Facebook Archive - June 2015

June 9 - Rich: 'Hey, Ian, today is Mommy and my anniversary. That means we got married eight years ago today!'
Ian: 'What are we gonna do for our anniversary?'
Rich: 'Well, Mommy and I were going to go to dinner ...'
Ian (sobbing): 'I WANNA GO TOO! I WANNA GO WITH YOU!'

I need to make sure my folks light candles and pour his milk into a wine glass tonight so he can have the same experience. 
#notforwusses

June 9 - Ian: 'Aren't you going to your ceremony dinner without me? Do they have corn dogs at this restaurant? Only spicy food I wouldn't like? And grown up drinks? Well, I'm packing my suitcase of toys for Mamaw and Pop's!'

June 17 - Ian: 'I wish I had a chihuahua because they stay little and never grow up.' #gooddog

June 29 - Ian has announced he and Feenie are going to get married once they are grown ups. 
Ian: 'Are there some boys who never get married?'
Me: 'Yeah, sometimes.'
Ian: 'Are they allergic to girls?'

And now we're talking about laws and judges and voting and love.

Facebook Archive - May 2015

May 1 - The latest 'Stories From Your Mouth' series I'm working through involves James the shark who works at the aquarium. Tonight they went on a field trip and he had seaweed for lunch (I didn't want to get into the 'fish are friends not food' issue.)
Ian: 'If I were a shark, instead of seaweed I think I would prefer seaweed salad.'

May 9 - I asked Ian to pose on his two-wheeler with no training wheels and got this triumphant move. Apparently my dad (George Powell) taught Ian to ride while we weren't paying attention. #wolfpack

May 14 - Rich: 'I kinda want you to see Mad Max with me. It's gotten great reviews.'
Me: 'Enh.'
Rich: 'It's being lauded as a feminist victory.'
Ian: 'What does that mean, Daddy?'
Rich: 'It means chicks like it.'

May 14 - Me: 'No. You don't need to use your elbow to try to sneakily rub my boob. That's not snuggling. That's harassment. This couch is a hostile environment.'
Ian: 'Awwww.'

May 27 - 'Hey, Mommy? What if Nana just tricked us into thinking she died so she could marry somebody else?'
#notforwusses

Facebook Archive - April 2015

April 12 - 'Mommy, dirt's black! When it's brown, it's called soil.' #preschoolscience #duhmom

April 12 - Ian (age 5) is 49.5' tall and 76 lb.

April 13 - This seaweed salad from Costco is so expensive it may as well be shredded cash, but it's something green the 5yo will devour.

April 19 - Why does our son know all the lyrics to Fall Out Boy's 'Centuries'? People talk about parents nurturing their kids and steering them in the right direction, but we can't be with them every minute. Someone out there is teaching our kid this stuff. It takes a village, people, and the village needs to up its music game.

April 22- The great thing about letting the five year old dress himself is he's already prepped for Wacky Wednesday even though we forgot.