not this cute anymore!We were supposed to be on the road today, but our van is still sick. Instead we hung out at the pool and collected a few more freckles. Zack is loving the water and is becoming quite the little swimmer. I have to beg him to put on floaties so I can relax and stop worrying about him drowning.. He eventually agreed to wear his Spiderman "muscles" and also managed to pull his Batman towel in the pool with him. He thought it would be an excellent idea to dry off in the wet towel. After a minute or two, he was shivering terribly. I wrapped him up in my warm towel and made him lay next to me.. I firmly told him swimming hours were over. He looked at me with the cutest face, put one finger in the air and said,
"I promise, if I jump in one more time, I will not SHIV even once!"
The later part of the afternoon, the older boys got on this BACKWARDS kick. They started reading their books backwards to see how funny they could sound. A few swear words were said without them realizing it and I had to laugh. It reminded me of the other night while reading Fablehaven before bedtime... the phrase was "a fairy darted across the pond" and I accidentally said, "a dairy farted across the pond." They thought that was the funniest thing EVER. And this past weekend, Luke was getting Zack excited about the Aquarium in Long Beach and asked him if he would be afraid of the SHary SCarks. I think they said that phrase at least 10 times throughout the day. Just when I thought their backward-ness had lost it's funny, they realized each of them had new backward names. For several hours they called each other NEB, EKUL (pronounced E-Cool) and KAZZ. I was just MOM because mom backwards isn't exciting... but as soon as Daddy came home from work, they were all running to the door saying, "How was your day, NORA?"
It was probably one of those you-had-to-be-there-moments but I don't want to forget it.
The later part of the afternoon, the older boys got on this BACKWARDS kick. They started reading their books backwards to see how funny they could sound. A few swear words were said without them realizing it and I had to laugh. It reminded me of the other night while reading Fablehaven before bedtime... the phrase was "a fairy darted across the pond" and I accidentally said, "a dairy farted across the pond." They thought that was the funniest thing EVER. And this past weekend, Luke was getting Zack excited about the Aquarium in Long Beach and asked him if he would be afraid of the SHary SCarks. I think they said that phrase at least 10 times throughout the day. Just when I thought their backward-ness had lost it's funny, they realized each of them had new backward names. For several hours they called each other NEB, EKUL (pronounced E-Cool) and KAZZ. I was just MOM because mom backwards isn't exciting... but as soon as Daddy came home from work, they were all running to the door saying, "How was your day, NORA?"
When dinner rolled around, they thought they were brilliant by announcing that since it was backwards day, dessert should be eaten first... I told them that since it was backwards day, they were in charge of making dinner and I would complain about every bite--
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So did they make dinner? That's awful that your van is still sick! What a pain!!
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Ah yes, I remember the infamous day when my children discovered their name could be said backwards... and then when they learned what all children learned when I was a child.... that I was indeed the true 'AVON' lady!.... I wonder if my parents truly realized what they did when they named me.
Your kids are a bowl of laughs... thanks for sharing!
OH, that's hilarious. Your boys seem like so much fun. My favorite was the part about them cooking dinner and you complaining about every bite. I can so relate.
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