On a more uplifting note, the following cute boy stories happened this week.
1. After the whole “drink your milk” argument yesterday I was giving the Captain hugs and kisses. When I thought he’d been sufficiently loved and affected I suggested that I should go kiss another boy somewhere. I asked him who I [...]

Internets, I bring you: The Dried Snot Conversation.
Captain Earthquake: See that? That’s dried snot on my nose.
The Manager: Where? Oh, that? Yes, that’s dried snot.
CE: When I have dried snot on my nose, I use my finger and pick it off.
TM: Me too. But it really really hurts.
CE: Me too! [...]

The Manager(age 5) was apparently waiting for his brothers to do something for him. I couldn’t see what was going on, but this is what I heard him say.
“I’m waiting.
I’m WAITing!
I’m WAITINNNNNNG!
Come onnnn!”
[long pause]
“I’m getting old here.”
[another long pause]
“My hairs are getting gray.”
I guess I have no reason to doubt the nickname.
Happy spring, everyone. [...]

When you let them ride in the front, they spend the ENTIRE trip pointing out-and analyzing-roadkill.
And no, I’m not gonna put up a picture on this post.
You’re welcome.

photo credit: hmoreno
A member of my homeschooling group put out an invitation for a field trip to a ballet performance of Don Quixote at the end of the month. I’ve never taken the boys to a play or ballet because I didn’t believe they’d sit and enjoy it. But this sounded [...]

photo credit: woodleywonderworks
The Mercenary: Mom, where was that place we went…the one where we saw the beavers working and we were petting the sting rays?
Me: Well, that was two different places honey. The beavers were at the museum in Virginia, and the sting rays were more local.
TM: Virginia? We saw the beavers [...]