1. A dinner conversation:
Masa: "Do you know what day your birthday is?"
Ethan: "No."
Masa: "It's October 12."
Ethan: "Always?"
Masa: "Yes."
Ethan: "Every year?"
Masa: "Yes."
Ethan: *suspicious glance at Masa* "I don't really think that's right ( Read more... )

In other news, during dinner tonight, I managed to inadvertently introduce the following phrases into my children's vocabulary: "hot buttered nipples" and "snot rocket".

Best mother ever, right here.

(number 743 in a series)

"No, you may NOT Scotch-tape anything to your little brother's penis!"

Hey, at least he asked first...

I can't help it. I've tried and tried to curb this habit, and I can't. It's hopeless. Every time I see my two boys interacting, I think of the exact same quote:

Gabe: "Wot are we gonna do tonight, Ethan?"
Ethan: "The same thing we do every night, Gabe: try. to take over. the world."

I just poured the last of the whole milk, which happened to be in my son's sippy cup, into my own coffee ( Read more... )