When desire and aptitude don't quite meet

Tank wanted to get his own mac & cheese. Unfortunately he didn't realize that bowls aren't the best grips for climbing onto the counter. (I'm so glad we had eaten almost all of it by this point.) I think he knows now. He wasn't happy about the situation. (Like that's not completely obvious from the picture.)

Snapshots

Haircut time. Tank wanted to be "balved like Uncle Chwis" again.

I know it doesn't show her face. But I thought this shot of Scoochy's hair was beautiful.

You got to love a boy with confidence, right? Dodge showing his guns a little lovin'.

A miniature puppy, a lazer gun and a sword...What more do you need?

The Creative Soul

Scoochy is writing poetry/songs as of late. The underlying themes of these two are incredibly relevant. It's like God whispered His truths to her and she decided to write it down. Here are two of her latest, typed exactly as written:

The World is Spining

the world is spining
rond and rond but tell me
what heppens when it stops....rond and rond
the world is spining
to the beet of god
is so holy!


Free to Be

just out of bed the moon and
stars wer shining on me and
in my dream I was free to be
a singer an know I am free
to be! What I am!

Illuminating conversation

Dodge was helping me make my bed before we left to go somewhere and I asked him to get me a certain black shirt from the dryer. Upon returning, he said, "It's not in there. I looked, but I didn't see it."
I responded, "That doesn't mean it's not in there. You're not the best at finding things."
He grabbed the corner of my comforter and said, "I wish I was a detective. Then I could find everything."
As I pulled my corner I said, "A person who is good at finding things becomes a detective. Not the other way around."
Laughing, he noted, "Well, I'm never going to be a detective. I suck at finding things." Then he ran off to tell his sister, "Hey Scoochy, I'm definitely not going to be a detective..."

You almost got it.

Dodge and his dad were wrestling around a while back. Dug was about to go in for an attack when Dodge suddenly stood up with his hands in the air.

"Stop!" he yelled. "I'm innocent! I'm by-standard!"

It took us a second before we understood what he meant. Then we explained it to him. No, Dodge, it's "innocent bystander." He he he.

A Lesson in Class Distinction

We were at the wedding of our beloved cousin, Nick, this weekend. At the reception, we had a sit-down lunch in a ballroom. The wedding party was seated on the stage. Scoochy looked up with a questioning face at the wall of tables above our heads. (We were seated right next to the stage. So close in fact, we couldn't see the faces of the wedding party, only the tablecloths draping down.)

Scoochy: Mom, why are they sitting up there?

Me: Well, sweetie, those are the important people. We're just the peons.

Scoochy was thoughtful for a moment. Suddenly you could see a horrible thought had dawned on her. Her face went from pensive to horror-stricken.

Scoochy: You mean they're going to "pee on" us?!

It took me a second to realize why she would even say that. Of course, we all erupted in laughter and Scoochy, being a sensitive soul, had to have it explained that we weren't laughing at her. Once we told her what "peon" meant, she thought it was hilarious as well and insisted that we tell everyone what happened.

Lesson learned: be careful what words you choose when the very imaginative listener doesn't know the definition.

Everybody loves Trento!

Our buddy, Trenton, comes to visit and everytime the kids are soooo excited. We took some pics last time he came, but of course, getting five people (when four are kids) to all look at the camera and smile is a bit impossible. Especially at bedtime. Oh well.

Started out good. Wait! Dodge has decided to be underhanded and cross his eyes. And where's Tank?

Here he is! Tank in his usual, "Don't take my picture!" mood.

Finally, everyone at least in the picture. Never can make promises that they'll all be smiling, or even looking at the camera, but at least they're there.