Ready for Reading Glasses and Phone Calls

Rowdy Rebel was out like a light at 8:30 pm. After I got him in bed, I went back in to my room to check on Deep Thinker. Deep Thinker was wearing my reading glasses. He explained that he needed them to finish drawing his picture. He has a little Power Rangers transformer toy that […]

Homemade Curse Word

This story is slightly crude, but it has a funny and innocent element. Deep Thinker came in and told me he’d beaten up the Hulk in his video game. I said, “really?” and he said, “yes, I was Spiderman, and I did some web-slinging ass-kicking!” And I said, “Oh goodness, we can’t say words like […]

Poor Snail

We went for a walk this evening. Our sprinkler comes on at about 6:30pm, and snails come out. We have HUGE snails with shells about the size of a nickel or even bigger. Very round and very gross. I am always nervous while I fumble with the door as I lock it, because I am […]

My Five-Year Old Promotes Floor Cleaner

This afternoon, I was cleaning the kitchen floor, and Deep Thinker tried to come in. I told him not too because I was cleaning, and it’s hard to clean the kitchen floor when people walk on it. So he said, “Mommy, I know what you can use that will be easy! Nice-all! Nice-all cleans everything! […]