Friday, May 9, 2014

Fighting

Papa: Stephen, why are you so happy and why is Sarah crying?

Stephen (running away): I love you! Bye!

Monday, May 5, 2014

The Tri-Sarah-Tops

 The kids discovered their favorite dinosaur the first time they heard of the triceratops.

Papa: ... triceratops ...

Stephen: Sawah?

And so was born the tri-sarah-tops.

Both kids instantly recognize the trisarahtops. For example, yesterday at the Arizona Museum of Natural History, where we went for Free Day.

Stephen loved the rocks there (last time we bought a bag of shiny rocks for the kids to share) and Mama looked dubiously at the painting of the hairy pre-human primate woman from 4.4 million years ago.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Easter Eggs

On Easter Mama hid some Easter eggs that Grandma so kindly sent us in the mail, and filled them with chocolate M&M's and jelly beans that Grandma also sent.

The kids had a blast looking for the eggs in Sarah and Stephen's room.

A couple of days later, Mama did it again, and a few days after that, we had Sarah hide eggs for Stephen, and then Stephen hide eggs for Sarah.

Grandma also sent some very nice clothing for the kids that I will try to photograph soon.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Tying Shoes

Sarah came home from preschool the other day and told me she learned how to tie her shoes. She then proceeded to untie my shoes and then successfully tie them again.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Happy Birthday Uncle Bo!

Happy 40th Uncle Bo! And Happy 450th, Wm. Shakespeare! But mostly, Happy Birthday Uncle Bo!

Or, as Sarah might have said when she was counting just a few weeks ago, happy thirty-tenth.

Is it true that the whole city of Chardon is having a weekend-long block party up on the square to celebrate with you?

Remember those ads in the local paper that used to say, Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Forty!

And when forty seemed really old?

It doesn't seem so old any more, does it!

While we're remembering, how many times have you remembered today the times when someone would call you early in the morning, sing Happy Birthday to you over the phone, and then ask you to come up and open or close a window?

Anyways, Happy Birthday and Happy Engagement.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Fat

Sarah: Bris, where are you going?

Bris: To the gym, because look, I'm fat!

Sarah (brow furrows): You're not fat. You're OLD!

Bris: Haha OK Sarah!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Teacher Conferences

Mama and Papa were talking with Teacher Sasha while Sarah played nearby.

Sarah (comes over): Teacher, my papa went poopoo naked!