grass stains: Slices of Life, Vol. 42

During supper one night, out of the blue ...

Nick: "Mommy, Amelia is just like an angel sent down from Heaven."

Me: "I agree, buddy. She really is."

Nick: "She must've lost her wings on crash landing in your tummy."

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Jake: "Mommy, my sight word this week is 'cwop'."

Me: "Really? Crop?"

Jake: "Yesss, and I already knew what that word means, even before they asked me."

Me: "What does it mean?"

Jake: "It means when you cut out awound your pictures."

ONLY THE SON OF A SCRAPBOOKER, MY FRIENDS.

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Jake melted my heart with this conversation ...

Me: "Do you know who gets here on Sunday?"

Jake: "Who?"

Me: "Sarah Ellen!"

Jake: "Awww. She's one of my favowites."

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One Monday night, Nick wasn't feeling well and opted out of karate, so he sat on the sidelines with me while Nathaniel participated in class. After about 35 minutes:

Me: "See? This is really fun. This is what it's like for me on Mondays and Wednesdays when I watch you learn new things in class."

Nick: "I gotta say it. THIS IS PRETTY BORING TO WATCH."

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Jake needed me to come upstairs to tuck him into bed, but I was on the couch feeding Amelia and couldn't get up right then:

Jake: "Mommy!"

Jake: "Mommy?"

Jake: "MOMMY!"

Jake: "MOMMMMMMY?"

Jake: "HONEY BUNNNNNN!"

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Nick: "You know what my least favorite kind of music is? That kind with all the violins and stuff that's JUST MUSIC. No words."

Me: "You mean symphony?"

Nick: "Yes. SO. BORING."

Nathaniel: "Well, I've got news for you, Nick. In second grade, you go on a field trip to hear that kind of music. And you don't have a choice. And it lasts FOREVER, AT LEAST TWO HOURS."

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While driving down the highway with the boys:

Jake: "Mommy, why aren't all cars the same size?"

Me: "Because not all families need the same size vehicle. For example, if Daddy and I hadn't had four children, we wouldn't need a minivan."

Jake: "But we WANTED you to make us."

[long pause]

Jake: "We were WAITING for you to make us."

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We like Maroon 5's current hit, Payphone. The other day we were listening to it in the car:

Nick: "Mommy. What's a payphone?"

Me: "It's a kind of phone we used to use before you were born to make calls if we were out in public. It used to cost twenty-five cents to make a call."

Nick: "Why is this guy singing about being at a payphone TODAY? And who would PAY to use a PHONE?"

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Jake: "Mommy, I want some apple juice."

Me: "Well, it's too close to bedtime. You can have a little bit of water, but no juice."

Jake: "But I don't WANT water. It tastes so, SO BORING."