Funder?

This morning...

WV: I hear funder.
(Note that it was not raining this morning. I can only guess he heard the water in the shower running.)
Mommy: You hear thunder?
WV: No. Funder.
Mommy: What's funder?
WV: What's funder?
Mommy: I don't know. I think you just made it up.

"good" times

Lately, Weston has started telling us when things are "good."

Sunday night after chapel at the Upper School, he told me,
"We had a good time at church, mommy."
(*We* actually did not have a good time, as he was pinching my face and yelling while his dad was preaching. But if you don't count that, then we had a good time.)

As an aside, when there is a small crowd at the Sunday night community worship at the school, Rob invites everyone to form a circle at the altar for communion. Weston loves this and frequently makes "proclamations."
One Sunday night as Rob ate the bread, he proclaimed, "Daddy ate the cracker."
Another evening he said, "I need to eat that."
This past Sunday night after Rob said, "Do this in remembrance of me," he said, "WOW."

Last night, he was still eating his grapes, while daddy and I were cleaning up the kitchen, and he said, "We had a good dinner, mommy. Thank you, mommy."

(sound of heart melting)

His voluntary use of "thank you" has also increased exponentially lately. We frequently hear "thank you mommy" or "thank you daddy" without prompting.

He's a real sweetheart - MOST of the time!

New development 2/25/11
Now, he have moved on to thanking us for eating certain foods.
Example:
"thank you for eating quesadilla, mommy."
"thank you for eating sandwich, daddy."
I'm not sure if he means "thank you for MAKING" it, or that he is just copying us saying, "thank you for eating."

Bedtime Prayers

Mommy: Dear God

WV: Dear God

Mommy: Thank you for this day

WV: Thank you for this day

Mommy: We love you very much

WV: We love you very much

Mommy: Bless mommy

WV: Bless mommy

Mommy: and daddy

WV: and daddy

Mommy: and Weston

WV: and garbage truck

Mommy: and Weston

WV: and car

Mommy: and Weston

WV: and fire engine

Mommy: (trying not to laugh) and all the little babies

WV: and garbage

Mommy: (giving up) Amen

WV: Bless Weston

Mommy: Amen

WV: and all the little babies.

Mommy: Amen.

WV: Amen.

Eda-what?

WVL frequently entertains us with stories and jokes. However, rarely do we have a pen to write them down or the memory to write them down later. But this one I didn't want to forget:

At dinner one night, we were having a veggie mix that had edamame in it. For those readers who might not regularly eat these delicious soybeans, it's pronounced:

ed·a·ma·me (edəˈmä mā)

Mommy: Weston, would you like some edamame?
Weston: No, eda-daddy!
Mommy: HaHaHaHaHaHaHa, you're pretty funny!

Snow Day

It's an Austin snow day!

We got (almost) 1 inch of snow overnight....as seen in our handy rain gauge.


Virtually, every school district in the area canceled classes.

What did we do with our day?

First, we made blueberry pancakes... note the blueberry face!

Then mommy realized if we waited too long the snow might melt. So we layered on the clothes to go outside. (Please note that the jacket he is wearing was purchased to be the right size for next year. But today the criteria of "waterproof" outranked the criteria "fits")





Thinking of all our friends and family across the country who are also snowbound!

Dudes' Weekend

Mommy’s job of turning lead into gold (the six legged turkey project has been tabled for now) sometimes requires her to commute to her laboratory in Dallas. The result is that Daddy and Weston get a dudes’ weekend. Sounds glorious, doesn’t it? Well, it is. And not just in the way it sounds but in actual reality.

What gloriousness might a dudes’ weekend include, you ask?

Well, first one learns to appreciate how overrated “personal appearance” is. Why should we let society dictate which shirts go with which pants? Who says you can’t wear pajamas until 4pm? Who made up the rule that you can’t wear a shirt two or three days in a row? Because you totally can. The stains make the shirt even better. Also, washing and bathing habits can be a bit much sometimes. And if you want a lion face, drawn with wax pencil...done and done.

A dudes’ weekend also includes culinary adventures—foods that a certain someone doesn’t usually let us eat. I’m talking about hot dogs AND beans. It’s a necessary meal when Mommy isn’t around. I know what you’re thinking: "You can’t feed a toddler baked beans!" You totally can. In fact, you don’t even need to "feed" beans to Weston; you just put the beans in front of him and he does all the work. He pretty much eats beans better than he does anything else. And the best part of having beans for dinner is the leftovers you can eat for breakfast! And when one little dude is persistent in asking big dude for some of his coffee, what's a big dude to do? Cream and sugar, dude? No? Black it is. Enjoy!

Of course, we love to have Mommy around. A major part of a dudes' weekend is devoted to discussing how awesome Mommy is and when she'll be home.