Treat Hounds

The boys have both started bargaining (threatening?) when they don't get what they want.
Grant: I'm not gonna eat those (blueberries) or healthy things. I just wanna eat treats! If I don't eat any treats, I'm not gonna eat no things.
Cole: I'm gonna lock up all the treats where Mama can't find them.

As Cole was eating dessert, which Grant missed out on because he didn't want to eat any dinner:
Grant: If you eat the ice cream, Cole, you can't grow big.

Rocky Mountain Udders

This is a recent conversation I had with Grant. He was looking at our napkin holder which my parents made for us.

Grant:	Is this a mama cow or a daddy cow?
Dad:	It's a mama cow.
Grant:	Why?
Dad:	Because it has an udder and only mama cows have udders.
Grant:	My daddy cow has an udder.
Dad:	Umm, that's not an udder...

Joy to the World!

'Twas the morning of Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring... ... but that didn't last long. They have both slept in their new Lightning McQueen hide-a-beds every night since Christmas. Grant has been asking for "animals" for Christmas for several weeks.

Bryn's favorite present is just wrassling with her brothers. The boys enjoyed their new train set. Notice the lamentable condition of the sliding glass door behind them, because... ... Sue could hardly wait to unleash her present, a window washing squeegee. But I heard someone exclaim as Bryn sat on his couch... ... "Dad! Brynnie won't get off of my Lightning McQueen bed."

Time for my long winter's nap.

... And To All a Good Night

Some Christmas letters don't need any words, even if they're worth a thousand.

Blanket Transportation

What do you do when your blankie starts feeling a little burdensome?

No problem for this girl. She has brothers, and brothers have trucks.

Family Resemblence

A lot of people say Bryn looks just like her brothers.
Uh huh. I can see that.
She certainly follows in their footsteps.

A Tale of Two Santas

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the best of Santas^*,
... it was the worst of Santas.
"Hey, what have you done with the real Santa!?!?"

* Special thanks to Alex Maynes Photography for inviting the real Santa to his studio.

Pepe Le Polar Bear?

Yes, those are my boys, watching cartoons while wearing their Halloween costumes.

Smoothie Operator

Uh-oh, someone left their smoothie where Bryn could get it. She likes smoothies.

If you think she's a mess, you should have seen the floor underneath her. Fortunately, she was in the kitchen.

Kisses, anyone?

Despicable

The boys were talking in the back seat while we were driving today and Cole told Grant "You're despicable." I laughed, knowing he learned it from watching Bugs Bunny but then Sue asked him if he knew what "despicable" meant.

He answered, "It means you like carrots."