Strange, Indeed

Austa walked into the kitchen and Ian was laughing to himself. Austa asked him why he was laughing and he said, "I tooted and it was bubbly."

Austa asked Ian what he had in his mouth. His reply: "I have a little green gum in my little cheek."

We were complaining about onions hurting our eyes and Ian said, "Strange. The onions aren't clawing my eyebrows."

Ian asked me if he could have an "unfortune" cookie.

The Beast

Kellan has been waking up for good anytime from 3-5:30. He always wakes up randomly a few times during the night. Previously he would just roll over and fall back asleep, but now he immediately starts screaming, "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Also, every time he wakes up during the night, he wants to eat. He will cry and cry and cry, insisting he's hungry. And I know this is going to make me sound like a very negligent parent, but every time he gets up at an obscene hour, I always have to convince myself that it's not okay to let him wander around the dark house on his own while I go back to sleep. In addition, he has started hitting--not in anger, but just randomly. And he'll laugh or smile when he does it. He's still not completely over his biting either.

He needs to get cuter, because right now his bad behavior outweighs his cuteness.

I Don't Love Trees That Much

The Arbor Day Foundation sent us a letter awhile back asking for a donation, and if you donated more than a certain amount you got 10 free seedlings and a free calendar. I love trees, so I donated. Our trees came in the mail, along with our calendar and a letter. The letter thanked us for donating and asked us to return the bottom portion letting the ADF know we had received our calendar. At the bottom of the form we were asked to check one of two boxes. Next to the first it said that we had received our calendar and would like to donate ____ amount more money. Next to the second it said that we had received our calendar and would like to donate $5 to cover the cost of the calendar.

Miss Manners would be very affronted to hear that the ADF was asking for a donation to cover the cost of our gift. And so am I.

I'm going to plant those trees, Arbor Day Foundation, and I will water them and love them. But you are dead to me. Except I still might donate once a year. But your calendar is lame.

The Danger of Letting Your Kids Self-Serve Craisins:

Realizing after you've eaten a handful that the Craisins have left sticky, thick, wet red residue on your hand.

Tasty.

Any Input?

I was asked to give a talk for Young Women In Excellence on the importance of self-worth. I am completely overwhelmed; I don't think that we could talk about this subject enough, especially to adolescent girls. Does anyone have any particular feelings/recent insight on this subject?

Attention Politicians:

I am making a list of people who call our house more than once a day. And I'm not voting for anyone on the list.