Pinewood Castle

Katie No Pocket

If ever Sunshine spies a kangaroo without a pocket hopping down the street, she will gladly offer her van organizer!

Somebody Got Into the Snow!

She evidently didn't want the Little People to feel left out of the premature winter weather.

We really couldn't get mad at her for this one - we all just had a very good laugh and placed the baby powder on a high shelf!

Lost and Found

Is this your chicken? Or is it a rooster?

To the delight of our children, this fowl has been wandering around our neighborhood for several days now!

5 yo Boy Humor

This morning Dino's face lit up when he realized that God spelled backwards is dog. Just a little priceless moment.

Recently, I sternly asked him to sit on his bottom at the dinner table. He smartly replied, "But then I would have to a double bottom - one for sitting and one to sit on!"

My husband won a CD at the Irish Festival Sunday, a compilation of tracks from local Irish groups. Pub songs included. I overheard Dino singing the lyrics to one, "You'll always be my true love, but whiskey was my first." Me: "What's whiskey?" Him: "I don't know!" Unintentional corruption. I just hope he doesn't break out into that chorus when we go to Target today!

Mysteries

Why did my alarm go off at the default setting of midnight rather than the usual 5 am?

Why did I wake up with a splinter or something else equally painful in the tip of my index finger?

As Dino pouted this afternoon, "Why is it when we finish one thing it's always time for something else?!"

Why did Sunshine think the lyrics to the Lambchops theme song were the following:

This is the song that never ends,
Oh it goes on and on my friends.
Some people died in their sleep not knowing what it was . . .

Love Him or Not . . .

these are really funny - Bushisms

Growing Pains

My 8yo daughter is getting greasy hair and pimples on her back (is this normal?).

My little Sunshine who is of the cute & cuddley variety who you (friends, family, total strangers) want to freeze so she never grows up just turned SEVEN.

My 20 mo old held up a pony tail holder and grunted until I did her hair just like her sisters'. Such a big girl!

But the real kicker is that that my 5yo boy is in love. With a girl from the Target flip, clip and save coupon book.

After Dino marveled at how cute this little girl was, my husband obliged him by flipping, clipping and taping her three sections together for his son (my little baby boy) to carry around everywhere. He even sleeps with this picture on his nightstand. I had to sneak it off while he was sleeping to take this photo:

Well, I have to admit that she is cute. He has good taste. I might feel a little jealous if she didn't still have all her baby teeth.

The perk is that when I suggested to him that the little girl might like to hear his piano pieces he RAN to the piano before I even finished my sentence.

Talk about love making obedience easy!

Maybe I should start wearing my hair in braided pigtails.

Well, it's a great reminder to pray for my future daughter-in-law, whoever she might be. I pray that her soul may be every bit as beautiful as this little girl's face!

HT: Kansas Catholic Blogspot

For My Mother, on Her Birthday

Me: So, children, Grandma B's birthday is coming up on Monday. How old do think she will be?

Sunshine: Uh, a hundred?

Me: No, no, silly! Not that old!

Sunshine: Ninety-nine?

Buckethead

Remember when I mentioned that home schooling is going great, especially when the baby is napping? I am eternally thankful that she is still napping in the morning from 9:00-11:00. We use this time for the bulk of our seat work.

It's the remaining eight hours of the day from naptime to bedtime that keeps me on my toes!

Example #1: Playing in the Sandbox While Mommy is on the Phone Planning for Little Flowers

Example #2: Running With Scissors While Mommy Makes Dinner
I just had to snap a photo before prying this potential eye-poking hazard from her tight little grip. Yes, she threw a fit.

Margaret recognized the bucket. I guess I am not the only one with qualms about tossing into the recycling a pail that once held $14 worth of state fair cookies!