No self-esteem issues there...

Quoth Grace, when Jon told her he needed her to pull him out of bed: "I can't because I'm too fascinating."

You learn something new every day

Jon (9): Why is the groundhog afraid of his shadow anyway?
Matt (6): He's not afraid of his shadow! When hibernating animals see their shadow, it makes them sleepy.

Mush and cheese

Adorableness, for your viewing pleasure...

Open Wide

Grace has been playing dentist with all her "babies," using an infant bath recliner as her dentist's chair and the plastic bib from her first birthday. It's very cute. She insisted I be one of her patients this morning. I relieved to report that she verified that my teeth are white.

Forever and ever, or at least until you turn 12

Grace moved up from Nursery to the Sunbeam class at church this past week. She told her new teacher: "I'm going to be in Primary FOREVER!"

Happy New Year!

Okay, how the heck has it been 6 months since I posted anything here? Well, in my defense I have certain friends who have not posted on their blogs in far longer..<AHEM Danielle and Steph>. Anyway, I will strive to be a more regular poster in 2011. That's provided there's anything terribly worth posting about. I mean, do you really care if I bought a new laundry basket at Kmart? Yeah, I thought not. But, for what it's worth, I'll try to keep my eyes peeled for the interesting and entertaining nuggets of our lives, and slap them up here for posterity and your general enjoyment. Here's a recent one:

The kids' new favorite song is "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin.
Observed Matthew: "It's like Bryan Adams; they're both looking back on their lives." =) (For those not in the know, he's referring to Bryan Adams' song "Summer of '69.")

How'd he know?

At the exit off of I-80 we use to get to Mike's old stomping grounds in New Jersey, we pass the North Jersey Developmental Center. On our recent vacation, as we drove past this place, Matthew asked Mike what it was. Mike told him that when kids are naughty and don't listen to their parents, they get sent there to live.

Matthew's response: "Dad, did you go there?"

(For the record, Mike does know that it's really a home for the developmentally disabled, but as a teenager, he really did think it was some sort of reform school.)