Monkey Family

Our friends Pat and Sara are expecting their first baby.  I thought I would make a sock monkey hat for the baby.  I was so pleased with it, I decided Pat and Sara each needed their own. 

Who Needs a New Bike?

The Maniac thought about buying himself a new bike.  Then he decided it would be fun to try to fix up his old one.  It all happened too fast for me to get pictures of what the bike looked like before, during or even before he rode it in the mud.  While the orange paint was drying he was thinking out loud about how cool it would be if he could paint purple flames on it.  The Negotiator surprised him by getting him some decals from eBay. 

Let's Go

None of us had been feeling really well all day. 

3 a.m.

I woke up to the sound of Johnny's voice. 

Johnny: "Are you all right?"

The Negotiator: (standing in our room by our doorway) "uh, umm, well"

I began to worry that his throat might be closing up or something.

Johnny: "What's wrong?"

The Negotiator: "Aren't we going?"

Me: "We aren't going anywhere, I think you are sleeping.  You should just go back to bed."

Sheer sadness.

The Negotiator: "It's just that I thought we were going and I got the stuff all ready."

It was clear he wasn't going to leave our room unless either we all got ready to go somewhere or at least escorted him back to bed. 

Johnny took him back to bed.  On his floor was his comforter wadded up and piled on top of the clothes he had worn the previous day.  I guess that was his big packing.  Good thing he can't drive.

Homework Insentive

It isn't weird enough that the Maniac was doing his homework in his underwear. 

Johnny: "What is that?"

The Maniac: "What? Oh this?  It's a cookie."

Johnny: "Why do you have a cookie in your homework?"

The Maniac: "I asked Mom if I could eat mine and she said yes but someone else didn't want theirs so I saved it."



Face Butt

The Maniac has a bad habit of walking way too closely behind people.  Since he was doing this again Johnny stopped quickly making The Maniac run right in to him.  Johnny started laughing. 

The Maniac:  "Ha, ha, ha you just got a butt full of face!"

Good Luck

The Maniac sits next to Johnny at the dinner table.  Johnny was sitting down getting ready to eat and The Maniac slid by him to get into his spot. 

Johnny: "Did you just rub your belly on me?"
The Maniac: "Yeah, it's for good luck."

Fine Grades

The Maniac: "You're gonna see some papers in there with some F's on them but don't worry F is for fine."

Dental Work

The last time the boys were in the bathroom brushing their teeth at the same time it turned into a shoving match resulting in everyone being mad and or in trouble.  Naturally I was concerned when I heard sounds of togetherness from the bathroom. 

I'm still concerned. 

Level Of Importance

The Maniac's basketball practice was at the school where I work.  When we got there the gym door was locked. 

Me: "Let's go through this other door and walk through the school."

The Maniac: "You must not be too important at this place if you don't even get a key."

Blog Book

I am so happy with the Stritenberger Family year book.  It turned out great and now I am excited about going back and doing previous years. 

Stritenberger Family | Make Your Own Book

Idiots

We were running a little late this morning. 

Me: (Growling at the congested parking lot) "There are way too many idiots!"
The Negotiator: "In the world?"
Me: "Right now in this parking lot."
The Negotiator:  "Mom, we need idiots.  Without them we would be the stupid people."

Adult

The Maniac: "When I'm an adult root beer and vanilla ice cream is something I will always carry........................................................................in my man purse."

Calling Fergie

He's trying voice commands. 

The Maniac: "Play Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie"
Ipod: "Okay, calling Melissa Davis."
The Maniac: "What? That's not even close to what I said."

 

What???

Johnny: "Well that's great, until you mess around and get hit in the face with someone's butt!"

R.I.P. Momma Pig