Max is part cat. She’s very picky about which parts of her body you can touch, and will get up and walk away if you don’t respect her boundaries (no legs, feet, or tails). At the same time, she can be demanding of attention and assumes a regal position as she ‘lets’ you give her rubs and loves. She’s also …
Screenshot of a video I took of Ocean, which I still haven’t figured out how to upload on this site yet. I’m sure there’s an app for it, but I don’t have time to look into right- too many other things to do right now. Anyway, he’d come in to my room while I was laying in bed sick and …
I was walking out to the car and I looked to the side and saw the view pictured above, which startled me. I walked closer and realized that it wasn’t a ghost, it was Buddy, Jeremy’s brother’s dog, just hanging out in the passenger seat of the RV, staring at passersby.
Max is a funny dog with definite preferences. She likes to curl up on our beds, frequently on our pillows, like above (the crossed paws above are also cute). She’s also decided we make decent pillows. I woke up in the middle of the night because Max was laying on my feet, which I had to document, of course. While …
15 minutes before it was time to leave for one of our karate graduations, I went to the hall bathroom to check on Ocean and see what was taking him so long. I walked in and immediately exclaimed “What happened?! It looks like like you killed someone!” Ocean, tearfully: “I didn’t!” Me: “I know, but did you have to make …
The Subaru keeps turning Pandora on when I plug my phone in. I only listen to Pandora at Christmas, so why it always thinks I want to listen to Pandora, I have no idea. On the other hand, Jeremy frequently uses Pandora to listen to various playlists, including Irish drinking songs and Weird Al. Sunshine and I were discussing this …
Sunshine tried to give River a hug while we were getting ready for one of our karate graduations, but he told her, in a serious tone of voice: “This is not the time”. What makes this even more funny is that she’s the only one that he’ll usually allow to hug him. He thinks he’s too cool and grownup to …
Maxi really likes snuggling in the fuzzy blanket on my bed and Sunshine will wrap her up when she sees Max on my bed. Max does not complain about being wrap-wrapped. She’s not usually snuggly with us, but on this occasion she had her chin on my shoulder, so even though it was an awkward angle, I had to grab …
At the Mennonite store we visited back in April, I bought the boys ice cream cones. We sat in a booth while they ate them, and then River announced that I needed to take a picture of him eating his ice cream cone. He didn’t really have a reason, he just wanted his picture taken. Ocean, of course, also wanted …
Awhile ago, I got student of the day at karate for beating up a 10 year old. I was commended because I wasn’t pulling my punches and was taking my training seriously. I was checking in with her to make sure she was ok, and she wasn’t that much smaller than me, but I felt a little bad after the …
Ocean was playing with a pretend gun he made out of a hot wheels race track launcher: “Someday, I think the bugs are going to be big enough for us to shoot!” Me: “Um, that does not sound fun.” Him: “No, it’ll be just like that shooting game on steam!” (Earth Defense Force, and you fight giant spiders and ants) …
River, after getting his braces on, walking into Whole Foods with me while I tried to get him to hold my hand: “No” Me: “Why not?” River: “Because I have braces now” Me: “And there’s a correlation between having braces and not holding my hand?” River: “Yes. I’m a big kid now” Me: “But daddy still holds my hand” River: …
Jeremy, talking about the boys taking baths and running around naked afterward: “Mom and I take baths and we don’t run around naked afterwards.” River: “Ewww” Me: “You do so run around naked after your bath.” River: “Eww, you’re grownups!” Jeremy, Sunshine, and I busted up laughing. Jeremy: “I thought he was going to say ‘gross’, not ‘grownups’” (his usual …
At the Mennonite store, Ocean wanted his picture taken with photo op board. Afterwards, he said: “The goat looks like a demon!” Me: “Because of the horns?” Ocean: “Yeah!”
Tree Sloth River
Jeremy was replacing a bad outlet in the kitchen late one afternoon. Ocean came to get me: “You have to see this Mommy, it’s so cool!” I followed him into the dim kitchen, where the offending outlet was pulled away from the wall, yellow light shining. Ocean: “Look, it’s Glados! Well, Glados’ light is in the middle, and this is …
About 12 years ago, Jeremy was being a smart aleck and asked his grandma how they fixed mistakes when chiseling into stone when there wasn’t whiteout or anything. His other grandma whacked him upside the head for being impertinent. A couple days later, he asked the same grandma what it was like to watch the first steam engine roll into town. Repeat …
Awhile ago Ocean found one of Jeremy’s Monster energy drinks and he must have drunk a fair bit of it. For hours afterward he was practically vibrating. He couldn’t be still and his brain was going a mile a minute and his mouth couldn’t keep up. It was funny, but also a good reminder that we have to keep an …
Me, picking up a book titled “Indestractable” from the library: Librarian: I tried to read that book, but couldn’t focus on it long enough to finish it. Me: Yeah, I’m afraid of that happening to me, too. spoiler: it totally did
Ocean, practicing his karate: Victory, humility, courtesy, universal portal 2! …. Jeremy: Well, what are the moves? Ocean: I need a portal gun to do the moves. You need to go to the portal factory, because the portal factory always has them. Or find it online, because you can find anything online. According to Ocean, there’s also a universal portal …
