Sleep walking

I am NOT cut out to be a single mom!  Lannie comes home for the weekend today, and I am SO glad.  The kids have been extra emotional with their dad gone– especially Phillip.  It took me two days to get him to calm down.
Caleb and I have noticed that Phillip acts especially crazy right [...]

Overheard

Overheard conversation between Caleb and Elizabeth:
“Hey, Dude.”
“I’m not a dude.  If I’m a dude, where’s my mustache?”
“Not all dudes have mustaches.”
“Okay, but all dudes have hair.”
“Some dudes don’t have very much hair.”
“Okay, all dudes have hair somewhere.“

Hurry up and wait

So, for those who follow me on Facebook, I’ve alluded to this a few times in my status updates, but I haven’t really talked about it in-depth.  Lannie will start a new job at UAMS in Little Rock on Monday.
In an odd twist of events, this is the same job that he accepted at UAMS [...]

Toddler translations

Do other toddlers have their own language? Some combination of English and whatever makes sense to them (and no one else)?
Each of my three children has developed some form of this, but none as complicated as Phillip. He’s developed his own code of speech that I like to call “Phillipese” (not to be [...]

Because it wasn’t mortifying enough to be overheard in the store, I put it on my blog…

I took Phillip with me to the store today to buy a few “necessities.”  Unfortunately, it was lunch-time and the store was very crowded.
When I stopped to pick up a much-needed feminine product, he stomped his foot.  “No, Mama, I want to buy Diego pull-ups!”
“These are not for you, Phillip.  They’re for me.”
“Mama, you wear [...]