Was that a compliment?

A few days ago, when we found out that one of our favorite breakfast eateries was closing forever, Sam said:

"Mom, you should open a restaurant...everyone always says you are a good cook and they love your food--except me. I hate your food."

Little stinker...

The things kids say...

I was sitting on our front porch yesterday enjoying my new freedom (first day in almost 6 weeks without a cast on my leg--YEAH!), when our neighbor returned from his Monday golf game.

A tall, bald man was helping my neighbor get his golf bag out of the back of the car. My neighbor, an elderly Japanese man, owns an upscale restaurant. He and his wife have told me stories about the well-known people who eat at their restaurant--many of them Chicago athletes. As the tall man helped our neighbor, I was thinking to myself "hmmm, he's probably a Chicago Bear or something."

I got sort of stuck in my thoughts when I realized that Sammy was saying over and over, louder and louder..."who's the baldy Mommy, who's the baldy?"

As the man in the big, black SUV drove away, I turned to shush Sammy and remind him that it's impolite to call someone a "baldy." Our neighbor called over "Do you know who that was?" An immediate wave of fear and embarassment rushed over me...

It wasn't a ball player, but it was this guy:

Andy Wachowski--director of the Matrix series and Speed Racer the movie.

I'm just never quite sure what will come out of Sam's mouth next!

What will Sam say next?

I can never be quite sure what this little guy is going to come up with! Today, he asked me to read him the story of Snow White. As we all know, in the story, the queen turns herself into an old "hag" to fool Snow white into eating a poisoned apple. Of course, Sam asked what a hag is and I told him: "a hag is an old, ugly woman."

Fast forward several hours to the family outing to Target. As we were checking out, Sam quitely pulled me aside and asked, "so Mom, is she a hag?" pointing toward the cashier.

Words failed me as I shuffled him out of line--the cashier looked EXACTLY like the hag illustration in the disney book we were reading!

Kid Quotes

I picked up Sam from school today and he had a little pout on his face.

"Sam," I asked, "did you have a good day at school?"

"No," he answered sadly, "I didn't get to show my diarrhea to my class and to my teacher."

"May I see your diarrhea?" I ask (taking a bit of a risk, but figuring there has GOT to be a logical explanation for this.)

"Sure," he says, brightening up a bit while proceeding to pull out a calendar book Rob had given him that morning.

"Oh."
"Sam? Tomorrow, try asking your teacher if you can show your DIARY to the class."



Sam threatening Snow White and two dwarves with Bakugan doom.

You Make Me Happy

I went upstairs today to get Lily after her nap/quiet time. She greeted me with the heartiest "You make me happy!"

Just pick me up off the floor! Way too cute!

Apparently, this was a wise purchase

Last night, we hung a world map in our boys' room. We had it up in a common area in the old house, but here, it seems to fit best in their room. Sammy walked into the room and immediately said, "Oh look, here's the Phillipines," and he correctly pointed to the Phillipines. I assumed it was something he learned in Kindergarten during these past few days because there are a few Filipino children in his class.

Then, he pointed to Brazil (again, correctly). This time, I figured he read the word.

Next, he pointed to Papua New Guinea. Not only did he pronounce it right, but he was spot on with his i.d. of this rather obscure, smallish country which shares half of the island of New Guinea with Indonesia. He even pointed to the right side of the island. I was pretty sure he didn't learn about Papua New Guinea in school, didn't think he could read the words with such proper pronounciation, so I started to wonder.

Next he pointed to the teeny, tiny African country of Djibouti. I doubt most people have even heard of this country, let alone be able to identify it on a map. I was certain this time that he wasn't reading the word, because Djibouti sounds like Ja-boo-ti and that is exactly how he pronounced it!

Sam continued to identify really obscure countries for a few minutes until finally, we asked, "Sam, how do you know about these countries?--" wondering if perhaps he has the best kindergarten teacher ever.

"Scientific Smart Globe," he replied....

Apparently this was a VERY good use of our money!

We're thinking about getting a pet...

Sammy wants a pet penguin. It may be his way of telling me he really digs this cold, snowy weather without making me raise my eyebrows.

In any case, when he told me he wanted to get a penguin, I replied "where will we keep him?"

Logically, he replied, "in an ice cage."

Of course I had to ask "what will we feed him?" "Krill," he said.

Duh...of course...penguins eat krill. I knew that!

Kid Quotes

Setting: Just after dropping Joey off at his pre-game warm-up, Sam, Lily and I are looking for parking.

Sam in back seat: Mommy, I want two peanut butter sandwiches just like Joey.

Mommy: But Sam, Joey will be getting lots of exercise while he's playing baseball. That's why he had two sandwiches.

Sam: Mommy, watching and relaxing a little bit, that's MY exercising.

Ahh, the apple falls not far...