Invincible

Isaiah (6) playing with his light saber: "I'm going to kill you!" Jesse: "You can't, I'm invincible." Isaiah: "No you're not, I can see you fine!"

Officially Southern...

Isaiah (5): "Mommy, I can't do it!"
Haydee (7): "Bless his heart..."

A library by another name...

Haydee (7, watching Rachel Weisz's library scene in The Mummy): "What is she doing?! She's destroying the book factory!"

Miss Haydee on Tornadoes

Haydee (6): "Tornadoes are made of water and flying things. Water is made of drinks with no flavor. You don't want to get stuck in a tornado or you will get dizzy and die..."

Cures for Backpain?

Jesse: "I was reading that men have back pain because we sit too much and don't utilize our back muscles like we ought to. It is suggested that we get 'standing desks' to help work our back muscles more."

Me: "Standing desks? Isn't that another name for a 'bar'?"

Isaiah's Lunch

Jesse: "James, go sit on the couch, you're going to feed your brother."

James (with a laugh): "But I don't have any boobs."

Who Loves You?

Jesse: "Ronnie, who loves you?"
Ronnie (3): "Daddy!"
Jesse: "Very good. And who is the only one who loves you more than Daddy?"
Ronnie: "God."
Jesse: "Very good! And who loves you just as much as Daddy?"
Ronnie: "I don't know."
Jesse: "Mommy does, of course!"
Ronnie: "Yeah, 'cause my mom and dad are BRILLIANT!"

Pack-men

James & Jesse enjoying a day of football together...

If Haydee had her way...

This is what she would do all day...

Kids

Daddy & Ronnie are in the bathroom getting ready for bed, because Ronnie didn't eat his dinner. 

Daddy: "No, you get to go to bed. You didn't eat your dinner."
James (overhearing them from the living room): "I bet this is one of those times Daddy wishes he never had kids."

Daddy's Do'ing

When Mommy's away... Haydee & Daddy play...

Night Owls

Mom: "Ok, time for bed."
James (6.5): "What?! It's not even dark. Why do we have to go to bed so freakin' early?"
Mom: "Um, where did you hear that?"
James: "Dad."

Whatever Ronnie wants...

I was going from the kitchen to the bedroom, trying to get dressed to get the day started. When I came through the living room, Ronnie was looking at me with two books in his hand, but I decided to get dressed before reading to him.

As soon as I crossed the baby gate to my bedroom, as clear as a bell, I hear...

Ronnie (2): "Hey! Come back here!"

Alice In Wonderland according to James...

James (6): "Hey Dad, do you remember that Irish cat?"
Jesse: "What? ... You mean the Cheshire Cat?"

Jury Duty

...by Supertones... That was the song of the day... and my day started out the same, had the same general everything-that-can-go-wrong-will-go-wrong-ness... so, here's the lyrics, with my notes on how MY day went... ENJOY!


5 am (yep) on tuesday (yep)
Why am I up so early (because Ronnie got up and wanted juice)
Drive out to santa ana (Clackamas) ’cause I’ve got jury duty (Haydee's Pictures)
No breakfast (yep) short tempered (yep)
And I cut my head shaving (had to take Ronnie to the doctor again for his ear infection)
Ten miles out I hit traffic (the kids fell asleep in the car for 15 minutes, so wouldn't take naps)
Some days just aren’t worth saving (but, it wasn't pathetic enough for us, so we kept going)

You know I haven’t had the best of days (Haydee's milk bottle exploded all over Jesse & I & our kitchen which was already neck-high in dirty cake pans)
But I want to stop and thank you anyway

At the courthouse (kitchen) I waited (for the cake to turn out)
And waited then I waited (3 times, until we used a boxed cake)
At lunchtime my car stalled out (I frosted the wrong cake so...)
I couldn’t get it started (...we didn't have frosting for the boxed cake)
Had a book by c.s. lewis
I finished the last page and (when both kids had filled theirs, we discovered we were out of diapers)
Slept on my desk for three hours
Just like my high school days

Cuz every single moment whether sleeping or awake
Is your creation
And what you’ve made is good (at least the ice cream and spaghetti turned out)
I don’t always thank you for the rough days and
The hard times in my life
Even though I should (I am so thankful our friends & family came to celebrate so it wasn't such a bad day after all)

Got home and decided I’d be in a bad mood
My shy and quiet wife said she didn’t like my attitude
Got a call from my mother
Forgot my sister’s birthday(Happy Birthday, Jesse & Haydee)
I’m a lousy older brother (wife & mother)
safe to say I’ve had a bad day (only got 2 hours of work in for the day)

Here's the music video...

The Investigator

James (6): "You know how my tooth fell out a while ago? Do you know where it is?"
Daddy: "I think so. Why?"
James: "I've been hearing things about putting it under my pillow and it changes. I gotta check this out."
Mommy: "Hmm... what does it turn into?"
James: "Well... I heard it can turn into a lollipop, candy, a dollar bill, or a toy."

So, the tooth went under the pillow tonight. We'll see what happens in the morning... :o)

Analyzing Dreams

We were in the car driving, when Jesse skipped a song on the CD.

James: "Daddy, why did you change the song?"
Jesse: "I don't like that one."
James: "Does it give you nightmares?"

Storytime with Daddy

Ronnie watching intently as Jesse is reading the Three Little Pigs...

Jesse: "...the first little piggy was lazy and built his house out of straw. The wolf huffed and puffed and blew his little house down. The moron piggy tried to run away but the wolf made bacon out of him and ate him up..."

Moral: Bad things happen when you are lazy.

Making Daddy Proud

James & I drove to Jesse's parents' house to pick up Tasha (Jesse's sister) who will be staying with us for several days. When we got there, Two and a Half Men was on TV. After a few minutes, James got the remote and asked if he could change the channel. Grandma said 'sure', and James changed the channel...

Not Cartoon Network. Not Nickelodeon. Not Disney.

Channel two-one-two-enter. NFL Network.

After a few minutes, Grandma notices the station...

Grandma: "What is this we are watching?"
James: "It's football. I like to watch football news."

Did I say that?

Jesse was talking to me about football (yeah, big surprise I know) and James was sitting playing with Haydee and passively listening to our conversation. Apparently, not passively enough...

James: "So Daddy... why were you pissed off?"