Numeric Adventure

Logan has embarked on what he refers to as a "counting journey."  His goal is to count all the way to one million.  During his bath on his seventh birthday, I could hear him counting under his breath.  Suddenly, he looked up at me and exclaimed, "1,030!"  He was very excited.

"...1,031...1,032...1,033"  And so it continues.

- 28 August 2015

He's Not Wrong

Logan and I were sitting at the dining room table, looking for a Candyland-style game app on my phone.  At last we finally found one.

"Oh look," I said, pretending to be downcast.  "It's $1.99."

"Hey Dad!" he exclaimed.  "I can buy that for you if you give me two dollars!"

- 16 September 2015

Button, Button, Whose Got the Button

As we made our way home, headed directly into the sun, the state of our windshield became apparent to more than just my wife and me.

"Now, when we get home I want you to take a wet cloth and get out here and wash the windshield for your mother and father," Grampa told Justin.

There was an immediate uproar of complaints as Ashley and I nodded our heads in agreement.

"No, isn't there a button for that?" Justin protested.

- 6 August 2015

Contact List

While waiting for the orchestra concert to begin, my wife and I thought it would be a good time to clean up our contacts list.  Ethan, having just received his first iPhone, had his personal contacts list merged into ours.  Among other things, we found a listing for Stick, Annoying Piece of Crap and, of course, the number for Satan. 

- 8 June 2015

The Reptile Man

This is why my wife refused to attend the reptile program last night.

She's terrified of little boys.

- 28 May 2015

Just Sayin'

Having just been brutally harassed by his brother Justin, Logan came running into the bedroom where he found his mother lying on the bed.

"Justin is a - crotch!" he exclaimed, with all the bile and unpleasantness a Kindergartner could muster.

"Logan!" Ashley replied.

"Just sayin'," he said, shrugging his shoulders.

Yeah, well, just don't say it or the next thing you know one of your teachers will be calling.

- 13 May 2015

Relax

What he said.

"You need to take me to the park so you can relax."

What I heard.

"You need to take me to the park where you'll be stressed out trying to keep an eye on me while I play with 100 other kids on two sets of play equipment while you worry about whether or not I've been kidnapped or wandered off with strangers."

Great.  Sign me up.

- 26 April 2015