Dragonflies

...as Ian is writing his sentences about dragonflies for a school project, he pauses on the word 'insects'. He looks up and me and says, "There is a word inside of that word: in." After another pause, he says, "There is a love word too: sex (sects)." To this I initially laughed. Then I paused and thought how in the world does he know that word AND knows to associate it with love?!?!

And he refused to write the sentence, "Birds kill dragonflies." Because it was too sad. I swear the kid teared up.

Name is Changed to Protect the Victim...

This morning, I got a message from another Mom...


So, **** has been having trouble playing with others in the schoolyard - he only likes to play with one person at a time, so when they are all together, he gets all torqued that a friend is playing in a group. We were talking about it, and I asked him "What about Ian?" "Mom, you know what he called me today????!" "No, what." "He called me MUSTARD!" tears forming, face all contorted. I had to repress the chuckles and laughes. "Mustard? Oh my God, he did NOT." "He did, and it makes me feel like he doesn't like me." "Did you call him ketchup back?"

How funny is that? Mustard!!!!! Can you please talk to your child?!

But I Love You

Elliot was trying his best to convince me to let him attach our garden wagon to the back of his tricycle.

E: Please Mommy.
M: It's just not going to work.
E: But I'll marry you.
M: You can't marry me, you're my son. You marry your girlfriend or boyfriend.
E: I am your boyfriend.
M: No, you're not. You can be my friend.
E: I am not your friend. But I love you.

This comes after a similar conversation the other day where I was trying to convince him to do something.

M: Please, Elliot. I will be your friend.
E: I am not your friend. But, I love you.

In the end, I let him try the wagon once. And it didn't work. It actually pulled the seat belt (which it was attached to) from it's hinge. But the rest of the ride down the hill was successful.

How you like your Eggs

Ian: Over easy
Elliot: Scrambled

Things Elliot Says

"Just for a minute. Not one minute. Just a minute."

And Now There's Nothing

Ian's remaining front tooth was seriously going crazy the past couple of days so I took a picture this morning to document it. Good thing, since it came out tonight while he was eating coffee cake of all things.

Ian Art

RIP Azzie, Fluffy, and Fishies

The same day the goldfish died, Ian drew all these memorials.

Ian Art

Already getting Artist Accolades....