My Small Corner

Here Comes The Bunny

Some friends asked us to join them at our town's Easter Egg hunt.  We've done family egg hunts but never one outside of the home or yard.  With Eldest Child and The Husband away camping, it seemed like a great idea to do with Youngest Child.

Minions

Sometimes having kids is like having minions.

New Words, New Meanings

Every so often, one of the boys mis-hears or mis-pronounces something.  Sometimes we come up a definition for the new word.  The other day the new word was "Frodotype", and we defined it as:  when the first one is small.

Waiting

I'm not very good with secrets, especially ones I'm excited about.  But I do love that time when you know something really neat and you will soon be sharing it with someone who will be really excited and happy.  It's a bit like the period of time where the the pregnancy test came up positive and no one knows but you.  The anticipation of the excited reaction, hoping that the actual reaction meets the anticipation.  That feeling is way cool.

Conversations in Our Family

"EC is going over to the dark side!"

"EC doesn't 'go" to the dark side, he IS the dark side."

The Entrepreneur

Eldest Child has taught himself how to make an origami Yoda finger puppet.  He is now making them out of post-it notes for all his friends at school and he's been charging them 5 cents for one. 

I'm pretty impressed with that so I took him to the craft store today and we bought actual origami paper to make them with.  I also bought him some special black paper and he is working on learning how to make Darth Vader.  I suggested he charge 25 cents for those.

It's great that he's learning to work and earn money.  There will be plenty of time to teach him about overhead and expenses but for now I am so pleased with his effort and ingenuity that I am content being a silent backer.

Carving Pumpkins

I think most of this will be self-explanatory.

Beyond Cartoons

Eldest Child is spending more and more time showing his teenage side.  After he recently ripped a bathing suit, I knew I had to get him at least one, preferably two new ones.

The Berries are So Good, Not So Much

Overheard between Eldest Child and Youngest Child, discussing kid's Sauve Berry body wash:

The Teenager

Eldest Child had a pool party to go to.  When I dropped him off, I went into the backyard, spoke with the parent and left.  A bit later, EC called me.  He had ripped his bathing suit and needed a new one brought over.  I pulled one out of the drawer and headed over.