Question of the day

Last night we were driving home and were stopped at a light. I looked to my left and saw a Maricopa County Sherriff's truck. As we sat there we watched two teenage boys running back and forth across the street on the other side of the intersection. There was a vacant lot with 8 foot high construction fence around it and one of the boys started to jump the fence.

John: I can't believe that cop is not seeing this.

The sheriff immediately flashed his lights from the turn lane and hit his siren.

Abby: Those boys are in trouble.

Josh: What is the police man doing?

Abby: He is going to take those boys home to their daddy and they are going to get a whuppin.

Josh: What's a whuppin?

John: That is a step up from a spank.

Josh: (solemnly from the back seat) Oh.

I sat there and thought of the dumb things my friends and I used to do on Friday nights and wondered if I am really up for this parenthood business. Joshua's Oh killed me and I can not get over how he now knows what a whuppin is, it will be fun waiting to hear him use it in a sentence, I am sure somehow this is going to come back and bite me in the butt.

My Sweet Boy

I was pretty sick this week. Spending most of my time on the couch one particular day. The boys were being really good letting me rest. Josh was fetching me water, kleenex and stuff. I went upstairs to watch a little TV while the boys were occupied coloring. After 20 mins or so, I heard Joshua say, “Jesse, you’d better ask mom.” So I quickly came downstairs. Jesse was standing at the counter in our kitchen; he had a little round purple plate, he’d cut up a banana (don’t worry, butter knife) and was putting grapes on the plate. He looked up at me and smiled and said, “See mom, a fruit salad for you.” I have never seen him do something like that for someone else! This truly was a milestone!

Joshua's Quote of the Day (again)

Mom: Josh, you are a cool kid.
Josh: I know. But do you know why I'm cool?
Mom: Why kiddo?
Josh; Because I like cool things, like tattoos. Can I have a tattoo right now?
Mom: Um, no.

Joshua's Quote of the Day

Joshua was drinking a fruit smoothie. He tends to get "ice cream headaches" easily. So, as he was drinking his smoothie he was holding his head. I asked him if he had an "ice cream headache" and he said "No, I'm just keeping my head warm so I don't get a cold headache."

Mt Hood from a Plane

John took this majestic pic on his phone returning from Seattle.

Arizona Skies

I just loooooove this time of year! The clouds are outstanding, I just want to jump on them.

Jesse the Joker

At dinner "someone" let some gas pass and it was a bit noisy. Jesse said, "Was that you Mom or thunder?"

I am so impressed with his ability to make jokes that I will allow myself to be embarrassed by posting this for all the world to see. I guess I could have left my name out of it or blamed John................

JESSE'S Quote of the Day

As mentioned in the previous post, Jesse tends to take off his clothes and enjoys being naked. Today Jesse came into the room I was in and I noticed he wasn't wearing any pants.

Abby: Jesse, where are your pants?
Jesse: (smile) They are invisible.

I laughed so hard I almost peed mine (pants).

Mom's Absorbed

So I was on the computer checking my email. I must have been totally absorbed because Jesse stood next to me talking about Superheroes for about 5 minutes before I looked at him and noticed he was completly naked.