kids

Yesterday we had a quiet afternoon. Most Sundays we would come visit Dave's parents, so it seemed wrong to leave their house. But it was weird not to go anywhere. I looked up at the clock while we were all playing in the family room after dinner and thought, "is it really only 6? This day has been so slow." About 20 minutes later I realized that we hadn't changed that clock yet.

This transition has been hard on Jack, I think. He's been grumpy and contrary this week. But the other night the kids put on a couple of Aprons like capes and ran around the house saying, "Super Why to the rescue!"





(they had just got out of the bathtub and hadn't got their jammies on yet)

Its weird to think that Jack is the exact age Ana was when we moved here, into this house, 2 years ago. I usually don't remember this because Ana and Jack are like night-and-day, but today when I told Jack he could have a bath and he went to the cupboard and got all of Grandma's boats, I remembered that Ana used to do that too.

Ana says funny things. She's been into big words lately, like:

"Oh look, mom, that doll is adorable."
"Mom, stop being so enormous." (??)
"Uh, this is so disgusting!" (usually she says this when she is frustrated about something??)

She's also been talking about how she wants to marry her friend Carson. Last night she was "on the phone" with him.

"Carson, we're going to get married. (pause as she listens to his response). Uggh, Mom, Carson said no."

She also talked on the phone with Nemo ("Hi, Nemo, I was thinking about how wonderful the world is.") and Jesus ("Jesus, how did you make the world?") Incidentally, Jesus said he just "put all the pieces together."

Oh, and one more. The other night when I told her she had to stay in her bed or she would get a spank she said, She cried in a most teenage worthy dramatic voice, "Mom, you don't love me." I didn't think I'd hear that for another 10 years.

Today I have a list a mile long of stuff to do, so I better get busy.