The Lion Brothers

This is from about 6 weeks ago, but that doesn't diminish its awesomeness. This was one of the few times my attempts at having Peter take part in the roaring actually worked. Nowadays, he'll do it at the drop of a hat.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

Cool photo taken by Kyle at my grandmother’s 80th birthday party a couple of weeks back...

I can almost hear Vincent saying, “YOU KNOW WHAT DADDY?” It’s a speaking habit he’s picked up somewhere, most likely from me. He says it maybe 30 times a day as an introduction to whole host of questions and statements.

“YOU KNOW WHAT? Willy Wonka’s hair is soooo curly.”

“YOU KNOW WHAT? I want some granola.”

“YOU KNOW WHAT? I’ll go to bed after we read one whole book and have some milk.”

“YOU KNOW WHAT? How long is the ride to Auntie Kate’s house?”

“YOU KNOW WHAT? (pause) YOU KNOW WHAT?”

“YOU KNOW WHAT? Let’s play computer games.”

"YOU KNOW WHAT? Uncle Kevin dressed as a clown one time."

"YOU KNOW WHAT? I don't really like salad."

“YOU KNOW WHAT? Peter is standing on that chair and he's stinky.”

I could go on. The frequency and versatility of its useage is pretty awesome.


That’s what.

Our Quotable Sons

While on vacation, both of my sons gave us great submissions for Kids Say the Darndest Things, The PG-13 Version.

From his seat in a popular Ocean City breakfast spot, Peter was watching cars and trucks go by and letting us and everyone around us know about it. He would shout his own word that doubles for both "car" and "truck", which is kind of a combination of each. What was the word he was shouting?

"COCK!"

Full-voiced and clear as a bell.

"COCK!"

For all to hear as they ate their pancakes.

"COCK!"

And boy did he see a lot of cars and trucks outside.

Later on in the trip, Vincent, Auntie Kate and myself were playing a game where Kate and I would volley a giant ball onto the beach house's porch from the front yard, and Vincent would throw it back overboard. Unfortunately, after an errant throw, the ball pierced itself on some kind of razor sharp plant and tore open, rendering it useless.

So later we're walking with my parents to get ice cream and we pass a house with similar plants in it's front yard. Vincent stops suddenly, turns to my Mom and says,

"MOM-MOM! BE CAREFUL! THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLANTS THAT CUT YOUR BALLS!"

In more ways than one, buddy.

Beachcombers

I had a whole paragraph written about how much fun our annual Ocean City trip was but I have a feeling you'd rather just see the pictures. Honestly, I think they do a better job of showing the highlights.

Change is Good

We’re still in the process of making our new home into our new home. We’ve still got boxes and stuff sequestered in certain spots throughout the house, and when Rose has time during the week between containing two young boys and taking clients, she digs through.

She decided to collect all the change we’ve been keeping in Tupperware and random tins and turn it in for paper money. Guess how much it totaled?

$91.00.

Am I crazy or is that ridiculous?! We had nearly a hundred bucks just lying around the house in change. Is this weird?

What did we use it for? Well my friend, I can hardly wait to tell you. It was very exciting.

Groceries for the beach.

If you think $91.00 is a lot of change to have around the house, please comment as such. If you think it’s pithy and a waste of a perfectly good blog post, please tell me that as well.

Rookies

We were given some fantastic tickets to a Phils/Braves game this Saturday and seized the opportunity to take the boys to Citizens Bank Park for the first time. The seats were ridiculously good (and free!) and came with a parking pass, so we couldn't pass it up. It didn't hurt that it was a beautiful night and Cole Hamels was pitching (that part didn't work out so well - he gave up 9 earned runs in 3+ innings.).

Needless to say, we had a great time. The boys enjoyed all the sights and sounds (relatively few expletives for a Philly crowd), and weren't really afraid of the Phanatic once they knew he wasn't going to come up to "say hi to us." Even the people around us were nice and got their entertainment dollar's worth by watching our little sideshow of eating, dancing, plastic bottle tossing, and occasionally watching the game.

The icing was that the Phillies actually won after being down six runs early. They came back to win 10-9, which allowed for the boys to really hear the sound of that ballpark when it's hopping. It's kind of scary even for adults. We can't wait to go back. For free.

Craft Attack, Vol. 2!

Title: We're Off to See the Wizard

Artists: Rosalie & Vincent

Medium: Play-Doh

Notes the little details - Dorothy's basket, the poppies on the ground, Toto. And Scarecrow looks a little like Beaker, which is awesome.