10—Things I have found in the laundry this month (though I never seem to find them until AFTER they have been through the wash): flip flops, Sunday shoe, Adam’s sandal, Legos, guns, and half of every pair of socks we own. The other half is never there.
9—M: Adam, it’s time for a breathing treatment.
A: (Cough) Emmo, watts? (Hack, gasp, cough) Watts Emmo? Emmo watts?
(He gets to “watts” Elmo during his treatments and he loooooooooves it.)
8—I: Mom, what’s it like being married?
M: Ummmm, it’s very nice.
I: But who am I going to marry?
M: You won’t know that for a long time yet.
I: But what is it LIKE being married?
M: Still very nice. What’s it like NOT being married?
I: It’s sad.
7—K: Stop dancing! I don’t like seeing your bottom shake!
Neither do I, Kye, which is why I never dance in front of the mirror.
6—K: No, no, no! Stop! I don’t like that, either! (I tried doing the salsa, polka, and waltz to no avail. Kye hated me doing all of it. This is very sad . . . for him.)
5—Things Adam comes running for: the doorbell, the screen door opening, the sound of a wrapper—any wrapper, because chances are he’s going to like it, the ice dispenser (“Eye-sh? Eye-sh, mama?”), and light saber fights.
4—Screen door saga: Once upon a time we had a screen door. Seven ginormous holes later, we got around to replacing it . . . only the replacement didn’t fit. So we bought new netting and a spline roller (which we immediately lost), stuck it in the shed with our old door frame and promptly forgot all about it. I finally remembered to buy a new spline roller and decided it was time for a new screen RIGHT NOW. Despite Zach’s severely sprained ankle, I requested(?) him to get down on the floor and replace the screen, which he did. We put it on and it looked so nice . . . for a day . . . until I forgot it was there and tried to walk through it while carrying the drill—bit first. Ahhh, well. At least this one only has ONE hole in it.
3—M: Isaac, if you are sooooo smart, what is the name of the state we live in?
I: New York. No, I can’t remember. What does it start with?
M: “U.” It starts with a “U.”
I: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! U Nork.
2—New microwave, new play set, new hitch on the van, new-to-us trailer, new sport, new experiences, new Bosch, new coupons for Mother’s Day, new garden. I like new. It’s fun.
1—Last soccer game, last days of 2nd grade and kindergarten, last hugs to the teacher, last Jane Austen book for book club, last carpools, last trip to Thanksgiving Point gardens and the Noah’s Ark , last choir concert, last trip to the store with less than 4 children, and last piano lesson. Until next year, anyway.
Summer, we are so excited you are here. Bring it on.
9—M: Adam, it’s time for a breathing treatment.
A: (Cough) Emmo, watts? (Hack, gasp, cough) Watts Emmo? Emmo watts?
(He gets to “watts” Elmo during his treatments and he loooooooooves it.)
8—I: Mom, what’s it like being married?
M: Ummmm, it’s very nice.
I: But who am I going to marry?
M: You won’t know that for a long time yet.
I: But what is it LIKE being married?
M: Still very nice. What’s it like NOT being married?
I: It’s sad.
7—K: Stop dancing! I don’t like seeing your bottom shake!
Neither do I, Kye, which is why I never dance in front of the mirror.
6—K: No, no, no! Stop! I don’t like that, either! (I tried doing the salsa, polka, and waltz to no avail. Kye hated me doing all of it. This is very sad . . . for him.)
5—Things Adam comes running for: the doorbell, the screen door opening, the sound of a wrapper—any wrapper, because chances are he’s going to like it, the ice dispenser (“Eye-sh? Eye-sh, mama?”), and light saber fights.
4—Screen door saga: Once upon a time we had a screen door. Seven ginormous holes later, we got around to replacing it . . . only the replacement didn’t fit. So we bought new netting and a spline roller (which we immediately lost), stuck it in the shed with our old door frame and promptly forgot all about it. I finally remembered to buy a new spline roller and decided it was time for a new screen RIGHT NOW. Despite Zach’s severely sprained ankle, I requested(?) him to get down on the floor and replace the screen, which he did. We put it on and it looked so nice . . . for a day . . . until I forgot it was there and tried to walk through it while carrying the drill—bit first. Ahhh, well. At least this one only has ONE hole in it.
3—M: Isaac, if you are sooooo smart, what is the name of the state we live in?
I: New York. No, I can’t remember. What does it start with?
M: “U.” It starts with a “U.”
I: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! U Nork.
2—New microwave, new play set, new hitch on the van, new-to-us trailer, new sport, new experiences, new Bosch, new coupons for Mother’s Day, new garden. I like new. It’s fun.
1—Last soccer game, last days of 2nd grade and kindergarten, last hugs to the teacher, last Jane Austen book for book club, last carpools, last trip to Thanksgiving Point gardens and the Noah’s Ark , last choir concert, last trip to the store with less than 4 children, and last piano lesson. Until next year, anyway.
Summer, we are so excited you are here. Bring it on.
2 comments:
I have to say this was a really funny top 10.
U Nork is too funny! So cute and clever as always!
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