when a bloody nose is funny...

i always have a sticky note handy. when the funny words come flying out of Justin's mouth i want to be ready to catch them. today, i did.

while in time-out (an unfortunate frequent thing for Justin...his mommy is just picky about not being talked to in a meanie way) anyways, while Justin was in for it...

he was being "picky" in his very own way.

the yucky kind of picky. i didn't see it, but i made a few assumptions. when he called out in desperation for a band-aid, i ignored him. yup. i assumed it was the typical distraction tactic of a boy in time out or pathetic plea for early release. plus, i didn't hear any crying. i imagined a sad hangnail or paper cut or something of the sort. there he remained. eventually he was freed. it was then that i saw the reason for the desired band-aid. justin got his first bloody nose (which i am NOT going to note in his baby book...which is mostly blank anyways.) he had wanted a band-aid for his nose....but had since changed his mind about wanting a band-aid, which i can only assume.

i noted, "justin, you had a bloody nose. can you go to the bathroom and wash it off?

then, he replied in the most genuine tone,

"can i leave this until halloween?"

"why," i quizzed.

then, he expounded,

"because, I want to be a vampire for halloween!
then i could suck my own blood."

i hope not to have scarred him for life, but, i laughed. a lot. hard.

after taking his bi-monthly bath, his childhood dream was washed down the drain with the the dirty bathwater. but, now that he knows how to painlessly produce blood, this is probably NOT going to be the end of the yucky tale.

so, i thank justin for adding some enjoyment to my day. a day when i got to: dance with two of my lovely children, waste nap time on the computer, prepare food for all, listen to lovely music on KZION, read wonderful blogs, smooch Dallin's chubby body, read stories to little anna, feed the mom juice to dallin many times, mop the filthy floor, run numerous loads of laundry and stare out my sliding glass door and enjoy the NEW scenery....and i'm NOT talking about the rapidly reproducing fingerprints!


isn't life beautiful...
and wonderfully hillareous in a gross kind of way!?!?

(photography courtesy of Justin Morris.)

Mud magnet

It's amazing how Justin fell off the curb into the ONLY mud pile on the whole block! After that, we made an event out of it since he was already a huge mess already.
Life is not dull! It sure is dirty though.

One boy, Two wheels.

Recently, Justin thought you had to be 8 to ride a bike with 2 wheels. That all changed when he saw a little neighbor boy, Billy ride his bike at age 4. It gave him hope for himself and altered his view of life for the better...So yesterday morning he asked if he could take his training wheels off of his bike! I thought, sure, why not give it a try? What could it hurt anyway? (Well...I guess his body.) Dad took them off and walked holding his bike while Justin pedaled. If he let go, he fell. The prospects were grim.

Justin begged again last night so I went out with him and practiced. It was such a fun moment as a parent to run along as he rode. I couldn't believe it, but within half and hour he was riding all by himself! He only rode into a parked car once had only two big crashes got lots of scrapes and didn't shed a single tear! What a fun day to be a mommy! I don't know who was more thrilled, him or me.Bears on Wheels has been requested a lot lately in our house for some odd reason. Maybe it's been Justin's inspiration!

What do your kids do when you are on the phone?

I was in plain view of the back door but it never registered that they had gone outside in the cold rain. I swear that they got this messy within a matter of minutes. For some reason, Justin's umbrella didn't even work!:) What really escaped me was the fact that there was a brand new, never been there before RIVER in my backyard (if you could even call it a yard.) We really messed up the drainage slope when we put in the retaining wall but had no idea how severe it was until now since it rarely rains this much here!
Am I the only one that spaces out when the phone rings???