Joshua was sassing me today. I told him "You can't talk to me that way Josh." He asked, "Why?" So I said "It is disrespectful and I don't get to talk to my mom that way." He reply came with a smile, "Yes you do!" Look out Mom, apparently I'm allowed to sass you!
Yesterday, after Sunday School, I asked Jesse if he had fun. He said yes. Then I asked Jesse what he did in Sunday School. I always ask him what he "did" somewhere and I never get a response. This time however, Jesse didn't skip a beat. "I played with Angelo," he stated. I don't know who Angelo is but that was a wonderful moment!
Josh asked me about Jesus and where He lives. I told him that if we ask Him, Jesus will live in our hearts. Joshua said, "Ew, gross." I spent a few fruitless minutes trying to explain the soul but I gave up. He'll get it eventually =}.
Shortly after dinner tonight, Josh asked me if it was "bath-o'clock" yet. (I guess he gets a "quote of the day" today after all.)
Today it is Jesse with the cute quote of the day instead of his hilarious sidekick we call Squash. Jesse said today, "You can be a boy or you can be ugly."
Jesse now has a lisp. Well, the speech impediment is just temporary, he lost another tooth! So now both his bottom front teeth are missing and he does talk kinda funny. It's real cute.
Joshua is insisting that I call him "Dude". He talks about how he is a Dude all day long. He also says at least once a day "Mom, I gotta grow up and be a dude." He is just "Dude" obsessed. I guess he's got some California in him after all.
John has a new job. His official title is Regional Controller - West Region Huttig Building Products (www.huttig.com) his real title is utility janitor west coast. Basically he travels around to exotic locations like Fresno, Sacramento, Medford, Tigard (no offense, really!) and works with distribution locations on revenues, expenses and margins in an effort to increase profits. We are excited about this as Abby will not have to be working every weekend and there will be some actual family time going on in addition to the 6 hrs a night when we all snore together.
We also will have a new Drinen joing us in the desert in the near future...
No, not one of our own, but John's youngest sister, Amy, will be moving in on a trial basis to work with Jesse and experience some independence. So the strange lady answering the phone is not a wrong number it is just another Drinen.
We driving in the car the other day and Joshua asks from the backseat, "Mom, do you drink beer?" I was a bit thrown off by the question but answered, "Sure buddy, sometimes." "Well, I don't!" He retorted. It was a very strange exchange and I'm not sure what was going on in Josh's little head but I may have been disciplined by my 3 yr old.
Joshua has made us "Soccer Parents" already. He joined his first official sports team, The Stallions! John is co-coaching with another Dad so we are really diving in. Practice is a riot, a bunch of 3 year olds chasing around after a little soccer ball, knocking each other over more often then making a pass or a goal. They have a blast though! Today was Josh's first game. As #27 he took the field! Unfortunately the Stallions lost 1-2 (I can't believe either team actually scored but they did quite well!). We'll keep you posted on the Stallions summer season (don't worry it's only 6 games =}).
