Just a spoonful of sugar ...

"... helps medicine go up!" according to Lisy. We recently watched "Mary Poppins," and the boys are constantly singing "medicine go down" over and over and over. Lisy, on the other hand, happily insists on her own version.

-MR

Mexican Manicotti

Recently one of my lil Mexican clients said that he had "Italian Enchiladas" for dinner. He said that they were really good and asked if I had ever had them. I scrunched my eyebrows together, trying to figure out what he was talking about, and said "probably not." Then, with a burst of inspiration, I asked if "Italian Enchiladas" used tortilla or pasta. Pasta of course. Ahhh - so it was big pasta with cheese in it? Yes. That's called Manicotti. It's good, with all that white cheese in it. I smiled and said, Yes, Italian Enchiladas are good.

Dom

Saying it like it is

This afternoon the kids and I were frosting cookies. The kids didn't make a mess, though they did eat quite a bit of frosting. By the time we finished, the kids were bouncing off the walls and were very noisy. I thought out loud, "what is going on with you guys today?"

In a matter-of-fact tone, Samuel said, "It's because we're kids, and we just ate a lot of sugar, Mom."

-MR

best friends?

After school Samuel told me about the mean things his friend, Ryan, kept saying to him. "He doesn't sound much like a friend," I commented.

"Yeah," he sighed, "but he's a really good racer. Sometimes he beats me. Sometimes I beat him. And sometimes we tie." Hmm, so that's what makes a friend.

-MR

Eat my sock

What?

"Eat. My. Sock," Lisy slowly repeated for me.

So I turned around in the car and saw that Lisy had taken off her shoes and had managed to get her foot up on Rachel's carseat, practically in her face. Rachel thought it was funny and tried to bite Lisy's foot - she couldn't quite reach it, and everyone laughed.

-MR

Et tu?

Lisy was growling loudly in church to make Samuel laugh. Dominic sternly whispered to her to stop, whereupon she giggled at him and kept growling.

He looked up at me and said, "Ever feel like your authority is slipping?" All the time, Dear.

-MR

Silly Luke

My son was twirling around, making explosion sounds. "Benjamin, you're silly!"

"No, I'm Luke Skywalker." and he then returned to his twirling and spitting.

-Dom