Interesting Excuse

Taylor alerted us that a lamp in the living room wouldn't turn on. Sure enough, it wouldn't. It has had a CFL lightbulb in it for only a few months, so we were perplexed that it had gone out already. Until we looked, and the lightbulb was completely gone! We called Nathan in, who immediately produced it from behind one of the couch cushions. We told him that CFLs aren't like regular bulbs and can be very dangerous, and that he should never touch them. We then asked why he took it out, and he said, "Because I'm the lightbulb-stealer!" Where does he come up with these things?

Warts and Wizards

A commerical advertising The Sword in the Stone on DVD is on TV:

Nathan: Mom, can we buy that?

Mom: Sorry, no.

Nathan: Can we rent it?

Mom: I recorded it on the DVR and you wouldn't watch it, so I deleted it.

Nathan: But I want it. Can we rent it?

Mom: No, we'll record it the next time it comes on the Disney Channel.

Nathan: No, can we rent it?

Mom: No, we can record it. It comes on all the time.

Nathan: No, Mom, I want to rent it from Hollywood [Video]! (He really sounds exasperated with me now.)

Mom: Nathan, that costs money. I'll just record it when it comes on again and it won't cost us anything. And you can watch the Sword in the Stone as many times as you want.

Nathan: But I don't like the Sword in the Stone!

Mom: (Sigh)

Eating Healthy

The other day we were on the on ramp to the freeway, and on the side of the road there were some really tall, dry weeds that had gone to seed at the top. Taylor turned to Nathan and said, "Look, Nathan! Whole grain wheat!"

I guess he's noticed the whole grain symbols on the General Mills cereal boxes...

Well, she asked me first!

The other day we were at the pharmacy waiting in line to get a prescription filled, and a nice elderly woman was waiting behind us. She was making Alex giggle, and she asked me how old Alex was. Then she asked Nathan, who was only too happy to tell her that he was almost 5. Then he did something he's never done before. He looked at her and asked, "How old are you?" Luckily, she just laughed and said, "Oh, I'm a Grandma!"

I Didn't Do Anything!...Nope, Not a Thing!...Honest!

Matt noticed a spider in the kids' bathrooom last night just as Taylor was going to bed. He pointed at it and asked, "Hey, Taylor, what is that?" Taylor answered a little too quickly, "I don't know; I didn't do it!" Hmmmm.... Is there something he doesn't want us to know about?

Mini Corndogs

Ah, those homophones--they can sure be confusing to a kid. Nathan had mini corndogs for lunch the other day, which is one of his favorites. He ate a lot of them, and then asked for me to make more. I told him he'd had enough for one day. Pointing to the package, he said, "But, Mom! Look! It says, 'Mini Corndogs!' You're supposed to have MANY!"

When in Rome...

Taylor was looking in the maps secion of my Bible this evening, and found the map of Paul's missionary journeys. After studying it for a few minutes, he piped up, "Mom, look... Paul went to Rome." I replied, "Yes, that's one of the places Daddy and Mommy are going to visit." He then exclaimed, "Maybe you'll see Paul there!" He was disappointed when I explained that Paul had died a long time ago.