A couple of years ago, Benjamin received a Rudolph doll that turns his head, lights up his nose and sings “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (naturally). It is one of his favorite toys. A few days ago, it surfaced from the Christmas boxes and Benjamin immediately started pestering me to put batteries in […]
Last week at dinner, Benjamin asked, “Do you know what I like more than anything in the world?” Matthew and I responded at the same time, “Candy?” Ben started laughing, “No…What I CARE about the most?” “Family,” I responded? “Yes!” “Know what I like most?” asked Matthew. “I don’t know,” […]
On Monday night I was feeling particularly generous when we got home and I let the boys have some of the mound of candy they got at the parade the day before. After dinner, I let them pick a small piece of candy like a tootsie roll. Since they were so good, […]
A couple of weeks I did a little quiz on the words and phrases Matthew and Benjamin use and have used in the past. So, here are the stories behind the words. Bading Doop: Matthew continues to struggle with more complex sound combinations that include “s” and “th”. This leads […]
First, we are in the middle of moving, so posts have been a little slow…they should pick up in a week or so. The words that kids come up or the pronunciation of words is one of the fun things. So, I though I would take some of the boys words […]
Benjamin and Matthew dug through their toy box this morning and pulled out some toy instruments, including one of those microphones with a spring in them. After they practiced a little, they handed me the microphone and told me we were going to start a band. I asked them what […]
Benjamin was complaining about having to do homework again tonight. I explained that that he will have homework almost every night. He replied by saying something like, “But I don’t like doing homework!” I didn’t respond and after a few moments, Benjamin says, “Papa, you didn’t say anything.” I responded, […]
The other day, Benjamin, out of the blue, says, “Papa, can you not give me candy before Christmas, and then, after Santa comes, give me candy?” After a few moments, I started lauging when I realized what was going on. So I turn to Benjamin and ask, “Is it because […]
A couple of things I forgot from yesterday: As I have previously said, a little girl he has been in day care with since they were infants is also in the catholic school with him. Well, as we were driving to school on his first day, he said, “I am […]
First day of school is done. Not only was it Benjamin’s first day in kindergarten, but Matthew also moved up to the next classroom today. Overall, it went really well. Benjamin was very excited before school. He seemed genuinely happy. He has never been one to eat sandwiches. He always […]
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