38 lbs. of ninja pirate

i just received this email from brent: " Speaking of Henry, he may be gaining some self-restraint. After you and Hugh left this morning, Henry wasn’t happy with the way the bad guys tried to steal the policeman’s car. He brought his hand back to hit me, but stopped and said, “I don’t like you but I’m not going to hit you.” I figure that’s progress…"

the definition of 'irony'

henry, wearing a construction helmet, a construction paper cape, no shorts and wielding a sawed of plastic golf club, with which he is bashing things while crying out {loudly} "everybody, i need peace and quiet!"

okey dokey, little buddy.

sibling disagreements

we have reached a new low in bickering today. hugh + henry are arguing over who gets to have which toys.....which we don't even own. apparently, this is a matter of utmost importance and hugh has worked himself into quite an impressive lather of righteous indignation that henry says he gets that lego man pictured in the book.

seeing the future

i met the elizabeth of the future today. the one who walks into the post office twenty years in the future and sees a mother with two young boys. you could just see the memories flash in front of her eyes as she watched hugh + henry being silly, chatted with them and told me about her two boys. i could tell that she wasn't being trite when she looked straight at me and said that it goes so quickly.

so. i am going to remember this day when i took my darling boys to the post office and we stood in line behind a ridiculously slow man at the self-service machine. and the boys roared like dinosaurs and crawled between my legs and hugged each other and bounced in a circle and stomped on the floor mat because it was metal and made a cool sound. and we went and got ice cream (chocolate for henry, vanilla for hugh, salted caramel for me) and henry was covered in chocolate but got angry when i wiped it off so i had to "put it back" and hugh was so proud of being clean. and they skipped down mt. vernon avenue on the way back to the car. and came home and played with legos together for over an hour and then built trains with foam blocks. and got so happy to get naked before a bath so i could "chase the naked boys" and splashed in the tub and i trimmed hugh's hair and then they both peed in the tub and thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. and then hugh said he couldn't get comfortable until i came to snuggle with him and henry wiggled about when i tucked him in because he was cozy.

this will be a day i remember.

says hugh...

hugh: hey, mama!

me: yes?

hugh: did you know that 'clothing'was another word for 'clothes'?

says hugh...

"peanut butter makes my tummy feel happy."

motherhood is...

realizing that it is really no big deal to pick someone else's nose.