A St. Patrick's Day lesson

I was standing at the counter making waffles for the boys. Matthew came up behind me.

Matt: What's for breakfast?

Me: Waffles.

Matt: Good. I'm feeling a bit peckish.

Me: What?

Matt: That's how you say you're hungry in Ireland.

Now, I know that, but it was rather a surprise to hear it come out of my 6 year old's mouth at 7:00 in the morning.

Perhaps I should have been serving rashers and soda bread...

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.")