Wystan, "I am getting to be like Daddy. After I ate, I burped really big, just like Daddy!"
When the threenager tries to protect his baby.
Raedan: "Daddy, you is a pillow and I is a slug!"
Raedan is heartbroken. He thought going to a Royals game meant playing
with the Royals. "But I am a very bigger boy! I am a good pit-cher! I
very promise I not run off!"
Strong defiance from a three year old: "NO! I have poop and my naked butt will shoot poop at you! "
Raedan stuck a bead up his nose. Painful, but not too hard to remedy. He "very promise" he won't do it again.
September 2016
This week Wystan said we needed another brother, I told him no, but he
could have as many kids as he (and his spouse) want when he grows up.
So he and Asmund decided that since they will each have at least ten
children, they'll build a large house for all of us to live when they
grow up and marry "womens". I'm in love with the fact that they want to
live with us always. Not that I'm planning on it. But living within a
block of all my siblings is still a legitimate life goal for me, and if
my kids all lived close, I'd be pretty happy. By then they'll be past
the running around naked and screaming. I hope.
Wystan, "What's fire made of?"
Asmund, "Mom, when I have a dream, is that dream real?"
Raedan, coming downstairs looking confused and guilty, "Mom, I hurt Wystan. My very bestest friend Wystan! "
Raedan is going to be a cowboy tonight. A cowboy is like a farmer. He
will get stuck in cow poop with his horse and get lost. Then he'll miss
me, and I'll come find him and get him down.
Sounds about right.
Last week he kept asking me to tell him stories that he knew, but I
didn't. That was frustrating for both of us. I'm glad we're back to him
telling me stories and me reading him books.
"Mom, it is Eldric's bedroom!"
Wystan takes liberties with the story.
"I love your drawing, Asmund! I should tell you though, they didn't have tanks during the Revolutionary War."
About Asmund: I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the child who called his grandma
"when daddy small baby mama", and the moon "blue cheese ball", would
call 75 "50 and 25".
October 2016
YOU GUYS! WYSTAN JUST SAT DOWN BESIDE ME AND READ AN ENTIRE LIBRARY BOOK, OUT LOUD, WITH HELP ON ONLY THREE WORDS. SQUEEEEE!!!
I know, I know, learning to read doesn't make one a prodigy, but it's still magical when you get to watch it happening.
Tonight at supper, Asmund asked,
"Mom, what president (candidate) wants to make war?"
I hemmed a bit, trying to explain it's not quite as simple as that,
but affirmed "Yes, Trump believes in making war in unethical ways. "
Asmund, "Ok Mom, I am NEVER voting for Trump. We want to make peace!"
Raedan chimes in, "We will make peace, Mommy, with Daddy's SWORD!"
Raedan, "Mommy, I cannot clean up my room because I am a carnivore."
Ada, "I'm a ballerina! "
Raedan, "I'm a balleRAEDAN!"
Ada, "Lela's favorite tree is gone. "
Raedan, "I will find it for her. I'm am a very sneaky spy human. "
Asmund, "I want to learn different languages. Mostly French and Dragon."
1. Chews on sleeping brother's hair.
2. "The towel, I was chewing on the towel!"
3. ("Naw, I was totally chewing on his hair. ")
Penguiee changed quite a bit during his travels away from us. The boys
are building him a castle, complete with murder hole. Who knew a
penguin would have fierce enough enemies to need a murder hole?
Asmund, "When Daddy's not here, I'm the KING IN THE HOUSE. "
"Alexander Camelton. My name is Alexander Camelton."
Wystan, after reading a book, "Huh, this is challenging. "
Me, "Sounds like your brain is growing. Are you ready to stop? "
W, "No, I want to read another one. "
November 2016
"You FUZZY BUTT ANIMALS! SHUT UP!"
Raedan, last night, to his brothers.
Asmund, "Mom, is this city [St Louis] all about God?"
When Dennis carried Raedan upstairs to bed this evening, he woke up just enough to start laughing with the joy of being home.
Boswell the Snuggle Cat. Kids see him sleeping and say, "He's a great killing machine, so he needs his rest. "
Yesterday I started reading Beowulf to Asmund. Today when Grandma came
over, he brought her the book, opened to a picture, saying, "Look!
It's the Foe of God!"
I think it's safe to say it's captured his imagination.
Just caught Raedan trying to wrap a corn tortilla around a half a pound of butter.
Dennis, "Raedan, you're my friend. "
R "No. I'm Wystan's friend. "
D "Will you be my friend? "
R "Yeah. For a minute."
(Singing) "ooo bring Him silver and gold"
Asmund, "AND PLATINUM!"
"Mom, why does Grendel look like a teenager?"
Raedan, "I have a penis, so I'm FANCY! "
Raedan: "Can I run to the store with you? I like running."
