Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Funny Things

Every day I laugh at my children but usually by the end of the day I forget to put their funny antics down on paper. So here are a few of today's laughs...
On the way to Target:
"Mama, have you seen that sign at Target that says "YES running?"
Clearly she's been told to stop running more than once!
Once we got to Target she insisted on standing instead of sitting:
"Springer, the sign (pointing to the attached sticker) says no standing."
"Mama, why don't we just put a little piece of paper over the sign?"
In the car...
"Can I call Pops?"
Well he's in a meeting right now; what do you need?
"I just wanted to see if he wants to get in a row boat with me."
Where are you going in a row boat?
very matter of factly: "Swimming"
Still in the car....
"Let's pray to Pops....dear Pops I just want to thank you so much for my presents. Thank you for my bike (and then very much to herself: "Oh, no that's from Kane!"), anyway thank you Pops for my sleeping bag; I wuv it. Amen. Thanks Pops. I wuv you. I wuv you Nana. I wuv you Nonna. I wuv you Tutu. I wuv you Kane. I wuv you Granny. I wuv you Daddy."

Monday, January 05, 2009

Raleigh

A trip to Raleigh to see our dear friends the McClatchey's wrapped up our last week of vacation. Carver and Springer adore every minute they get with Abigail and Sarah Curtis and we all enjoyed meeting sweet baby Will. While the grown ups caught up (and I snuggled Will) the kids played Wii...for hours. The next day Carver complained that his arm was sore and it occurred to me that it was due to Wii boxing and tennis overload!

Sarah Curtis and Carver duke it out on Wii boxing!

Springer takes after her mama...she was content to just snuggle Will.
At one point she told me "Will just WUVS to sit in my wap."
And I think he agreed!
Little Will could not escape Springer's 'helpfulness'! Donna sweetly allowed Springer to help feed him...she was thrilled to be the big girl.

You should see how many shots it took to get this one!
Carver, Abigail (7 1/2), Will (7 weeks), Sarah Curtis (6) and Springer

The big kids get a turn with Will.

Sweet friends

I still laugh remembering Carver, probably 3 or 4 years ago, saying that Sarah Curtis' beautiful hair was like peanut butter. He meant it as the greatest of compliments, but we all laughed that he may not win the ladies over with those analogies!

A bit blurry (thanks to our little photographer) but a shot of the grown ups and Will nonetheless. Old friends who know you well and still love you are rare-these are gems.