Out of the mouth of...

Today as we were getting ready for church Theo said, 'Mom let's take these toys for the children.' I then asked who the children were, given that he is only four himself. He very confidently said, 'Addie and Eliot'. Age is relative, I guess.

Moments of Truth

One of the big questions in  parenting is how honest to be and when. Unfortunately, what happened on the way to JC wasn't one of these times. I knew I had to tell the truth. Here is the question from my recently turned seven-year-old:

Jack: Mom, when the speed limit sign says 70, does it mean in the 70s or 70?

Long silence from Mom.

Busted. Busted by my child.

Sweet Moments

Yesterday we went on a very hurried trip to TJ Maxx and Lowes. My mother accompanied us. On the way to the car Jack told me that he had really enjoyed the trip. He was probably the only one - it was a very chaotic trip!  I asked Jack why he enjoyed the trip and he said 'because I got to hold Grandmother's hand during it.'  I am blogging this because it shows Jack's sweet little spirit. He truly is a loving and affectionate little guy.

Editor Note: Mom commented to me that it was funny that Jack stood right by her the whole time holding her hand when he was the one that we were not worried we might lose. The two year old and four year old were running all over the place - not holding anyone's hands!  That might be why it was a chaotic stressful trip as mentioned above.

Oh Grapes!

Family circus moment: Yesterday Theo came to my mom with three large grapes in his hand and said,"My grapes fell in the toilet, but I got them out." Priceless.

Envy of a little brother

Yesterday I was making cookies and let Addie clean one of the beaters. I looked over and saw this:

It was very obvious that Addie knew that she had something special and Eliot was longing for the day he gets the other beater!