Boot Laces

How do you know you are the parent of three little boys?
Monday morning Joe got up to get ready for work.  This was long before the sun came up so I was still in bed.  After he had his shower and got dressed, he sat down to put his work boots on.  All of a sudden I hear, "Denise, what happened to my laces?"
I got out of bed to see what he was talking about.  I found him sitting there with a dumbfounded look on his face, staring at boots without any laces at all.  Now these are tall work boots for a size sixteen foot, that is a lot of boot lace to be missing!
I had a flashback to the kids playing over the weekend with their trucks.  They were pretending that they were stuck in the mud and had to go get other trucks to "pull" them out.  I wondered where they had gotten all of the "tow rope" from.
I felt the laughter coming and tried really hard to hold it back, but it was no use.  Joe was looking at me like I had grown another head and then looking back at his boots in utter confusion.  When I explained what I thought had happened, he started laughing as well.  As I went to get his spare boots I heard him muttering, "I can't believe they stole my laces!"
So if you go to put your work boots on in the morning only to find that you no longer have laces, you just might be the parent of three little boys.

Clutter Bugs

Noah helped me "clean up" today...AKA get rid of clutter.  We were packing up old toys to take to Goodwill and had the same conversation that we have every time we decide to weed out toys.

Me:  Noah do you want this?
Noah:  No 'mam.
Me:  Well then please put it in the basket to give away.
Noah:  I can't.
Me:  Why not?
Noah:  This one is Daddy's toy!

AAAK!  Daddy has more toys in this house than all the other boys combined!

Paging Dr. Jonah

1. Yes, this is exactly what it appears to be.
2. Yes, we have all had colds recently.
3. Yes, Jonah does like to go through my kitchen drawers.
4. Yes, children do try to copy everything we do.
5. Yes, Noah is a great big brother.
6. Yes, they keep me laughing all day.
7. Yes, Micah was his next victim patient.
8. Yes, Noah now calls the turkey baster a big booger getter.
9. Yes, I gave in and let them keep the turkey baster.
10. Yes, I know that I have the greatest job in the world.

Arts And Crafts

Noah: Jonah, give me that marker.
Jonah: AAAEEEEK!
Noah: I need that green marker.
Jonah: AAAEEEEK!
Noah: I can't finish this here tractor without that marker!
Jonah: AAAEEEEK!
Noah: (Very sweetly) Jonah, PLEASE give me the marker.
Jonah: AAAEEEEK!
Noah: Jonah, if you give me that marker, I will give you 100 markers.
Jonah: (Pauses for a minute then hands over the marker)
Noah: Okay, when my Daddy gets 100 dollars then I will get him to buy you 100 markers.
Jonah: AAAEEEEK!