My Favorite Work of Art!

When I asked Ethan to tell me about the painting he made at school, this is what he said, "My teacher told me to paint things that start with L, so I made a lion, a ladybug, and a blue-tailed skink, that's a kind of lizard."

Mom's Laundry

While I was at MOPS a while back, Josh was in charge of putting the kids to bed. Josh told Ethan to get into his bed, but Ethan told him that he had to wait for mom, because there was a stack of clean, folded laundry on the end of his bed. (I was in a hurry and forgot to put it away.) Josh told Ethan, "Mommy doesn't have to do it. I can move it."
and Ethan responded, "You can do that!?"

I guess we know who is in charge of the laundry at our house!

Facial Hair Already!

While Ethan was getting ready for school last week, he said, "Mostly all the boys in my class are getting side burns. Mine are kinda growing! See?"

Tough Momma

My Jillian Michaels DVD was still in the DVD player when Ethan went to put his DVD in yesterday morning. Ethan carefully put my DVD on top of the player and stated, "I still want you to be tough, so I didn't wreck it."

Veggies Rock!

Josh was reading a new library book to the kids before bed the other night. The last page says Veggies Rock! 
Olivia thought about that for a second and said, "They don't rock?!"
Josh chuckled and tried his best to explain what it meant.
Then Ethan said, "Daddy, you are super rock!"

Do You Understand?

A few days ago, Livi was pretending to be the mommy and said, "Do you understand?" to her baby in an angry voice.
One of the day care kids asked, "What does do you understand mean?"
Ethan answered, "It means do you want a spankin'?"

What Do You Know?

Ethan can get a little defensive when someone tries to correct him or remind him of the rules. So every once in a while I need to explain to him that he's not being punished. Sometimes grown-ups just need to make sure kids understand the rules. This morning as we were talking about just that, I asked, "What do moms do?" (Expecting to hear something like help kids do the right thing.)
Instead he says, "know everything."
I had to hide my smile as I said, "No."
He then went on the explain, "Yeah, they know everything, so they can tell kids when they do something naughty, so they won't do it again."
Although this is a cute little story, it was also an important lesson for me. I realized that in trying to teach my kids everything they need to know, I failed to teach them one very important thing. Nobody's perfect.....even Mommies make mistakes every now and then. Another reason to be grateful for God's amazing grace!