Birds and Bees, Part 1

On the eve of his fifth birthday, Gabriel asked me where babies come from.

Well, actually, he asked me how the workers make the people.

It took me a few rounds of questioning to make sure I understood what he was asking.

G: How do the workers make the people?

K: Do you mean how is a person's body made?

G: NOOOOOO!!!!!! How do the workers make the people, and how do the people make the workers?

K: Are you asking how people decide what kind of work to do?

G: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <aaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhh> I said how do the workers make the people?

K: So, how was your body made?

G: Yes

K: Your body was made in mommy's tummy.

G: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! <aaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!> I want to know how the workers make the people. Like how do they build a person?

K: Ok. I can tell you how a person's body is made.

G: How?

K: Every person's body was made in a mommy's tummy. A special part of a daddy and a special part of a mommy mix together. They're called a sperm and an egg. When they mix together, it starts to grow tiny, tiny things called cells. The cells grow and grow and grow and more cells grow until they grow so much that it makes a baby's body. And when the baby's body has grown enough, the baby comes out of the mommy's tummy and everyone gets to see the baby and hug the baby and hold the baby and kiss the baby.

G: One time on PAW Patrol, Rubble didn't want to get wet just like Rocky doesn't like to get wet. He didn't want to take a bath.

And that's how that went down.

Dramatic...

G just called from the bathroom:

"Mommy! I'm surrounded by poo-poo!"

I'm afraid to find out what that means. 

Counting for Sheep (and Mouse and Bunny)

Gabriel couldn't quite make himself stay in bed tonight. I went back in his room with him, gave him a stuffed mouse, a bunny, and an elephant and told him they needed to know how to count to 100. 

I told him to hold his mouse, tell mouse how to count to 100, and then put mouse on the floor. I told him to count slowly so mouse could understand. Then he should hold bunny, tell bunny how to count to 100, and put bunny on the floor. Then elephant. 

I was hoping that counting to 100 three times would lull him to sleep. But I think he took his job too seriously. He popped back out of his room in just a few minutes to report that he had finished his counting. 

So I handed him several more animals and told him to count for each of them, too. 

I guess it worked? 

There are a bunch of animals on the floor and a sleeping boy in the bed...

Bluebonnets 2016

We made our annual trip out to get bluebonnet pictures of the boys. The intention was to get Penny in some pictures as well, but the big kids weren't all that agreeable to the outing, and we ended up cutting it a little short.

Aunt Joanah still managed to capture some great pictures, though! 

Love these kids. :)

ps-G has been calling them blueberry bonnets.

At Bedtime...

<G hanging upside down off the edge of his bed>

Mom, I'm Upside Down Man.

I do upside down things to people. 

And save the world by reaching my arms to pick up trash and put it in the can. 

I'm a super hero. 

But I don't need a cape, because Iron Man doesn't have a cape. 

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Mom, you're wasting all your time. You're not going to get any hugs because you spent all your time kissing me. 

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G: I hope that in our next house, I don't have my own bed.

Me: Who's going to be in your bed with you? 

G: I'll be in your bed with you guys!

Me: <silently> No, child. No you won't. 

Glasses!

Recognize this kid? So handsome! 

Turns out that this little monkey is a bit far-sighted with astigmatism. So, he got some awesome blue spectacles. 

One friend in his class told him he looked like a rock star. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!