Sock Snack.

Last night I went up to tuck the kids in.

I walked into Ellery's room and she threw her blanket over her head but not before making a face that looked like she was going to cry. So I sat on the edge of her bed and asked her what is wrong.

'I did something stupid' she says all mumbled from under the covers.

'Like what?' I say, my mind is racing, what could she have done in the 10 minutes she has been up here.

'Welllll' she says, 'there was some red stuff on my sock, it smelled good so I ate it.'

'You what?????' I say trying not to laugh.

She repeats herself and says 'it smelled like cherry, is it going to make me sick'.

'No', I tell her but in my head I was thinking what in H E double hockey sticks was she thinking..and I can't wait to tell Hannah ..this will 'crack her out'.

I gave her a big hug and kiss and told her not to eat things off of socks anymore!

I tucked in Calvin, no drama there and called Hannah, we laughed pretty hard over this one.

I love that girl, dirty sock snacks and all.

In desperate need of getting one these out....

7:16 AM

Calvin comes trudging into the bathroom with his spaceship footed pj's on, eyes barely open and says, 'Mom, can I play Wii'

Houston we have a problem.

That Wii is going to be put away as soon as we can get our bikes and spring toys out.

Please let it be soon.

Dirty Blonde.

Calvin ALWAYS tells Hannah how pretty she is. Suck up.

So today I asked Calvin who was prettier, me or Hannah and he of course said Hannah. And I asked why and he said because her hair was grey. We started laughing and then he said oh I mean yellow. So I said what color is my hair then, cuz it's very similar to Hannah's and Ellery chimes in 'dirty blonde'. I have a hair appoinment for March 11th, the dirty blonde is outa here.

Then Calvin said I was prettier than the devil and Martha Speaks.

They are going to bed early with no supper.

Super Mario.

At this very moment, the four of us (hannah, me, cal, elle) are squished together on the couch, while Hannah, the Super Mario Brother QUEEN, is getting them onto the next world. They are totally using her and she doesn't seem to mind. And they are yelling at her how to do it and she wants to slap them I can just see it in her eyes, but she can't because she is playing the game, lucky for them.

Here is a sample of our conversation while she is playing.
Hannah: Hey Calvin, why do you wear your winter hat in the house?
Calvin: Because Ellery is.
Calvin: Press one.
Hannah: Why does it keep telling me to do that. (sort of in a loud yelling voice)
Calvin: Zip it zippity.
Hannah: I'll never pass.
Calvin: Well just try too.
Ellery: Ah poop she didn't pass it.
Calvin: Well Ellery we are half way there.
Calvin just breathed on Hannah and she said if he did it again she would punch him in face. Ahh time to quit playing I think. The pregnant lady needs to go rest and eat.

Hannah is going to make a great mom!!

Sometimes you want to crawl under a rock...

So on Monday..Ellery, Cal and I went up to register Ellery for dance and go visit Hannah and Grandma Shirley who happen to work in the same building as community ed, but up on the second floor. I was hoping to find a nice close parking spot in the front parking spaces. There we no spaces, so as I was pulling out to go across to the parking lot, Calvin pointed to an empty spot and said why don't you park there. I told him that was a Handicap Parking spot. He asked what that meant, so trying to make it brief, I just told him it was someone who had a hard time walking, and so they need to park closer to the building. Okay so fine, that satisfied him.

So we hop out of the car and head across the street. Now prior to us looking for a parking spot, I saw a younger woman walking with a walker down by the nursing home, which happens to be right next door to the social services building. Just as we get across the street, Cal exclaims and POINTS 'Hey Mom, look there's a Handicap', I turn to look and low and behold, yep there is that same lady, who I am praying did not hear Calvin. And then Ellery turns to Calvin, whipping her hand on her hip and says: 'We don't talk about Handicaps out loud Calvin'.

Oh heaven help me.

Tubing

We spent a couple of hours at Powder Ridge tubing on Monday, Presidents Day..no school!! You pay to tube for 2 hours, I thought, that doesn't seem very long. 1 hour 15 minutes into it I was ready to be DONE. They have a moving 'sidewalk' to take you back up, but man it was hard to balance and keep track of your tube and your 4 year old. Then we went to St. Cloud and ate at Famous Dave's! YUM. Can't wait to do it again next year....

7:28

Brian asked Calvin what time it was this morning, he ran into the kitchen and came back with this time:

Joe Mauer
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Snowman