Monday July 9, 2012

Adam was diligently counting his money, still dreaming of the black stallion.
Me: Adam if you save much more than this, maybe we should open a bank account for you.
His face lit up instantly …. Then fell almost as quickly.
Adam: But Mommy, then I’d have to pay bills.

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I think Adam’s been reading too many books. One day we were driving down the road and suddenly this dramatic little voice in the back seat says, “The trees stood tall and ghost-like…..”
Another day he stood in front of me and said, “I’m staring at you with beady eyes, Mommy.”

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It was one of those days. Crumbs littered the countertops. Whininess dominated a certain three year old’s heart. The hydrangeas wilted within two hours of being inside. But it all dissolved in smiles when Liam asked the blessing at lunch. “Fank you dat we can watch spider web (Charlottes Web).”

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Just before school let out for the summer, I took Liam to hang out with David at the office while I went shopping. I used to take Adam there frequently, but it’s so far out of the way I hardly ever take Liam. I figured if I did it before summer vacation, I could actually get a kid-free shopping trip and that’s pretty hard to pass up. My friend, Rachel, found out he was there and stopped in to see if he wanted to go to the park with her and the girls. When I asked him about it that night he said, “Yeah, it was Rachel who owns Tim. But we didn’t go to a natural park (national forest??); we went to Greenleaf.”

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My sister in law, Ro, dropped a few mint leaves into some ice water one night when we girls were there. It was so incredibly refreshing. When my brand new patch started growing, I excitedly picked a few leaves and exuberantly told the boys all about it as I fixed us some super refreshing ice water.

Liam took a drink and then looked at me quizzically, “Where is the refreshing?”

Later when he was thirsty he said very emphatically, “Oh, but I don’t want the mint tea dat has flowers in it.”

So much for that.

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Overheard:
Adam: Liam, you don’t love me as much as Mommy does.
Liam: Why?
Adam: Because Mommy loves me more than she can tell me.

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We kept having bear issues. For one thing, he dumped our big trash barrel and dragged trash to the edge of the yard until we learned to keep the trash tied to the post. The other problem was that he scared the wits right out of Goldi and she ran away every time he showed up. We always knew when he was prowling the edge of the woods because Goldi would start barking furiously. At our neighborhood cookout we were discussing bear sightings and how animal control keeps track of them. The next day Goldi started barking furiously. Liam came prancing into the house.

“Mommy, ‘tall’ animal ‘tont’ol’. ‘Tall’ animal ‘tont’ol’. Doldi hears a bear!”

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And my personal favorite:

Someone gave us cookies that contain peanut butter. Adam was about to eat one and, like usual, I issued the standard warning. “Adam, make sure you stay far away from Liam.”
Adam: “Liam, stay far away. These cookies are full of peanut butter and hemotoxic venom.”

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