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Sunday Funny

Max likes to charge out onto the deck, barking madly. We figured it was her reasserting her dominance over the local squirrels and birds. Jeremy has another theory: she has to scare off all the critters so she can poop and pee in peace. She doesn’t like it if you watch her go to the bathroom and she’ll give you …

Sunday Funny

If River doesn’t want to do something, he’ll go boneless. We call it “noodling.” Here he’s noodled onto the ground and is veeeeery slowly dragging himself into the library, on his way to clean his room upstairs. Max doesn’t fully appreciate shenanigans such as crawling on the floor, so she had to get her two cents in (chewing her toy …

Sunday Funny

Max really likes people food, but she doesn’t get it nearly as much as she’d like. She’s not above hovering while we’re eating, in hopes of us giving her food or dropping it (she’s not picky). She’ll stand under the dining table and put her chin in our laps and stare hopefully up at us from between our legs. In …

Sunday Funny

Sunshine was arguing with Jeremy about how to pronounce Pocky. (they’re chocolate dipped cookie sticks from Japan) Jeremy: “I know how it’s pronounced because I’m Japanese.” Sunshine: “No, you’re not.” Jeremy: “Where was I born?” Sunshine: “On an American military base in Japan.” Jeremy: “Yes, Japanese!” Sunshine pulled a tag off the shirt she was wearing, looked at it, and said: …

Sunday Funny

We were talking about a Halloween party Sunshine was going to. Ocean: “I want to go to the party!” Me: “You can’t, it’s just for Young Women.” Ocean: “Oh, so you can’t go either, because you’re not a young woman. You’re an old woman.” Me: “Thank you so much.” 🤦‍♀️

Sunday Funny

While we were waiting for my brother’s wedding to start, the grownups were in the house or on the covered deck. There were a few kiddos and dogs running around, having a great time. At one point, I looked down into the yard and saw Ocean, just chilling on the grass. No idea why. Also, highly unusual, since being still …

Sunday Funny

Most nights River is sure to pray that his pectus excavatum will go away when he hits puberty. We won’t know if he’ll need surgery to correct it until he goes through puberty. At that time, his chest will grow normally, or it will continue to be caved in and potentially interfere with his lungs and heart and need surgery. …

Sunday Funny

River is convinced that only married people have cooties (ie, Mom and Dad).  I asked, “So the cute girl from karate class doesn’t have cooties?”  River, with a smile, “No.” Jeremy, “Wait, what cute girl at karate?” Me, “Last cycle the boys had to go up and introduce themselves to three people in class, and River was embarrassed to talk …