Mar 30, 2012

One of those days when the toddler wants to ride a horse and the dog just won't play along.

Mar 28, 2012

For an 8 year old boy, everything is categorized into what he's already climbed and what he has yet to climb.

Mar 26, 2012

I'm realizing that nap-time is more for the benefit of the adults than the kids. 

Mar 22, 2012

"You know when you get a song stuck in your head? That's radio waves. They were going to a radio but they got stuck in your head first." - boy, 8

Mar 21, 2012

Children can be persuaded to do almost anything if it's made into a game. Even put on sunscreen.

Mar 20, 2012

Toddler panicked this morning when he couldn't find his belly button hidden by his onesie. 

Mar 19, 2012

"I blessyou'd on you!" - girl, 4, just after she sneezed all over me

Mar 18, 2012

"I think a girl in the choir is in love with me, she was staring at me all through mass. And they're in high school!" - boy, 8

Mar 16, 2012

Stood on the street corner with a toddler and waved at trucks for an hour today.

Mar 14, 2012

To this toddler just learning to count, every number is either 3 or 6.

Mar 13, 2012

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Single." - boy, 8

Mar 12, 2012

"Maybe" is a wonderful word...hopeful, yet ambiguous.

Mar 11, 2012

Two year old handing over plastic pancakes he just "cooked" for me... "Don't eat them; they're not real. It's just pretend."

Mar 8, 2012

Two little girls last night wanted to know what "going into labor" means. I told them to ask Mommy. 

Mar 6, 2012

"So. We just gonna stick me in front of the TV now?" - girl, 4, hand on hip. An interesting way of asking to watch Dora...