B: "It's short because God made it that way. He didn't want us to have to be down here for very long."
M: "Yeah, I guess you're right."
B: "Mama, you're so nasty."
M: "I love you too, Son. Happy Valentine's Day."
Blaine was digging worms out of a huge hole that Tug dug in the backyard tonight when this conversation happened. Hannah and I were making a list on the deck and Blaine just blurted out that this life is short.
Then when I got to thinking about how insightful my little guy is he started his regular talk about bodily noises, fluids and some guy named "Horace" and it was like being pinched back into reality.
And then I went inside for maybe ten minutes and came back to find this:
It got worse after I took these pictures. And then we decided to never have another child. (Just kidding. Sort of.)
And then I made these and everything was better.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! And remember, this life is so short - - make the most of each day you have... play in the mud!
Since I couldn't think of anything else clever for a title, I'll start with the moles.
Hannah and I went to Dr. Howard on Friday because of a sleepless night on Thursday and complaints of an earache. Luckily it wasn't her ears but just her teeth. She has four molars and a k-9 tooth coming in which explains her pain and fussiness. When we picked Blaine up I told him about Sister's teeth and how our morning went. Before dinner that night Hannah was pitching a fit HG-style and Blaine (in his sweetest voice ever) says to Hannah, "Dear hunny-baby. I know it hurts when you're getting your mole teeth in, but it will all be over soon. Oh, baby. It's ok."
I said, "Her what?"
And Blaine replied sharply, "Mama -you're the one that told me about Hannah's mole teeth! Remember?"
Potty training is in full force now. She's been doing it on her own for a while now so I figured the last step would be to take away her pull-ups and she's doing great. Although her favorite places to have accidents are in her booster seat while eating and on Daddy while he's relaxing on the couch. :) The good news today is that she went all day at school without an accident! Go Hanny.
The kids made a huge wall out of cushions on Friday night. Blaine built and crashed, built and crashed while Hannah watched and attempted to climb over whatever he built. She was pretty successful with some help from D.
Pops (from Dallas) visited this weekend too. The kids enjoyed having him around - especially Hannah who permanently situates herself in his arms the whole time he's here. And Mister took a few rounds out of him at the bounce house on Saturday night before he left. I'm sure Pops got a good night's sleep after all of that.
Coincidentally both kids' schools have sent pictures to me in the last few days.
Blaine and his awesome post-modern building.
Ms. Ginger, HG, Brian, Blake and Lila - The One's Class :)
And then Blaine worked diligently on his Valentine's cards for his class. He agreed to write the "B" on all the cards and I wrote the "laine". Good job Mister!
I haven't posted a video in a long time so here is one from the weekend titled "Silly Hannah."
