Phillip sat me down and very seriously said, “Mom, I have to tell you something.”
“Yes?” I answered.
“Today, I’m going to college.”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes, and you’re going with me! And I’m going to drive.”
“That’s great!” I said.
“Right after you put me up there on the potty so I can poop.”
Filed under: Phillip, funny kids, growing up, potty training on March 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Elizabeth asked Caleb for help with her geography lesson today. The topic was “community helpers.”
Elizabeth: I have to write a sentence about what my mom does. What does mom do? Is she a teacher?Caleb: No, she’s a homewrecker.Me: Do you mean homemaker?Caleb: Yeah. Or you could say [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, funny kids, stay at home mom on March 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today, I was helping Elizabeth with her Bible story lesson, when I noticed she had left one of the items from her assignment blank. She was supposed to pick out ways to be a good helper in church out of a provided list. One of the items she left blank was “help a [...]
Filed under: Caleb, Elizabeth, church, funny kids on March 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our next-door-neighbor set an old television set on the curb today, which greatly confused Phillip. She also set out the remote control, which confused him even more.
While playing in the front yard with Caleb, he walked over to the TV, picked up the remote, and began clicking it at the TV. Then he walked over [...]
Filed under: funny kids, kids on August 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
A friend was asking me yesterday about the hardest part of having three kids, and I have to say it’s the competition for attention. All of my kids, but especially Elizabeth, are constantly competing for more attention. Yesterday, the competition was particularly fierce.
Lannie and I set up the slip and slide and the [...]
Filed under: family, funny kids on August 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
We visited Lannie’s family in Memphis this week, and we spent a very hot afternoon at the Memphis zoo. While we generally enjoy the Memphis zoo, especially the pandas and the new polar bear exhibit, the near-100 degree temperature forced us to scoot from inside exhibit to inside exhibit looking for air conditioning. We brought [...]
Filed under: Kids and Blogs, Memphis, family, funny kids, hot weather on August 4th, 2007 | No Comments »
Ellie and Phillip were sitting at the dinner table last night when Ellie reached over and patted Phillip on the back. Phillip immediately screamed, “Spank! Don’t Spank!” No, no, we assured him, that’s just a “love pat.” Phillip reached over and hit Ellie as hard as he could on the back and said “LOVE PAT!” [...]
Filed under: family, first words, funny kids, siblings on July 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I should add to my last post that watching Phillip play is anything but boring. This afternoon we observed the full gamut of his imagination as he played with his plastic giraffe and elephant. He picked up the animals and pretended that the giraffe was “roaring” then set them down, screamed, and ran to the [...]
Filed under: family, first words, funny kids on July 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »