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Don’t Leave Your Guacamole Unattended….

at least, if you’re at my house.

Don’t Leave Your Guacamole Unattended….

at least, if you’re at my house.

Heaven Help Us
My youngest son told me today that he has a girlfriend. She is in his 4-year-old preschool class. He told me that she has tall legs, blue eyes, blonde hair (wike mine, he says) and the name of Emma.

My oldest son has now discovered that there are br**sts in the world. It is like he has discovered that there are staplers in the world — that is how straightforward (and totally CLUELESS) he is about it all. The other day I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I’m looking at your br**sts.” And then he laughed. Jon and I laughed, too, because the way he said it was hilarious. But a split second after laughing, I felt a sudden deep sense of foreboding. Maybe it’s not too late for us to move somewhere remote? I have a feeling that all of this is only going to get harder.

Meanwhile, the two middle boys don’t want to know or have anything to do with girls and their visible anatomy. I’m going to count that as a blessing.

Heaven Help Us
My youngest son told me today that he has a girlfriend. She is in his 4-year-old preschool class. He told me that she has tall legs, blue eyes, blonde hair (wike mine, he says) and the name of Emma.

My oldest son has now discovered that there are br**sts in the world. It is like he has discovered that there are staplers in the world — that is how straightforward (and totally CLUELESS) he is about it all. The other day I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I’m looking at your br**sts.” And then he laughed. Jon and I laughed, too, because the way he said it was hilarious. But a split second after laughing, I felt a sudden deep sense of foreboding. Maybe it’s not too late for us to move somewhere remote? I have a feeling that all of this is only going to get harder.

Meanwhile, the two middle boys don’t want to know or have anything to do with girls and their visible anatomy. I’m going to count that as a blessing.

Heaven Help Us
My youngest son told me today that he has a girlfriend. She is in his 4-year-old preschool class. He told me that she has tall legs, blue eyes, blonde hair (wike mine, he says) and the name of Emma.

My oldest son has now discovered that there are br**sts in the world. It is like he has discovered that there are staplers in the world — that is how straightforward (and totally CLUELESS) he is about it all. The other day I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I’m looking at your br**sts.” And then he laughed. Jon and I laughed, too, because the way he said it was hilarious. But a split second after laughing, I felt a sudden deep sense of foreboding. Maybe it’s not too late for us to move somewhere remote? I have a feeling that all of this is only going to get harder.

Meanwhile, the two middle boys don’t want to know or have anything to do with girls and their visible anatomy. I’m going to count that as a blessing.

His Daddy is So Proud
On Sunday, my youngest son and I went to church with my sister. We enjoyed it. The service was more contemporary than we are used to. Actually, the band started and ended the service with a rousing version of Taking it to the Streets. In the middle of one of the songs, I looked over at my son to see how he was liking the service. Um, yes. I’ll say that he was enjoying it immensely. He was dancing to the music and playing air guitar right along with the band. I wish I had that on tape.

His Daddy is So Proud
On Sunday, my youngest son and I went to church with my sister. We enjoyed it. The service was more contemporary than we are used to. Actually, the band started and ended the service with a rousing version of Taking it to the Streets. In the middle of one of the songs, I looked over at my son to see how he was liking the service. Um, yes. I’ll say that he was enjoying it immensely. He was dancing to the music and playing air guitar right along with the band. I wish I had that on tape.

His Daddy is So Proud
On Sunday, my youngest son and I went to church with my sister. We enjoyed it. The service was more contemporary than we are used to. Actually, the band started and ended the service with a rousing version of Taking it to the Streets. In the middle of one of the songs, I looked over at my son to see how he was liking the service. Um, yes. I’ll say that he was enjoying it immensely. He was dancing to the music and playing air guitar right along with the band. I wish I had that on tape.

Riding in a Van With a Boy
I’ve been doing a bit of driving lately. This spring has been so beautiful. And, as much as I like sunny spring weather, there is something that I’ve always loved about seeing the green of spring trees against a grey sky.

Most of the time, when I’m driving, I have my youngest son with me. He is a great traveler — I think that part of this is due to being the fourth. When one is the fourth, one automatically gets dragged around everywhere. And he is usually happy to go.

Today we were listening to Frog and Toad while we were driving. If you have children or if you buy gifts for children, I highly recommend this CD. All of my boys love the stories. They are read by Arnold Lobel, the author of the books. He has such a relaxing voice that I told E after awhile that I was going to have to listen to something else, or I was going to fall asleep while driving. So I put on one of the mixed CDs that Jon made me. The third song on there was Thanks I Get by Wilco. I guess that I’ve listened to that song a lot because E immediately started singing along with the song. I told him that he was a great singer and he told me that he knew that he was a great singer.

I love the confidence of 4 year olds.

Riding in a Van With a Boy
I’ve been doing a bit of driving lately. This spring has been so beautiful. And, as much as I like sunny spring weather, there is something that I’ve always loved about seeing the green of spring trees against a grey sky.

Most of the time, when I’m driving, I have my youngest son with me. He is a great traveler — I think that part of this is due to being the fourth. When one is the fourth, one automatically gets dragged around everywhere. And he is usually happy to go.

Today we were listening to Frog and Toad while we were driving. If you have children or if you buy gifts for children, I highly recommend this CD. All of my boys love the stories. They are read by Arnold Lobel, the author of the books. He has such a relaxing voice that I told E after awhile that I was going to have to listen to something else, or I was going to fall asleep while driving. So I put on one of the mixed CDs that Jon made me. The third song on there was Thanks I Get by Wilco. I guess that I’ve listened to that song a lot because E immediately started singing along with the song. I told him that he was a great singer and he told me that he knew that he was a great singer.

I love the confidence of 4 year olds.