Noodle Piece Prize

I was playing the game of Life with my kids. My daughter was helping me read what was written in the various spaces. When my son landed on a space, she read, "Win the noodle piece prize. Collect $125,000."

We all started laughing. Of course it should have been the "Nobel Peace Prize," but the noodle prize was quite appropriate for my little guy!

Ghost in the Dentist's Office

My dentist's office is haunted. The ghosts are none other than my two crazy kids covered in a bed sheet! I could not believe it when I discovered that my kids had smuggled a sheet out of the house and brought it into the car. As we walked into the dentist's office, I noticed my daughter had a package under her arm.

"What's that?" I asked.

"A sheet."

"Why?"

"We're going to put on a play."

"In the dentist's office?"

"Yep."

Well, let's just say, the staff, customers, and fish were quite entertained!

Fairy House

My kids and I have started a nice little tradition. For each season, we build a fairy house. In the winter, they are usually constructed out of icicles. In the spring, we find tree branches, flowers, and stones. Today we constructed our summer fairy house. It was quite a masterpiece! In addition to the usual tree branches, flowers, pine cones, and greenery, we added shells we had found at the river. We made tables and plates. We found some berries for fairy food and added those too. This little house even had a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. My kids were very proud of their creation!

The AT-AT

You might recall that about two months ago, my son was begging my father-in-law for a Lego Star Wars AT-AT set. Grandpa promised to get it for his birthday. Well, yesterday was the little guy's birthday, and true to his word, Grandpa delivered the AT-AT - all one thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven pieces!

Who do you think is going to be putting that thing together? I'll give you a hint: It's sure not the birthday boy.

"Come on, mommy, put together the AT-AT!"

I've been working on that darned thing for about five hours now, and I have only a half of a leg put together. At this rate it's going to take me until his next birthday to put it together! Thanks Grandpa!

The Big Catch

Today my children, father, and I went fishing. Armed with poles, hooks, and a few slices of bread, we baited our lines. We cast our lines and waited. It didn't take long to snag a fish - and it was a big one! My son's pole bent way down as the thing on the other end fought to get away.

"Grandpa, help!" he exclaimed.

My dad helped my little man reel it in. This thing was an eighteen-inch catfish!

I was sure glad I didn't have to take it off the line!

Lost Tooth

My son lost his third tooth. I don't mean that it fell out of his mouth. It did that. What I mean, is that he misplaced it. AGAIN. Three baby teeth lost - three paper teeth for the tooth fairy. That tooth fairy is going to be a little upset at not having a real tooth again!

Clueless

My kids and I played a game of Clue today (the board game where you try to guess who did the crime, with what, and in which room). My almost-six-year-old son didn't quite understand, but he played along anyway.

At the end of the game, my daughter and I both thought we had it all figured out. It was a race to get to the room that we thought was the scene of the crime.

My daughter got there ahead of me. She made a suggestion as to what the details of the crime were. I didn't have anything to dispute it. My son claimed he didn't have anything to dispute it. So my daughter made the accusation and looked in the envelope to see if she was correct. Her face fell as she looked at the cards. She had the person right, the room right, but the weapon was incorrect. "It's a rope," she said.

My son grinned. "I have the knife!"

That boy!