Mothers' Day

Mothers' Day. Me and my babies.

December - super shortened version



The view from our upstairs window



Me and Elli

Before Santa came

The stockings are in one room, presents in another.





Sleeping kids

Elli

Ben

Addie

Will

Imagine that

My kids pretend to have imaginary friends. Is that statement contradictory? They don't really have them but they wish they did and so they have made some up. Their names have caused a lot of confusion in our house though. Elli's imaginary friend is Self. She always tells me:

Self can fly.
Who?
Self.
Who is Seff?
My imaginary friend!
Oh, yeah. I keep forgetting.

or

I got in a fight with Self today.
Who did you get in a fight with? Someone at school?
No. With Self.
Oh.

And so Ben must copy but still be different, so his friend's name is Me. Even more confusing than Self.

Me isn't hungry.
You're not hungry?
No, Me isn't hungry.
Mee?
Yeah, Me. My imaginary friend.
Oh yeah.

I have to be reminded about once a day per child about imaginary friends' names and then I can just respond for the rest of the day with feigned interest.

Cute pronunciations

Addie: wants "tanny" every day (candy)

Ben: had a "scabeger" hunt at school

Elli: saw a hyena on TV and said "that's a cayeto!"

It's funny being a mom.

Oh no!

Just as I said goodbye to the kids as they got out of the car for school this morning, I realized that I didn't comb either of their hair. Yikes! They are going to look scary all day. This is the first time that has happened. (Of course their hair goes uncombed sometimes on Saturdays or days with no school.) Oh well. I guess their messy hair will now match their pants with holes in the knees that are getting slightly short. And it will match their faded school shirts that they wear every Friday. Little orphans. Oh, I'm so embarrassed.

Apple rings

My kids love to eat their apples cut into rings. They must taste better or something cause they usually end up eating the whole apple. (The two older kids anyway.)