April 30, 2008 (Carrie)

(Mostly, I'm proud of the alliteration.)

Brian was relaxing with his laptop on our bed now that finals are over. Carrie came in, laid down beside him, unconsciously put her foot in the air, and gave him a kiss.

Brian: Ooh, a foot pop. That must have been a good kiss.

Carrie: Actually, I popped my foot before the kiss. It was a preparatory pop.

April 30, 2008 (Alyssa)

Alyssa was dancing to the Meet the Robinsons cd, when she came to Carrie to say she had a tummy ache.

Carrie: I think you've been dancing too hard. Why don't you take a rest?

Alyssa: But Mom, I don't have a dancing-ache, I have a tummy ache!

April 30, 2008 (Ethan)

Ethan still isn't really talking yet, but he does say, "stsssssss" for the word yes.

This afternoon he wanted his Cars vitamin, which he usually gets at bedtime. Since it was just before dinner, I told him that he could have one while we were eating dinner. So he took the bottle over to Brian, who said, "Ethan, what did Mommy say?" To this, Ethan said,

"Stsssssssss."

Then, we were having graham crackers for dessert, and Ethan wanted a second one. He came up to me and grunted. "Do you want more?" I asked. He nodded, and started skipping toward the table. "Wait Ethan," I said, "Come here." I wanted him to try saying more, but instead he came right up to my face and said,

"Stsssssssss."

April 30, 2008 (Brian)

Brian gave gave Marcus some powdered sugar from breakfast.

Brian: You know that second tooth that just came in?...It's a sweet one.

April 10, 2008 (Brian)

Brian was studying in bed this morning before school.

Carrie: Your hair looks really good. It's nice and curly.

Brian: I did it for you. I moved my head around in circles all night long to make it curly.

Carrie: That's so sweet of you.

April 9, 2008 (Alyssa)

Alyssa and Carrie were discussing 'clogs' (like the shoes) on the walk to kindergarten. Carrie happened to be wearing clogs, so she showed them to Alyssa to give a visual to the discussion.

Alyssa: Do clogs come in any color?

Carrie: Yeah, they can come in any color.

Alyssa: Not ugly colors like brown or black, but pretty colors...

(Carrie's clogs were brown. Oh well.)

April 5, 2008 (Alyssa)

Brian was finally helping Carrie clean the garage (although helping for him meant attacking the closed lockers with a crowbar and a hammer (with permission from the landlord) that have been sitting in our garage and it turns out there was nothing exciting in them anyway) while Alyssa and Ethan were eating lunch.

Alyssa: Mom, it looks to me like you're making Daddy be like your slave, and that's not fair.

April 2, 2008 (Carrie)

Carrie: Ethan, we don't throw bagels about the house!

April 2, 2008 (Carrie)

Ethan doesn't like wearing clothes. This morning Carrie found him without any clothes on, and he got very angry when she tried to get him dressed.

Carrie: (to Ethan) You can join a nudist colony if you want to, but you have to be potty trained first.