Casey J came bounding out of the house with two juice boxes in his hands. I asked him who the extra juice box was for and he told me “It’s for Robert”. Who’s Robert? “He’s my helper”. And off he ran into the “man fort” with two juice boxes. We stared at each other wondering [...]

This is the second time in about a week I have heard the following from the youngest boy - “A-A-A-CCHHOOO, sorry mommy I got some of it (snot that is) on your phone”. Casey J is obsessed with a simple little jigsaw puzzle game that I put on my iPhone to help entertain him at [...]

This is Casey J’s most favorite word as of lately. Yes, he says it just like Forrest Gump did.

Today as the Z Man and I were walking the two blocks to his guitar lessons he told me this:
Z Man: “Mom, I know I have a lot of time to decide and I don’t need to rush but when I am a teenager I want to D-A-T-E Saraphina and then when we are adults [...]

UPDATE - I apparently told some of this story incorrectly and the Big C would like me to set it straight.
We haven’t really had to broach the subject of adult words with the boys. There was a word one of the boys learned back when they went to a babysitter but that was quickly nipped [...]

My Z Man sometimes seems wise beyond his years. Although I’m sure I’ve said that before he never ceases to amaze me. He brought home a creative writing paper last week and was at first embarrassed to let me read it. It was so simple yet carried a much bigger message. He brought it home [...]