Sunday, 18 January 2015

Sisters

We have a Cobb family picture hanging up at our house. Daniel pointed two people out to me. 

D: They look exactly like each other except one of them is nana and one of them is not. 
Me: Do you know who that is?
D: Who?
Me: That's nana's sister, Susan. 
D: Cool, twins!
Me: They're not twins bud. 
D: They are twins if they look exactly alike. 
Me: That's not what makes them twins. They're twins if they grow in their moms belly at the same time. 
D: Oh. 

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Merry Christmas

I've been saving this one. Dec 21 I was doing a mad dash to clean the house while Danny went to the airport to pick up Danna, Chris and Jen. I don't know why I even bother because with 7 people in our 1100 sq ft house at Christmas with luggage and presents and air mattresses everywhere our house is pretty much a disaster. 

While I was cleaning Sam came over to me and told me that he pooped his pants. I've been toying with the idea of having him clean himself up after an accident for quite some time now. Looking back, this was the wrong time to try something new. I told him to go up to the bathroom and get started cleaning up the poop and I would be up in a few minutes. 

I got up there and there was a huge pile of poop on the floor in front of the toilet. He had obviously only had a small accident in his pants and had (for some godforsaken reason) gone upstairs and taken a giant shit on the floor. 

I'm stupid and figured, in for a penny in for a pound, so I told him he needed to clean it up. Unfortunately that meant him using a wipe to rub the pile of poop, spreading it out and getting shit on literally everything in the bathroom. 20 minutes before our company was arriving. I talked him through the cleanup and did the final wipe down myself, to make sure nothing was missed. 

I finished just as Danny pulled in the driveway, thank god. Of course we spent Christmas barfing and blowing our noses, but that's another nightmare altogether. It's a good thing we like each other. 

Lunch

Daniel was eating chicken fingers...

D: How do they make meat with no animals? 
Me: They can't. 
D: But how do they make meat with no animals? 
Me: They can't. 
D: Is this meat?
Me: Yes. 
Daniel: DO CHICKENS HAVE FINGERS??!?!?

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Deep Thoughts by Daniel Slessor

Daniel crawled into bed with me just after 7 this morning. A few minutes later he thought he heard Sam getting up. 

D: I think I hear sir-stinky-pants. I should pretend to be asleep so he doesn't try to fart on me. 

Inquiring minds want to know

D: Mom?
Me: Yeah? 
D: Is it safe for a raccoon to have a gun?

Friday, 9 January 2015

Rules

The wisdom of a six year old:

"There's only going to be three rules when I grow up. Don't run away. Never puke on anybody. And the grownup is always in charge. 

Also, never hit anyone's privates - that's an important one. And also, never roughhouse unless someone is there to watch you - someone could bonk their head."

That's all folks!

We were in the car with music on:

D: I just realized something.
Me: What's that?
D: This (the music) is woody woodpecker. 
Me: It is?
D: It sounds like him. 


We were listening to Edith Piaf, a French singer from the 30s. 



Thursday, 8 January 2015

He did WHAT??!?!!

Sam stuck his tongue on a metal post on the way home from school today. When he got stuck he just tore it off, leaving the top layer of skin behind. I tried to get a pic but he won't stand still. Will try again later. So gross. 

Speaking of gross, I have another poop story I'll get to soon. 

Update: His tongue feels funny so he has been walking around the house with his mouth open and his tongue sticking out, drooling on everything. 

Monday, 5 January 2015