicate personality, so when they returned from the DC the other night he posited, "Mommy, when we wrestle you can be the princess!"

    Cody: We recorded "Madagascar" on TiVo the other day & Cody couldn't figure out who had set it to record. He asked if I'd done it & I told him, "No." I said, "Maybe Mommy did it?" He said, "No." I asked if he'd done it. He said, "No." Finally, I said, "Maybe God set it to record." He replied, "God doesn't have the remote!"

Thursday, 26 March 2009

  • Funny Boys

    This seldom happens. I got a funny out of both boys in the matter of a minute while they played barefoot outside in 60 degree sunshine:

    1) Cody lifted the back of his shirt & asked, "Daddy, am I getting a sunburn?"

    2) I asked TJ if he was cold & he replied, "No, my teeth are not shaking."

Monday, 23 March 2009

  • Yet Another Phase

    Jack has been going through a disagreement phase lately. He says the opposite of what you want him to say. This morning, he disagreed w/ Cody's choice of which show to watch. I went over & said, "Jack, you're being contradictory." He replied, in gathering exclamation, "No I'm NOT!" --Ironic...

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

  • Cute Comment

    This morning I was about to put a TV show on for the boys. Usually they have preferences, so I asked, "What show do you want to watch?" Cody piped up & said, "You pick!" Then he quietly spoke, "But...Daddy...can you please pick Curious George?"