Now I'm left with the ever so sticky conundrum of how to best go about blogging again. After such a long absence, should I "catch up" with everything that has occurred since our last post? Or should I pretend that there hasn't been a giant gap and post as if all of our summer--ing is already known? Or... should I just list off a bunch of quotes I've collected and call it a day? Yeah, let's go with option 3. Good plan, me.
Only one statue
*An image of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil pops up on a TV at Costco*
Me: "Hey, Lucas, who do you think that is a statue of?"
Lucas: "...Liberty?"
No groove
Lucas: "Why don't you know how to boogie?"
Life truth
Jason, summing up conversation 3,824 about making good choices: "When you're an adult, your whole life is your consequence."
Outlook
Lucas: "Every day is a brand new story." ❤️
Medieval
Jason: "There are no exciting transport solutions except trebuchets."
Sympathy
Lucas, sadly: "I just wish Daddy had hair."
Me: "Why?"
Lucas: "Because Daddy does."
Culinary genius
Lucas: "I made a restaurant. It sells pizza and hand burgers."
Me: "Hand burgers..?"
Lucas: "Yes. Hand burgers."
Me: "Why do you think they're called hand burgers?"
Lucas: "Because you eat them with your hands..?"
Progeny
Me, bemoaning yet another baby mentally heading off to college (read: learning how to walk): "What will I do when I don't have any more babies??"
Lucas: "Well, you, you could just have a tenth baby."
Applesauce cake
Me: "So, did you enjoy your dinner?"
Lucas: "Yes, yes, I did."
Me: "What was your favorite part?"
Lucas: "Well, um, it was all pretty tasty, but yeah, the cake. Definitely the cake."
Bowing
Me: "I love how Finley nods all the way down to his waist."
Jason: "Well, he IS Asian."
Baby geography
Finley: *sounds like he says the word rabbit*
Lucas: "Finley said 'rah-bot'!"
Me: "Yeah, it did sound like he said rabbit!"
Lucas: "No, not RAB-bit. Rah-BOT. The capital of Morocco."
Friendship
Lucas: "Big Bear and Big Lion are best friends even though they're different."
Self-awareness
Jason: "I wouldn't have been a very good 17th century woman."
Perspective
Lucas: "Big Bear, when you touch me, it makes me feel like I have fur too."
AND MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE QUOTE...
Lucas: "Wouldn't it be funny if the meat chicken and the animal chicken were the same thing?" [I cannot remember what I told him because I was just dying laughing.]
So there you have it. Bits and pieces of our summer. Jason is now back at it with math-ing his students and trying to lovingly bring his lawn back to life. Lucas is creating his own street maps, color by number pictures, and dot-to-dots. Finley is pointing at everything, trying to climb everything with his still-too-stumpy legs, and absolutely refusing to say mama. I am trying to be more organized [HA] and that is taking all of my time and energy so that's about it for me. Oh! And I grew a tomato. And! I gave both boys a bath today all by myself. First time ever. Don't laugh at me - I feel so responsible and productive. I am pretty impressed with Mom-Me.
Life is in a really good groove right now. The boys are at fun, pretty easy ages. Jason's semester is as ideal as one could wish for. We have a lot of dance parties. And Fall is right around the corner. Life is good.
I need to go put some sweet potatoes in the oven.
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| brotherly choke hugs |
